Barium Carbonate Nanorods Synthesized though Multi-Phase Equilibrium Microemulsions

Abstract:

Middle-phase microemulsions (MPMs) of two systems of a cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTABr)/n-butanol/ iso-octane/Na₂CO₃ and TTABr/n-butanol/iso-octane/BaCl₂ were obtained. The effect of n-butanol concentrations on the phase behavior of the MPMs for the two systems was investigated. MPMs provide a simple and versatile reaction media for preparing inorganic particles with nanometer scale. On the basis of the investigations on the phase behavior of the MPMs, herein the upper-phase microemulsions (water-in-oil, W/O), and bicontinuous microemulsions (B. C.) were used for synthesizing hierarchically structured barium carbonate (BaCO₃) at the nanometer scale. The synthesized BaCO₃ particles possess of nanostructures which were determined by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

• Periodical: Journal of Nano Research (Volume 34)
• Pages: 99-107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.34.99
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Li Ping Liu*, Yun Yin, Jing Cheng Hao
• Keywords: Microemulsions, Reaction Media, Surfactants

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