TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparation and characterization of copper(II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine nanoparticles formed by laser ablation in poor solvents
AU - Leonard, Kwati
AU - Kurawaki, Junichi
AU - Hayakawa, Katumitu
AU - Thein Tun, Myint
AU - Kusumoto, Yoshihumi
N1 - Funding Information:
The present work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research no. 11640511 from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Laser irradiation of copper(II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine (CuTsPc) microcrystals in poor organic solvents such as methanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, ethanol, tetrahydrofuran, and acetone has produced CuTsPc nanoparticles with 15 - 112 nm in diameter. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images have shown the formation of CuTsPc nanoparticles in poor organic solvents used in this work. The mean diameters of CuTsPc nanoparticles obtained from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images in methanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, ethanol, tetrahydrofuran, and acetone were determined to be 26, 36, 35, 86, and 78 nm, respectively. A correlation between the size of CuTsPc nanoparticles and a solvent polarity could be found in this work.
AB - Laser irradiation of copper(II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine (CuTsPc) microcrystals in poor organic solvents such as methanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, ethanol, tetrahydrofuran, and acetone has produced CuTsPc nanoparticles with 15 - 112 nm in diameter. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) images have shown the formation of CuTsPc nanoparticles in poor organic solvents used in this work. The mean diameters of CuTsPc nanoparticles obtained from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images in methanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, ethanol, tetrahydrofuran, and acetone were determined to be 26, 36, 35, 86, and 78 nm, respectively. A correlation between the size of CuTsPc nanoparticles and a solvent polarity could be found in this work.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00396-009-2025-0
DO - 10.1007/s00396-009-2025-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67349208390
SN - 0303-402X
VL - 287
SP - 773
EP - 778
JO - Colloid and Polymer Science
JF - Colloid and Polymer Science
IS - 7
ER -