Ni–Co alloy nanostructures anchored on mesoporous silica nanoparticles for non-enzymatic glucose sensor applications

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ra08471g
• Publication Date: 2015-07-02T08:12:09Z
• Authors: M. Ranjani; Y. Sathishkumar; Yang Soo Lee; Dong Jin Yoo; Ae Rhan Kim; G. Gnana kumar
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

Uniform sized Ni–Co alloy nanoparticles were effectively confined over the active channels of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) using a simple chemical reduction method, and the resultant nanostructures exhibited a spherical configuration with a mean diameter of 5 nm.