Pentagonal nanorods show catalytic promise
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Pentagonal nanorods have a unique morphology that confers interesting compositional and shape-dependent properties—including excellent stability and high catalytic activity—that make them excellent candidates for industrial catalysts. Now, researchers in Singapore have developed a simple chemical process to grow uniform pentagonal nanorods composed of gold and copper. These new materials readily catalyze the direct alkylation of an amine with an alcohol, rendering them useful in the fields of materials chemistry and nanotechnology.