Nanoparticles in a box: a concept to isolate, store and re-use colloidal surfactant-free precious metal nanoparticles

Neumann, S.; Grotheer, S.; Tielke, J.; Schrader, I.; Quinson, J.; Zana, Alessandro; Oezaslan, M.; Arenz, Matthias; Kunz, S. (2017). Nanoparticles in a box: a concept to isolate, store and re-use colloidal surfactant-free precious metal nanoparticles. Journal of materials chemistry. A, 5(13), pp. 6140-6145. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/c7ta00628d

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A concept is introduced that allows for the isolation, storage and re-use of surfactant-free precious metal nanoparticles (NPs) of catalytic relevance (Pt and Ru). "Surfactant-free NPs" well-defined in size (1-2 nm) are prepared in alkaline ethylene glycol. After synthesis these NPs are stabilized by surface bound CO, formed during synthesis by solvent oxidation, and OH-, added to the reaction mixture. We present a protocol that allows switching reversibly the stabilization between a "CO-protected" and " OH--protected state". Most importantly, " OH--protected" Pt and Ru NPs exhibit remarkable resistance against sintering. These NPs can be isolated as solids, stored and " put into boxes" to be shipped. Thereafter they can be redispersed without changes in particle size or loss in catalytic activity. These results are expected to be of scientific and industrial relevance, as a methodology is introduced to handle " surfactant-free" catalytic nanoparticles like a normal solid chemical.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Zana, Alessandro, Arenz, Matthias

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

2050-7488

Publisher:

Royal Society of Chemistry

Language:

English

Submitter:

Matthias Arenz

Date Deposited:

17 Apr 2018 07:35

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1039/c7ta00628d

Related URLs:

Web of Science ID:

000397608000020

Additional Information:

Notes: Ep8ef Times Cited:2 Cited References Count:30
Date: 2017

Uncontrolled Keywords:

platinum nanoparticles catalysts ligands oxidation gold size nanoclusters selectivity chemistry model

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.111620

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/111620

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