Abstract. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were homogeneously dispersed in the aqueous solution of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (P(NIPAm-co-AA)) with the assistance of sonification as evidenced by UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy, etc. In addition, the SWNTs were e…
A general two-step approach has been developed for the synthesis of very small and sintering-resistant bimetallic gold-silver nanoparticles on inert supports including commercial silica and alumina. In this approach, gold particles were formed in the first step on amino-functionalized silica or alumina support. Our density functional theory (DFT) calculations on selected model clusters show …