From platinum atoms in molecules to colloidal nanoparticles: A review on reduction, nucleation and growth mechanisms

Solvent‐dependent growth and stabilization mechanisms of surfactant‐free colloidal Pt nanoparticles

(2020) Jonathan Quinson et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Investigation of the Optical Properties of Uniform Platinum, Palladium and Nickel Nanocrystals Enables Direct Measurements of their Concentrations in Solution

(2020) Ethan Y. Feng et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Teaching old precursors new tricks: Fast room temperature synthesis of surfactant-free colloidal platinum nanoparticles

(2020) J. Quinson et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Colloidal nanocrystals as building blocks for well-defined heterogeneous catalysts

(2019) Matteo Cargnello   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Probing the dynamics of nanoparticle formation from a precursor at atomic resolution

(2019) Wenpei Gao et al.   Science Advances

Functionalized nanomaterials: a new avenue for mitigating environmental problems

(2019) S. Chaudhary et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Controlled Synthesis of Surfactant‐Free Water‐Dispersible Colloidal Platinum Nanoparticles by the Co4Cat Process

(2019) Jonathan Quinson et al.   ChemSusChem

Theory and experiment of optical absorption of platinum nanoparticles synthesized by gamma radiation

(2019) Elham Gharibshahi et al.   APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES

In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Characterization Shining Light on the Nucleation and Growth Kinetics of Colloidal Nanoparticles

(2019) Siyu Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tailoring the Size and Shape of Colloidal Noble Metal Nanocrystals as a Valuable Tool in Catalysis

(2019) Miriam Navlani-García et al.   CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA

Nanoparticle Characterization: What to Measure?

(2019) Mario M. Modena et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Perspective of surfactant-free colloidal nanoparticles in heterogeneous catalysis

(2019) Sven Reichenberger et al.   ChemCatChem

Monovalent Alkali Cations: Simple and Eco-Friendly Stabilizers for Surfactant-Free Precious Metal Nanoparticle Colloids

(2019) Jonathan Quinson et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Facile Synthesis of Nanoporous Pt‐Encapsulated Ir Black as a Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst via Modified Polyol Process at Room Temperature

(2019) Dahui Fang et al.   ChemElectroChem

Dynamical stability and vibrational properties of Pt clusters

(2019) Abel S. Maldonado et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

Mechanism-Enabled Population Balance Modeling of Particle Formation en Route to Particle Average Size and Size Distribution Understanding and Control

(2019) Derek R. Handwerk et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Structure of Sub-nm Platinum Clusters at Elevated Temperatures

(2019) Trond R. Henninen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Radiative cooling of size-selected gas phase clusters

(2019) Piero Ferrari et al.   INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Global Structure Optimization of Pt Clusters Based on the Modified Empirical Potentials, Calibrated using Density Functional Theory

(2019) Stanislav K. Ignatov et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The polyol process: a unique method for easy access to metal nanoparticles with tailored sizes, shapes and compositions

(2018) F. Fiévet et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Synthesis of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals: A Comprehensive Review on the Reductants

(2018) Younan Xia et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Mechanism of chain photochemical reaction of ( n -Bu 4 N) 2 [PtCl 6 ] in chloroform

(2018) Svetlana G. Matveeva et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

Characterization techniques for nanoparticles: comparison and complementarity upon studying nanoparticle properties

(2018) Stefanos Mourdikoudis et al.   Nanoscale

Investigating Particle Size Effects in Catalysis by Applying a Size-Controlled and Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Colloidal Nanoparticles in Alkaline Ethylene Glycol: Case Study of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt

(2018) Jonathan Quinson et al.   ACS Catalysis

Colloids for Catalysts: A Concept for the Preparation of Superior Catalysts of Industrial Relevance

(2018) Jonathan Quinson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Perspectives on the design of nanoparticle systems for catalysis

(2018) Cynthia M. Friend et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

The challenges of characterising nanoparticulate catalysts: general discussion

(2018) Rosa Arrigo et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Control of catalytic nanoparticle synthesis: general discussion

(2018) Aldiar Adishev et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

195Pt NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Solvation of [PtCl6]2– in Water–Methanol and Water–Dimethoxyethane Binary Mixtures

(2018) Leon Engelbrecht et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Unprecedented pentanuclear mixed-valence Pt (II) -Pt (IV) complex anion in Q 2 [Pt 5 Cl 20 ] salts (Q = TBA, PPN)

(2018) Daniela Belli Dell'Amico et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanisms of metal nanoparticles nucleation and growth studied by radiolysis

(2018) J. Belloni et al.   RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

