“…According to the In 3d XPS spectra, on the other hand, every spectrum showed two typical peaks that could be fitted by two pairs (In(0) and In 3+ ) of doublets, that is, characteristic peaks located at the binding energies of 443.8 (3d 5/2 ) and 451.3 (3d 3/2 ) eV were assigned to metallic In(0), and those at 445.1 and 452.6 eV corresponded to In 3+ of In(OH) 3 . 32,33 With regard to sample NP-2p, particularly, even though the In 3d XPS spectrum was composed of strong In 3+ and weak In(0) peaks, the presence of metallic In 0 was obvious on the basis of the XRD analysis. Hence the obtained XPS and XRD data along with the TEM images suggest that the nanoparticles can have a core-shell structure; that is, metallic In 0 cores can be covered with amorphous In(OH) 3 layers.…”