Tuning azolium azolate ionic liquids to promote surface interactions with titanium nanoparticles leading to increased passivation and colloidal stability

Parker D McCrary; Preston A Beasley; Steven P Kelley; Stefan Schneider; Jerry A Boatz; Tommy W Hawkins; Jesus Paulo L Perez; Brandon W McMahon; Mark Pfiel; Steven F Son; Scott L Anderson; Robin D Rogers

doi:10.1039/c2cp42510f

Tuning azolium azolate ionic liquids to promote surface interactions with titanium nanoparticles leading to increased passivation and colloidal stability

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Oct 14;14(38):13194-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cp42510f.

Authors

Parker D McCrary¹, Preston A Beasley, Steven P Kelley, Stefan Schneider, Jerry A Boatz, Tommy W Hawkins, Jesus Paulo L Perez, Brandon W McMahon, Mark Pfiel, Steven F Son, Scott L Anderson, Robin D Rogers

Affiliation

¹ Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Box 870336, Tuscaloosa, AL 35467-0338, USA.

PMID: 22948731
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42510f

Abstract

The passivation and stability of suspensions of titanium nanoparticles in azolium azolate ionic liquids can be tuned by introducing metal specific binding sites in the azolate anion.