On classical and non-classical views on nucleation

(2018) Denis Gebauer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Deconvolution of octahedral Pt3Ni nanoparticle growth pathway from in situ characterizations

(2018) Xiaochen Shen et al.   Nature Communications

Exploring Structural Diversity and Fluxionality of Ptn (n = 10–13) Clusters from First-Principles

(2017) Victor Fung et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Ionic Conductivity Measurements—A Powerful Tool for Monitoring Polyol Reduction Reactions

(2017) Hany A. El-Sayed et al.   LANGMUIR

Quantitative Analysis of Different Formation Modes of Platinum Nanocrystals Controlled by Ligand Chemistry

(2017) Xi Yin et al.   NANO LETTERS

High-temperature crystallization of nanocrystals into three-dimensional superlattices

(2017) Liheng Wu et al.   NATURE

Combining theory and experiment in electrocatalysis: Insights into materials design

(2017) Zhi Wei Seh et al.   SCIENCE

Perspectives on in situ electron microscopy

(2017) Haimei Zheng et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Reduction rate as a quantitative knob for achieving deterministic synthesis of colloidal metal nanocrystals

(2017) Tung-Han Yang et al.   Chemical Science

Low-lying Pt n cluster structures (n = 6–10) from global optimizations based on DFT potential energy surfaces: Sensitivity of the chemical ordering with the functional

(2017) Rui Li et al.   Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Small Angle X-ray Scattering for Nanoparticle Research

(2016) Tao Li et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Revealing Complexity of Nanoparticle Synthesis in Solution by in Situ Hard X-ray Spectroscopy—Today and Beyond

(2016) Dorota Koziej   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

The chemistry of nucleation

(2016) E. D. Bøjesen et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Microwave-Assisted Polyol Synthesis of Polymer-Protected Monometallic Nanoparticles Prepared in Batch and Continuous-Flow Processing

(2016) Masafumi Harada et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Subnano Pt Particles from a First-Principles Stochastic Surface Walking Global Search

(2016) Guang-Feng Wei et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Reduction of hexachloroplatinate(IV) ions with methanol under UV radiation

(2016) Marek Wojnicki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

Primary photochemical processes for PtCl62− complex in acetonitrile solutions

(2016) Svetlana G. Matveeva et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

Applications of nuclear magnetic resonance to study the structure of platinum-group metal complexes in aqueous solutions

(2016) M. A. Fedotov   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY

Toward a Quantitative Understanding of the Reduction Pathways of a Salt Precursor in the Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals

(2016) Tung-Han Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multi-component superstructures self-assembled from nanocrystal building blocks

(2016) Rui Tan et al.   Nanoscale

Mass spectrometry for the characterization and quantification of engineered inorganic nanoparticles

(2016) Jose M. Costa-Fernández et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Toward Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities

(2016) Thomas Bligaard et al.   ACS Catalysis

Room temperature photo-induced deposition of platinum mirrors and nano-layers from simple Pt(ii) precursor complexes in water–methanol solutions

(2016) Liang Xian et al.   RSC Advances

UV-Induced Synthesis and Stabilization of Surfactant-Free Colloidal Pt Nanoparticles with Controlled Particle Size in Ethylene Glycol

(2016) Laura Kacenauskaite et al.   ChemNanoMat

Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Supported Catalysts

(2015) Peter Munnik et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Quantum Mechanical Studies of Large Metal, Metal Oxide, and Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles and Clusters

(2015) Amendra Fernando et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Pulsed-Flow Near-Critical and Supercritical Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Platinum Nanoparticles and In Situ X-ray Diffraction Study of Their Formation and Growth

(2015) Jian-Li Mi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

The Heat-Up Synthesis of Colloidal Nanocrystals

(2015) Joel van Embden et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fundamental growth principles of colloidal metal nanoparticles – a new perspective

(2015) Jörg Polte   CRYSTENGCOMM

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in nanoparticle synthesis

(2015) Kallum M. Koczkur et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Solvent and additive interactions as determinants in the nucleation pathway: general discussion

(2015) Changquan Calvin Sun et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Polyol synthesis of nanoparticles: status and options regarding metals, oxides, chalcogenides, and non-metal elements

(2015) H. Dong et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

An industrial perspective of the impact of Haldor Topsøe on ( in situ ) electron microscopy in catalysis

(2015) Stig Helveg   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Primary reactions in the photochemistry of hexahalide complexes of platinum group metals: A minireview

(2015) Evgeni M. Glebov et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Formation Mechanisms of Pt and Pt3Gd Nanoparticles under Solvothermal Conditions: An in Situ Total X-ray Scattering Study

