title: Investigation of size-dependent plasmonic and catalytic properties of metallic nanocrystals enabled by size control with HCl oxidative etching.
abstract: Particle size is one important parameter of nanocrystals that need to be tightly controlled, owing to its versatility for tailoring the properties and functions of nanocrystals towards various applications. In this article, oxidative etching by hydrogen chloride is employed as a tool to control the size of metallic nanocrystals. As a result of the size control, investigations into the size-dependent plasmonic and catalytic properties of metallic nanocrystals can be investigated. Given that the shape can be kept consistent when tuning the particle size in this system, it enables the systematic investigation of size-dependent properties free of the influence of other factors such as shape effect.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Xiaolan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Zijie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Jiawei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Chengming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yujie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D006851:Hydrochloric Acid