Organometallic routes to colloidal zinc oxide nanoparticles and layered zinc hydroxides

<p>The thesis focuses on the controlled hydrolysis of organozinc precursors to form colloidal, surface-functionalised, ZnO nanoparticles (2–4 nm) and exfoliated nanosheets of layered zinc hydroxides (3 nm thick), with a primary application in the catalytic hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</s...