Air-stable Co, Fe, and Fe/Co nanoparticles are accessible by thermolysis of the metal carbonyl precursors in the presence of aluminium alkyls and subsequent “smooth oxidation”...
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Magnetic Fluids, Positioning Systems, Magnetohydrostatic Bearings
01/2006 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagMagnetic fluids show heating effects in ac-magnetic fields which may be useful for application in magnetic hyperthermia proposed as a tumour therapy...
Keywords: Iron Oxide, Nanoparticles, Precipitation, Magnetic Losses, Heating
01/2006 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagFerromagnetic metallic nanoscale particles were produced by laser evaporation of Co, Fe and Fe3Al targets with vapour condensation in nitrogen, argon or air...
Keywords: Laser Evaporation, Nanoparticles, Saturation Magnetisation, Ferrofluids, Co
01/2006 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagIn the past, magnetic nanoparticles have found increasing interest in different biomedical applications, e.g. the magnetic hyperthermia of tumor cells or the remote controlled drug delivery to the gut...
Keywords: Hysteresis, Magnetic Losses, Magnetite, Nanoparticles, Specific Heating Power
02/2006 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagNi- and Co-nanoparticles of average sizes of about 4 to 10 nm were produced by “physical” means with the cluster source LUCAS based upon laser evaporation into seeding gas and adiabatic expansion into an UHV experimentation chamber...
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Ferrofluids, Magnetic Properties, Oxide Nanoparticles, Core/Shell Nanoparticles
02/2006 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagWe describe the synthesis of highly monodisperse PbS nanocrystals using an organometalic approach, whereby oleic acid and tri-n-octylphosphine serve as stabilizing ligands...
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Self-Assembly, Colloidal Crystals
03/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagNanoparticles of spinel ferrites MnxZn1-xFe2O4 with x = 0.0 to 1.0 were prepared by co-precipitation method...
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Direct Current Resistivity, activation energy, Porosity, X-ray diffraction
07/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA simple, first principles-based model of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is used to determine ORR kinetics on the (111), (100), and (211) facets of eleven transition metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Ir, Cu, Rh, Ni, Ru, Co, Fe)...
Keywords: Density functional theory, Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Structure Sensitivity, Nanoparticles, Size effect
09/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagWe discuss methods of Extended X-ray Absorption Fine-Structure (EXAFS) analysis that provide three-dimensional structural characterization of metal nanoparticles, both mono- and bi-metallic...
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Nanoalloys, EXAFS, Structure analysis, Short range order
11/2007 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThis brief overview discusses the structure and vibrational dynamics of metallic nanoparticles. The theoretical results are derived from molecular dynamics simulations using empirical tight-binding potentials...
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Vibrational density of states, Molecular dynamics simulations, Empirical tight-binding potentials
11/2007 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagWe report the results of the ablation of a zirconium rod in isopropyl alcohol employing a titanium sapphire femtosecond laser system operated at sub-800nm wavelengths with a fluence of 2mJ/pulse and a 10Hz pulse rate...
Keywords: laser ablation, Transition Metals, Nanoparticles, Zirconium, Colloids
11/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagHighly-ordered, three-dimensional superlattices were self-assembled from dodecanethiol-ligated gold nanocrystals using a simple drop-drying technique...
Keywords: Nanocrystals, Nanoparticles, Self-Assembly, GISAXS, Supercrystals
11/2007 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag