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Letter

Nature Materials 5, 710–712 (1 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/nmat1711

Nano-|[alpha]|-Al2O3 by liquid-feed flame spray pyrolysis

R. M. Laine , J. C. Marchal , H. P. Sun & X. Q. Pan

Nanometre-sized particles of transition (t)-aluminas are important for the fabrication of high-quality alumina ceramics. Multiple tons are produced each year using a variety of gas-phase processes.