Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods: Synthesis, plasmonic properties, and catalytic activity

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 415-423

  Xiong, Wei ^a,b,c   Sikdar, Debabrata ^a   Yap, Lim Wei ^a,b   Guo, Pengzhen ^a,b   Premaratne, Malin ^a   Li, Xinyong ^c   Cheng, Wenlong ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

4 nitrophenol; catalysis; galvanic replacement reaction; matryoshka caged gold nanorods; surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; GOLD COATINGS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANORODS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

4-NITROPHENOL; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; GALVANIC REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; GOLD NANOROD; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84958125532     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0922-8     Document Type: Article

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