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Nano Research 2016, 9(2): 415-423 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0922-8
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Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods: Synthesis, plasmonic properties, and catalytic activity

Show Author's Information Wei Xiong1,2,3,  Debabrata Sikdar4,  Lim Wei Yap1,2,  Pengzhen Guo1,2,  Malin Premaratne4,  Xinyong Li3,  Wenlong Cheng1,2( )
Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash UniversityClaytonVIC3800Australia
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication151 Wellington RoadClaytonVIC3168Australia
Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Environmental Sciences and TechnologyDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory (AχL)Department of Electrical and Computer Systems EngineeringMonash UniversityClaytonVIC3800Australia
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4-nitrophenol, catalysis, surface plasmon resonance, matryoshka-caged gold nanorods, galvanic replacement reaction
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Xiong W, Sikdar D, Yap LW, et al. Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods: Synthesis, plasmonic properties, and catalytic activity. Nano Research, 2016, 9(2): 415-423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0922-8
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Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods (mCGNRs) were successfully synthesized by alternating between a seed-mediated silver-coating method and galvanic replacement reactions (GRRs). As the number of matryoshka layers of the mCGNRs increased, the plasmon resonance peak broadened and was red-shifted, and the catalytic activity towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NTP) increased. When mCGNRs with 6 layers were used as nanocatalysts in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, the reaction rate coefficient was 5.2- and 3.7-times higher than that of the gold-nanorod- and caged-gold-nanorod-catalyzed reductions of 4-nitrophenol, respectively. In addition, the surface-plasmon-resonance-based absorption of light enhanced the catalytic performance of the mCGNRs. With the support of a polyurethane foam, the mCGNRs synthesized in this study can be applied as recyclable heterogeneous catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.


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Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods: Synthesis, plasmonic properties, and catalytic activity

Show Author's information Wei Xiong1,2,3, Debabrata Sikdar4, Lim Wei Yap1,2, Pengzhen Guo1,2, Malin Premaratne4, Xinyong Li3, Wenlong Cheng1,2( )
Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash UniversityClaytonVIC3800Australia
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication151 Wellington RoadClaytonVIC3168Australia
Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Fine ChemicalsSchool of Environmental Sciences and TechnologyDalian University of TechnologyDalian116024China
Advanced Computing and Simulation Laboratory (AχL)Department of Electrical and Computer Systems EngineeringMonash UniversityClaytonVIC3800Australia

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Matryoshka-caged gold nanorods (mCGNRs) were successfully synthesized by alternating between a seed-mediated silver-coating method and galvanic replacement reactions (GRRs). As the number of matryoshka layers of the mCGNRs increased, the plasmon resonance peak broadened and was red-shifted, and the catalytic activity towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NTP) increased. When mCGNRs with 6 layers were used as nanocatalysts in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, the reaction rate coefficient was 5.2- and 3.7-times higher than that of the gold-nanorod- and caged-gold-nanorod-catalyzed reductions of 4-nitrophenol, respectively. In addition, the surface-plasmon-resonance-based absorption of light enhanced the catalytic performance of the mCGNRs. With the support of a polyurethane foam, the mCGNRs synthesized in this study can be applied as recyclable heterogeneous catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.

Keywords: 4-nitrophenol, catalysis, surface plasmon resonance, matryoshka-caged gold nanorods, galvanic replacement reaction

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Received: 16 July 2015
Revised: 09 September 2015
Accepted: 13 October 2015
Published: 22 January 2016
Issue date: February 2016

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The authors acknowledge use of facilities in Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy. This work was performed in part at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) in the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). The work is financially supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Programme (Nos. DP140100052, DP150103750, DP110100713, and DP140100883) and DSDBI of the Victorian Government.

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