- Microfluidic size selective growth of palladium nano-particles on carbon nano-onions.
Microfluidic size selective growth of palladium nano-particles on carbon nano-onions.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2012-09-08)
Faizah Md Yasin, Ramiz A Boulos, Boon Yong Hong, Andrew Cornejo, K Swaminathan Iyer, Lizhen Gao, Hui Tong Chua, Colin L Raston
PMID22957341
ABSTRACT
Size selective growth of palladium nano-particles 2-7 nm in diameter on the surface of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) (derived from catalytic cracking of methane) in water involves pretreating the CNOs with p-phosphonic acid calix[8]arene then H(2)PdCl(4) followed by dynamic thin film processing under hydrogen in a vortex fluidic device.