Mapping surface-modified titania nanoparticles with implications for activity and facet control

Metal oxide nanocrystals can be grown with different facets exposed to give variations in reactivity, but the chemical state of these surfaces is not clear. Here, the authors make use of a phosphine probe molecule allowing the differences in surface chemistry to be mapped by NMR spectroscopy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yung-Kang Peng, Yichen Hu, Hung-Lung Chou, Yingyi Fu, Ivo F. Teixeira, Li Zhang, Heyong He, Shik Chi Edman Tsang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00619-z