Phase control in the synthesis of magnetic iron sulfide nanocrystals from a cubane-type fe-S cluster

P. V. Vanitha; Paul O'Brien

doi:10.1021/ja8078187

Phase control in the synthesis of magnetic iron sulfide nanocrystals from a cubane-type fe-S cluster

P. V. Vanitha, Paul O'Brien

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Phase control has been achieved in the synthesis of magnetic iron sulfide nanocrystals by the use of a single source precursor, a cubane type Fe-S cluster, bis(tetra-n-butylammonium) tetrakis[benezenethiolato-μ3-sulfido- iron]. This cluster cleanly decomposes in alkylamines to yield nanocrystals whose composition, structure, and dimensions are dependent on the temperature employed. At low temperatures, pyrrhotite type Fe7S8 nanocrystals with an average diameter of 5.6 nm are obtained. Higher temperatures yield griegite-Fe3S4 nanocrystals whose dimensions are tunable in the range 2.5-4.5 nm. All the obtained nanocrystals are superparamagnetic at room temperature. Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17256-17257
Number of pages	1
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	130
Issue number	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8078187
Publication status	Published - 24 Dec 2008

Keywords

ACTIVE-SITES
NANOPARTICLES
TRANSITIONS
BIOMEDICINE
NANOSHEETS
BACTERIUM
CHEMISTRY
PROTEINS
GREIGITE
FE3S4

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Phase control in the synthesis of magnetic iron sulfide nanocrystals from a cubane-type fe-S cluster

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