Colloidal synthesis of metal nanocrystals: from asymmetrical growth to symmetry breaking

QN Nguyen, C Wang, Y Shang, A Janssen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

Nanotomography in the chemical, biological and materials sciences

PA Midgley, EPW Ward, AB Hungría… - Chemical Society …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotomography is a technique of growing importance in the investigation of the shape,
size, distribution and elemental composition of a wide variety of materials that are of central …

Designer titania-supported Au–Pd nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

R Su, R Tiruvalam, AJ Logsdail, Q He, CA Downing… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution may provide one of the solutions to the shift to a
sustainable energy society, but the quantum efficiency of the process still needs to be …

Three-layer core/shell structure in Au− Pd bimetallic nanoparticles

D Ferrer, A Torres-Castro, X Gao… - Nano …, 2007 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the internal structure of Au− Pd nanoparticles exhibiting newly
discovered three-layer core/shell morphology, which is composed of an evenly alloyed inner …

Atomic structure of Au− Pd bimetallic alloyed nanoparticles

Y Ding, F Fan, Z Tian, ZL Wang - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Using a two-step seed-mediated growth method, we synthesized bimetallic nanoparticles
(NPs) having a gold octahedron core and a palladium epitaxial shell with controlled Pd-shell …

Precisely-controlled synthesis of Au@ Pd core–shell bimetallic catalyst via atomic layer deposition for selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol

H Wang, C Wang, H Yan, H Yi, J Lu - Journal of Catalysis, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we report a novel facile strategy for atomically-precise synthesis of supported
Au@ Pd core–shell bimetallic catalyst via atomic layer deposition (ALD). By choosing a …

Highly size-controlled synthesis of Au/Pd nanoparticles by inert-gas condensation

E Pérez-Tijerina, MG Pinilla, S Mejía-Rosales… - Faraday …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold/Palladium nanoparticles were fabricated by inert-gas condensation on a sputtering
reactor. With this method, by controlling both the atmosphere on the condensation chamber …

Thermal Stability of Gold/Palladium Octopods Studied in Situ in 3D: Understanding Design Rules for Thermally Stable Metal Nanoparticles

W Albrecht, E Bladt, H Vanrompay, JD Smith… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional metal nanoparticles (NPs) such as anisotropic multimetallic NPs are crucial
for boosting nanomaterial-based applications. Advanced synthetic protocols exist to make a …

Monodisperse noble metal nanoparticles stabilized in SBA-15: Synthesis, characterization and application in microwave-assisted Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction

Z Zheng, H Li, T Liu, R Cao - Journal of Catalysis, 2010 - Elsevier
A series of Pd and Pd/Au alloy nanoparticles (NPs) with narrow size distribution were
encapsulated or stabilized by G4-poly (amido-amine)(G4-PAMAM, G represents the …

Physical transformations of noble-metal nanocrystals upon thermal activation

Z Lyu, R Chen, M Mavrikakis, Y Xia - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The last two decades have witnessed the successful development of noble-
metal nanocrystals with well-controlled properties for a variety of applications in catalysis …