Catalytic activities for methanol oxidation on ultrathin CuPt3 wavy nanowires with/without smart polymer† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c6sc01501h

CuPt3 nanowires are synthesized with a thermosensitive amine-terminated poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) polymer, displaying “smart” temperature-controllable electrocatalytic activity towards the methanol oxidation reaction.

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