Advanced Materials · 2012 · 178 citations · 30 references
Materials ScienceChemical EngineeringEngineeringMetal NanoparticlesNanomaterialsGreen SynthesisHigh Catalytic ActivitySingle-atom CatalystAu-ag BimetallicSequential Ion-exchange/reduction ProcessNanoheterogeneous CatalysisCatalysisChemistryPolyelectrolyte Multilayers
Au-Ag bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles are synthesized in situ in polyelectrolyte multilayers via a sequential ion-exchange/reduction process. The Au-Ag bimetallic nanoparticles show a higher catalytic activity than Au and Ag monometallic ones for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by NaBH(4) .
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