TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ayi, Ayi A.
A1  - Khare, Varsha
A1  - Strauch, Peter
A1  - Girard, Jèrôme
A1  - Fromm, Katharina M.
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - On the chemical synthesis of titanium nanoparticles from ionic liquids
N2  - We report on attempts towards the synthesis of titanium nanoparticles using a wet chemical approach in imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) under reducing conditions. Transmission electron microscopy finds nanoparticles in all cases. UV/Vis spectroscopy confirms the nanoparticulate nature of the precipitate, as in all cases an absorption band between ca. 280 and 300 nm is visible. IR spectroscopy shows that even after extensive washing and drying, some IL remains adsorbed on the nanoparticles. Raman spectroscopy suggests the formation of anatase nanoparticles, but X-ray diffraction reveals that, possibly, amorphous titania forms or that the nanoparticles are so small that a clear structure assignment is not possible. The report thus shows that (possibly amorphous) titanium oxides even form under reducing conditions and that the chemical synthesis of titanium nanoparticles in ILs remains elusive.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://www.springerlink.com/content/101572
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-010-0403-4
SN  - 0026-9247
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Xie, Zai-Lai
A1  - Xu, Hai-Bing
A1  - Gessner, Andre
A1  - Kumke, Michael Uwe
A1  - Priebe, Magdalena
A1  - Fromm, Katharina M.
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - A transparent, flexible, ion conductive, and luminescent PMMA ionogel based on a Pt/Eu bimetallic complex and the ionic liquid [Bmim][N(Tf)(2)]
JF  - Journal of materials chemistry
N2  - Transparent, ion-conducting, luminescent, and flexible ionogels based on the room temperature ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl) imide [Bmim][N(Tf)(2)], a PtEu2 chromophore, and poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) have been prepared. The thermal stability of the PMMA significantly increases with IL incorporation. In particular, the onset weight loss observed at ca. 229 degrees C for pure PMMA increases to 305 degrees C with IL addition. The ionogel has a high ionic conductivity of 10(-3) S cm(-1) at 373 K and exhibits a strong emission in the red with a long average luminescence decay time of tau = 890 mu s. The resulting material is a new type of soft hybrid material featuring useful thermal, optical, and ion transport properties.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2jm15862k
SN  - 0959-9428
VL  - 22
IS  - 16
SP  - 8110
EP  - 8116
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -