Preparation of nickel nanoparticles by metalorganic route

Abstract

Nickel particles of sizes in the range 5-11 nm have been prepared by the decomposition of a suitable metalorganic compound on the surfaces of micrometer-sized potassium bromide crystallites. Infrared absorption spectra of nanocomposites comprising these particles dispersed in potassium bromide matrix have been delineated. Effective medium theory is used to explain the experimental results.