PMID- 21031199 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110503 LR - 20131121 IS - 2040-3372 (Electronic) IS - 2040-3364 (Linking) VI - 3 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Jan TI - Highly monodisperse Cu- and Ag-based bimetallic nanocrystals for the efficient utilization of noble metals in catalysis. PG - 272-9 LID - 10.1039/c0nr00601g [doi] AB - Highly monodisperse Cu- and Ag-based bimetallic noble metal nanocrystals (BNMNs) with diameter 2-7 nm have been synthesized. The synthesis employs a successive reduction process by using inorganic metal salts as precursors at a low temperature ( approximately 110 degrees C). HRTEM, XPS and XRD analytical techniques were applied for the structural analysis of BNMNs. Catalytic activity investigation (CO oxidation) over different supports (silicate nanotubes and CeO2 nanoparticles) shows that BNMNs have identical and even enhanced performance over pure noble metal nanocrystals with similar size and size distribution, which proves that these BNMNs can significantly reduce the amount and thus make full use of noble metals in catalysis. FAU - Shen, Shuling AU - Shen S AD - Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China. FAU - Zhuang, Jing AU - Zhuang J FAU - Yang, Yan AU - Yang Y FAU - Wang, Xun AU - Wang X LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20101029 PL - England TA - Nanoscale JT - Nanoscale JID - 101525249 RN - 3M4G523W1G (Silver) RN - 49DFR088MY (Platinum) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) SB - IM MH - Catalysis MH - Copper/*chemistry MH - Gold/chemistry MH - Metal Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Platinum/chemistry MH - Silver/*chemistry MH - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet MH - Temperature EDAT- 2010/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/04 06:00 CRDT- 2010/10/30 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1039/c0nr00601g [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nanoscale. 2011 Jan;3(1):272-9. doi: 10.1039/c0nr00601g. Epub 2010 Oct 29.