Authors: Carlos Díaz María Luisa Valenzuela Nicolás Yutronic
Publish Date: 2007/07/03
Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 577-582
Abstract
A simple synthetic route to monometallic and bimetallic nanostructured materials is presented Pyrolysis of the organometallic iron copolyphosphazenes N = PR1208N = POC6H4CH2CNFe2015PF6032n 1 and N = PR12055N = POC6H4CH2CNFe202PF6032n 2 with R1 = OC12H8 Fe = CpFedppe+ Cp = η−C5H5 dppe = PPh2CH22PPh2 in air affords nanoparticles of the iron pyrophosphate Fe2Fe5P2O74 while the pyrolysis of both copolymers in air and in the presence of TlPF6 yield bimetallic Tl Fe nanostructures The polyphosphazene acts as a hybrid organic–inorganic template By carbonization the organic part of the polymer provides holes where the metallic centers grow while the inorganic P = N acts as precursor for the formation of phosphorus oxides which form the metal pyrophosphates or the stabilizing matrix Pyrolysis of organometallic polyphosphazene polymers containing two organometallic fragments is discussed as a new and general method for obtaining bimetallic nanostructured materials
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