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    Size-controlled synthesis and morphology evolution of Nd2O3 nano-powders using ionic liquid surfactant templates

    Year: 2017

    Journal: J. Alloy. Compd., Volume 712, JUL 25, page 164–171

    Authors: Huang, Bin; Huang, Chao; Chen, Jinqing; Sun, Xiaoqi

    Organizations: Hundreds Talents Program from the Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Natural Science Foundation of China [21571179]; Science and Technology Major Project of Fujian Province [2015HZ0001-3]; Science and Technology Major Project of Ganzhou

    Keywords: Nd2O3 nano-powder; lLs surfactant; Micelle; Liquid template

    A novel surfactant liquid template has been developed for the synthesis of monodisperse neodymia (Nd2O3) nanoparticles with various morphologies. The effects of surfactant concentration and type were studied in the preparation process. The precursors and Nd2O3 powders were determined by several analytic techniques such as XRD, TG/DSC, SEM and FTIR. The morphologies of products were indicated to be highly influenced by the added amount of N-(3-Cocoamidopropyl)-betaine (CAPB) or 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C-14-Amim]CI) ionic liquid (IL) surfactants. With the increase of CAPB concentration from 0 to 20 times of critical micelle concentration (CMC), the morphologies of Nd2O3 varied from short nanorods, nanoballs, irregular flakes, highly regular leaf-shaped nanoparticles to torispherical nanoparticles, and the phases of Nd2O3 mentioned above were all the same. However, the morphology of Nd2O3 prepared by adding [C(14)mim]Cl surfactant was quite different to that prepared with CAPB surfactant. A possible mechanism was proposed to explain the influence of surfactant concentration on the precipitation process. The surfactant formed different micelle structures, i.e., sphere micelle, lamellar micelle and liquid crystal micelle, as the liquid templates for guiding the precipitation reaction. The synthetic procedure was fairly simple and showed great promise for the application of some other IL surfactants to prepare nanoparticles, fabricating a variety of building blocks for assembling nano materials with novel structures and functionalities. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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