Rare-Earth-Metal-Containing Reactive Nano-Objects (A04)

• Subject Area: Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 471424360

The aim of the project is to realize zero-valent rare-earth metals (Ln(0)), including rare-earth-metal nanoparticles and rare-earth-metal-cluster compounds. Due to the high reactivity and the specific chemistry of Ln(0) com-pounds, this is a challenge and barely addressed in the literature. We aim at both the synthesis of Ln(0) nano-particles and their use as reactive precursors in follow-up reactions as well as the use of rare-earth-metal-based intermetalloid cluster compounds to obtain nanoparticles.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1573: 4f for Future
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Stefanie Dehnen; Professor Dr. Claus Feldmann