ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

PEG-Deep Eutectic Solvents for Nanoparticle Synthesis

Abstract: Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) are complexes of organic salts and neutral hydrogen bond donors. They are tuneable, low volatility liquids that are environmentally benign and which have been used for a variety of nanoparticle syntheses. Previously we have studied the pre-organisation of metal ions in a choline chloride:urea DES which allows growth of nanoparticles under lower temperature and less alkaline synthesis conditions than in water, and where addition of water gives some control over the particle morphology. We have used a DES based on a short polymeric species, polyethylene glycol; PEG200:urea and PEG200:thiourea to grow metal oxide and sulfide nanoparticles. Here we wish to probe interactions between the PEG and urea components to understand why this solvent has a lower viscosity than ChCl:urea and to determine how metal ions are organised by a multidentate polymer component.

Public release date: 16 December 2021

Principal Investigator: Professor Karen Edler
Local Contact: Dr Tom Headen
Experimenter: Dr Marcelo da Silva
Experimenter: Ms Kerrie Morrison
Experimenter: Mr George Neville
Experimenter: Mr Jake Hooton
Experimenter: Dr Andrew McCluskey
Experimenter: Dr Oliver Hammond
Experimenter: Ms Ria Atri
Experimenter: Dr Daniel Bowron

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.99688598

Parent DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1820398

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1820398

Part Number: 1

Date of Experiment: 14 December 2018

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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