@article {1147,
	title = {Calorimetric study on self-assembling of two kinds of monometallic nanoparticles in solution},
	journal = {Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry},
	volume = {81},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 962VGTimes Cited: 4Cited Reference Count: 233rd International Symposium on New Frontiers of Thermal Studies of MaterialsNOV 28-30, 2004Tsukuba, JAPANJSCTA, Univ Tsukuba, Grad Sch Pure \& Appl Sci, Soc Promot Calorimetry \& Thermal Anal, Ibaraki, Sci \& Technol Promot Fdn},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {523-527},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {Recently, we have reported a noble method of preparing Ag/Rh bimetallic nanoparticles with a pseudo-core/shell structure. We simply mix the dispersions of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)(PVP)-protected Ag and Rh nanoparticles in solution at room temperature. We found that the mixture of dispersions forms bimetallic nanoparticles in a pseudo-core/shell structure on standing. We call this process the {\textquoteright}self-assembling{\textquoteright} or {\textquoteright}self-organizing{\textquoteright}. In this study we seek for a thermodynamic driving force for this process by determining the enthalpy of the interaction among three pairs of nanoparticles by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). The results indicate that the interaction between each pair is strongly exothermic, and that among the pairs studied here the strength of the exothermic interaction is in the order of Ag/Pt<Ag/Pd<Ag/Rh.},
	keywords = {bimetallic nanoparticles, calorimetric method, CATALYTIC-ACTIVITY, CLUSTERS, CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES, core/shell structure, GROWTH, isothermal titration calorimetry, metal nanoparticle, NUCLEATION, palladium, PD, platinum, REDUCTION, rhodium, self-assembling, SELF-ORGANIZATION, silver, STRUCTURAL-ANALYSIS},
	isbn = {1388-6150},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000231760500004},
	author = {Kanemaru, M. and Shiraishi, Y. and Koga,Yoshikata and Toshima, N.}
}
@article {1290,
	title = {Spontaneous formation of core/shell bimetallic nanoparticles: A calorimetric study},
	journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry B},
	volume = {109},
	number = {34},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 959DQTimes Cited: 23Cited Reference Count: 41},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {16326-16331},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We showed recently that low entropy core/shell structured nanoparticles form spontaneously from the physical mixture of a dispersion of Ag nanoparticles and that of another noble metal (Rh. Pd, or Pt) at room, temperature. Here we use isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and show that the initial step of such a spontaneous process is strongly exothermic. When the alcohol dispersion of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP)-protected Rh nanoparticles (average diameter 2.3 nm) was titrated into the alcoholic dispersion of PVP-protected Ag nanoparticles, a strong exothermic enthalpy change, Delta H. was observed: Delta H = -908 kJ/mol for Ag(S) nanoparticle (average diameter 10.8 nm) and -963 kJ/mol for Ag(L) nanoparticles (average diameter 22.5 nm). The strength of interaction increases in the order of Rh/Ag > Pd/Ag > Pt/Ag. This strong exothermic interaction is considered as a driving force to from low entropy bimetallic nanoparticles by simple mixing of two kinds of monometallic nanoparticles. We show also that exothermic interactions occur between a pair of noble metal nanoparticles themselves by using ITC.},
	keywords = {ABSORPTION FINE-STRUCTURE, BINDING, CATALYTIC-ACTIVITY, CLUSTERS, CORE-SHELL, GOLD NANOPARTICLES, isothermal titration calorimetry, NANOPARTICLES, PD, REDUCTION, STRUCTURAL-ANALYSIS},
	isbn = {1520-6106},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000231497500015},
	author = {Toshima, N. and Kanemaru, M. and Shiraishi, Y. and Koga,Yoshikata}
}
