A welding phenomenon of dissimilar nanoparticles in dispersion

Zhiqi Huang; Zhi-Jian Zhao; Qian Zhang; Lili Han; Xiumei Jiang; Chao Li; Maria T. Perez Cardenas; Peng Huang; Jun-Jie Yin; Jun Luo; Jinlong Gong; Zhihong Nie

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08206-6

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

A welding phenomenon of dissimilar nanoparticles in dispersion

Zhiqi Huang,
Zhi-Jian Zhao,
Qian Zhang,
Lili Han,
Xiumei Jiang,
Chao Li,
Maria T. Perez Cardenas,
Peng Huang,
Jun-Jie Yin,
Jun Luo,
Jinlong Gong,
Zhihong Nie

Affiliations

Zhiqi Huang: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
Zhi-Jian Zhao: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
Qian Zhang: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
Lili Han: Center for Electron Microscopy TUT-FEI Joint Laboratory, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Xiumei Jiang: Division of Analytical Chemistry, Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Chao Li: Center for Electron Microscopy TUT-FEI Joint Laboratory, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Maria T. Perez Cardenas: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
Peng Huang: Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University
Jun-Jie Yin: Division of Analytical Chemistry, Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Jun Luo: Center for Electron Microscopy TUT-FEI Joint Laboratory, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Jinlong Gong: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
Zhihong Nie: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08206-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Solution-phase welding of nanoparticles to form larger structures typically requires that the particles are the same type, limiting the diversity of possible products. Here, the authors report a welding process between gold and chalcogenide nanoparticles in dispersion that leads to asymmetric hybrid nanoparticles with two distinct domains.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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