Mixing an aqueous suspension of Pd or Au nanocrystals with a less polar solvent can cause changes to size, morphology, or both

Byungkwon Lim, Taekyung Yu, Jinho Park, Yiqun Zheng, Younan Xia

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Abstract

Easy control: Small Pd and Au nanocrystals exhibited a drastic change in size and/or morphology when their aqueous suspensions were mixed with a solvent (e.g., acetone or tetrahydrofuran) less polar than water. The morphological changes occurred through particle coalescence, which was triggered by the abrupt reduction in colloidal stability upon partial solvent exchange.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6052-6055
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jun 2011

Keywords

  • gold
  • morphology transformation
  • nanostructures
  • palladium
  • particle coalescence

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