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Mechanochemical synthesis of functionalized silicon nanoparticles with terminal chlorine groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2011

Steffen Hallmann ,
Mark J. Fink  and
Brian S. Mitchell
Steffen Hallmann
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Mark J. Fink
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Brian S. Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: brian@tulane.edu
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Abstract

A facile and efficient, one step method using high-energy ball milling (HEBM) to produce chloroalkyl-functionalized silicon nanoparticles is described. HEBM causes silicon wafers to fracture and exposes reactive silicon surfaces. Nanometer-sized, functionalized particles with alkyl-linked chloro groups are synthesized by milling the silicon precursor in presence of an ω-chloroalkyne in either hexene or hexyne. This process allows tuning of the concentration of the exposed, alkyl-linked chloro groups, simply by varying the relative amounts of the coreactants. The silicon nanoparticles formed serve as a starting point for a wide variety of chemical reactions, which may be used to alter the surface properties of the functionalized nanoparticles.

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NanoscaleSiPhotoemission
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 8 , 28 April 2011 , pp. 1052 - 1060
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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