(2015) Dipankar Saha et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Surface Chemistry of “Unprotected” Nanoparticles: A Spectroscopic Investigation on Colloidal Particles

(2015) Imke Schrader et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Efficient Removal of Organic Ligands from Supported Nanocrystals by Fast Thermal Annealing Enables Catalytic Studies on Well-Defined Active Phases

(2015) Matteo Cargnello et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Initial Reaction Mechanism of Platinum Nanoparticle in Methanol–Water System and the Anomalous Catalytic Effect of Water

(2015) Shuangming Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Recent advances in noble metal based composite nanocatalysts: colloidal synthesis, properties, and catalytic applications

(2015) Yong Xu et al.   Nanoscale

Solvent and additive interactions as determinants in the nucleation pathway: general discussion

(2015) Changquan Calvin Sun et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Synthesis Mechanism and Influence of Light on Unprotected Platinum Nanoparticles Synthesis at Room Temperature

(2015) Laura Kacenauskaite et al.   ChemNanoMat

Reduction by water for eco-friendly, capping agent-free synthesis of ultrasmall platinum nanocrystals

(2014) Guh-Hwan Lim et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Mechanisms of Nucleation and Growth of Nanoparticles in Solution

(2014) Nguyen T. K. Thanh et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

In Situ Studies of Solvothermal Synthesis of Energy Materials

(2014) Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen et al.   ChemSusChem

Structure, vibrational, and optical properties of platinum cluster: a density functional theory approach

(2014) Ngangbam Bedamani Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING

The Role of Charge States in the Atomic Structure of Cun and Ptn (n = 2–14 atoms) Clusters: A DFT Investigation

(2014) Anderson S. Chaves et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Stabilizing Catalytically Active Nanoparticles by Ligand Linking: Toward Three-Dimensional Networks with High Catalytic Surface Area

(2014) Eva Morsbach et al.   LANGMUIR

Observing Pt nanoparticle formation at the atomic level during polyol synthesis

(2014) Jocenir Boita et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Shape-directed platinum nanoparticle synthesis: nanoscale design of novel catalysts

(2013) G. Jeremy Leong et al.   APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Observation of growth of metal nanoparticles

(2013) Hong-Gang Liao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The synthesis of platinum nanoparticles and their deposition on the active carbon fibers in one microreactor cycle

(2013) Magdalena Luty-Błocho et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Nanocrystals from solutions: catalysts

(2013) Yuen Wu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Removal and Utilization of Capping Agents in Nanocatalysis

(2013) Zhiqiang Niu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

New minima for the Pt8 cluster

(2013) Ali Sebetci   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Enhanced Performance of NaOH-Modified Pt/TiO2 toward Room Temperature Selective Oxidation of Formaldehyde

(2013) Longhui Nie et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Highly selective ammonia oxidation to nitric oxide over supported Pt nanoparticles

(2013) Johannes Schäffer et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

An X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigation of the geometry of Pt(IV) in H2PtCl6 ammonia solution

(2013) Shuangming Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

Preparation of functionalized platinum nanoparticles: a comparison of different methods and reagents

(2013) Guangliang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

From Single Atoms to Nanocrystals: Photoreduction of [PtCl6]2– in Aqueous and Tetrahydrofuran Solutions of PVP

(2013) Yuri Borodko et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Time-Resolved, in Situ, Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering To Monitor Pt Nanoparticle Structure Evolution Stabilized by Adsorbed SnCl3– Ligands During Synthesis

(2013) Samuel St. John et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques for Real-Time Probing of Colloidal Nanoparticle Synthesis

(2013) Yugang Sun et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Pt based PEMFC catalysts prepared from colloidal particle suspensions – a toolbox for model studies

(2013) Jozsef Speder et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Size and Shape Control of Metal Nanoparticles for Reaction Selectivity in Catalysis

(2012) Kwangjin An et al.   ChemCatChem

From Single Pt Atoms to Pt Nanocrystals: Photoreduction of Pt2+ Inside of a PAMAM Dendrimer

(2012) Yuri Borodko et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Probing Nucleation Pathways for Morphological Manipulation of Platinum Nanocrystals

(2012) Tao Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Influence of Hydrogen on the Morphology of Platinum and Palladium Nanocrystals

(2012) Caroline Salzemann et al.   LANGMUIR

In Situ Monitoring of Pt Nanoparticle Formation in Ethylene Glycol Solution by SAXS—Influence of the NaOH to Pt Ratio

(2012) Norbert Steinfeldt   LANGMUIR

Direction-Specific Interactions Control Crystal Growth by Oriented Attachment

(2012) D. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Surfactant Removal for Colloidal Nanoparticles from Solution Synthesis: The Effect on Catalytic Performance

