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Photodeposition of Pt on Colloidal CdS and CdSe/CdS Semiconductor Nanostructures†

  1. Gordana Dukovic1,
  2. Maxwell G. Merkle1,
  3. James H. Nelson1,
  4. Steven M. Hughes1,
  5. A. Paul Alivisatos1,2,*

Article first published online: 5 AUG 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800384

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 22, pages 4306–4311, November 18, 2008

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How to Cite

Dukovic, G., Merkle, M. G., Nelson, J. H., Hughes, S. M. and Alivisatos, A. P. (2008), Photodeposition of Pt on Colloidal CdS and CdSe/CdS Semiconductor Nanostructures. Adv. Mater., 20: 4306–4311. doi: 10.1002/adma.200800384

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

  2. 2

    Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

*Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

  1. †

    We thank B. F. Sadtler, J. S. Owen, M. Steigerwald, and L. E. Brus for fruitful discussions. This work was supported in part by AFOSR Grant No. FA9550-06-1-0488 and by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 5 AUG 2008
  3. Manuscript Received: 6 FEB 2008

Funded by

  • AFOSR. Grant Number: FA9550-06-1-0488
  • Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the US Department of Energy. Grant Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231

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Keywords:

  • CdS;
  • CdSe;
  • nanoparticles;
  • nanorods;
  • nanostructures;
  • photocatalysis;
  • semiconductors;
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Pt nanoparticles are deposited photochemically on the surfaces of colloidal CdS nanorods and CdSe/CdS nanoheterostructures. While Pt deposits at varying positions along CdS nanorods, the deposition on CdSe/CdS occurs preferentially near the CdSe core.

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