Considering the rarely reported fivefold twinned structure of the as-prepared Au–Cu bimetallic nanocrystals, their nucleation and growth pathway is a valuable subject of research. … See more

To explore the mechanism involved in the formation of pentacle Au–Cu alloy nanocrystals, we devised a set of experiments using the standard procedure, except for t… See more

Beyond the standard synthesis, we realized size control of the products, especially those with smaller dimensions. In the practice, we held the strategy of shortening the reactio… See more

Motivated by the peculiar shapes and interesting surface properties, we investigated LSPR features of the as-prepared nanocrystals. Figure 4a is a combined g… See more