Issue 47, 2011

Yolk/shell nanoparticles: new platforms for nanoreactors, drug delivery and lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

Yolk/shell or ‘rattle-typed’ nanomaterials with nanoparticle cores inside hollow shells are interesting among the complex hollow nanostructures. Yolk/shell nanoparticles (YSNs) are promising functional nanomaterials for a variety of applications such as catalysis, delivery, lithium-ion batteries and biosensors due to their tailorability and functionality in both the cores and hollow shells. This feature article provides an overview of advances in this exciting area of YSNs, covering systematic synthesis approaches and key promising applications based on the literature and our own recent work. We present some strategies for the synthesis of YSNs with controllable sizes, compositions, geometries, structures and functionalities. Applications of these new materials in a wide range of potential areas are discussed including nanoreactors, biomedicine and lithium-ion batteries. Promising future directions of this active research field are also highlighted.

Graphical abstract: Yolk/shell nanoparticles: new platforms for nanoreactors, drug delivery and lithium-ion batteries

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
20 Jun 2011
Accepted
03 Aug 2011
First published
23 Aug 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 12578-12591

Yolk/shell nanoparticles: new platforms for nanoreactors, drug delivery and lithium-ion batteries

J. Liu, S. Z. Qiao, J. S. Chen, X. W. (David) Lou, X. Xing and G. Q. (Max) Lu, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12578 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13658E

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