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Data associated with 'One-step Fabrication of Hollow-channel Gold Nanoflowers with Excellent Catalytic Performance and Large Single-particle SERS Activity'

Ye, Sunjie and Benz, Felix and Wheeler, May C. and Oram, Joseph and Baumberg, Jeremy J. and Cespedes, Oscar and Christenson, Hugo K. and Coletta, Patricia Louise and Jeuken, Lars J. C. and Markham, Alexander F. and Critchley, Kevin and Evans, Stephen D. (2016) Data associated with 'One-step Fabrication of Hollow-channel Gold Nanoflowers with Excellent Catalytic Performance and Large Single-particle SERS Activity'. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/66

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Hollow metallic nanostructures have shown potential in various applications including catalysis, drug delivery and phototherapy, owing to their large surface areas, reduced net density, and unique optical properties. In this study, novel hollow gold nanoflowers (HAuNFs) consisting of an open hollow channel in the center and multiple branches/tips on the outer surface are fabricated for the first time, via a facile one-step synthesis using an auto-degradable nanofiber as a bifunctional template. The one-dimensional (1D) nanofiber acts as both a threading template as well as a promoter of the anisotropic growth of the gold crystal, the combination of which leads to the formation of HAuNFs with a hollow channel and nanospikes. The synergy of favorable structural/surface features, including sharp edges, open cavity and high-index facets, provides our HAuNFs with excellent catalytic performance (activity and cycling stability) coupled with large single-particle SERS activity (including ~30 times of activity in ethanol electro-oxidation and ~40 times of single-particle SERS intensity, benchmarked against similar-sized solid gold nanospheres with smooth surfaces, as well as retaining 86.7% of the initial catalytic activity after 500 cycles in ethanol electro-oxidation). This innovative synthesis gives a nanostructure of the geometry distinct from the template and is extendable to fabricating other systems for example, hollow-channel silver nanoflowers (HAgNFs). It thus provides an insight into the design of hollow nanostructures via template methods, and offers a versatile synthetic strategy for diverse metal nanomaterials suited for a broad range of applications.

Subjects:	F000 - Physical sciences > F300 - Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > School of Physics and Astronomy
Related resources:	Location Type http://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR04045D Publication http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/102680/ Publication
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Date deposited:	28 Jun 2016 18:18
URI:	http://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/55
Additional details Additional details Creators: Creators ORCID Other ID Email Primary affiliation Primary affiliation ID Primary affiliation ID type Secondary affiliation Secondary affiliation ID Secondary affiliation ID type Ye, Sunjie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-5753 Benz, Felix Wheeler, May C. Oram, Joseph Baumberg, Jeremy J. Cespedes, Oscar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-9523 Christenson, Hugo K. Coletta, Patricia Louise Jeuken, Lars J. C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-3964 Markham, Alexander F. Critchley, Kevin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-8626 Evans, Stephen D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8342-5335 Type of data: Dataset Research funders: Wellcome Trust, MRC, NIHR, EPSRC, European Research Council, Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability Grant numbers: ISSF Junior Investigator Development Fellowship (Sunjie Ye), MRC-Cic, RG. TASS485204, EP/N002423/1, (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement n. 280518, EP/L027151/1, EP/G060649/1, grant LINASS 320503, Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability Publication date: 2016 Resource language: English Metadata language: English Publisher: University of Leeds Contact Email Address: S.D.Evans@leeds.ac.uk Last Modified: 25 May 2017 10:38

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