Preparation of large thermally stable platinum nanocubes by using solvent-thermal reaction
Zhongrong Shen1, Yasuo Matsuki, Tatsuya Shimoda
1Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Shimoda Nano Liquid Process Project, 2-5-3 Asahidai, Nomi 923-1211, Japan. z-shen@ishikawa-sp.com
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 6, 2010
Abstract:
We describe the synthesis of single-crystalline Pt nanocubes with a large diameter (around 35 nm) using a solvent-thermal reaction in a polarity-controlled mixture of 1-butanol, toluene, and N,N-dimethylformamide at 185 °C.
