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Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Core-Shell Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: February 10, 2023
Exploiting core-shell and core-alloy interfaces for asymmetric growth of nanoparticles
Peter N Njoki1, Patrick Lutz, Wenjie Wu
1Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Abstract:
The alloy phase behavior of nanoparticle (NP) interfaces has been used to tailor asymmetric growth. Using either Au-Pd core-shell or Au-Au(x)Pd(1-x) core-alloy NP starting materials, the deposition of Ag resulted in asymmetric and symmetric growth respectively. The phase segregation of the interface was confirmed by TEM and electrocatalytic activity.
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