CARBOHYDRATE BASED COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS: A PROMISE OF GREENING MATERIALS SYNTHESIS

摘要

Currently, the environment protection represents one of the most important task force of Science and Society, determining the remarkable development of the Green Chemistry, as an alternative chemistry that seeks to minimize risk by minimizing hazard. The design/synthesis of nanomaterials must also circumscribe to the present environment requirements. A simple but efficient approach is to "green" the existing synthetic procedures by introducing as raw materials, benign, bio-renewable compounds as carbohydrates. This review is focused on carbohydrate-mediated combustion synthesis of the metal oxides, analysing critically the results of the research undertaking during the last years on this topic.