Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Au(core)-Au/Pt Alloy(shell) Nanostructure

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A systematic study is reported about the amount-dependent morphology change in a series of Au-Pt bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized using chemical reduction. The amount of Au precursor is kept constant throughout whole series of compounds to obtain fixed Au core size (~7.5 nm). The Au/Pt ratio is varied from 1/1 to 1/4 in order to synthesize Pt shell layer of different thickness. We observed a remarkable shift of surface plasmon band around 410 nm. With the aid of high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) and energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS), the composition of shell layer is found to be Pt enriched Au-Pt alloy. As the amount of Pt increases, the Pt clusters formed a string-like shape on the surface of nanoparticles. The average diameter of these Pt clusters is about 2 nm. This special structure may exhibit unique catalytic property.

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Acknowledgments

This work was performed under contact Nos. NSC92-2113-M-002-036 and NSC92-2215-E-492 -008 from the National Science Council of the Republic of China.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan

    Ru-Shi Liu & Hau-Ming Chen

  2. National Nano Device Laboratories, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

    Shu-Fen Hu

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Liu, RS., Chen, HM. & Hu, SF. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Au(core)-Au/Pt Alloy(shell) Nanostructure. MRS Online Proceedings Library 818, 299–304 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-818-M5.45.1

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