Hydration of magnesia cubes: a helium ion microscopy study

• Ruth Schwaiger,
• Johannes Schneider,
• Gilles R. Bourret and
• Oliver Diwald

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 302–309, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.28

• ion microscopy; magnesia nanocubes; nanomaterials aging; oxide nanomaterials; surface hydroxylation; thin water films; volume expansion; Introduction Knowledge about the stability of engineered nanomaterials in aqueous systems is critical for predicting their functionality under environmental