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Tunable plasmonic nanoparticles with catalytically active high-index facets.

Hao Jing1, Qingfeng Zhang, Nicolas Large

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States.

Nano Letters
|May 21, 2014
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Creating high-index facets on noble metal nanoparticles integrates plasmonic and catalytic properties. This approach enhances catalytic activity and enables detailed study of nanoparticle-catalyzed reactions.

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Surface Chemistry

Background:

  • Noble metal nanoparticles exhibit size- and shape-dependent plasmonic and catalytic properties.
  • Integrating plasmonics and catalysis on a single nanoparticle is challenging due to differing optimal nanoparticle sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a method for combining tunable plasmonic and enhanced catalytic properties on single metallic nanoparticles.
  • To utilize high-index facets for improved catalytic activity and plasmonic tunability.

Main Methods:

  • Site-selective surface etching of metallic nanocuboids to create nanorice and nanodumbbell structures.
  • Fabrication of nanoparticles with abundant high-index facets.

Main Results:

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  • Successfully created nanorice and nanodumbbell particles with high-index facets.
  • Achieved drastically enhanced catalytic activities due to abundant high-index facets.
  • Demonstrated tunable plasmonic properties in the fabricated nanoparticles.

Conclusions:

  • High-index facets on subwavelength metallic nanoparticles enable the integration of plasmonic and catalytic functionalities.
  • The fabricated nanostructures offer a platform for sensitive, time-resolved spectroscopic studies of catalytic reactions.