Platinum aggregates

The complex [N(C4H9)4]2[Pt6(CO)12] has also been used to prepare highly dispersed supported platinum aggregates.9,10... 

Formation of platinum fractal-like structures is possible by PA-CVD (19% Ar, 80% O2, 1% SnMe4) on tin oxide thin films using Pt(acac)2 as starting material . The platinum aggregates show a dendritic structure of fractional dimension D ca 1.1-1.6 (Figure 10). The occurrence of such aggregates has been correlated to the concentration of the platinum precursor and to the radio-frequency power applied to the substrate electrode. Fabrication of microsensors integrated on silicon wafers with the help of photoresistors is possible . 

The most important point is to stress that the cyclic mechanism predominates on highly dispersed platinum aggregates which present a high concentration of low coordinated surface atoms, i.e. corner, step and kink atoms [22]. 

In the presence of tin, the number of active platinum sites seems to be superior compared to catalyst B and thus an increase in the space velocity by a factor of ten does not seem to saturate all the sites. These results show the importance of the role played by tin since platinum loading was the same in both cases. It is reasonable to think that in the case of catalyst B, due to the method of deposition, some aggregates of platinum are formed on the surface of the catalyst. In the presence of tin, a part of the aggregates could disappear and some Pt/Sn alloy particles, better dispersed at the surface, could be formed. 

Arene and olefin compounds, pure or in admixture, are efficient ligands in promoting the aggregation of platinum atoms from mononuclear species to ligand-stabilized soluble clusters and solid-supported nanoparticles (Scheme 14). 

Like the palladium(II) complexes, the platinum(II) porphyrins show appreciable phosphorescence even in aqueous media at room temperature in one study,169 singlet oxygen quantum yields ranged from 0.1 to 0.9 and were strongly influenced by dimerization/aggregation. Platinum(II) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(/>-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin and platinum(II)coproporphyrin-I ((36) for Pd read Pt) have been studied as phosphorescent labels of antibodies for use in time-resolved microscopy.189... 

The synthesis procedure led to a highly crystalline MCM-22 zeolite, as indicated by XRD data (Fig. 1A, a). The introduction of platinum by ion exchange procedure does not modify the crystallinity of the zeolite (Fig. 1A, b). SEM micrographs show that the sample obtained in static hydrothermal conditions is characterized by the presence of homogeneous round-shaped particles of ca. 10 pm in diameter formed by aggregation of lamellar particles [7,8], The morphology of the zeolite is not modified after platinum introduction (Fig. IB). 

Considerable work in the area of general research on fuel cells, materials and components was reported by Australia, where the government-sponsored fuel cell R D program has made efficiency improvements in fuel cell electrodes by the formation of platinum nano-clusters in porous carbon by high density plasma sputter mechanisms. Initial experiments on the plasma sputter deposition of platinum onto a porous film has shown great promise and aggregates of platinum were detected in the film with a density profile which decreased away from the surface exposed to the plasma. 

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