Issue 16, 2010

A novel stabilisation model for rutheniumnanoparticles in imidazolium ionic liquids: in situ spectroscopic and labelling evidence

Abstract

In situ labelling and spectroscopic experiments are used to explain the key points in the stabilisation of ruthenium nanoparticles (RuNPs) generated in imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) by decomposition of 4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(η6-1,3,5-cyclooctatriene)ruthenium(0), Ru(COD)(COT), under dihydrogen. These are found to be: (1) the presence of hydrides at the RuNP surface and, (2) the confinement of RuNPs in the non-polar domains of the structured IL, induced by the rigid 3-D organisation. These results lead to a novel stabilisation model for NPs in ionic liquids.

Graphical abstract: A novel stabilisation model for ruthenium nanoparticles in imidazolium ionic liquids: in situ spectroscopic and labelling evidence

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Dec 2009
Accepted
08 Feb 2010
First published
10 Mar 2010

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010,12, 4217-4223

A novel stabilisation model for ruthenium nanoparticles in imidazolium ionic liquids: in situ spectroscopic and labelling evidence

P. S. Campbell, C. C. Santini, D. Bouchu, B. Fenet, K. Philippot, B. Chaudret, A. A. H. Pádua and Y. Chauvin, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 4217 DOI: 10.1039/B925329G

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