title: New ammonium surfactant-stabilized rhodium(0) colloidal suspensions: influence of novel counter-anions on physico-chemical and catalytic properties.
abstract: Novel anionic species, such as hydrogen carbonate (HCO(3)(−)), fluoride (F(−)), triflate (CF(3)SO(3)(−)), tetrafluoroborate (BF(4)(−)) and chloride (Cl(−)) were investigated as new partners of water soluble N,N-dimethyl-N-cetyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium salts, used as a protective agent of rhodium colloids. The effect of the surfactant polar head on the micellar behavior, size and morphology of the nanospecies was studied by adapted physico-chemical experiments (surface tension measurements, dynamic light scattering, thermogravimetric and TEM analyses) and discussed in terms of strong or weak stabilization of the growing nanoparticles surface. Finally, the influence of the nanoenvironment generated by the surfactant with various counter-anions was evaluated via the hydrogenation of aromatics.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226, Avenue du Général Leclerc, CS 50837, 35708, Rennes Cedex 7.
authors.forename: Elodie Guyonnet
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Bilé
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sassine
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denicourt-Nowicki
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Launay
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roucoux