New insights on the Au(core)/Pt(shell) nanoparticle structure in the sub-monolayer range: SERS as a surface analyzing tool

Luca Guerrini; Eduardo Lopez-Tobar; Jose V Garcia-Ramos; Concepcion Domingo; Santiago Sanchez-Cortes

doi:10.1039/c0cc05013j

New insights on the Au(core)/Pt(shell) nanoparticle structure in the sub-monolayer range: SERS as a surface analyzing tool

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Mar 21;47(11):3174-6. doi: 10.1039/c0cc05013j. Epub 2011 Jan 31.

Authors

Luca Guerrini¹, Eduardo Lopez-Tobar, Jose V Garcia-Ramos, Concepcion Domingo, Santiago Sanchez-Cortes

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano, 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 21283893
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05013j

Abstract

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was used as a powerful surface analyzing tool to investigate the core-shell structural evolution of Au@Pt nanoparticles, revealing the templating role of the underlying Au atoms on the nanoscale Pt-phase structure in the sub-monolayer range.