Magnetic Core/Shell and Quantum-Confined Semiconductor Nanoparticles via Chimie Douce Organometallic Synthesis

✍ Scribed by J. J. Schneider

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 230 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-4095(200104)13:7<529::aid-adma529>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

Ligand-stabilized metal atoms provide a unique entry to the synthesis of magnetic nanosized metal/metal oxide particles. When this technique is used in connection with a mesoporous template, formation of superparamagnetic particles in the pores of the template via a ªship-in-the-bottleº technique is possible. This chimie douce approach works also for pure metal oxides, such as TiO 2 . The Figure shows a sculpture found at the Trinity College campus, Dublin, Ireland representing a typical core/shell arrangement often found for composite nanoparticles.