Search Results - "Hughes, Robert A"
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Catalytic Reduction of 4‑Nitrophenol: A Quantitative Assessment of the Role of Dissolved Oxygen in Determining the Induction Time
Published in Nano letters (14-12-2016)“…The reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by borohydride is one of the foremost model catalytic reactions because it allows for a straightforward…”
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Effect of Nanoparticle Ligands on 4‑Nitrophenol Reduction: Reaction Rate, Induction Time, and Ligand Desorption
Published in ACS catalysis (04-09-2020)“…Ligands are the quintessential synthesis tool in the preparation of colloidal metal catalysts, allowing for the rational design of nanostructured surfaces with…”
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Noble Metal Nanostructure Synthesis at the Liquid–Substrate Interface: New Structures, New Insights, and New Possibilities
Published in Accounts of chemical research (18-10-2016)“…Modern technologically driven societies could not exist in their current form if it were not for a great many synthetic achievements reliant on solution-based…”
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Light-Mediated Growth of Noble Metal Nanostructures (Au, Ag, Cu, Pt, Pd, Ru, Ir, Rh) From Micro- and Nanoscale ZnO Tetrapodal Backbones
Published in Frontiers in chemistry (10-09-2018)“…Micro- and nanoscale ZnO tetrapods provide an attractive support for metallic nanostructures since they can be inexpensively produced using the flame transport…”
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Mechanistic study of substrate-based galvanic replacement reactions
Published in Nano research (01-03-2014)“…The sacrificial templates used in galvanic replacement reactions dictate the properties of the hollow metal nanostructures formed. Here, we demonstrate that…”
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Catalytic Reduction of 4‑Nitrophenol by Gold Catalysts: The Influence of Borohydride Concentration on the Induction Time
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (23-05-2019)“…A comprehensive mechanistic framework is key to the effective utilization of model catalytic reactions. Although the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by borohydride…”
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Substrate-based galvanic replacement reactions carried out on heteroepitaxially formed silver templates
Published in Nano research (01-06-2013)“…Galvanic replacement reactions have been widely used to transform solution dispersed silver template structures into intricate nanoshell geometries. Here, we…”
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Site-Selective Deposition of Silica Nanoframes and Nanocages onto Faceted Gold Nanostructures Using a Primer-free Tetraethyl Orthosilicate Synthesis
Published in ACS nano (23-07-2024)“…The Stöber method for forming spherical silica colloids is well-established as one of the pillars of colloidal synthesis. In a modified form, it has been…”
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Plasmon Field Effects on the Nonradiative Relaxation of Hot Electrons in an Electronically Quantized System: CdTe−Au Core−Shell Nanowires
Published in Nano letters (01-08-2008)“…The intense electromagnetic fields of plasmonic nanoparticles, resulting from the excitation of their localized surface plasmon oscillations, are known to…”
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Plasmon-Mediated Synthesis of Periodic Arrays of Gold Nanoplates Using Substrate-Immobilized Seeds Lined with Planar Defects
Published in Nano letters (14-08-2019)“…The seed-mediated growth of noble metal nanostructures with planar geometries requires the use of seeds lined with parallel stacking faults so as to provide a…”
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Ion Beam Milling as a Symmetry-Breaking Control in the Synthesis of Periodic Arrays of Identically Aligned Bimetallic Janus Nanocrystals
Published in ACS nano (28-02-2023)“…Bimetallic Janus nanostructures represent a highly functional class of nanomaterials due to important physicochemical properties stemming from the union of two…”
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Low-Cost Nanostructures from Nanoparticle-Assisted Large-Scale Lithography Significantly Enhance Thermal Energy Transport across Solid Interfaces
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (10-10-2018)“…Enhancing thermal energy transport across solid interfaces is of critical importance to a wide variety of applications ranging from energy systems and lighting…”
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Plasmonics under Attack: Protecting Copper Nanostructures from Harsh Environments
Published in Chemistry of materials (11-08-2020)“…The functionality of well-tailored nanomaterials can only be retained if they are robust to the environmental factors in which they operate. The inability of…”
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Periodic Arrays of Dewetted Silver Nanostructures on Sapphire and Quartz: Effect of Substrate Truncation on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Near-Field Enhancement
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (15-08-2019)“…Substrate-supported plasmonic nanostructures are distinct from their colloidal counterparts, in that they are surrounded by an asymmetric dielectric…”
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Kinetically Controlled Nucleation of Silver on Surfactant-Free Gold Seeds
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (29-10-2014)“…We report on the heterogeneous nucleation of Ag on Au seeds using a surfactant-free synthesis where nanoparticle aggregation is nullified through the…”
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Sacrificial Templates for Galvanic Replacement Reactions: Design Criteria for the Synthesis of Pure Pt Nanoshells with a Smooth Surface Morphology
Published in Chemistry of materials (27-05-2014)“…The galvanic replacement of sacrificial templates offers one of the most synthetically viable approaches for generating platinum-based nanostructures with…”
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Photocatalytic Enhancements to the Reduction of 4‑Nitrophenol by Resonantly Excited Triangular Gold–Copper Nanostructures
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (30-07-2015)“…The reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by sodium borohydride serves as a well-established model reaction for assessing the catalytic activity of metal…”
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Stabilization of Plasmonic Silver Nanostructures with Ultrathin Oxide Coatings Formed Using Atomic Layer Deposition
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (12-08-2021)“…Even though performance metrics position silver as the preeminent plasmonic material in the visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum,…”
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Citrate-Induced Nanocubes: A Re-Examination of the Role of Citrate as a Shape-Directing Capping Agent for Ag-Based Nanostructures
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (01-07-2016)“…Seed‐mediated syntheses utilizing facet‐selective surface passivation provide the necessary chemical controls to direct noble metal nanostructure formation to…”
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Sequential Symmetry-Breaking Events as a Synthetic Pathway for Chiral Gold Nanostructures with Spiral Geometries
Published in Nano letters (14-04-2021)“…Symmetry-breaking synthetic controls allow for nanostructure geometries that are counter to the underlying crystal symmetry of a material. If suitably applied,…”
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