Recent progress in applications of ligand-stabilized metal nanoclusters

Due to a nanotechnology boom in science and technology, the metal nanoclusters or nanoparticles stabilized by polymers and organic ligands have achieved much attention recently all over the world. We have studied on the preparation of polymer-stabilized metal nanoclusters by chemical methods, and applied them mainly to catalyses. Here the recent progresses in our group are presented in the structure control of bimetallic and trimetallic nanoclusters and in the applications of metal nanoclusters not only to the catalyses but also to the sensing responsive to pH and molecular recognition, and to the electro-optic properties of liquid-crystalline display rapidly responsive to frequency modulation. Preparation of trimetallic nanoclusters with a triple core/shell structure is especially emphasized to serve as a very active catalyst at a special atomic ratio of three elements.     

水溶性CdSe/CdS核壳纳米粒子制备的影响因素及其对CdSe/CdS光谱特性的影响

以半胱氨酸镉配合物为前体, 在水溶液中合成CdSe纳米粒子, 以CdS对其表面进行修饰, 得到具有核壳结构的CdSe/CdS 纳米粒子. 采用XRD, TEM表征其结构及形貌; 以荧光光谱研究了时间、pH值、壳量、壳前体加入方式、稳定剂用量等因素对CdSe/CdS光谱特性的影响.