Metallic nanoparticles from heterometallic Co–Ru carbonyl clusters in mesoporous silica xerogels and MCM-41-type materialsDedicated to the memory of Professor O. Kahn, who made so many brilliant contributions to inorganic chemistry.
Abstract
Impregnation of a mesoporous xerogel or of MCM-41 with an organic solution of the heterometallic cluster [NEt4][Co3Ru(CO)12], followed by thermal treatment under an inert atmosphere, leads to highly dispersed magnetic nanoparticles under milder conditions than when conventional metal salts are used as precursors.