Role of pore curvature on the thermal stability of gold nanoparticles in mesoporous silica.
Pores arranged in a two-dimensional hexagonal structure inside spherical mesoporous silica particles help to prevent the thermal sintering of gold nanoparticles compared to straight pores in MCM-41.
Bore
Mangesh T
MT
Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and Ceramic and Composite Materials Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA.
Pham
Hien N
HN
Ward
Timothy L
TL
Datye
Abhaya K
AK