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Cornell Researchers Develop New Method for Self-Assembly of Metals Into Ordered, Porous Structures; Potential Benefit for Fuel Cells and Catalysts

Posted on June 28, 2008

Ligand-coated platinum nanoparticles (blue and gray balls) nestled amongst the block co-polymers (blue and green strands). The self-assembly of platinum nanoparticles through the use of ligands and polymers is the key first step to a new method for structuring metals developed by Cornell Researchers. Click to enlarge. Image courtesy of Scott Warren & Uli Wiesner, Cornell UniversityCornell University researchers have developed a method to self-assemble metals into complex configurations with ordered porous mesostructures with large and open pores by guiding metal particles into the desired form...

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