Focusing light at sub-wavelength region opens up interesting applications in optical sensing and imaging beyond the diffraction limit. In the past, tapered Au wires with carved gratings …
Introducing a novel strategy for growing dispersed metal nanoparticles at reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and nitrogen-doped GO (rNGO), this work aimed to design Pt-free …
This thesis describes a study of the ligand chemistry of Pd Monolayer-Protected Clusters (MPCs) synthesized in the presence of octylamine. MPCs consists of a metal core …
This dissertation describes the factors controlling metal nanoparticle (NP) oxidation, using Au oxidation in Br-and Ag oxidation in acid as model systems. We found that the oxidation …