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Nonthermal Plasma Synthesis of Metallic Ti Nanocrystals.

Qiaomiao TuDavid L PoerschkeUwe R Kortshagen
Published in: Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Nanoscale metallic titanium (Ti) offers unique energetic and biocompatible characteristics for the aerospace and biomedical industries. A rapid and sustainable method to form purified Ti nanocrystals is still in demand due to their high oxygen affinity. Herein, we report the production of highly purified Ti nanoparticles with a nonequilibrium face center cubic (FCC) structure from titanium tetrachloride (TiCl 4 ) via a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) route. Furthermore, we demonstrate a secondary H 2 treatment plasma as an effective strategy to improve the air stability of a thin layer of nanoparticles by further removal of chlorine from the particle surface. Hexagonal and cubic-shaped Ti nanocrystals of high purity were maintained in the air after the secondary H 2 plasma treatment. The FCC phase potentially originates from small-sized grains in the initial stage of nucleation inside the plasma environment, which is revealed by a size evolution study with variations of plasma power input.
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