著者

George Biskos Vincent Vons Caner U. Yurteri Andreas Schmidt-Ott

出版者

Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation

雑誌

KONA Powder and Particle Journal (ISSN:02884534)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.26, pp.13-35, 2008 (Released:2014-03-29)

参考文献数

200

被引用文献数

60 79

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Traditionally, the generation of nanoparticles for technological applications has been mostly performed by classical wet chemistry or lithographic methods, and their size has been commonly determined in situ by electron microscopy techniques. Advances in aerosol technology over the past 30 years have provided methods that enable the generation and measurement of nanosize building blocks, and have opened up new opportunities in the assembly of nanostructured materials and nanodevices. This article provides a brief review on state-of-the-art techniques for generating nanoparticles of well-defined size and chemical composition in view of applications in nanotechnology. Covering atomization techniques from the liquid phase and nanoparticle synthesis from the gas phase, we discuss the advantages and limitations of each method. Considering the advantages of on-line methods that aerosols instruments offer, we describe the most efficient techniques for measuring the size distributions of airborne nanosize particles. Finally, we provide a brief discussion on existing and emerging applications of aerosol-based nanotechnology.