Nano Kirkendall Effect

Nano Kirkendall Effect Related to Nanocrystallinity of Metal Nanocrystals: Influence of the Outward.and Inward Atomic Diffusion on the Final Nanoparticle Structure.
Zhijie Yang, Nailiang Yang, and Marie-Paule Pileni
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 22249 (2015)

New route to nanocrystal synthesis: galvanic replacement

All change for nanocrystals.
Maria Ibáñez and Andreu Cabot
Science 340, 935 (2013)

Galvanic Replacement Reactions in Metal Oxide Nanocrystals.
Myoung Hwan Oh, Taekyung Yu, Seung-Ho Yu, Byungkwon Lim, Kyung-Tae Ko,Marc-Georg Willinger, Dong-Hwa Seo, Byung Hyo Kim, Min Gee Cho, Jae-Hoon Park, Kisuk Kang, Yung-Eun Sung, Nicola Pinna, Taeghwan Hyeon
Science 340, 964 (2013)

Schematic illustration of the transformation of Mn3O4 NCs, showing the evolution of their morphology via the localized dissolution of Mn3O4 and the surface precipitation of g-Fe2O3. (B to E) HRTEM images of the hollow nanostructures synthesized by the reaction of Mn3O4 NCs with 1 ml of aqueous solutions of iron(II) perchlorate having different concentrations.