Abstract
Developing new strategies for tuning the plasmonic properties of palladium nanostructures is of both fundamental and technological interest due to their potential applications in plasmonic hydrogen sensing, in situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for catalysis, and solar energy harvesting. In this work, a new strategy of tuning the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) property of Pd nanocrystals by selectively sharpening their edges and corners is reported. Through a Cu(II)-assisted seed-mediated growth approach, sub-10-nm sharp edges and corners were grown on regular Pd nanocubes. The LSPR peaks of the as-formed concave Pd nanocubes could be tuned across the visible spectrum by simply controlling their sizes. Cu(II) was found to selectively activate the fast growth of Pd atoms along the [110] and [111] directions of the cubic Pd seeds and promote the formation of this new type of Pd concave nanocubes. This strategy of building Pd sharp edges and corners may be applicable for the design of new p...
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