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Title: | Precisely controlled fabrication, manipulation and in-situ analysis of Cu based nanoparticles |
Authors: | Martínez, Lidia Lauwaet, K. Santoro, G. Sobrado, J. M. Peláez, R. J. Herrero, V. J. Tanarro, I. Ellis, G. J. Cernicharo, J. Joblin, C. Huttel, Y. Martín-Gago, J. A. |
Keywords: | Techniques and instrumentation;Mechanical engineering;Nanoparticles;Characterization and analytical techniques |
Issue Date: | 8-May-2018 |
Publisher: | Nature |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-018-25472-y |
Published version: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25472-y |
Citation: | Scientific Reports 8: 7250(2018) |
Abstract: | The increasing demand for nanostructured materials is mainly motivated by their key role in a wide variety of technologically relevant fields such as biomedicine, green sustainable energy or catalysis. We have succeeded to scale-up a type of gas aggregation source, called a multiple ion cluster source, for the generation of complex, ultra-pure nanoparticles made of different materials. The high production rates achieved (tens of g/day) for this kind of gas aggregation sources, and the inherent ability to control the structure of the nanoparticles in a controlled environment, make this equipment appealing for industrial purposes, a highly coveted aspect since the introduction of this type of sources. Furthermore, our innovative UHV experimental station also includes in-flight manipulation and processing capabilities by annealing, acceleration, or interaction with background gases along with in-situ characterization of the clusters and nanoparticles fabricated. As an example to demonstrate some of the capabilities of this new equipment, herein we present the fabrication of copper nanoparticles and their processing, including the controlled oxidation (from Cu0 to CuO through Cu2O, and their mixtures) at different stages in the machine. |
Description: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Martínez, L. [0000-0002-9370-2962] ; Santoro, G. [0000-0003-4751-2209] ; Ellis, G. [0000-0003-4851-6092] ; Joblin, C. [0000-0003-1561-6118] |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12666/938 |
E-ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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