title: Facile synthesis of complex shaped Pt-Cu alloy architectures.
abstract: Several intricate Pt-Cu alloy architectures have been synthesized including hexapod backbones with stretchers and caved octahedron like hexapods, as well as some other intermediates with complex structures. The mechanistic study indicates that the shape is realized via a competitive effect between etching and growth induced by different chemicals.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China. wangxun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nosheen
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Xiaobin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Haozhou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhicheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang