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Cover Picture: Five‐Fold Twinned Pd Nanorods and Their Use as Templates for the Synthesis of Bimetallic or Hollow Nanostructures (ChemNanoMat 4/2015)
Author(s) -
Huang Hongwen,
Zhang Lei,
Lv Tian,
Ruditskiy Aleksey,
Liu Jingyue,
Ye Zhizhen,
Xia Younan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemnanomat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.947
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2199-692X
DOI - 10.1002/cnma.201580401
Subject(s) - nanorod , bimetallic strip , template , palladium , nanotechnology , materials science , nanostructure , nanoparticle , photocatalysis , catalysis , drug delivery , nanowire , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , metal
Palladium nanorods constitute a highly promising material for a myriad of applications, ranging from catalysis to electronics. However, achieving a highly controlled synthesis of these nanoparticles has proven difficult. In their Full Paper on page 246, which is featured on the front cover, Younan Xia and co‐workers report a seed‐meditated synthesis of palladium nanorods, achieved through the controlled growth of palladium decahedra. The new approach allows for the creation of nanorods with a wide range of lengths and diameters, as well as their subsequent use as templates for the creation of bimetallic nanoparticles.