title: Microwave synthesis and inherent stabilization of metal nanoparticles in 1-methyl-3-(3-carboxyethyl)-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate.
abstract: The synthesis of Co-NPs and Mn-NPs by microwave-induced decomposition of the metal carbonyls Co(2)(CO)(8) and Mn(2)(CO)(10), respectively, yields smaller and better separated particles in the functionalized IL 1-methyl-3-(3-carboxyethyl)-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate [EmimCO(2)H][BF(4)] (1.6 ± 0.3 nm and 4.3 ± 1.0 nm, respectively) than in the non-functionalized IL 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [Bmim][BF(4)]. The particles are stable in the absence of capping ligands (surfactants) for more than six months although some variation in particle size could be observed by TEM.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.forename: Zailai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taubert
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomann
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janiak