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Electronic Supplementary Material

Large Scale Photochemical Synthesis of M@TiO2 Nanocomposites

(M = Ag, Pd, Au, Pt) and Their Optical Properties, CO Oxidation
Performance, and Antibacterial Effect

Shao Feng Chen1,, Jian Ping Li2,, Kun Qian3, Wei Ping Xu1, Yang Lu1, Wei Xin Huang3 and Shu Hong Yu1 ( )

1
Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry,
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
2
School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230026, China
3
Division of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of
Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Supporting information to DOI 10.1007/s12274-010-1027-z

Figure S-1 FTIR spectra of the original chitosan powder, chitosan gel obtained after treatment with acetic acid, as-synthesized rutile-TiO2,
and Au@TiO2, indicating that no residual chitosan was incorporated in the TiO2 particles or Au@TiO2 nanocomposite

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Address correspondence to shyu@ustc.edu.cn
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Figure S-2 XPS spectrum of as-synthesized rutile TiO2 nanoparticles

Figure S-3 SEM image of as-synthesized rutile-TiO2 particles with diameters of 200400 nm
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Figure S-4 Bright field (left) and two-photon images (right) of as-synthesized rutile-TiO2, Ag@TiO2, Pd@TiO2, Au@TiO2, and Pt@TiO2
particles. The scale bar is 50 m for all images
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Figure S-5 XPS spectra of four M@TiO2 nanocomposites (M = Pd, Pt, Ag, Au): (a) the binding energy of Pd 3d5/2 is 335.5 eV,
corresponding to elemental Pd; (b) the binding energy of Pt 4f5/2 is 74.5 eV, corresponding to elemental Pt; (c) the binding energies of
Ag 3d5/2 and Ag 3d3/2 are 364.7 and 373.5 eV, respectively, corresponding to elemental Ag; (d) the binding energies of Au 4f7/2 and
Au4f5/2 are 83.8 and 87 eV, respectively, corresponding to elemental Au. The insets show the survey spectra of each metal-loaded TiO2
nanocomposite
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Figure S-6 EDS spectrum of the Pt@TiO2 nanocomposite

Figure S-7 EDS spectrum of the Pd@TiO2 nanocomposite

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Figure S-8 EDS spectrum of the Au@TiO2 nanocomposite

Figure S-9 EDS spectrum of the Ag@TiO2 nanocomposite

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Figure S-10 Photographic image of a control petri dish initially supplemented with 100 L of 105 cfu/mL E. coli

Figure S-11 UV/vis spectra of as-synthesized TiO2, Ag@TiO2, and Au@TiO2 suspensions in deionized water