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NHC stabilized copper nanoparticles via reduction of a copper NHC complex.

ABSTRACT: The bottom-up synthesis of plasmonic NHC@CuNPs from common starting reagents, via the formation of the synthetically accessible NHC-Cu(I)-Br complex and its reduction by NH₃·BH₃ is reported. The resulting NHC@CuNPs have been characterized in detail by XPS, TEM and NMR spectroscopy. The stability of NHC@CuNPs was investigated under both inert and ambient conditions using UV-Vis analysis. While the NHC@CuNPs are stable under inert conditions for an extended period of time, the NPs oxidize under air to form Cu_xO with concomitant release of the stabilizing NHC ligand.

SUBMITTER: Richstein R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10408246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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NHC stabilized copper nanoparticles via reduction of a copper NHC complex.

Richstein Robert R Eisen Constantin C Ge Lingcong L Chalermnon Monnaya M Mayer Florian F Keppler Bernhard K BK Chin Jia Min JM Reithofer Michael R MR

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20230808 64

The bottom-up synthesis of plasmonic NHC@CuNPs from common starting reagents, via the formation of the synthetically accessible NHC-Cu(I)-Br complex and its reduction by NH3·BH3 is reported. The resulting NHC@CuNPs have been characterized in detail by XPS, TEM and NMR spectroscopy. The stability of NHC@CuNPs was investigated under both inert and ambient conditions using UV-Vis analysis. While the NHC@CuNPs are stable under inert conditions for an extended period of t ...[more]

PMID: 37477599

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