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Synthesis and Reaction Chemistry of Nanosize Monosodium Titanate
Published on: February 23, 2016
Sodium-metal and strontium-metal nanoparticles
Christian Ritschel1, Radian Popescu2, Yolita M Eggeler2
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstrasse 15, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany. claus.feldmann@kit.edu.
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Nanoparticles of zerovalent sodium metal (5 ± 1 nm) and strontium metal (7 ± 3 nm) are synthesized in the liquid phase for the first time. The synthesis is performed in toluene with NaCp or SrI2 and TMEDA-stabilized [LiNaph] as the reducing agent (TMEDA: N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine; [LiNaph]: lithium naphthalenide). Both nanoparticles are crystalline and highly reactive, as exemplarily indicated by the formation of phase-pure alkalides.

