A Universal Approach to the Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanodendrites and Their Catalytic Properties

摘要

In the ever-expanding field of nanomaterials research, noble metal nanoparticles have received particular interest because of their fascinating properties and potential applications in catalysis, electronics, sensing, photonics, imaging, and bio-medicine. The shape-dependent properties of nanoparticles have stimulated research into noble metal nanoparticles of various shapes, such as nanorods or nanowires, nanocubes, nanoprisms, nano-octahedra and tetrahedra, nanoplates, and nanoflowers or nanostars.