Probing the surface of transition-metal nanocrystals by chemiluminescence.
We propose a simple chemiluminescence (CL) method for investigation of the surface of Co-based nanocrystals (NCs). Using a combination of CL and spin-trap electron paramagnetic resonance techniques, we systematically studied the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the surface of differently sized CoPt(3) spherical NCs and CoPt(3)/Au nanodumbbells. We have shown that differently sized CoPt(3) NCs can promote the formation of ROS and as a result can lead to the oxidation of luminol accompanied by the emission of the light. CL allows monitoring the stability of transition-metal-based NCs against oxidation and dissolution. We found by CL that cobalt ions slowly leach from the surface of CoPt(3) NCs even under very mild conditions; however, the amount of the leached cobalt ions does not exceed the maximal concentration of cobalt at the NC surface indicating that only surface atoms can go into solution.
Krylova
Galyna
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Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
Dimitrijevic
Nada M
NM
Talapin
Dmitri V
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Guest
Jeffrey R
JR
Borchert
Holger
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Lobo
Arun
A
Rajh
Tijana
T
Shevchenko
Elena V
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