Issue 1, 2015

Thin metal nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications

Abstract

Two-dimensional nanomaterials, especially graphene and single- or few-layer transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets, have attracted great research interest in recent years due to their distinctive physical, chemical and electronic properties as well as their great potentials for a broad range of applications. Recently, great efforts have also been devoted to the controlled synthesis of thin nanostructures of metals, one of the most studied traditional materials, for various applications. In this minireview, we review the recent progress in the synthesis and applications of thin metal nanostructures with a focus on metal nanoplates and nanosheets. First of all, various methods for the synthesis of metal nanoplates and nanosheets are summarized. After a brief introduction of their properties, some applications of metal nanoplates and nanosheets, such as catalysis, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), sensing and near-infrared photothermal therapy are described.

Graphical abstract: Thin metal nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
23 Aug 2014
Accepted
23 Sep 2014
First published
23 Sep 2014
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 95-111

Thin metal nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications

Z. Fan, X. Huang, C. Tan and H. Zhang, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 95 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC02571G

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