Formation of mesopores inside platinum nanospheres by using double hydrophilic block copolymers

  • Bishnu Prasad Bastakoti
  • , Yunqi Li
  • , Sudhina Guragain
  • , Saad M. Alshehri*
  • , Muhammad J.A. Shiddiky
  • , Zongwen Liu
  • , Kyubin Shim
  • , Jung Ho Kim
  • , Md Shahriar A. Hossain
  • , Victor Malgras
  • , Yusuke Yamauchi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report a simple and facile method for the formation of mesopores inside Pt nanospheres using double hydrophilic block copolymer poly(ethylene oxide-b-vinylpyridine) as template and structure directing agent. The dissolved Pt species strongly interact with the vinylpyridine and ethylene oxide units. The reduction of the Pt species in the presence of polymeric micelles leads to the formation of uniform mesoporous Pt nanospheres.[Figure

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)190-193
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume182
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Double hydrophilic block copolymers
  • Mesoporous materials
  • Mesoporous metals
  • Platinum

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