TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cui, Qianling
A1  - Xia, Bihua
A1  - Mitzscherling, Steffen
A1  - Masic, Admir
A1  - Li, Lidong
A1  - Bargheer, Matias
A1  - Moehwald, Helmuth
T1  - Preparation of gold nanostars and their study in selective catalytic reactions
JF  - Colloids and surfaces : an international journal devoted to the principles and applications of colloid and interface science ; A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects
N2  - In this work, gold nanostars (AuNSs) with size around 90 nm were prepared through an easy one-step method. They show excellent catalytic activity and large surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity at the same time. Surprisingly, they exhibited different catalytic performance on the reduction of aromatic nitro compounds with different substituents on the para position. To understand such a difference, the SERS spectra were recorded, showing that the molecular orientation of reactants on the gold surface were different. We anticipate that this research will help to understand the relationship of the molecular orientation with the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles.
KW  - Nanoparticles
KW  - Gold
KW  - Catalytic reaction
KW  - Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
KW  - Molecular orientation
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.10.028
SN  - 0927-7757
SN  - 1873-4359
VL  - 465
SP  - 20
EP  - 25
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -