Large scale synthesis of tellurium nanoribbons in tetraethylene pentamine aqueous solution and the stability of tellurium nanoribbons in ethanol and water

Superlong single crystal tellurium nanoribbons with a width of 200-300 nm and length up to several hundred micrometers have been synthesized in tetraethylene pentamine aqueous solution at 80 degrees C. The stability of as prepared tellurium nanoribbons in solvents such as pure ethanol and deionized water has been studied. The poor crystallinity of the initial single crystalline Te nanoribbons with prolonged storing time demonstrated that the initial single crystalline nanobelts tend to be destroyed and to dissolve in the solvent. In meantime, the supersaturation of the solvable Te species in such solvents will result in the formation of amorphous Te, and the formation of amorphous TeO2 due to partial oxidation of the Te nanostructures and the newly formed amorphous Te. The detailed corrosion process, crystallinity, and shape evolution process have been carefully examined by the XRD, TEM, HRTEM, and XPS techniques. This erosion phenomenon attacked by solvents has been not identified previously, suggesting that tellurium nanoribbons synthesized by other chemical methods could be also not stable in solution system and their storage after laboratory synthesis requires special attention.     

High-quality luminescent tellurium nanowires of several nanometers in diameter and high aspect ratio synthesized by a poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)-assisted hydrothermal process

Large-scale selective synthesis of uniform single crystalline tellurium nanowires with a diameter of 4-9 nm, and microbelts with a width of 250-800 nm and tens of micrometers in length, can be realized by a poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP)-assisted hydrothermal process. The formation of tellurium nanowires and nanobelts in the presence of PVP is strongly dependent on the reaction conditions such as temperature, the amount of PVP, and reaction time. The results demonstrated that the keys for selective synthesis of Te nanobelts and nanowires are to modulate the growth rates of (100), (101), and (110) planes in the presence of PVP and to precisely control the reaction kinetics. High-quality luminescent ultrathin t-Te nanowires with a diameter of 4-9 nm display strong luminescent emission in the blue-violet region. This approach provides a facile route for the production of high-quality tellurium nanostructures with an interesting optical property. Furthermore, the synthesized ultrathin nanowires with deep blue color and nanobelts in gray color by this approach can be well dispersed in water or ethanol, making it possible for further engineering of their surfaces to prepare other hybrid core-shell nanostructures.     

Self-catalytic synthesis of hydrophilic polypyrrole/tellurium nanocomposite and its capacitance performance

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - A hydrophilic polypyrrole/tellurium (PPy/Te) nanocomposite was synthesized by a facile approach in which H2TeO3 was used as the oxidizing agent of pyrrole...     

Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) nanowires: synthesis by cyclic electrodeposition/stripping, thinning by electrooxidation, and electrical power generation

Nanowires composed of the thermoelectric material Bi2Te3 were synthesized on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) electrodes using the electrochemical step edge decoration (ESED) method. Nanowire synthesis was initiated by applying a voltage pulse of -0.75 V versus SCE for 5 ms to an HOPG electrode in an aqueous solution containing both Bi3+ and TeO22-, thereby producing nuclei at the step edges. Bi2Te3 was electrodeposited onto these nuclei using a cyclic electrodeposition-stripping scheme that involved the electrodeposition of bismuth-rich Bi2Te3 on a negative-going voltammetric scan (to -0.05 V) and the subsequent anodic stripping of excess bismuth from these nanowires during a positive-going scan (to +0.35 V). When this cycle was repeated 10-50 times, Bi2Te3 nanowires in the 100-300-nm-diameter range were obtained. These nanowires were narrowly dispersed in diameter (RSDdia = 10-20%), were more than 100 microm in length, and were organized into parallel arrays containing hundreds of wires. Smaller nanowires, with diameters down to 30 nm, were obtained by electrooxidizing 150-nm-diameter Bi2Te3 nanowires at +0.37 V under conditions of kinetic control. This oxidation process unexpectedly improved the uniformity of Bi2Te3 nanowires, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) shows that these nanowires retain a Bi2Te3 core but also have a thin surface layer composed of Bi and Te oxides. The ability of Bi2Te3 nanowires to generate electrical power was assessed by transferring ensembles of these nanowires onto cyanoacrylate-coated glass surfaces and evaporating 4-point nickel contacts. A dimensionless figure of merit, ZT, ranging from 0 to 0.85 was measured for fresh samples that were less than 1 day old. XPS reveals that Bi2Te3 nanowires are oxidized within a week to Bi2O3 and TeO2. These oxides may interfere with the application by evaporation of electrical contacts to these nanowires.     

Role of stabilizing agents in the formation of stable silver nanoparticles in aqueous solution: Characterization and stability study

The stability of silver nanoparticles is controlled mainly by two major factors, namely, aggregation and oxidation. In the present study, silver nanoparticles were synthesized by using different series of reducing agents like a strong reducing agent (sodium borohydride), a mild reducing agent (tri-sodium citrate), and a weak reducing agent (glucose) with different capping agents, namely, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP K 30), starch, and sodium carboxyl methyl cellulose (NaCMC). The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and anti-microbial activity. The particle size of silver nanoparticles varies in the following order: sodium borohydride < tri-sodium citrate < glucose. Combination of sodium borohydride–polyvinyl pyrrolidone and tri-sodium citrate-polyvinyl pyrrolidone yields stable silver nanoparticles compared to other combinations of reducing agents and capping agents. The stability results confirmed that a refrigerated condition (8°C) was more suitable for storage of silver nanoparticles. Anti-microbial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized in a sodium borohydride–polyvinyl pyrrolidone mixture shows a larger zone of inhibition compared to other silver nanoparticles. Anti-microbial results confirmed that the anti-microbial activity is better with smaller particle size. The size and stability of silver nanoparticles in the presence of different combinations of stabilizing and capping agents are reported.     

Syntheses and structural characterization of new mixed-valent tellurium oxides, a4[te5(6+)te(3)4+]o23 (a=rb and k)

Two new isostructural mixed-valent tellurium oxides, A4[Te(5)6+Te3(4+)]O23 [A=Rb and K], have been synthesized by solid-state reactions and characterized by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. Compound could be prepared by hydrothermal reaction as well. These compounds, as determined from the single-crystal X-ray structure of, consist of corrugated [Te6O23] layers, built from corner-connected TeO6 octahedra and TeO5 square pyramids. These layers are connected to one another by tetravalent telluriums, having square-pyramidal and disphenoid geometries. Both compounds crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Pna2(1) (33) with Z=4 and have the following unit cell parameters: For 1, a=19.793(4), b=14.664(4), and c=7.292(4) A. For 2, a=19.573(3), b=14.448(2), and c=7.273(8) A.     

Pd-Ag合金纳米线的可见光辅助简易合成及其对乙醇的电催化氧化

以硝酸钯和硝酸银为金属前驱体,乙醇和柠檬酸钠作为还原剂,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮作为稳定剂和导向剂,以普通市售白炽灯作为光源,采用简易可见光辅助液相法合成了Pd-Ag合金纳米线。通过FESEM、TEM、HRTEM、PXRD和UV-Vis等技术对样品的形貌、晶体结构和光学性质进行了表征,并通过循环伏安法和计时电流法研究了Pd-Ag合金纳米线修饰玻碳电极对乙醇的电催化氧化。与相同条件下制备的纳米钯材料相比,Pd-Ag合金纳米线具有更好的电催化活性、抗中毒性和稳定性。     

Pd-Ag合金纳米线的可见光辅助简易合成及其对乙醇的电催化氧化

以硝酸钯和硝酸银为金属前驱体,乙醇和柠檬酸钠作为还原剂,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮作为稳定剂和导向剂,以普通市售白炽灯作为光源,采用简易可见光辅助液相法合成了Pd-Ag合金纳米线。通过FESEM、TEM、HRTEM、PXRD和UV-Vis等技术对样品的形貌、晶体结构和光学性质进行了表征,并通过循环伏安法和计时电流法研究了Pd-Ag合金纳米线修饰玻碳电极对乙醇的电催化氧化。与相同条件下制备的纳米钯材料相比,Pd-Ag合金纳米线具有更好的电催化活性、抗中毒性和稳定性。     

