DEPOSITION OF NANOSCALE METALS, SEMIMETALS AND COMPOUNDS OF SAID METALS AND/OR SEMIMETALS ON THE BOUNDARY SURFACE BETWEEN A LOW TEMPERATURE DISCHARGE AND AN IONIC LIQUID

摘要

The invention relates to methods for producing particles comprising metals, semiconductors, metallic compounds or semiconductor compounds with diameters in the nanometer range. According to said methods, an electrochemically reducible precursor substance is dissolved in an ionic liquid, and is either reduced by free electrons in a plasma phase or is reacted with particles from the plasma phase. The particles obtained by the inventive method can be used, for example, as additives for polymers for coating medical instruments or as electrochemical catalysts. The particles can optionally be bound to or onto a substrate.