Microwave Plasma Production of Metal Nanopowders
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussions
2.1. Production of Cu Nanopowders
2.2. Production of Mo Nanopowders
2.3. Production of W Nanopowders
2.4. Production of Mo-Ni Nanopowders
2.5. Production of Fe-Co Nanopowders
3. Experimental Section
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
References
- Henglein, A. Physicochemical Properties of Small Metal Particles in Solution: “Microelectrode” Reactions, Chemisorption, Composite Metal Particles, and the Atom-to-Metal Transition. J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 5457–5471. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Belloni, J. Metal nanocolloids. Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 1996, 1, 184–196. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Chen, S.W.; Ingram, R.S.; Hostetler, M.J.; Pietron, J.J.; Murray, R.W.; Schaaff, T.G.; Khoury, J.T.; Alvarez, M.M.; Whetten, R.L. Gold Nanoelectrodes of Varied Size: Transition to Molecule-Like Charging. Science 1998, 280, 2098–2101. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Lewis, L.N.; Lewis, N. Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation-Colloid Formation as the Essential Step. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 7228–7231. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Torigoe, K.; Esumi, K. Preparation of Bimetallic Ag-Pd Colloids from Silver( I) Bis(oxalato) palladate(II). Langmuir. 1993, 9, 1664–1667. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Klabunde, K.J.; Li, Y.X.; Tan, B.J. Solvated Metal Atom Dispersed Catalysts. Chem. Mater. 1991, 3, 30–39. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Bradley, J.S.; Hill, E.W.; Klein, C.; Chaudret, B.; Duteil, A. Synthesis Monodispersed Bimetallic Palladium-Copper Nanoscale Colloids. Chem. Mater. 1993, 5, 254–256. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Suslick, K.S.; Fang, M.; Hyeon, T. Sonochemical Synthesis of Iron Colloids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 11960–11961. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Reetz, M.T.; Helbig, W. Size-Selective Synthesis of Nanostructured Transition Metal Clusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 7401–7402. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Dignard-Bailey, L.; Trudeau, M.L.; Joly, A.; Schulz, R.; Lalande, G.; Guay, D.; Dodelet, J.P. Graphitization and Particle-size Analysis of Parolyzed Cobalt Phthalocyanine Carbon Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel-cells. J. Mater. Res. 1994, 3203–3209. [Google Scholar]
- Willwohl, H.; Wolfrum, J.; Zumbach, V.; Albers, P.; Seibold, K. Production and Characterization of Highly Dispersed Catalytic Active Platinum and Palladium Powders by Excimer Laser Photolysis. J. Phys. Chem. 1994, 98, 2242–2247. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Hayakawa, K.; Iwama, S. Preparation of Ultra-fine γ-Fe Particles by Microwave Plasma Processing. J. Cryst. Growth. 1990, 99, 188–191. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Jerby, E.; Golts, A.; Shamir, Y.; Wonde, S.; Mitchell, J.B.A.; LeGarrec, J.L.; Narayanan, T.; Sztucki, M.; Ashkenazi, D.; Barkay, Z.; et al. Nanoparticle Plasma Ejected Directly from Solid Copper by Localized Microwaves. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 95, 191501–191501–3. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Perucca, M. Introduction to Plasma and Plasma Technology. In Plasma Technology for Hyperfunctional Surfaces: Food, Biomedical and Textile Applications; Rauscher, H., Perucca, M., Buyle, G., Eds.; 2010; pp. 3–32. [Google Scholar]
- Chau, J.L.H.; Hsu, M.K.; Hsieh, C.C.; Kao, C.C. Microwave Plasma Synthesis of Silver Nanopowders. Mater. Lett. 2005, 59, 905–908. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Chau, J.L.H.; Hsu, M.K.; Kao, C.C. Microwave Plasma Synthesis of Co and SiC-coated Co Nanopowders. Mater. Lett. 2006, 60, 947–951. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Chau, J.L.H.; Kao, C.C. Microwave Plasma Synthesis of TiN and ZrN Nanopowders. Mater. Lett. 2007, 61, 1583–1587. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Li, Y.; Liu, J. Preparation of Monodispersed Fe-Mo Nanoparticles as the Catalyst for CVD Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes. Chem. Mater. 2001, 13, 1008–1014. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Share and Cite
Chau, J.L.H.; Yang, C.-C.; Shih, H.-H. Microwave Plasma Production of Metal Nanopowders. Inorganics 2014, 2, 278-290. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics2020278
Chau JLH, Yang C-C, Shih H-H. Microwave Plasma Production of Metal Nanopowders. Inorganics. 2014; 2(2):278-290. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics2020278
Chicago/Turabian StyleChau, Joseph Lik Hang, Chih-Chao Yang, and Hsi-Hsin Shih. 2014. "Microwave Plasma Production of Metal Nanopowders" Inorganics 2, no. 2: 278-290. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics2020278