Facile, fast, and inexpensive synthesis of monodisperse amorphous Nickel-Phosphide nanoparticles of predefined size

Karl Mandel; Frank Dillon; Antal A. Koos; Zabeada Aslam; Kerstin Jurkschat; Frank Cullen; Alison Crossley; Hugh Bishop; Karsten Moh; Christian Cavelius; Eduard Arzt; Nicole Grobert

doi:10.1039/C0CC02769C

Facile, fast, and inexpensive synthesis of monodisperse amorphous Nickel-Phosphide nanoparticles of predefined size†

Karl Mandel,^ac Frank Dillon,^a Antal A. Koos,^a Zabeada Aslam,^a Kerstin Jurkschat,^a Frank Cullen,^a Alison Crossley,^a Hugh Bishop,^a Karsten Moh,^b Christian Cavelius,^b Eduard Arzt^b and Nicole Grobert*^a

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^a Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK

^b INM-Leibniz-Institute for New Materials, Campus D2 2, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

^c Faculty of Physics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 1, 89081 Ulm, Germany

Abstract

Monodisperse, size-controlled Ni–P nanoparticles were synthesised in a single step process using triphenyl-phosphane (TPP), oleylamine (OA), and Ni(II)acetyl-acetonate. The nanoparticles were amorphous, contained ∼30 at% P and their size was controlled between 7–21 nm simply by varying the amount of TPP. They are catalytically active for tailored carbon nanotube growth.

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Facile, fast, and inexpensive synthesis of monodisperse amorphous Nickel-Phosphide nanoparticles of predefined size†

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