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20120088656 | NANOSTRUCTURES HAVING ENHANCED CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - Provided herein is a nanostructure refined by suspending an unrefined nanostructure with a solvent, dispersing the suspended nanostructure in an acidic solution and agitating the acidic solution to produce a refined nanostructure. | 04-12-2012 |
20130084210 | SURFACTANTLESS METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING SAME - Disclosed are nanowires and a nanowire synthesis method, with the nanowires synthesized by adding first and second solutions into a vessel containing a porous template, the first solution added on one side of the porous template and the second solution added on another side of the porous template. The first solution contains a metal reagent comprising at least one of a transition metal, an actinide and a lanthanide metal, and the second solution contains a reducing agent. | 04-04-2013 |
20130178357 | Method for Removing Strongly Adsorbed Surfactants and Capping Agents from Metal to Facilitate their Catalytic Applications - A method of synthesizing activated electrocatalyst, preferably having a morphology of a nanostructure, is disclosed. The method includes safely and efficiently removing surfactants and capping agents from the surface of the metal structures. With regard to metal nanoparticles, the method includes synthesis of nanoparticle(s) in polar or non-polar solution with surfactants or capping agents and subsequent activation by CO-adsorption-induced surfactant/capping agent desorption and electrochemical oxidation. The method produces activated macroparticle or nanoparticle electrocatalysts without damaging the surface of the electrocatalyst that includes breaking, increasing particle thickness or increasing the number of low coordination sites. | 07-11-2013 |
20140065437 | SEGMENTED METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES, HOMOGENEOUS METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention includes a method of producing a segmented 1D nanostructure. The method includes providing a vessel containing a template wherein on one side of the template is a first metal reagent solution and on the other side of the template is a reducing agent solution, wherein the template comprises at least one pore; allowing a first segment of a 1D nanostructure to grow within a pore of the template until a desired length is reached; replacing the first metal reagent solution with a second metal reagent solution; allowing a second segment of a 1D nanostructure to grow from the first segment until a desired length is reached, wherein a segmented 1D nanostructure is produced. | 03-06-2014 |
20140290436 | SURFACTANTLESS BIMETALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING SAME - A bimetallic nanowire synthesis method is provided. The method includes adding first and second solutions into a vessel containing a porous template with the first solution containing first and second reagents added on one side of the porous template and the second solution added on an opposite side of the porous template. The first reagent includes a first salt of at least one of a transition metal, an actinide metal and a lanthanide metal. The second reagent includes a second salt of at least one of a transition metal, an actinide metal and a lanthanide metal. The second solution contains a reducing agent. | 10-02-2014 |