Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Journal of Materials Chemistry
Source : Journal of Materials Chemistry, Volume 14, Number 17, p.2661-2666 (2004)
Keywords : 2' bipyridyl 4, 4' dicarboxylic acid)ruthenium, Adsorbates, adsorbent, alkyl group, article, chemical analysis, Core-shell nanoparticles, dithiocyanatobis(2, dye, Dyes, electrochemistry, electron transport, Gold, halocarbon, Halocarbons, leaching, metal, Metal core reactivity, nanoparticle, Nanostructured materials, oxide, porosity, Silver, Titanium dioxide, unclassified drug, Zirconia, zirconium oxide
Campus : Chennai
School : Center for Nanosciences
Department : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Year : 2004
Abstract : The porosity of titania and zirconia covered Ag and Au nanoparticles has been investigated using the metal core reactivity as a probe. The presence of pores was confirmed by a newly discovered reaction between halocarbons and core-shell nanoparticles, in which the core gets converted into ions, which are leached out through the shell. Halocarbons having different alkyl chain lengths react with metal cores at different rates due to the differences in the accessibility of the core. It is also observed that the electrochemical accessibility of the core can be reduced by blocking the pores by adsorbates such as cis-dithiocyanato-bis(2,2′-bipyridyl-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid)ruthenium(II) dye (popularly called N3 dye). With the adsorbed dye molecules on the oxide shell, metal cores are stable for extended periods of time even after the addition of halocarbons, The porosity of the Au@SiO 2 system, in which a silica shell is formed over the metal clusters through monolayers, has also been studied. Our studies show that the porosity of different kinds of shells is largely similar, allowing molecular and ion penetration.
Cite this Research Publication : V. Suryanarayanan, A. Nair, S., Tom, R. T., and Pradeep, T., “Porosity of core-shell nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 14, pp. 2661-2666, 2004.