Assembly, growth, and catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles in hollow carbon nanofibers

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2000-2007

  La Torre, Alessandro ^a   Giménez López, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Fay, Michael W ^a   Rance, Graham A ^a   Solomonsz, William A ^a   Chamberlain, Thomas W ^a   Brown, Paul D ^a   Khlobystov, Andrei N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibers; catalysis; encapsulation; gold nanoparticles; nanoparticle assembly; nanoparticle growth

Indexed keywords

ALKYL THIOLS; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; CORRUGATED STRUCTURES; DISILOXANE; EXTERIOR SURFACES; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GRAPHITIC NANOCONES; GRAPHITIZED CARBONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HEAT TREATMENT CONDITIONS; HIGH STABILITY; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; NANO-CONES; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLY; NANOPARTICLE GROWTH; SMALL SIZE; STABILIZATION EFFECTS; SURFACTANT MOLECULES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ENCAPSULATION; IN SITU PROCESSING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OSTWALD RIPENING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOFIBER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84859127699     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300400z     Document Type: Article

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