Nanocrystals of Different Shapes

Burda C, Chen X, Narayanan R, El-Sayed MA. 2005. Chemistry and properties of nanocrystals of different shapes. Chem Rev 105 1025-1102. 

Burda, C., Chen, X., Narayanan, R. andEl-Sayed, M.A. (2005) Chemistry andproperties of nanocrystals of different shapes. Chemical Reviews, 105 (4), 1025-1102. 

Eustis, S., and El-Sayed, M. A. (2006). Why gold nanoparticles are more precious than pretty gold Noble metal surface plasmon resonance and its enhancement of the radiative and nonradiative properties of nanocrystals of different shapes. Chemical Society Reviews 35 209-217. 

One very special type of shape control results in hollow nanoparticles of different geometries. In principle, the process is rather simple, in that a particle of any structure may serve as template that is coated by a layer of the desired metal. Subsequent removal of the inner template, either by calcination or by selective dissolution, will result in the formation of hollow nanostructures. Whilst this general technique can be applied to many types of material, one special application that involves only metals is as follows. In this case, silver nanocrystals of different shapes are coated by gold layers, via a simple chemical process based on the reductive power of elementary silver towards Au. ... 

Cheng Q, Jiang Y-X, Tian N, Zhou Z-Y, Sun S-G (2010) Electrocatalytic reductirm of nitric oxide on Pt nanocrystals of different shape in sulfuric acid solutiotts. Electrochim Acta 55(27) 8273-8279... 

Brust M, Walker M, BetheU D, Schiffrin DJ, Whyman R (1994) Synthesis of thiol-derivatised gold nanoparticles in a two-phase liquid-liquid system. 1 Chem Soc Chem Commun 7 801-802 Burda C, Chen X, Narayanan R, H-Sayed MA (2005) Chemistry and properties of nanocrystals of different shapes. Chem Rev 105 1025-1102... 

It is a fact that the chemical and physical properties of NPs can be tailored by controlling their size and/or their shape (see Ref. [151] and references therein see also Refs [152, 153]). In Ref [154], copper nanocrystals of different shapes were... 

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