Synthesis of Cu<SUP>II</SUP>-Nanocrystal Coordination Polymer by Microemulsion Method. Straightforward Experiment of Nanomaterial Synthesis for Science High School Students

Abstract

This work aims to demonstrate the experiment which was applied in the academic recreation club at science high school for learning about coordination chemistry and nanomaterial synthesis. Accordingly, the synthesis of the nanocrystal coordination polymer (NCP) by microemulsion method was employed as an example for this purpose. In this work, the general microemulsion (µEm) method was modified in order to provide the straightforward procedure for the synthesis of Cu II -NCP for high school students. The results from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) were also discussed with the students.

Magnetoelastic modeling of core-shell spin-crossover nanocomposites

“…It is worth mentioning that other groups investigated the problem of active core-shell SCO nanoparticles by considering hollow core-shell configurations, or by studying their vibrational properties as well the role of the elastic interface energy in the stability of the nanoparticles [71][72][73]. Other developments which included the role of surface relaxations [60,74] and the particle environment [62,65,75] have also emerged in recent years.…”