Challenges and opportunities in the bottom-up mechanochemical synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles

PFM de Oliveira, RM Torresi, F Emmerling… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry is a promising alternative to solution-based protocols across the
chemical sciences, enabling different types of chemistries in solvent-free and …

Mechanisms of nucleation and growth of nanoparticles in solution

NTK Thanh, N Maclean, S Mahiddine - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle research has received considerable attention due to many potential innovative
applications such as biomedicine, 1, 2 catalysis, 3, 4 fuel cell, 5 magnetic data storage, 6 …

Fundamental growth principles of colloidal metal nanoparticles–a new perspective

J Polte - CrystEngComm, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few decades, much effort was put into the development of synthetic strategies to
produce nanoparticles of different sizes and morphologies and a large number of scientific …

Turkevich in new robes: key questions answered for the most common gold nanoparticle synthesis

M Wuithschick, A Birnbaum, S Witte, M Sztucki… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This contribution provides a comprehensive mechanistic picture of the gold nanoparticle
synthesis by citrate reduction of HAuCl4, known as Turkevich method, by addressing five …

LaMer's 1950 model of particle formation: a review and critical analysis of its classical nucleation and fluctuation theory basis, of competing models and mechanisms …

CB Whitehead, S Özkar, RG Finke - Materials Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A review is presented of the pioneering 1950 model (VK LaMer, RH Dinegar, Theory,
Production and Mechanism of Formation of Monodispersed Hydrosols, J. Am. Chem. Soc …

In situ determination of colloidal gold concentrations with UV–Vis spectroscopy: limitations and perspectives

T Hendel, M Wuithschick, F Kettemann… - Analytical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
This paper studies the UV–vis absorbance of colloidal gold nanoparticles at 400 nm and
validates it as a method to determine Au (0) concentrations in colloidal gold solutions. The …

Utilizing cost-effective pyrocarbon for highly efficient gold retrieval from e-waste leachate

K Fu, X Liu, X Zhang, S Zhou, N Zhu, Y Pei… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Addressing burdens of electronic waste (E-waste) leachate while achieving sustainable and
selective recovery of noble metals, such as gold, is highly demanded due to its limited …

Monodisperse sub-10 nm gold nanoparticles by reversing the order of addition in Turkevich method–The role of chloroauric acid

SK Sivaraman, S Kumar, V Santhanam - Journal of colloid and Interface …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Turkevich method for synthesizing gold nanoparticles, using sodium citrate as the
reducing agent, is renowned for its ability to produce biocompatible colloids with mean size> …

From atoms to layers: in situ gold cluster growth kinetics during sputter deposition

M Schwartzkopf, A Buffet, V Körstgens, E Metwalli… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The adjustment of size-dependent catalytic, electrical and optical properties of gold cluster
assemblies is a very significant issue in modern applied nanotechnology. We present a real …

Manipulation of the halloysite clay nanotube lumen for environmental remediation: a review

Y Li, X Yuan, L Jiang, H Dai, Y Zhao, X Guan… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are a naturally occurring clay mineral that have attracted much
attention in recent years. Manipulating the lumen of halloysite nanotubes to take full …