TY - JOUR A1 - Marquardt, Dorothea A1 - Xie, Zailai A1 - Taubert, Andreas A1 - Thomann, Ralf A1 - Janiak, Christoph T1 - Microwave synthesis and inherent stabilization of metal nanoparticles in 1-methyl-3-(3-carboxyethyl)-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate JF - Dalton transactions : a journal of inorganic chemistry, including bioinorganic, organometallic, and solid-state chemistry N2 - The synthesis of Co-NPs and Mn-NPs by microwave-induced decomposition of the metal carbonyls Co-2(CO)(8) and Mn-2(CO)(10), respectively, yields smaller and better separated particles in the functionalized IL 1-methyl-3-(3-carboxyethyl)-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate [EmimCO(2)H][BF4] (1.6 +/- 0.3 nm and 4.3 +/- 1.0 nm, respectively) than in the non-functionalized IL 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [Bmim][BF4]. The particles are stable in the absence of capping ligands (surfactants) for more than six months although some variation in particle size could be observed by TEM. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt10795j SN - 1477-9226 VL - 40 IS - 33 SP - 8290 EP - 8293 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER -