Inorganic materials with controllable shapes have been an intensely studied subject in
nanoscience over the past decades. Control over novel and anisotropic shapes of inorganic …

The properties of nanomaterials for use in catalytic and energy storage applications strongly
depends on the nature of their surfaces. Nanocrystals with high surface energy have an …

High entropy alloy (HEA) catalysts exhibit excellent multifunctional catalytic performance
due to the synergistic effect of multi‐metal components. However, shape‐controlled …

The roles of silver ions and halides (chloride, bromide, and iodide) in the seed-mediated
synthesis of gold nanostructures have been investigated, and their influence on the growth …

Nobel metal nanomaterials (NMNs) with interesting physical and chemical properties are
ideal building blocks for engineering and tailoring nanoscale structures for specific …

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 …

The past few decades have witnessed significant advances in the development of
functionalized gold nanoparticles for applications in various fields such as chemistry …

The formation of novel and complex structures with specific morphologies from nanocrystals
via a direct assembly of atoms or ions remains challenging. In recent years, researchers …

Anisotropic (nonspherical) metal nanoparticles are of widespread research interest because
changing the shape of metals at the nanoscale can provide access to materials with unique …

The formation of anisotropic Au nanoparticles predominantly follows one of two growth
pathways:(1) kinetic control or (2) selective surface passivation. This Perspective describes …