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Colloidal calcium nanoparticles: digestive ripening in the presence of a capping agent and coalescence of particles under an electron beam

Sanyal, Udishnu and Datta, Ranjan and Jagirdar, Balaji R (2012) Colloidal calcium nanoparticles: digestive ripening in the presence of a capping agent and coalescence of particles under an electron beam. In: RSC Advances , 2 (1). pp. 259-263.

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Abstract

The nanochemistry of calcium remains unexplored, which is largely due to the inaccessibility of calcium nanoparticles in an easy to handle form by conventional methods of synthesis as well as its highly reactive and pyrophoric nature. The synthesis of colloidal Ca nanoparticles by the solvated metal atom dispersion (SMAD) method is described. The as-prepared Ca-THF nanoparticles, which are polydisperse, undergo digestive ripening in the presence of a capping agent, hexadecyl amine (HDA) to afford highly monodisperse colloids consisting of 2-3 nm sized Ca-HDA nanoparticles. These are quite stable towards precipitation for long periods of time, thereby providing access to the study of the nanochemistry of Ca. Particles synthesized in this manner were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, high resolution electron microscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction methods. Under an electron beam, two adjacent Ca nanoparticles undergo coalescence to form a larger particle.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: RSC Advances
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre: Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2012 09:25
Last Modified: 15 Feb 2012 09:25
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/43439

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