Volume 1: Supercritical Fluids and Organometallic Compounds, 1st Edition

Key Features

• Covers the preparation of nanostructured composite materials using supercritical fluids
• Focuses on the intersection of organometallic chemistry and supercritical fluids
• Addresses the behavior of organometallic compounds in supercritical fluid environments

Supercritical Fluids and Organometallic Compounds, 1st Edition

Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction to Coordination Compounds
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Types of Coordination Compounds
1.3 Structure and Bonding in Coordination of Compounds
1.4 Reactions of Organometallic Compounds
2. Fundamental Aspects of Supercritical Fluids
3. Thermodynamics of Mixtures of Metal Complexes with Supercritical Fluids
3.1 Phase Behavior
3.2 Techniques to Measure Solubilities of Metal Complexes in SCFs
3.3 Solubilities of Metal Complexes in scCO₂
3.4 Correlation of Solubilities
4. Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Adsorption of Metal Complexes on Surfaces from Supercritical Solutions
4.1 Adsorption
4.2 Adsorption Isotherms
4.3 Adsorption of SCFS
4.4 Adsorption of Solutes from Supercritical Mixtures
4.5 Adsorption of Metal Complexes on Surfaces
5. Synthesis of Nanostructured Composites of Metals
5.1 Supported Nanoparticles on Inorganic and Carbon Supports
5.2 Polymer-Supported Nanoparticles
5.3 Supported Bimetallic Nanoparticles
5.4 Metallic Films
6. Extraction of Metals Using Supercritical Fluids
6.1 Solvent Extraction of Metals
6.2 SCF Extraction of Metals
6.3 Experimental Methods
6.4 Back Extraction or Stripping
6.5 Kinetics of Extraction
6.6 Extraction of Metals from Solid Matrices
7. Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids
7.1 Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids
7.2 Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids
7.3 High-Pressure Phase Behavior
8. Preparation of Powders by Arrested Precipitation Processes using Reactions of Metal Complexes in Supercritical Fluids
8.1 Arrested Precipitation
9. Future Research Needs and Developments
Index