1999/05/07 by Hengzhong Zhang, R. Lee Penn, Robert J. Hamers +1 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Energy · Materials Science · #Iron oxide chemistry and applications #Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
paper · doi:10.1021/jp984574q
openalex publication_date 1999/05/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Quantitative measurements of adsorption from solution show up to a 70-fold increase in the adsorption coefficient when a variety of organic acids are adsorbed onto 6 nm compared to 16 nm nanocrystalline titania particles. A Langmuir adsorption model modified to include the dependence of interfacial tension (interfacial free energy) on particle size predicts an increase in the adsorption constant ( K ads ) as the crystallite size decreases, in agreement with the experimental results. The increase in K ads arises predominantly from the increased molar surface free energy of the nanocrystalline particles. The rapid increase in adsorption as particle size decreases has important implications for understanding and modeling natural and experimental systems.