Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 123-130Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn8004747
Keywords
cation exchange; lanthanide fluoride; nanoparticles; thermodynamic cycle; core-shell
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- Natural Science and Engineering Research 17 Council (NSERC)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) of Canada
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Cation exchange in lanthanide fluoride nanoparticles is reported. Typically, dispersible LnF(3) nanoparticles were exposed to another lanthanide ion that was roughly 5 times the amount of Ln(3+) in the nanoparticles. Results show that cation exchange of GdF3 nanoparticles with La3+ was almost complete in 1 min, and it also happens reversibly although the degree of exchange is not as much as the forward reaction. However, cation exchange with lanthanide ions close to each other, such as GdF3 with Eu3+ and NdF3 with Li3+, did not end up with nearly full exchange, but with a significant amount of the two lanthanides. A relatively small driving force for the cation exchange is suggested by the experimental results, which is also confirmed by calculations based or, a thermodynamic cycle. This unprecedented finding in the field of lanthanide-based nanoparticles raises the question whether reported core-shell structures were indeed made and, at the same time, it opens up new pathways to make nanomaterials that cannot be made directly.
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