| Literature DB >> 12797767 |
Thomas F Jaramillo1, Sung-Hyeon Baeck, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Eric W McFarland.
Abstract
Quasi-ordered, highly dispersed, gold nanoclusters of tightly controlled particle size were synthesized by dip-coating substrates with gold precursors encapsulated by block-copolymer micelles. By this method, gold particles (4.8 +/- 1.3 nm) were deposited on ITO-coated glass and shown to be catalytically active for electro-oxidation of carbon monoxide. XPS confirmed the catalytically active particles were predominantly Au0; however, a large fraction existed as Au3+. Whereas bulk gold is inert, these results demonstrate that catalytically active Au nanoparticles can be derived from micelle encapsulation.Entities:
Year: 2003 PMID: 12797767 DOI: 10.1021/ja029800v
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419