Ni‐Sn bimetallic nanoparticles with controllable size and composition were prepared by facile method in ambient air using inexpensive metal salts. Adjusting stoichiometric ratio of Ni and Sn precursors afforded nanoparticles with different compositions, such as Ni 100 , Ni 74 ‐Sn 26 , Ni 59 ‐Sn 41 , and Ni 50 ‐Sn 50 . The characterization of nanoparticles was performed by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). Ni 75 ‐Sn 25 and Ni 60 ‐Sn 40 nanoparticles showed enhanced catalytic activity towards 2-nitroaniline reduction as compared with Ni nanoparticles. Furthermore, Ni 75 ‐Sn 25 nanocatalyst exhibited excellent activity for the reduction of a number of nitro aromatic compounds under mild conditions along with high level of reusability.
Rong Lu,Zhuangchuan Wen,Pengfei Zhang,Yang Chen,Huihui Wang,Huile Jin,Lijie Zhang,Yihuang Chen,Shun Wang,Shuang Pan
The ability to design halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) with circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) offers exceptional potential in photonic technologies. Despite recent inspiring advances, the creation of PNCs with full-color tailorablity, outstanding CPL, and long-term stability remains a substantial challenge. Herein, a robust strategy to craft CPL-active PNCs is reported, exhibiting appealing full-color tunable wavelengths, enhanced CPL, and prolonged stability. In contrast to conventional methodologies, this strategy utilizes chiral nematic mesoporous silica (CNMS) as host to render in situ confined growth of diverse achiral PNCs. By strategically engineering photonic bandgap, adjusting loading amount of PNCs, and manipulating cations/anion compositions of PNCs, robust CPL responses with tunable wavelength and intensity are successfully obtained. The resulting PNCs-CNMS achieves stable CPL emissions with full-color tunability and impressive luminescent dissymmetric factors up to −0.17. Remarkably, silica-based hosts as a protective barrier confer exceptional resistance to humidity, photodegradation, and thermal stability, even up to 95 °C. Furthermore, the ability to achieve reversible CPL switching within PNCs-CNMS is attainable by leveraging the responsiveness of CNMS matrix or dynamic behavior of impregnated PNCs. Additionally, circularly polarized light-emitting diode devices based on PNCs-CNMS can be conveniently fabricated. This research affords a powerful platform for designing functional chiroptical materials.