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Shape-controlled synthesis of copper nanocrystals in an aqueous solution with glucose as a reducing agent and hexadecylamine as a capping agent

  • Mingshang Jin
  • , Guannan He
  • , Hui Zhang
  • , Jie Zeng
  • , Zhaoxiong Xie
  • , Younan Xia
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • Xiamen University

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Abstract

Shape up: Copper nanocrystals with different shapes enclosed mainly by {100} facets have been prepared by reducing CuCl 2 with glucose. The syntheses were preformed in an aqueous solution at 100 °C with the use of hexadecylamine as a capping agent (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10560-10564
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • copper
  • glucose
  • hexadecylamine
  • nanocubes
  • nanowires

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