Effect of Solvent on Average Size and Size Distribution of Platinum Nanoparticles

Synthesis process engineering to alter size of nanoparticles has been a subject of constant exploration. Effect of reaction solvent on nanoparticle size evolution in wet chemistry based techniques has however been scarcely explored. This report illustrates interesting dependence of average size and...

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Published inNational Academy science letters Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 169 - 172
Main Authors Rekha, M. Y., Akash, R., Srivastava, Chandan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.06.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Dependence
Exploration
Heating rate
History of Science
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Nanoparticles
Organic chemistry
Platinum
Process engineering
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Short Communication
Size distribution
Solvents
Nanoparticles
Electron microscopy
Surfactant
Platinum
Heating rate
Solvent
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Summary:Synthesis process engineering to alter size of nanoparticles has been a subject of constant exploration. Effect of reaction solvent on nanoparticle size evolution in wet chemistry based techniques has however been scarcely explored. This report illustrates interesting dependence of average size and size distribution of Pt nanoparticles on synergistic variations in reaction solvent type, precursor-to-surfactant molar ratio and reaction mixture heating rate. It is illustrated that using a suitable combination of above reaction variables Pt nanoparticles with average sizes from 3 to 21 nm and with a variety of size distribution characteristics can be synthesized.
ISSN:0250-541X
2250-1754
DOI:10.1007/s40009-018-0631-4