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Learning from nature: introducing an epiphyte-host relationship in the synthesis of alloy nanoparticles by
Yue Yu1, Qingbo Zhang, Qiaofeng Yao
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore. chexiej@nus.edu.sg cheleejy@nus.edu.sg.
Abstract:
This communication reports an epiphytic co-reduction method which can overcome the common tendency of sequential deposition in the synthesis of alloy nanoparticles. In this method the reduction of one of the metals (the epiphyte-metal) is only turned-on and rendered more facile by the in situ generated fresh surfaces of the other metal (the host-metal).

