作者：Chao Wang*??, Wende Tian§, Yong Ding, Yu-qiang Ma§, Zhong Lin Wang, Nenad M. Markovic?, Vojislav R.
关键字：Dendrimers, Simulations
论文来源：期刊
具体来源：J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132 (18), pp 6524–6529
发表时间：2010年
Rational synthesis of Pt−Aun nanoparticles (NPs) has been achieved by overgrowing Au on Pt with n, the number of Pt−Au heterojunctions in each particle, controlled from 1 to 4, and the corresponding NPs in pear-, peanut-, or clover-like morphology. Monte Carlo simulation reveals that the morphology control can be correlated to a thermodynamic equilibrium of the Au coherence energy, the overall particle surface energy, and the heterogeneous Pt−Au interfacial energy in the composite system, which is manipulated by the seeding particle size and solvent polarity. The developed synthetic strategy together with the provided fundamental understanding of heterogeneous nucleation and heterostructure growth could have great potential toward the rational synthesis of composite nanomaterials with morphology control for advanced catalytic and other functional applications.