沉淀法高效制备聚多巴胺纳米粒子

为得到分散性和稳定性较好的聚多巴胺纳米粒子,利用“沉淀-再分散法”高效制备了聚多巴胺纳米粒子水分散液。 首先利用溶液氧化法制备了分散在水/乙醇中的聚多巴胺纳米粒子,然后向分散液中加入丙酮使聚多巴胺纳米粒子絮凝。 收集沉降物,用丙酮冲洗并干燥后,加水重新分散得到纯化的聚多巴胺纳米粒子水分散液。 丙酮沉淀法得到的聚多巴胺纳米粒子形貌规整,分散性好,粒径分布在250 nm左右,在水中具有良好的储存稳定性和光热性能,与传统的超速离心提纯法相比,产率可提高57.4%。 此方法为其之后在药物载体及光热治疗等方面的应用研究提供了便利。     

A green chemical approach to the synthesis of tellurium nanowires

Starch, an economical and safe carbohydrate, has been found to be not only an effective reducing agent but also a new morphology-directing agent for the synthesis of tellurium nanowires using commercial H2TeO4 precursor. The obtained tellurium nanowires are of single-crystal in nature, with an average diameter of approximately 25 nm and length up to 10 microm. A possible synthetic mechanism involves the chain-shaped bioorganic molecule acting as a template for the one-dimensional growth of inorganic tellurium. The effects of different chain-shaped structures and concentrations of biomolecules on the nanowire morphology have been investigated and different one-dimensional structures, including thick rods, short nanowires, bunched nanowires, and assembled spikelet structures, have been fabricated. These experimental results have been found to be useful in substantiating the proposed synthetic mechanism.     

Cu nanoparticles of low polydispersity synthesized by a double-template method and their stability

Cu nanoparticles of well-defined size and stability were synthesized with the aid of a double-template method. The templates consisted of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) aggregates combined with and wrapped by poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) chains. Copper sulfate was reduced within the templates resulting in multicrystalline Cu nanoparticles. The size of the particles was uniform. They were capped by PVP–SDS complexes and the shape turned out to be non-spherical. PVP used in the experiments has an average molecular weight of 40,000. In this case, the particle dimensions were essentially determined by the chosen concentration of SDS in the reaction solution. No oxidation of the as-grown copper particles was detected even in the absence of inert gas protection during the synthesis process. When exposed to air at room temperature, Cu nanoparticles capped by PVP–SDS complexes showed much better resistance to oxidation than those without the capping agents. Furthermore, the steric and screening effect of the capping agents permitted the preparation of uniform colloidal dispersions stable over months. The material obtained by this double-template method was found to be very sensitive to the synthesis temperature. At synthesis temperatures above 40 °C, CuO instead of Cu was obtained.     

无溶剂热分解单源前驱体法制备有机单分子层表面修饰NiS纳米微粒

纳米微粒由于具有很多特别的物理和化学性质,在光、电、磁、机械等各个领域显示出了广阔的应用前景,所以纳米微粒的制备与性能研究是近年来化学、物理和材料科学中最热门和最前沿的课题之一。尽管目前有多种纳米微粒的制备方法见诸文献报道,但是新的纳米微粒的制备方法依然是人们追求的目标之一。无溶剂合成纳米材料是近年来开始研究的制备纳米材料的新方法,在无溶剂环境中,微粒之间的碰撞基本不发生,微粒生长过程是通过单体加成来实现的,这样就较易得到形状和尺寸单分散的纳米材料。但是采用无溶剂合成纳米材料时通常需要加入捕获剂来控制…     

Probing the interaction of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) with platinum nanocrystals by UV-Raman and FTIR

The vibrational spectra of platinum nanoparticles (2.4-9 nm) capped with poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) were investigated by deep UV-Raman and FTIR spectroscopy and compared with those of pure PVP. Raman spectra of PVP/Pt show selective enhancement of C=O, C-N, and CH2 vibrational modes attributed to the pyrrolidone ring. Selective enhancement of ring vibrations is attributed both to the resonance Raman effect and SERS chemical enhancement. A red shift of the PVP carbonyl frequency on the order of 60 cm-1 indicates the formation of strong >C=O-Pt bonds. It is concluded that PVP adheres to the nanoparticles through a charge-transfer interaction between the pyrrolidone rings and surface Pt atoms. Heating the Pt nanoparticles under reducing conditions initiates the decomposition of the capping agent, PVP, at a temperature 100 degrees C below that of pure PVP. Under oxidizing conditions, both PVP/Pt and PVP degrade to form amorphous carbon.     

