Noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

Y Shi, Z Lyu, M Zhao, R Chen, QN Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

Colloidal synthesis of metal nanocrystals: from asymmetrical growth to symmetry breaking

QN Nguyen, C Wang, Y Shang, A Janssen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

One-dimensional metal nanostructures: from colloidal syntheses to applications

D Huo, MJ Kim, Z Lyu, Y Shi, BJ Wiley, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review offers a comprehensive review of the colloidal synthesis, mechanistic
understanding, physicochemical properties, and applications of one-dimensional (1D) metal …

Nature-inspired biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles for antibacterial applications

A Ahmed, M Usman, Z Ji, M Rafiq, B Yu, Y Shen… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, nanotechnology has been empowered as a new and developing
interdisciplinary region of science and innovation that coordinates material science and …

A review of the role and mechanism of surfactants in the morphology control of metal nanoparticles

T Song, F Gao, S Guo, Y Zhang, S Li, H You, Y Du - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Although great progress has been made in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, good
repeatability and accurate predictability are still difficult to achieve. This difficulty can be …

Nonspherical metal‐based nanoarchitectures: synthesis and impact of size, shape, and composition on their biological activity

EN Zare, X Zheng, P Makvandi, H Gheybi, R Sartorius… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐based nanoentities, apart from being indispensable research tools, have found
extensive use in the industrial and biomedical arena. Because their biological impacts are …

Silver Nanocubes: From Serendipity to Mechanistic Understanding, Rational Synthesis, and Niche Applications

V Pawlik, S Zhou, S Zhou, D Qin, Y Xia - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Silver has long been interwoven into human history, and its uses have evolved from
currency and jewelry to medicine, information technology, catalysis, and electronics. Within …

Plasmonic nanopapers: flexible, stable and sensitive multiplex PUF tags for unclonable anti-counterfeiting applications

H Cheng, Y Lu, D Zhu, L Rosa, F Han, M Ma, W Su… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly flexible and stable plasmonic nanopaper comprised of silver nanocubes and
cellulose nanofibres was fabricated through a self-assembly-assisted vacuum filtration …

[HTML][HTML] Rationally designed dual-plasmonic gold nanorod@ cuprous selenide hybrid heterostructures by regioselective overgrowth for in vivo photothermal tumor …

B Shan, H Wang, L Li, G Zhou, Y Wen, M Chen, M Li - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NIR-II plasmonic materials offer multiple functionalities for in vivo biomedical applications,
such as photothermal tumor ablation, surface-enhanced Raman scattering biosensing …

Simultaneous formation of trimetallic Pt-Ni-Cu excavated rhombic dodecahedrons with enhanced catalytic performance for the methanol oxidation reaction

M Tang, S Luo, K Wang, H Du, R Sriphathoorat, P Shen - Nano Research, 2018 - Springer
Multimetallic Pt-based alloys with excavated structures have attracted great interest owing to
their compositional and morphological tunability, high specific surface areas, and impressive …