TY  - JOUR
  - Donegan, K. P.; Godsell, J. F.; Otway, D. J.; Morris, M. A.; Roy, S.; Holmes, J. D.
  - 2012
  - January
  - Journal of Nanoparticle Research
  - Size-tuneable synthesis of nickel nanoparticles
  - Published
  - ()
  - 14
  - 670(1)
  - 670(10)
  - A facile method is described for synthesising nickel nanoparticles via the thermal decomposition of an organometallic precursor in the presence of excess n-trioctylphosphine as a capping ligand. For the first time, alkylamines with different chain lengths were employed as size-limiting agents in this synthesis. A direct correlation is demonstrated between the size of the alkylamine ligands used and the mean diameter of the nickel nanoparticles obtained. The use of bulky oleylamine as a size-limiting agent over a reaction period of 30 min led to the growth of nickel nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 2.8 ± 0.9 nm. The employment of less bulky N,N-dimethylhexadecylamine groups led to the growth of nickel nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 4.4 ± 0.9 nm. By increasing the reaction time from 30 to 240 min, while employing oleylamine as the size-limiting agent, the mean diameter of the nickel nanoparticles was increased from 2.8 ± 0.9 to 5.1 ± 0.7 nm. Decreasing the amount of capping ligand present in the reaction system allowed further growth of the nickel nanoparticles to 17.8 ± 1.3 nm. The size, structure and morphology of the nanoparticles synthesised were characterised by transmission electron microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction; while magnetic measurements indicated that the particles were superparamagnetic in nature.
  - http://www.springer.com/materials/nanotechnology/journal/11051
DA  - 2012/01
ER  - 

@article{V126936769,
   = {Donegan, K. P. and  Godsell, J. F. and  Otway, D. J. and  Morris, M. A. and  Roy, S. and  Holmes, J. D.},
   = {2012},
   = {January},
   = {Journal of Nanoparticle Research},
   = {Size-tuneable synthesis of nickel nanoparticles},
   = {Published},
   = {()},
   = {14},
  pages = {670(1)--670(10)},
   = {{A facile method is described for synthesising nickel nanoparticles via the thermal decomposition of an organometallic precursor in the presence of excess n-trioctylphosphine as a capping ligand. For the first time, alkylamines with different chain lengths were employed as size-limiting agents in this synthesis. A direct correlation is demonstrated between the size of the alkylamine ligands used and the mean diameter of the nickel nanoparticles obtained. The use of bulky oleylamine as a size-limiting agent over a reaction period of 30 min led to the growth of nickel nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 2.8 ± 0.9 nm. The employment of less bulky N,N-dimethylhexadecylamine groups led to the growth of nickel nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 4.4 ± 0.9 nm. By increasing the reaction time from 30 to 240 min, while employing oleylamine as the size-limiting agent, the mean diameter of the nickel nanoparticles was increased from 2.8 ± 0.9 to 5.1 ± 0.7 nm. Decreasing the amount of capping ligand present in the reaction system allowed further growth of the nickel nanoparticles to 17.8 ± 1.3 nm. The size, structure and morphology of the nanoparticles synthesised were characterised by transmission electron microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction; while magnetic measurements indicated that the particles were superparamagnetic in nature.}},
   = {http://www.springer.com/materials/nanotechnology/journal/11051},
  source = {IRIS}
}