Eco-fabrication of metal nanoparticle related materials by non-equilibrium reaction field

Eco (Ecology & Economy)-fabrication is important in the future manufacturing. There are some elements to achieve this synthesis. When synthesizing, neither waste nor the air pollutant are not generated, and it is safe material is preferable with cheap fabrication device. We developed a new metal nanoparticle related materials synthesis method that achieved in these viewpoints. This new synthesis method is with microwave as non-equilibrium reactor and the metal oxide and alcohol-based solvent are used for the raw material. Moreover, the oxide and alcohol generally are cheap without toxicity. We synthesized metal nanoparticle related materials by microwave in liquid-solid (alcohol - metal oxide) slurry and controlled morphology of products. Microwave irradiation in liquid-solid process can be expected as chemical non-equilibrium and nonlinear reactors for metal nanoparticle related materials synthesis. The alcohol based solvent and the metal oxide powder are put in the beaker and only irradiated by ultrasound or microwave. The metal oxide simply was reduced into metal and morphology of metal nanoparticles was changed by various conditions. Various metal nanoparticle related materials were fabricated by microwave irradiation as non-equilibrium reaction field.