Chemists build the first nanoparticle "library"

It is well known that nanoparticles often exhibit different properties than common large-scale materials, and their fields of application are quite different. For example, gold nanoparticles can catalyze chemical reactions, while ordinary gold nuggets cannot. Semiconductor-based nanoparticles emit different colors of light only by small changes in size, which ordinary semiconductors cannot.

In view of this, scientists have come up with countless ways to synthesize nanoparticles. However, they have not been systematically proposed to combine multiple elements at the nanoscale and to test them. Recently, researchers reported in the journal Science that they synthesized nanoparticles of different combinations of five metals, called the "library" of nanoparticles.

The team used the ultra-small tip of the atomic force microscope as a quill to pick up five different polymer inks. Each ink contains metal ions of gold, silver, copper, nickel or cobalt. After wiping a drop of different polymer inks on a flat substrate, the researchers used two separate heat treatments to cure the nanoparticles.

First, at lower temperatures, scientists extract metal ions from the ink. In the second step, the ink is evaporated at a higher temperature to obtain solid nanoparticles. In the end, the researchers succeeded in producing all 31 combinations of nanoparticles of five metals. At present, scientists are testing the optical, electrical and catalytic properties of these particles, hoping to lead a new breakthrough in nanotechnology.

Polymetallic nanoparticles are widely used, including catalysis, surface plasmon, bioimaging, and the like. In the field of catalysis, multi-metal nanoparticles tend to outperform their respective pure-component nanoparticles. But there is currently no effective strategy for synthesizing a "library" of this structure for chemists to explore through systems and positioning methods.


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