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Designing the next generation of advanced multicomponent materials through mechanochemical synthesis

Abstract

The global demand on eco-friendly process and products has driven the scientific and industrial research towards a more sustainable chemistry while materials with enhanced performances and improved properties are also required. Despite the impressive success of conventional techniques for materials design, classical solvent and thermal-based approaches are still solvent and energy-intensive. Moreover, the number of multicomponent materials, which are attractive for technological relevant applications, enabled by such approaches remains limited. Thus, the need for alternative routes that are capable of generation highly active materials in an environmentally benign framework is therefore imperative. This is the case of the transformations induced by mechanical milling, yielding advanced materials such as metal nanoparticles (NPs) and metal-oxides nanoparticles for catalytic and energy applications. Mechanochemistry has attracted attention as an eco-friendly alternative for both academic and industrial chemistry and materials sciences, being recently labeled among the ten world-changing chemical innovations. However, the use of mechanochemistry in the bottom-up synthesis of metal NPs in its free form or supported over a solid matrix is still poorly explored, hiding the effective potential of technique. In the present project we aim to expand the use of the mechanochemical toolbox by exploring the bottom-up synthesis of mono-, multimetallic NPs and oxide-supported nanostructures under milling conditions. The parameters that influence the structure of the final materials (size, morphology, etc.) will be identified by carefully studying the reaction conditions, particularly the milling-associated parameters. Additionally, we will investigate the mechanisms of NP formation using state-of-art characterization techniques, enabling to control the mechanosynthesis of the nanostructures. Finally, the most interesting candidate materials will be testes as catalysts. This will enable establishing a structure-property relationship paving the way for the rational design of a new generation of highly active advanced materials in the solid state. (AU)

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Scientific publications (10)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
DA SILVA, RAFAEL T. P.; CORDOBA DE TORRESI, SUSANA I.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.. echanochemical Strategies for the Preparation of SiO2-Supported AgAu Nanoalloy Catalyst. RONTIERS IN CHEMISTR, v. 10, . (15/26308-7, 18/16219-5, 21/12899-4, 20/14955-6)
BUZANICH, ANA GUILHERME; CAKIR, C. TUFAN; RADTKE, MARTIN; HAIDER, M. BILAL; EMMERLING, FRANZISKA; DE OLIVE, PAULO F. M.; MICHALCHUK, ADAM A. L.. Dispersive x-ray absorption spectroscopy for time-resolved in situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions. Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 157, n. 21, p. 11-pg., . (20/14955-6, 21/12899-4)
QUEIROZ, LUCAS G.; PRADO, CAIO C. A.; MELO, EDUARDO C.; MORAES, BEATRIZ R.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; PAIVA, TERESA C. B.; POMPEO, MARCELO; RANI-BORGES, BARBARA. Biofragmentation of Polystyrene Microplastics: A Silent Process Performed by Chironomus sancticaroli Larvae. Environmental Science & Technology, v. 58, n. 10, p. 12-pg., . (20/14955-6, 19/10845-4)
DA SILVA, RAFAEL T. P.; SILVA, DAGOBERTO O.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; BELLABARBA, RONAN; JOHNSTON, PETER; SMIT, JOOST; HOLT, JARLE; BETHAM, MICHAEL; ROSSI, LIANE M.. Solvent-Free Aerobic Oxidative Cleavage of Methyl Oleate to Biobased Aldehydes over Mechanochemically Synthesized Supported AgAu Nanoparticles. CHEMPLUSCHEM, v. N/A, p. 12-pg., . (20/14955-6, 21/00675-4, 21/12899-4)
FAUSTINO, LEANDRO A.; XAVIER, ISMAEL P. L.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; DE TORRESI, SUSANA I. CORDOBA. Tailoring Charge Carriers through Solid-State Mechanochemical Synthesis Bismuth Nanoparticles Directly onto BiVO4 Surface. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 35, n. 12, p. 7-pg., . (21/00675-4, 20/15230-5, 20/14955-6, 23/01223-5, 22/04604-7)
BEZERRA, LETICIA S.; BELHOUT, SAMIR A.; WANG, SHIQI; QUIROZ, JHON; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; SHETTY, SHWETHA; ROCHA, GUILHERME; SANTOS, HUGO L. S.; FRINDY, SANA; OROPEZA, FREDDY E.; et al. Triple Play of Band Gap, Interband, and Plasmonic Excitations for Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Pd/HxMoO3 Nanoparticles in the Visible Region. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 16, n. 9, p. 12-pg., . (20/14955-6)
FAUSTINO, LEANDRO A.; FERRER, LAZARA H.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; DE TORRESI, SUSANA I. CORDOBA. Beyond catalyst design for the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction: The crucial role of water availability in the electrolyte composition. Electrochimica Acta, v. 519, p. 10-pg., . (20/14955-6, 21/00675-4, 24/13493-0, 22/11335-2, 22/04604-7)
SILVA, VINICIUS D.; MELO, EDUARDO C.; MARTINS, VITOR L.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; CATALANI, LUIZ H.; TORRESI, ROBERTO M.. Additive- and binder-free hard carbon nanofibers for sodium-ion batteries. NANO ENERGY, v. 136, p. 14-pg., . (22/11983-4, 22/12609-9, 21/00675-4, 20/14955-6, 19/26309-4)
XAVIER, ISMAEL P. L.; LEMOS, LAURA L.; DE MELO, EDUARDO C.; CAMPOS, EDUARDO T.; DE SOUZA, BRENO L.; FAUSTINO, LEANDRO A.; GALANTE, DOUGLAS; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.. Mechanochemical hydroquinone regeneration promotes gold salt reduction in sub-stoichiometric conditions of the reducing agent. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 26, n. 15, p. 9-pg., . (23/01223-5, 22/04604-7, 20/14955-6, 22/03996-9, 19/09341-1)
QUEIROZ, LUCAS G.; FAUSTINO, LEANDRO A.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; POMPEO, MARCELO; DE TORRESI, SUSANA I. CORDOBA. Transformative nanobioplasmonic effects: Toxicological implications of plasmonic silver nanoparticles in aquatic biological models. Science of The Total Environment, v. 954, p. 11-pg., . (21/00675-4, 22/13146-2, 20/14955-6, 22/04604-7, 18/13492-2)