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 …

Bimetallic nanocrystals: syntheses, properties, and applications

KD Gilroy, A Ruditskiy, HC Peng, D Qin, Y **a - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Achieving mastery over the synthesis of metal nanocrystals has emerged as one of the
foremost scientific endeavors in recent years. This intense interest stems from the fact that …

Enhancing catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles in a standard redox reaction by investigating the impact of AuNPs size, temperature and reductant concentrations

A Bano, A Dawood, Rida, F Saira, A Malik… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this work, the catalytic activity of three different sizes of gold nano particles (AuNPs)(12,
30, and 45 nm) synthesized by the citrate reduction process studied in the conventional …

4-Nitrophenol reduction: probing the putative mechanism of the model reaction

J Strachan, C Barnett, AF Masters, T Maschmeyer - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report a reinterpretation of the reduction of 4-nitrophenol catalyzed by silver
nanoparticles. Mass spectrometry and ultraviolet–visible light spectroscopy measurements …

Nanocatalysis by noble metal nanoparticles: controlled synthesis for the optimization and understanding of activities

TS Rodrigues, AGM da Silva… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble-metal nanoparticles have been widely employed in catalysis. As catalytic properties
are dependent on their physical/chemical parameters, strategies for their controlled …

Nitroarene reduction: a trusted model reaction to test nanoparticle catalysts

T Aditya, A Pal, T Pal - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrophenol reduction to aminophenol with a reducing agent is conveniently carried out in
aqueous medium mainly with a metal or metal oxide catalyst. This reduction is presently …

Basic concepts and recent advances in nitrophenol reduction by gold-and other transition metal nanoparticles

P Zhao, X Feng, D Huang, G Yang, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

25th anniversary article: galvanic replacement: a simple and versatile route to hollow nanostructures with tunable and well‐controlled properties

X **a, Y Wang, A Ruditskiy, Y **a - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a progress report on the use of galvanic replacement for generating
complex hollow nanostructures with tunable and well‐controlled properties. We begin with a …

Synthesis, assembly, and applications of hybrid nanostructures for biosensing

S Zhang, R Geryak, J Geldmeier, S Kim… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The robust, sensitive, and selective detection of targeted biomolecules in their native
environment by prospective nanostructures holds much promise for real-time, accurate, and …

Biosynthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles

J Jeevanandam, YS Chan… - ChemBioEng …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bioresource‐based green synthesis of nanoparticles has gained significant interest as an
emerging technology to reduce the toxicity of nanoparticles commonly associated with …