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Synthesis and controlled growth of osmium nanoparticles by electron irradiation

Yes / We have synthesised osmium nanoparticles of defined size (1.5–50 nm) on a B- and S-doped turbostratic graphitic structure by electron-beam irradiation of an organometallic osmium complex encapsulated in self-spreading polymer micelles, and characterised them by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) on the same grid. Oxidation of the osmium nanoparticles after exposure to air was detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). / We thank the Leverhulme Trust (Early Career Fellowship No. ECF-2013-414 to NPEB), the University of Warwick (Grant No. RD14102 to NPEB), the ERC (Grant No. 247450 to PJS), and the EPSRC (EP/F034210/1 to PJS). L.M.A.P., J.L., and G.C. acknowledge financial support from the EU through the ERC Consolidator Grant “VISUAL-MS”.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/11237
Date2015 September 1929
CreatorsPitto-Barry, Anaïs, Perdigao, L.M.A., Walker, M., Lawrence, J., Constantini, G., Sadler, P.J., Barry, Nicolas P.E.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Published version
Rights© 2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence., CC-BY

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