title: Learning from nature: introducing an epiphyte-host relationship in the synthesis of alloy nanoparticles by co-reduction methods.
abstract: This communication reports an epiphytic co-reduction method which can overcome the common tendency of sequential deposition in the synthesis of alloy nanoparticles. In this method the reduction of one of the metals (the epiphyte-metal) is only turned-on and rendered more facile by the in situ generated fresh surfaces of the other metal (the host-metal).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore. chexiej@nus.edu.sg cheleejy@nus.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Qingbo
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiaofeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Meihua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Liuqing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chaohe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jim Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D008670:Metals