This review presents the basic concepts and recent developments and advances of gold
nanoparticle (AuNP)-catalyzed 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) reduction to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) by …

Ag-based nanoparticles (NPs) catalysts have recently attracted increasing attention in NaBH
4-assisted nitrophenol reduction, especially in 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) reduction. Moreover, Ag …

Bimetallic core–shell nanoparticles have recently emerged as a new class of functional
materials because of their potential applications in catalysis, surface enhanced Raman …

Developments of optical detection and spectroscopy methods for single nano-objects are
key advances for applications and fundamental understanding of the novel properties …

There is considerable interest in using nanoparticles as labels or to deliver drugs and other
bioactive compounds to cells in vitro and in vivo. Fluorescent imaging, commonly used to …

Abstract Mercury ion (Hg 2+) is a bio-accumulative and toxic heavy metal, which has caused
significant damage to our health. It is vital to establish a method for the determination of Hg …

Au-Ag bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles are synthesized in situ in polyelectrolyte
multilayers via a sequential ion-exchange/reduction process. The Au-Ag bimetallic …

We extensively study the relationships between single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman
scattering (SMSERS) intensity, enhancement factor (EF) distribution over many particles …

Improving the light-harvesting properties of photoanodes is promising way to enhance the
power conversion efficiency (PCE) of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). We synthesized …

Metal–semiconductor hybrid heteronanostructures may exhibit synergistically reinforced
optical responses and significantly enhanced optical tunability that essentially arise from the …