% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Schtte:151760, author = {Schütte, K. and Meyer, H. and Gemel, Chr. and Barthel, Juri and Fischer, R. A. and Janiak, Chr.}, title = {{S}ynthesis of {C}u, {Z}n and {C}u/{Z}n brass alloy nanoparticles from metal amidinate precursors in ionic liquids or propylene carbonate with relevance to methanol synthesis}, journal = {Nanoscale}, volume = {6}, number = {6}, issn = {2040-3364}, address = {Cambridge}, publisher = {RSC Publ.}, reportid = {FZJ-2014-01649}, pages = {3116 - 3126}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Microwave-induced decomposition of the transition metal amidinates {[Me(C(NiPr)2)]Cu}2 (1) and [Me(C(NiPr)2)]2Zn (2) in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm][BF4]) or in propylene carbonate (PC) gives copper and zinc nanoparticles which are stable in the absence of capping ligands (surfactants) for more than six weeks. Co-decomposition of 1 and 2 yields the intermetallic nano-brass phases β-CuZn and γ-Cu3Zn depending on the chosen molar ratios of the precursors. Nanoparticles were characterized by high-angle annular dark field-scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), dynamic light scattering and powder X-ray diffractometry. Microstructure characterizations were complemented by STEM with spatially resolved energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Synthesis in ILs yields significantly smaller nanoparticles than in PC. β-CuZn alloy nanoparticles are precursors to catalysts for methanol synthesis from the synthesis gas H2/CO/CO2 with a productivity of 10.7 mol(MeOH) (kg(Cu) h)−1.}, cin = {PGI-5}, ddc = {600}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-5-20110106}, pnm = {424 - Exploratory materials and phenomena (POF2-424)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-424}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, UT = {WOS:000332604200016}, doi = {10.1039/C3NR05780A}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/151760}, }