Gemini surfactant assisted synthesis of two-dimensional metal nanoparticles/graphene composites

Chunpeng Song; Dongqing Wu; Fan Zhang; Ping Liu; Qinghua Lu; Xinliang Feng

doi:10.1039/c2cc16890a

Gemini surfactant assisted synthesis of two-dimensional metal nanoparticles/graphene composites

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 18;48(15):2119-21. doi: 10.1039/c2cc16890a. Epub 2012 Jan 16.

Authors

Chunpeng Song¹, Dongqing Wu, Fan Zhang, Ping Liu, Qinghua Lu, Xinliang Feng

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, PR China.

PMID: 22246144
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16890a

Abstract

We demonstrate the synthesis of 2D metal nanoparticles (MNPs)/graphene nanocomposites using small cationic surfactants as stabilizers. 2D sandwich-like MNPs/graphene nanocomposites with a uniform distribution of MNPs can be achieved via a one-pot in situ growth and reduction protocol.