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Title: Development of a New Generation of Stable, Tunable, and Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Produced by the Helium Nanodroplet Deposition Method

Abstract

Nanoparticles (NPs) are revolutionizing many areas of science and technology, often delivering unprecedented improvements to properties of the conventional materials. However, despite important advances in NPs synthesis and applications, numerous challenges still remain. Development of alternative synthetic method capable of producing very uniform, extremely clean and very stable NPs is urgently needed. If successful, such method can potentially transform several areas of nanoscience, including environmental and energy related catalysis. Here we present the first experimental demonstration of catalytically active NPs synthesis achieved by the helium nanodroplet isolation method. This alternative method of NPs fabrication and deposition produces narrowly distributed, clean, and remarkably stable NPs. The fabrication is achieved inside ultra-low temperature, superfluid helium nanodroplets, which can be subsequently deposited onto any substrate. Lastly, this technique is universal enough to be applied to nearly any element, while achieving high deposition rates for single element as well as composite core-shell NPs.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [4];  [5];  [4];  [4];  [2];  [6]
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  1. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
  2. US Air Force Research Lab., Eglin Air Force Base, FL (United States). Energetic Materials Branch
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN); Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
  5. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  6. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
OSTI Identifier:
1341681
Report Number(s):
BNL-113409-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185; R&D Project: 16060; 16060; KC0403020
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; FG02-03ER15476; 3002NW; 1254600
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Center for Functional Nanomaterials

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Wu, Qiyuan, Ridge, Claron J., Zhao, Shen, Zakharov, Dmitri, Cen, Jiajie, Tong, Xiao, Connors, Eoghan, Su, Dong, Stach, Eric A., Lindsay, C. Michael, and Orlov, Alexander. Development of a New Generation of Stable, Tunable, and Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Produced by the Helium Nanodroplet Deposition Method. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01305.
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Wu, Qiyuan, Ridge, Claron J., Zhao, Shen, Zakharov, Dmitri, Cen, Jiajie, Tong, Xiao, Connors, Eoghan, Su, Dong, Stach, Eric A., Lindsay, C. Michael, & Orlov, Alexander. Development of a New Generation of Stable, Tunable, and Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Produced by the Helium Nanodroplet Deposition Method. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01305
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Wu, Qiyuan, Ridge, Claron J., Zhao, Shen, Zakharov, Dmitri, Cen, Jiajie, Tong, Xiao, Connors, Eoghan, Su, Dong, Stach, Eric A., Lindsay, C. Michael, and Orlov, Alexander. Wed . "Development of a New Generation of Stable, Tunable, and Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Produced by the Helium Nanodroplet Deposition Method". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01305. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1341681.
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@article{osti_1341681,
title = {Development of a New Generation of Stable, Tunable, and Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Produced by the Helium Nanodroplet Deposition Method},
author = {Wu, Qiyuan and Ridge, Claron J. and Zhao, Shen and Zakharov, Dmitri and Cen, Jiajie and Tong, Xiao and Connors, Eoghan and Su, Dong and Stach, Eric A. and Lindsay, C. Michael and Orlov, Alexander},
abstractNote = {Nanoparticles (NPs) are revolutionizing many areas of science and technology, often delivering unprecedented improvements to properties of the conventional materials. However, despite important advances in NPs synthesis and applications, numerous challenges still remain. Development of alternative synthetic method capable of producing very uniform, extremely clean and very stable NPs is urgently needed. If successful, such method can potentially transform several areas of nanoscience, including environmental and energy related catalysis. Here we present the first experimental demonstration of catalytically active NPs synthesis achieved by the helium nanodroplet isolation method. This alternative method of NPs fabrication and deposition produces narrowly distributed, clean, and remarkably stable NPs. The fabrication is achieved inside ultra-low temperature, superfluid helium nanodroplets, which can be subsequently deposited onto any substrate. Lastly, this technique is universal enough to be applied to nearly any element, while achieving high deposition rates for single element as well as composite core-shell NPs.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01305},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {7}
}
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