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A System to Create Stable Nanoparticle Aerosols from Nanopowders
Published on: July 26, 2016
The aerosol OT+n-butanol+n-heptane+water system: phase behavior, structure characterization, and application to
Arthur R Malheiro1, Laudemir C Varanda, Joelma Perez
1Departamento de Físico Química, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), C. P. 355, 14801-970 Araraquara, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
A phase diagram of the pseudo-ternary Aerosol OT (AOT)+n-butanol/n-heptane/water system, at a mass ratio of AOT/n-butanol=2, is presented. Conductivity measurements showed that within the vast one-phase microemulsion region observed, the structural transition from water-in-oil to oil-in-water microemulsion occurs continuously without phase separation. This pseudo-ternary system was applied to the synthesis of carbon-supported Pt70Fe30 nanoparticles, and it was found that nanoparticles prepared in microemulsions containing n-butanol have more Fe than those prepared in ternary microemulsions of AOT/n-heptane/water under similar conditions. It was verified that introducing n-butanol as a cosurfactant into the AOT/n-heptane/water system lead to complete reduction of the Fe ions that allowed obtaining alloyed PtFe nanoparticles with the desired composition, without the need of preparing functionalized surfactants and/or the use of inert atmosphere.
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