A combinative effect of two or more
individual material properties,
such as lattice parameters and chemical properties, has been well-known
to generate novel nanomaterials with special crystal growth behavior
and physico-chemical performance. This paper reports unusually high
catalytic performance of AgPt nanoferns in the hydrogenation reaction
of acetone conversion to isopropanol, which is several orders higher
compared to the performance shown by pristine Pt nanocatalysts or
other metals and metal–metal oxide hybrid catalyst systems.
It has been demonstrated that the combinative effect during the bimetallisation
of Ag and Pt produced nanostructures with a highly anisotropic morphology,
i.e., hierarchical nanofern structures, which provide high-density
active sites on the catalyst surface for an efficient catalytic reaction.
The extent of the effect of structural growth on the catalytic performance
of hierarchical AgPt nanoferns is discussed.
A melt blending of poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) with 30:70 PLA:ABS was prepared by a twin screw extruder with a die of 25 mm width and 0.5 mm thickness with various loadings of graphene (0-1.0 wt.%). The PLA/ABS blends were evaluated for mechanical, morphology, thermal properties and interaction of the components in the blend system. Results show the incorporation of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) improved the tensile and modulus properties. Nevertheless, it was observed that at higher GNP loadings, i.e., 0.6-1.0 wt.%, both tensile and modulus properties showed a decreasing trend. It was also found that the thermal stability for the blend slightly improved when graphene presence in the blend.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.