Ostwald Ripening of Platinum Nanoparticles Confined in a Carbon Nanotube/Silica-Templated Cylindrical Space

October 2, 2012 2012
Cintia Mateo-Mateo, Carmen Vázquez-Vázquez, Moisés Pérez-Lorenzo, Verónica Salgueiriño, and Miguel A. Correa-Duarte
J. Nanomat. 2012, 404159

 

Sintering of nanoparticles mediated by an Ostwald ripening mechanism is generally assessed examining the final particle size distributions. Based on this methodology, a general approach for depositing platinum nanoparticles onto carbon nanotubes in solution has been employed in order to evaluate the sintering process of these metallic nanoparticles at increasing temperatures in a carbon nanotube/silica-templated confined space.