Formation of octapod MnO nanoparticles with enhanced magnetic properties through kinetically-controlled thermal decomposition of polynuclear manganese complexes.
Polynuclear manganese complexes are used as precursors for the synthesis of manganese oxide nanoparticles (MnO NPs). Altering the thermal decomposition conditions can shift the nanoparticle product from spherical, thermodynamically-driven NPs to unusual, kinetically-controlled octapod structures. The resulting increased surface area profoundly alters the NP's surface-dependent magnetism and may have applications in nanomedicine.
WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Mark.Murrie@glasgow.ac.uk.
Fraser J
FJ
Douglas
Donald A
DA
MacLaren
Floriana
F
Tuna
William M
WM
Holmes
Catherine C
CC
Berry
Mark
M
Murrie