velopment of strategies to accomplish the phase transfer of nanoparticles with high
shape anisotropy and obtaining core–shell structures that can be moved across
phase boundaries.
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to thank his doctoral student, Mr. Ashavani Kumar and his
post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Neeta Lala, who carried out much of the experimental
Fig. 3.13. Proposed mechanism for the spontaneous phase
transfer of gold and palladium nanoparticles from an organic
reaction medium (toluene) to water by the addition of DMAP.
R ¼ C 8 H 17 . (Reprinted with permission from [76], 8 2001,
WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH).
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shape anisotropy and obtaining core–shell structures that can be moved across
phase boundaries.
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to thank his doctoral student, Mr. Ashavani Kumar and his
post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Neeta Lala, who carried out much of the experimental
Fig. 3.13. Proposed mechanism for the spontaneous phase
transfer of gold and palladium nanoparticles from an organic
reaction medium (toluene) to water by the addition of DMAP.
R ¼ C 8 H 17 . (Reprinted with permission from [76], 8 2001,
WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH).
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48