Nanoparticle assemblies within hollow nanoshells represent versatile structures which enable efficient nanosystems with colligative properties of nanoparticles for a variety of applications. In this report, we present a simple and high yielding solution‐based synthetic strategy for peapod‐shaped Au nanoparticle assembly encapsulated within hollow silica nanotubes (pp multi‐Au@SiO2 NTs). One‐dimensional, [multiple Au nanodot] core–[silica] shell nanowires (multi‐Au@SiO2 NWs) are preferentially synthesized based on reverse microemulsion (water‐in‐oil) techniques. By thermal treatment of multi‐Au@SiO2 NWs in aqueous polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) solution, pp multi‐Au@SiO2 NTs can be successfully fabricated. Further growth of Pt on the Au nanoparticles in pp multi‐Au@SiO2 NTs can lead to the generation of [Au] core‐[Pt] shell (Au/Pt) nanoparticle assembly surrounded by silica nanotubes (pp multi‐Au/Pt@SiO2 NTs).
Morphologically unique silica nanoparticles can be used as effective templates to prepare silica–metal hybrid nanomaterials, which are highly applicable in a variety of areas. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles, which have high surface areas and an abundance of pores, can be used to synthesize mesoporous silica core–metal shell nanostructures with catalytically active sites. In this work, dendritic fibrous nanosilica (DFNS) with a high surface area is successfully employed as a template to synthesize DFNS/Au hybrid nanomaterials. Au nanodots are initially synthesized through the selective reduction of Au ions on the surface of the DFNS after surface modification to form DFNS/Au dots. A seed‐mediated growth method is used to controllably grow Au nanoparticles on the DFNS/Au dots to generate DFNS core–Au nanoparticles shell nanohybrids (DFNS/Au NPs) and DFNS core–Au layer shell nanohybrids (DFNS/Au layers). The catalytic activities of DFNS/Au NPs and DFNS/Au layers in the 4‐nitrophenol reduction reaction are compared.
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