Hyeonseok Lee, Heesoo Jeong, Wooseok Jeong, Yun Jae Hwang, Boeun An, Yeongbin Lee, Gyuhyeon Kim, Don-Hyung Ha
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Abstract
High-entropy nanoparticles (HE-NPs) have recently gained considerable attention owing to their potential to yield several materials with unique characteristics due to the homogeneous mixing of five or more elements. The complexity of HE-NPs leads to electronic hybridization, lattice distortion, and sluggish diffusion effects, all of which contribute to their performance and stability. The formation of HE-NPs is thermodynamically limited, particularly by enthalpic factors. To overcome these limitations and design intricate nanostructures, wet chemistry can be employed as a relatively straightforward synthesis method. This review provides an overview of HE-NPs, including their definition, thermodynamic principles, and wet-chemical synthesis methods. It further explores the diverse range of applications of HE-NPs and examines how specific nanoparticle morphologies and compositions can be tailored efficiently using various synthesis strategies. Additionally, this review discusses case studies presenting optimized HE-NPs for individual applications, demonstrating their high performance. By identifying the key factors that contribute to their superior performance, this review offers valuable insights into future research directions for HE-NPs.
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The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering provides a global forum for the dissemination of research in chemical engineering. The Journal publishes significant research results obtained in the Asia-Pacific region, and simultaneously introduces recent technical progress made in other areas of the world to this region. Submitted research papers must be of potential industrial significance and specifically concerned with chemical engineering. The editors will give preference to papers having a clearly stated practical scope and applicability in the areas of chemical engineering, and to those where new theoretical concepts are supported by new experimental details. The Journal also regularly publishes featured reviews on emerging and industrially important subjects of chemical engineering as well as selected papers presented at international conferences on the subjects.