Cd2(Te6O13)][Cd2Cl6] and Cd7Cl8(Te7O17): novel tellurium(IV) oxide slabs and unusual cadmium chloride architectures

Initial attempts to prepare new Ln-Cd-Te-O-Cl compounds led to the isolation of two novel cadmium tellurium(IV) oxychlorides with two different types of structures, namely, [Cd(2)(Te(6)O(13))][Cd(2)Cl(6)] and Cd(7)Cl(8)(Te(7)O(17)). Both compounds feature novel polymeric tellurium(IV) oxide anions and unusual cadmium chloride substructures. The structure of [Cd(2)(Te(6)O(13))][Cd(2)Cl(6)] is composed of 1D [Cd(2)Cl(6)](2)(-) double chains and (002) [Cd(2)(Te(6)O(13))](2+) layers. The 1D Te(6)O(13)(2)(-) slab of the [Cd(2)(Te(6)O(13))](2+) layer is formed by TeO(3), TeO(4), and TeO(5) groups via corner- and edge-sharing, and it contains six- and seven-membered tellurium(IV) polyhedral rings. The structure of Cd(7)Cl(8)(Te(7)O(17)) features a 3D network with long-narrow tunnels along the b axis. The two types of structural building blocks are 1D [Te(7)O(17)](6)(-) anions and unusual corrugated [Cd(7)Cl(8)](6+) layers based on "cyclohexane-like" Cd(3)Cl(3) rings.     

Size control of semimetal bismuth nanoparticles and the UV-visible and IR absorption spectra

We introduced a simple chemical method to synthesize semimetal bismuth nanoparticles in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) by reducing Bi(3+) with sodium borohydride (NaBH(4)) in the presence of poly(vinylpyrroldone) (PVP) at room temperature. The size and dispersibility of Bi nanoparticles can be easily controlled by changing the synthetic conditions such as the molar ratio of PVP to BiCl(3) and the concentration of BiCl(3). The UV-visible absorption spectra of Bi nanoparticles of different diameters are systematically studied. The surface plasmon peaks broaden with the increasing molar ratio of PVP to BiCl(3) as the size of bismuth nanoparticles decreases. Infrared (IR) spectra of the complexes with different molar ratios of PVP/BiCl(3) show a strong interaction between the carboxyl oxygen (C=O) of PVP and Bi(3+) ion and a weak interaction between the carboxyl oxygen (C=O) of PVP and the Bi atom in nanoparticles. This indicates that PVP serves as an effective capping ligand, which prevents the nanoparticles from aggregation.     

Synthesis and steric stabilization of silver nanoparticles in neat carbon dioxide solvent using fluorine-free compounds

The adjustable solvent properties, vanishingly low surface tensions, and environmentally green characteristics of supercritical carbon dioxide present certain advantages in nanoparticles synthesis and processing. Unfortunately, most current techniques employed to synthesize and disperse nanoparticles in carbon dioxide use environmentally persistent fluorinated compounds as metal precursors and/or stabilizing ligands. This paper illustrates a one-step process for synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles in carbon dioxide using only fluorine-free compounds. Isostearic acid coated silver nanoaparticles were formed and stably dispersed through arrested precipitation. Silver bis(3,5,5-trimethyl-1-hexyl)sulfosuccinate (Ag-AOT-TMH) was reduced in the presence of isostearic acid as a capping ligand in carbon dioxide solvent to form silver nanoparticles. The addition of cyclohexane as cosolvent or an increase in carbon dioxide solvent density enhances the dispersibility of the particles due to an increase in solvent strength. The dispersibility of the isostearic acid capped silver nanoparticles diminished with time until a stable dispersion was achieved due to the precipitation of a fraction of particle sizes too large to be stabilized by the solvent medium, thereby leaving a smaller size fraction of nanoparticles stably dispersed in the CO2 mixtures. This paper presents the one-step synthesis and stabilization of metallic nanoparticles in neat carbon dioxide without the aid of any fluorinated compounds.     

