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

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

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01305

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

Journal Article · Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01305· OSTI ID:1341681

Wu, Qiyuan ^[1]; Ridge, Claron J. ^[2]; Zhao, Shen ^[3]; Zakharov, Dmitri ^[4]; Cen, Jiajie ^[1]; Tong, Xiao ^[4]; Connors, Eoghan ^[5]; Su, Dong ^[4]; Stach, Eric A. ^[4]; Lindsay, C. Michael ^[2]; Orlov, Alexander ^[6]

Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
US Air Force Research Lab., Eglin Air Force Base, FL (United States). Energetic Materials Branch
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN); Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

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.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; FG02-03ER15476; 3002NW; 1254600

OSTI ID:: 1341681

Report Number(s):: BNL-113409-2017-JA; R&D Project: 16060; 16060; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 7, Issue 15; ISSN 1948-7185

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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