A new method for the synthesis of hydrophobized, catalytically active Pt nanoparticles
Saikat Mandal,PR. Selvakannan,Debdut Roy,Raghunath V. Chaudhari,Murali Sastry
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 11/12/2002 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B209050C
Abstract

A single step method for the synthesis of catalytically active, hydrophobic Pt nanoparticles by the spontaneous reduction of aqueous PtCl62− ions by hexadecylaniline molecules at a liquid–liquid interface is described.