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Tuning the Particle Size of Prussian Blue by a Dual Anion Source Method
journal contribution
posted on 2018-09-10, 00:00 authored by Hao Wang, Qiang Zhu, Haitao Li, Changsheng Xie, Dawen ZengThe
preparation of coordination polymer nanoparticles with different
sizes has been currently the focus of research attention in many fields
such as gas storage, batteries, drug delivery, magnetic resonance
imaging, etc. In this paper, we reported a facile dual anion source
(DAS) method to prepare Prussian blue (PB) nanoparticles with different
particle sizes. With the increasing of FeII(CN)64– reactant usage proportions, the mean
size of PB particles increased from 100 nm to 1.6 μm. Such a
wide size range was found closely related to the different nucleation
processes with varied chemical compositions (proportions of Fe(II)
and Fe(III)) of the products. With increasing Fe(II) content in both
ends of the cyanide bridge, the PB nucleus generation rate would descend
in the product nucleation period. The reported DAS method exploited
a new synthetic strategy for controlling the particle size of PB particles.
The results would contribute to the research on other coordination
polymers in the future.