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Cu, Cu@Cu2O, and CuO nanoparticles have been prepared by the induction flow levitation method using bulk copper. The method offers a number of advantages, such as a high production rate, continuity of the nanoparticle synthesis process, the ability to vary the nanoparticle size in a wide range, and contactless heating, which ensures high purity of the synthesis product. To obtain nanoparticles with a core–shell structure and copper oxide nanoparticles, oxygen was introduced into different zones of the quartz reactor used. The synthesized nanoparticles have been characterized by a number of physicochemical methods.
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This work was supported in part by the Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education (optimization of the operation of the experimental setup, research project no. FSWR-2022-0008) and Lobachevsky State University (physicochemical characterization of the materials, Priority 2030 Academic Leadership Program, project no. N-474-99, 2021–2023).
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Kapinos, A.A., Markov, A.N., Petukhov, A.N. et al. Direct Synthesis of Copper and Copper Oxide Nanoparticles from Bulk Materials by the Induction Flow Levitation Technique. Inorg Mater 58, 931–938 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168522090060
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