TY - JOUR A1 - Szczerba, Wojciech A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Thünemann, Andreas T1 - Bond length cntraction in gold nanoparticles N2 - The structure of nanoparticles typically differs from its bulk counterpart. Predominantly, the structures of gold nanoparticles have been under exceedingly intense discussion since the discovery of their high catalytic activity. We found an increasing bond length contraction with decreasing particle size for citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution as determined by in situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. Particle sizes and size distributions were determined by small-angle X-ray scattering. The analysis of the obtained EXAFS spectra employing ab initio calculations reveals that the Au–Au bond length undergoes a contraction of 2 pm for nanoparticles with a radius of 2.9 nm. NIST reference material RM 8011 gold nanoparticles with a radius of 4.4 nm exhibit a smaller contraction of approximately 1 pm. Finally, gold atoms in RM 8013 particles with a radius of 25.7 nm show distances of 288 pm— identical to the distance in gold foil—and exhibits bulk-like properties. The observed bond length contraction of gold nanoparticles in solution is significantly smaller than previously reported for gold nanoparticle deposited on surfaces, which is up to 15 pm. This indicates that the bond length contraction effect of 'free' and 'surfaceimmobilized' nanoparticles differ fundamentally. Such difference could be essential for the understanding of nanoparticle-supported catalysis. KW - Small-angle X-ray scattering KW - SAXS KW - EXAFS KW - XAFS KW - Nanoparticle KW - Gold PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-010-4200-z SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 398 IS - 5 SP - 1967 EP - 1972 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-22173 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Girod, Matthias A1 - Vogel, Stefanie A1 - Szczerba, Wojciech A1 - Thünemann, Andreas T1 - How temperature determines formation of maghemite nanoparticles N2 - We report on the formation of polymer-stabilized superparamagnetic single-core and multi-core maghemite nanoparticles. The particle formation was carried out by coprecipitation of Fe(II) and Fe(III) sulfate in a continuous aqueous process using a micromixer system. Aggregates containing 50 primary particles with sizes of 2 nm were formed at a reaction temperature of 30 °C. These particles aggregated further with time and were not stable. In contrast, stable single-core particles with a diameter of 7 nm were formed at 80 °C as revealed by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) coupled in-line with the micromixer for particle characterization. X-ray diffraction and TEM confirmed the SAXS results. X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy (XANES) identified the iron oxide phase as maghemite. KW - Iron Oxide Nanoparticles KW - Micromixer KW - SAXS KW - XANES KW - Carboxydextran KW - Nanotechnology PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.09.057 SN - 0304-8853 VL - 380 SP - 163 EP - 167 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-32564 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Batzdorf, Lisa A1 - Wilke, Manuel A1 - Szczerba, Wojciech A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - Mechanochemical synthesis and characterisation of two new bismuth metal organic frameworks N2 - Two metal organic structures composed of the ligands benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate and pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylate and bismuth cations are presented: (H2Im)[Bi(1,4-bdc)2] (1) and [Bi(pydc)(NO3)2(H2O)2]*H2O (2) (bdc = benzenedicarboxylate, H2Im = imidazole cation, pydc = pyridinedicarboxylate). Both compounds were synthesised via grinding and the crystal structure of compound (2) was solved based on its powder diffraction pattern. Compound 1 crystallises isostructurally to the dimethyl ammonium containing compound (dma)[(Bi(1,4-bdc)2]. Raman spectroscopy and Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements provided additional information about the two mechanochemically synthesised metal organic compounds. KW - Crystal structure KW - Mechanochemically synthesis KW - Powder diffraction measurements PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-306296 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE42633E SN - 1466-8033 N1 - Geburtsname von Batzdorf, Lisa: Tröbs, L. - Birth name of Batzdorf, Lisa: Tröbs, L. VL - 16 IS - 25 SP - 5560 EP - 5565 CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-30629 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -