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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "Branched nanocrystals (NCs) enable high atomic surface exposure within a crystalline
    network that provides avenues for charge transport. This combination of properties
    makes branched NCs particularly suitable for a range of applications where both
    interaction with the media and charge transport are involved. Herein we report
    on the colloidal synthesis of branched ceria NCs by means of a ligand-mediated
    overgrowth mechanism. In particular, the differential coverage of oleic acid as
    an X-type ligand at ceria facets with different atomic density, atomic coordination
    deficiency, and oxygen vacancy density resulted in a preferential growth in the
    [111] direction and thus in the formation of ceria octapods. Alcohols, through
    an esterification alcoholysis reaction, promoted faster growth rates that translated
    into nanostructures with higher geometrical complexity, increasing the branch
    aspect ratio and triggering the formation of side branches. On the other hand,
    the presence of water resulted in a significant reduction of the growth rate,
    decreasing the reaction yield and eliminating side branching, which we associate
    to a blocking of the surface reaction sites or a displacement of the alcoholysis
    reaction. Overall, adjusting the amounts of each chemical, well-defined branched
    ceria NCs with tuned number, thickness, and length of branches and with overall
    size ranging from 5 to 45 nm could be produced. We further demonstrate that such
    branched ceria NCs are able to provide higher surface areas and related oxygen
    storage capacities (OSC) than quasi-spherical NCs.\r\n\r\n@eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Taisiia
      foaf_name: Berestok, Taisiia
      foaf_surname: Berestok
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Pablo
      foaf_name: Guardia, Pablo
      foaf_surname: Guardia
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Javier
      foaf_name: Blanco, Javier
      foaf_surname: Blanco
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Raquel
      foaf_name: Nafria, Raquel
      foaf_surname: Nafria
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Pau
      foaf_name: Torruella, Pau
      foaf_surname: Torruella
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Luis
      foaf_name: López Conesa, Luis
      foaf_surname: López Conesa
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sònia
      foaf_name: Estradé, Sònia
      foaf_surname: Estradé
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maria
      foaf_name: Ibanez Sabate, Maria
      foaf_surname: Ibanez Sabate
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jonathan
      foaf_name: De Roo, Jonathan
      foaf_surname: De Roo
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Zhishan
      foaf_name: Luo, Zhishan
      foaf_surname: Luo
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Doris
      foaf_name: Cadavid, Doris
      foaf_surname: Cadavid
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: José
      foaf_name: Martins, José
      foaf_surname: Martins
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maksym
      foaf_name: Kovalenko, Maksym
      foaf_surname: Kovalenko
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Francesca
      foaf_name: Peiró, Francesca
      foaf_surname: Peiró
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Andreu
      foaf_name: Cabot, Andreu
      foaf_surname: Cabot
  bibo_doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00896
  bibo_issue: '10'
  bibo_volume: 29
  dct_date: 2017^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0897-4756
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1520-5002
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Chemical Society@
  dct_title: Tuning branching in ceria nanocrystals@
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