%0 journal article
%@ 0921-5107
%A Sumithra, S., Misra, D.K., Wei, C., Gabrisch, H., Poudeu, P.F.P., Stokes, K.L.

%D 2011
%J Materials Science and Engineering  B
%N 3
%P 246-251 
%R doi:10.1016/j.mseb.2010.12.004
%T Solvothermal synthesis and analysis of Bi1−xSbx nanoparticles
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2010.12.004
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%X Bismuth–antimony alloy nanoparticles have been synthesized by a facile solvothermal method using N,N-dimethylformamide and ethylene glycol as solvent/reducing agent; BiCl3, SbCl3 and Bi(NO3)3 as precursors; and citric acid as a surface modifier/stabilizing agent. The particle size and size distribution of Bi nanoparticles were analyzed as a function of the synthesis conditions: molar ratio of precursor to surfactant, precursor concentration and reducing agent. Synthesis of Sb and Bi0.88Sb0.12 under similar conditions was also investigated. The phase purity of nanoparticles was confirmed from X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry and the nanoparticle morphology was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. A case study of Bi nanoparticles with detailed analysis of the particle morphology and size distribution of the nanoparticles is reported.