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Nano Research 2016,9 (2) : 584-592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-0999-8
Research Article | Issue | Published: 14 January 2016
Interface-induced formation of onion-like alloy nanocrystals by defects engineering
Show Author's Information Wei Jia1,  Yuen Wu1,2,  Yifeng Chen1,  Dongsheng He2,  Jinpeng Li1,  Yu Wang1,  Zhuo Wang1,  Wei Zhu1,  Chen Chen1,  Qing Peng1,  Dingsheng Wang1( ),  Yadong Li1
Department of Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center for Nanomaterial Science and EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
Center of Advanced NanocatalysisUniversity of Science and Technology of China (CAN-USTC)Hefei230026China
Keywords:
alloy nanocrystals, assembly, electroxidation, twin defects, interface
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W. Jia, Y. Wu, Y. Chen, et al. Interface-induced formation of onion-like alloy nanocrystals by defects engineering. Nano Research. 2016, 9 (2) : 584-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-0999-8.
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The ability to controlled introduction of defects, particularly twin defects in Pt-based nanocrystals (NCs) provides a possibility to regulate the performance of Pt-based nanocatalyst. However, because of the high internal strain energy existed in twinned structures, the fabrication of defects in Pt-based NCs is sufficiently challenging. Here we demonstrate a "low-temperature interface-induced assembly" approach that provides precise control over Pt–Cu nanoparticles assembled at the hexadecylamine/water interface, yielding onion-like Pt–Cu NCs exposed a high density of twin defects. Moreover, a bending mechanism is proposed to elucidate the appearance of twin defects and lattice expanding (contraction) based on aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy analysis. This work opens new routes to engineer defects in metalbased alloy NCs, enabling more opportunities in catalysis.

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Received: 10 December 2015
Revised: 02 January 2016
Accepted: 03 January 2016
Published: 14 January 2016
Issue date: February 2016

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The authors wish to thank Mr. Chao Yang for valuable advices. This work was supported by the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of P. R. China (No. 201321), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20130002120013), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21521091, 21131004, 21390393, 21322107, 21325101, 21471089, and U1463202).

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