(2012) Dongguo Li et al.   ACS Catalysis

Colloidal Syntheses of Shape- and Size-Controlled Pt Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis

(2012) Christophe Coutanceau et al.   Electrocatalysis

Characterization of Ptn (n=2–12) clusters through global reactivity descriptors and vibrational spectroscopy, a theoretical study

(2011) C.L. Heredia et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Using Metal Carbonyl Clusters To Develop a Molecular Approach towards Metal Nanoparticles

(2011) Stefano Zacchini   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Growth kinetics of platinum nanocrystals prepared by two different methods: Role of the surface

(2011) Neenu Varghese et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

A review of the kinetics and mechanisms of formation of supported-nanoparticle heterogeneous catalysts

(2011) Joseph E. Mondloch et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Nucleation and Growth of Metal Nanoparticles during Photoreduction Using In Situ Time-Resolved SAXS Analysis

(2011) Masafumi Harada et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Spectroscopic Study of Platinum and Rhodium Dendrimer (PAMAM G4OH) Compounds: Structure and Stability

(2011) Yuri Borodko et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nucleation and Aggregative Growth Process of Platinum Nanoparticles Studied by in Situ Quick XAFS Spectroscopy

(2011) Masafumi Harada et al.   LANGMUIR

Nucleation reaction dynamics of Pt nanoparticles observed by the heterodyne transient grating method

(2011) Naotaka Maeda et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Size- and Shape-Selective Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals and Nanowires Using CO as a Reducing Agent

(2010) Yijin Kang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Urea-stabilized air-stable Pt nanoparticles for thin film deposition

(2010) Virginie Latour et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Experimental setup forin situX-ray SAXS/WAXS/PDF studies of the formation and growth of nanoparticles in near- and supercritical fluids

(2010) Jacob Becker et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Insights into Initial Kinetic Nucleation of Gold Nanocrystals

(2010) Tao Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Shape control of platinum and palladium nanoparticles for catalysis

(2010) Soshan Cheong et al.   Nanoscale

Characterization of Colloidal Platinum Nanoparticles by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

(2009) Jason K. Navin et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Application of high-energy X-rays and Pair-Distribution-Function analysis to nano-scale structural studies in catalysis

(2009) Peter J. Chupas et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Structures and structural evolution of Ptn (n=15–24) clusters with combined density functional and genetic algorithm methods

(2009) Xianglei Wang et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of Rucore−Ptshell Bimetallic Nanoparticles

(2009) Bing-Joe Hwang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

In Situ and Ex Situ Studies of Platinum Nanocrystals: Growth and Evolution in Solution

(2009) Soshan Cheong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanocrystal Diffusion in a Liquid Thin Film Observed by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2009) Haimei Zheng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Observation of Single Colloidal Platinum Nanocrystal Growth Trajectories

(2009) H. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Noble metal nanoparticles for water purification: A critical review

(2009) T. Pradeep et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

The Four-Step, Double-Autocatalytic Mechanism for Transition-Metal Nanocluster Nucleation, Growth, and Then Agglomeration: Metal, Ligand, Concentration, Temperature, and Solvent Dependency Studies

(2008) Eric E. Finney et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis and Characterization of Pt Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles: Effect of the Template on Nanoparticle Formation

(2008) Marc R. Knecht et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis and characterization of Pt clusters in aqueous solutions

(2008) A SIANI et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Shape-dependent electrocatalytic activity of platinum nanostructures

(2008) Mahima Subhramannia et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Geometry of Pt(IV) in H2PtCl6 aqueous solution: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigation

(2008) Xing Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

FTIR and XPS Study of Pt Nanoparticle Functionalization and Interaction with Alumina

(2008) Céline Dablemont et al.   LANGMUIR

Designer platinum nanoparticles: Control of shape, composition in alloy, nanostructure and electrocatalytic property

(2008) Zhenmeng Peng et al.   Nano Today

Evolution of atomic and electronic structure of Pt clusters: Planar, layered, pyramidal, cage, cubic, and octahedral growth

(2008) Vijay Kumar et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Synthesis of colloidal particles of poly(2-vinylpyridine)-coated palladium and platinum in organic solutions under the high temperatures and high pressures

(2007) Masafumi Harada et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Nanocluster nucleation and growth kinetic and mechanistic studies: A review emphasizing transition-metal nanoclusters

(2007) Eric E. Finney et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Organic chemistry in inorganic nanomaterials synthesis

(2007) Georg Garnweitner et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY