title: A mild liquid reduction route toward uniform blue-emitting EuCl2 nanoprisms and nanorods.
abstract: In this work, for the first time, uniform blue-emitting EuCl(2) nanoprisms and nanorods were synthesized from Eu(CCl(3)COO)(3)·2H(2)O [or Eu(CH(3)COO)(3)·H(2)O] by a novel mild liquid reduction route, using acetamidine hydrochloride (or picolinamidine hydrochloride) as the reductant in oleylamine. The synthetic reaction even can take place under an atmosphere in the absence of inert gas at around 300 °C. The EuCl(2) nanoprism dispersion in n-hexane showed an intense blue emission when excited by UV light.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Weili
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zuqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Chenming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Chunhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000578:Amidines / Q000737:chemistry; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry; D003116:Color; D005063:Europium / Q000737:chemistry*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019163:Reducing Agents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000578:Amidines; D000588:Amines; D019163:Reducing Agents; D005063:Europium; C023731:acetamidine; C008703:oleylamine