DNA-directed growth of Pd nanocrystals on carbon nanotubes towards efficient oxygen reduction reactions

• Main Authors: Zhang, Lian Ying, Guo, Chun Xian, Cui, Zhiming, Guo, Jun, Dong, Zhili, Li, Chang Ming
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99585; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12921
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Unique DNA-promoted Pd nanocrystals on carbon nanotubes (Pd/DNA–CNTs) are synthesized for the first time, in which through its regularly arranged PO43− groups on the sugar–phosphate backbone, DNA directs the growth of ultrasmall Pd nanocrytals with an average size of 3.4 nm uniformly distributed on...