Patent ID: 11897036
Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming metal multipod nanostructures, the method comprising:
providing a mixture disposed in a microwave reaction vessel, the mixture comprising—
a metal acetylacetonate,
a reducing agent comprising a C1-C30 hydrocarbyl-amine, and a carboxylic acid of formula (A)—, wherein R is a monovalent C1-C30 hydrocarbyl; and

contacting the mixture with microwaves to form the metal multipod nanostructures;
wherein the contacting of the mixture with microwaves comprises (i) contacting the mixture with a first plurality of microwaves effective to heat the mixture to a first temperature, (ii) reducing the first temperature of the mixture to a second temperature, (iii) contacting the mixture with a second plurality of microwaves for a time effective to heat the mixture to the first temperature, and repeating steps (ii) and (iii) from 1 to 8 times;
wherein the first temperature is about 260° C. to about 300° C.