title: Facile synthesis of polymer and carbon spheres decorated with highly dispersed metal nanoparticles.
abstract: Metal nanoparticle-decorated carbon spheres (mn-CSs) are prepared by combining one-pot hydrothermal synthesis and post-synthesis modification. The former sol-gel type process is employed to obtain heteroatom-containing polymer spheres (PSs), which easily attract metal species that, during thermal treatment, are initially converted to nanoparticle-decorated PSs and finally to mn-CSs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA. jaroniec@kent.edu.
authors.forename: Nilantha P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Wickramaratne
authors.forename: Mietek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaroniec