Comparing coatings of rhodium, palladium and platinum on gold nanorods

What is it about?

We present a topical review of research in the field of metal-coated gold nanorods. It is facilitated by making comparisons between the related bimetallic systems: AuRh, AuPd and AuPt.

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Why is it important?

By combining synthetic design strategies with state-of-the art characterisation techniques (particularly aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy) and molecular dynamic simulations, we demonstrate the potential to gain a fundamental understanding of, and control over, the atomic detail of metal–metal bonding at the interfaces of core–shell nanorods and nanoparticles.