title: High chemical reactivity of silver nanoparticles toward hydrochloric acid.
abstract: High chemical reactivity of Ag nanoparticles was observed in the reaction with hydrochloric acid: Ag (nanoparticles)+ HCl-->AgCl + H2; the reaction product silver chloride was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction to give a direct evidence for the reaction which has been proved impossible for the bulk Ag.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhu