Metallic nanostructures have received great attention due to their ability to generate surface plasmon resonances, which are collective oscillations of conduction electrons of a material …
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The Kirkendall effect has been recently used to produce hollow nanostructures by taking advantage of the different diffusion rates of species involved in the chemical transformations …
Noble metal nanostructures (NMNSs) play a crucial role in many heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Hollow and porous NMNSs possess generally prominent advantages over their …
We herein present a comprehensive study on how the catalytic performance and reusability of Au nanocrystals (NCs) are affected by systematic variations of crystal size, surface coating …
Platinum-containing nanozymes with peroxidase-mimicking activity (PMA) have found a broad application in bioanalytical methods and are potentially able to compete with …
Alkaline direct formate fuel cells (ADFFC) are emerging as a propitious candidate for green energy conversion devices. However, the poor electrocatalytic activity and stability of anodic …
Synthesis of nanocrystals (NCs), where material science elements are addressed with organic chemistry precision techniques, is especially challenging and difficult to control. This …
To date, noble metal nanoparticles, mainly the gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles, are the most active and selective heterogeneous catalysts that have revealed a tendency to form …
The alteration of photophysical properties of fluorophores in the vicinity of a metallic nanostructure, a phenomenon termed plasmon-or metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF), has …