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Published
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Master's thesis, 2018
Imidazolium Ionic Liquids as Multifunctional Solvents, Ligands, and Reducing Agents for Noble Metal Deposition onto Well-Defined Heterostructures and the Effect of Synthetic History on Catalytic Performance
Western Kentucky University, Department of Chemistry. Advisor: Dr. Lawrence J. Hill.
Investigated [BMIM]Tf2N as a multifunctional solvent, ligand, and reducing agent for platinum deposition onto CdSe@CdS nanorods, thermally and photochemically. Ionic-liquid synthesis outperformed organic-solvent routes in photocatalytic methylene blue degradation.
Deposition of metal particles onto semiconductor nanorods using an ionic liquid
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 10:718-724. DOI 10.3762/bjnano.10.71. PMID 30931213.
Platinum, gold, and silver nanoparticles deposited onto CdSe@CdS nanorods from metal salts in an ionic liquid, with no added surfactants or reducing agents. Platinum deposited this way outperformed organic-solvent materials in photocatalytic dye degradation.