Synthesis of Marks-Decahedral Pd Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions
Synthesis of Marks-Decahedral Pd Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions
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水溶液中Marks-十面体钯纳米粒子的合成
DOI:
10.1002/ppsc.201400003
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Y. Pang
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作者:
W. H. Ji;W. H. Qi;S. S. Tang;B. Y. Huang;M. P. Wang;Y. Li;Y. L. Jia;Y. Pang
Multiple twinned particles (MTPs) may exhibit physical and chemical properties differing from those of untwined nanoparticles because of their special intrinsic structural characteristics concerning surface energy, internal crystal strain, and the lattice symmetry. Of these, decahedral and icosahedral MTPs, including Ag, Au, Fe, Pd, and Pt–Pd, are synthesized with controlled shapes.[1–5] The structure of decahedral nanoparticles had been studied by high-resolution electron microscopy,[6] and their thermodynamic stability has been elucidated by theoretical modeling.[7] Decahedrons are the most compact pentagonal cyclic twinning shape with D5h symmetry. In general, the classic decahedron (Figure 1a) is composed of five tetrahedral subunits with the face-centered cubic (FCC) crystal structure and closed by {111} crystallographic faces. In addition to sharing one edge coinciding with the fivefold axis, subunits connect the nearest neighbors by twin boundaries. The surface energy of FCC metals follows the order of γ {111}< γ {100}< γ {110}. The most stable decahedral structure is the Marks decahedron (Figure 1 b),[8] while the new added planes are parallel to the decahedral units’ twinning {111} in order to reduce the surface energy, ignoring strain.In addition to size, the properties of nanoparticles also depend on their shapes.[9–12] Thus, controlling the morphology of nanoparticles is essential for researches and applications. Most of the shape-controlled syntheses involve the thermal decomposition of organometallic compounds or the reduction of salt precursors with the help of organic surfactants, polymers, biomacromolecules, etc. Polymers are widely used in the chemical synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles as steric stabilizers or capping agents. In particular, poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)(PVP) has received special attention due to its high chemical stability, non-toxicity, and excellent solubility in many polar solvents. This uniquely versatile and powerful chemical has been used as a surfactant or stabilizer in a wide variety of synthetic