Synthesis of GeFe1.4 Nanoparticles Using the Transformation of Iron Trisoxalategermanium Metal Coordination Nanopolymers by Solid Phase Reduction

Abstract

In this communication, we demonstrate the novel preparation of alloy metal nanoparticles using a nanometer-sized metal coordination polymer (MCNP) as a precursor. The presented method works effectively for the construction of an uncommon alloy nanoparticle such as a IV semiconductor-transition metal alloy. Iron trisoxalategermanium MCNPs stabilized by stealylamine (SA) were newly synthesized in reverse micelle technique, and Ge-ox-Fe-SA was successfully transformed into GeFe1.4 alloy metal nanoparticles by a gas phase reduction of metal sites under H2, accompanied by the removal of the bridging oxalate ligands. The prepared GeFe1.4 nanoparticles exhibited unique ferromagnetic behavior.