Water-soluble Mn3O4 nanocrystals have been prepared through thermal decomposition in a high temperature boiling solvent, 2-pyrrolidone. The final product was characterized with XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR and Zeta Potential measurements. Average crystallite size was calculated as ∼15 nm using XRD peak broadening. TEM analysis revealed spherical nanoparticles with an average diameter of 14±0.4 nm. FTIR analysis indicated that 2-pyrrolidone coordinates with the Mn3O4 nanocrystals only via O from the carbonyl group, thus confining their growth and protecting their surfaces from interaction with neighboring particles. © Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008.
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Özkaya, T., Baykal, A., & Toprak, M. S. (2008). 2-pyrrolidone - Capped Mn3O4 nanocrystals. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 6(3), 465–469. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-008-0041-4
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