title: A phase-transfer identification of core-shell structures in Ag-Pt nanoparticles.
abstract: Ag-Pt nanoparticles with a confirmed core-shell structure could only be formed by the successive reduction method using Ag nanoparticles as the seeds. The core-shell structure could be conveniently inferred from the transferability of the particles from water to toluene. Independent measurements by UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to validate the experimental results. The reverse order of synthesis using Pt nanoparticles as the seeds did not result in any core-shell product. Instead a physical mixture of Ag nanoparticles and the original Pt seeds was obtained under the same experimental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jim Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Heng-Phon
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Too