Synthesis of uniform CoTe and NiTe semiconductor nanocluster wires through a novel coreduction method

A novel coreduction method was developed to synthesize uniform one-dimensional CoTe and NiTe nanocluster wires. In the synthesis, soluble Na(2)TeO(3) was used to supply a highly reactive Te source and N(2)H(4).H(2)O was used both as reducing agent and as complexing agent. The as-prepared samples were characterized by XRD, TEM, and HRTEM. The probable formation mechanism of the nanowires is discussed.     

银纳米线的制备及电催化还原氧性能研究

分别以聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮(PVP),乙二醇作为软模板和还原剂,采用不同晶种(AgCl、Ag)快速合成了银纳米线.通过SEM和TEM表征,证明合成银纳米线材料形貌均一,颗粒含量很少.并且发现以AgCl为晶种合成的银纳米线长径比为200左右(SNWH),而以Ag为晶种合成的长径比为30左右(SNWL).以银纳米线作为电催化氧...     

Syntheses,structures, and characterization of new lead(II)-tellurium(IV)-oxide halides: Pb3Te2O6X2 and Pb3TeO4X2 (X = Cl or Br)

The syntheses, structures, and characterization of four new lead(II)-tellurium(IV)-oxide halides, Pb(3)Te(2)O(6)X(2) and Pb(3)TeO(4)X(2) (X = Cl or Br) are reported. The materials are synthesized by solid-state techniques, using Pb(3)O(2)Cl(2) or Pb(3)O(2)Br(2) and TeO(2) as reagents. The compounds have three-dimensional structural topologies consisting of lead-oxide halide polyhedra connected to tellurium oxide groups. In addition, the Pb(2+) and Te(4+) cations are in asymmetric coordination environments attributable to their stereoactive lone pair. We also demonstrate that Pb(3)Te(2)O(6)X(2) and Pb(2)TeO(4)X(2) can be interconverted reversibly through the loss or addition of TeO(2). X-ray data: Pb(3)Te(2)O(6)Cl(2), monoclinic, space group C2/m (No. 12), a = 16.4417(11) A, b = 5.6295(4) A, c = 10.8894(7) A, beta = 103.0130(10) degrees, Z = 4; Pb(3)Te(2)O(6)Br(2), monoclinic, space group C2/m (No. 12), a = 16.8911(8) A, b = 5.6804(2) A, c = 11.0418(5) A, beta = 104.253(2) degrees, Z = 4; Pb(3)TeO(4)Cl(2), orthorhombic, space group Bmmb (No. 63), a = 5.576(1) A, b = 5.559(1) A, c = 12.4929(6) A, Z = 4; Pb(3)TeO(4)Br(2), orthorhombic, space group Bmmb (No. 63), a = 5.6434(4) A, b = 5.6434(5) A, c = 12.9172(6) A, Z = 4.     

Preparation of gold-tellurium hybrid nanomaterials for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

We report a simple method for preparing three different SERS-active substrates. Concentrated hydrazine solution as the reducing agent and tellurium dioxide as the precursor were used to prepare Te nanowires (NWs). The as-prepared Te NWs have an average length of 547.7 +/- 111.6 nm and an average width of 15.1 +/- 2.7 nm. Through the reaction of Te NWs with sodium tetrachloroaurate in the presence of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) over reaction times of 10, 20, and 60 min, gold-tellurium nanodumbbells, gold-tellurium nanopeapods, and gold pearl-necklace nanomaterials (Au PNNs) were obtained, respectively. By controlling the reaction time, the distance between adjacent gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in each Te nanowire was tunable, allowing us to investigate its effect on the SERS signals. Having shorter distances among Au NPs (greater electromagnetic fields), the Au PNNs provided a reproducible enhancement factor of 5.6 x 10(9).