Nanomaterials monodispersed nanocrystals

Interest in iron carbonyl as a precursor for nanomaterials has been revived during the past decade such that, in 2001, Hyeon et al. reported the synthesis of monodisperse 4—16 nm Y-Fe203 nanocrystals from iron pentacarbonyl in octyl ether in the presence of either oleic or lauric adds as surface ligands [68]. In this approach, highly reactive Fe(CO)5 first formed iron-oleate complexes, the subsequent decomposition of which at 300 ° C led to the formation of transient metallic iron spedes or strongly reduced iron oxocomplexes, followed by their oxidation to the y-FezOs phase by introducing (CH3)3NO into the reaction mixture. 

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