Microfluidic size selective growth of palladium nano-particles on carbon nano-onions

Faizah Md Yasin; Ramiz A Boulos; Boon Yong Hong; Andrew Cornejo; K Swaminathan Iyer; Lizhen Gao; Hui Tong Chua; Colin L Raston

doi:10.1039/c2cc35017c

Microfluidic size selective growth of palladium nano-particles on carbon nano-onions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Oct 18;48(81):10102-4. doi: 10.1039/c2cc35017c.

Authors

Faizah Md Yasin¹, Ramiz A Boulos, Boon Yong Hong, Andrew Cornejo, K Swaminathan Iyer, Lizhen Gao, Hui Tong Chua, Colin L Raston

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

PMID: 22957341
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35017c

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Calixarenes / chemistry
Carbon / chemistry*
Methane / chemistry
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanostructures / ultrastructure
Palladium / chemistry*
Particle Size
Phosphorous Acids / chemistry

Substances

Phosphorous Acids
Calixarenes
phosphonic acid
Palladium
Carbon
Methane