Ken-ichi Okazaki

TL;DR: Sputter deposition of gold (Au) onto ionic liquids (ILs) resulted in the formation of highly dispersed Au nanoparticles without additional chemical species, such as reducing and stabilizing agents as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic activity of CdS nanoparticles for H2 evolution was greatly dependent on the distance between Cs and Au particles, due to the locally enhanced electric field produced by photoexcitation of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peak of Au particles.

TL;DR: The photoluminescence intensity of ZnS-AgInS(2) solid solution nanoparticles was remarkably enhanced by increasing the heating temperature to 180 degrees C, above which the emission was simply diminished, while ZNS coating of the particles resulted in further enhancement of PL intensity, giving the highest quantum yield.

TL;DR: It was found that the BMI-PF(6) supramolecular aggregates were loosely coordinated to the gold nanoparticles and were replaceable with thiol molecules, which is promising for the immobilization of ionic liquid-stabilized nanoparticles, which are very desirable for electronic and catalytic device fabrication.

TL;DR: Photoirradiation of a deaerated 2-propanol aqueous solution containing nitrobenzenes and rhodium-loaded silica-coated cadmium sulfide nanoparticles produced azoxybenzene with relatively high selectivity, the photocatalytic activity being enhanced with a decrease in the size of the semiconductor particle core.