Benzyl alcohol and transition metal chlorides as a versatile reaction system for the nonaqueous and low-temperature synthesis of crystalline nano-objects with controlled dimensionality

Markus Niederberger; Michael H Bartl; Galen D Stucky

doi:10.1021/ja027115i

Benzyl alcohol and transition metal chlorides as a versatile reaction system for the nonaqueous and low-temperature synthesis of crystalline nano-objects with controlled dimensionality

J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Nov 20;124(46):13642-3. doi: 10.1021/ja027115i.

Authors

Markus Niederberger¹, Michael H Bartl, Galen D Stucky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.

PMID: 12431071
DOI: 10.1021/ja027115i

Abstract

The reaction of transition metal chlorides with benzyl alcohol leads at low temperatures to oxidic nanostructures with low-dimensional particle shapes such as nearly spherical titania anatase nanoparticles, vanadium oxide nanorods, and tungsten oxide nanoplatelets. The process is simple, allows a scale-up in gram quantities, and leads to highly crystalline materials. Ethanol solutions containing tungsten oxide nanoparticles exhibit blue luminescence upon UV irradiation at room temperature.