Bimetallic nanomaterials are of great signifi- cance to both fundamental research and industrial appli- cations. Their physicochemical performances are critically dependent on their architectures and electronic struct...Bimetallic nanomaterials are of great signifi- cance to both fundamental research and industrial appli- cations. Their physicochemical performances are critically dependent on their architectures and electronic structures. Here, it was reported a controlled synthesis of Au/Ni bimetallic nanocrystals with different nanostructures, i.e., dumbbell, core@shell and alloyed nanostructures in a one- pot synthesis procedure. Detailed structural characteriza- tions were conducted with the combination of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Even there is a large lattice mismatch between Au and Ni, Au@Ni core@shell nanocrystals are obtained with the seeded growth method. The growth mechanism was deeply investigated. Triphenylphosphine is demonstrated to be an effective capping agent to modify the interfacial energy to form core@shell nanocrystals, and the higher temperature is proved to be a key role in obtaining alloyed nanocrystals.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51371015 and 51331002)Beijing Municipal Research Project for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Supervisors (No. 20121000603)+1 种基金Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2142018)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. FRF-BR-15-009B)
文摘Bimetallic nanomaterials are of great signifi- cance to both fundamental research and industrial appli- cations. Their physicochemical performances are critically dependent on their architectures and electronic structures. Here, it was reported a controlled synthesis of Au/Ni bimetallic nanocrystals with different nanostructures, i.e., dumbbell, core@shell and alloyed nanostructures in a one- pot synthesis procedure. Detailed structural characteriza- tions were conducted with the combination of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Even there is a large lattice mismatch between Au and Ni, Au@Ni core@shell nanocrystals are obtained with the seeded growth method. The growth mechanism was deeply investigated. Triphenylphosphine is demonstrated to be an effective capping agent to modify the interfacial energy to form core@shell nanocrystals, and the higher temperature is proved to be a key role in obtaining alloyed nanocrystals.