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SUBMITTER: Deshmukh R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3688256 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European journal of inorganic chemistry 20130308 14
Copper oxide nanoparticles within hollow mesoporous silica spheres were prepared by binding/adsorbing Cu<sup>2+</sup> or [Cu(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>2+</sup> ions on the surface of carbon spheres, followed by formation of a mesoporous silica shell by sol-gel processing and calcination in air. The CuO nanoparticles can subsequently be converted into Cu<sub>3</sub>N nanoparticles by nitridation with ammonia. The effect of the different copper precursors, i.e. C ...[more]