| CPC H10H 20/8513 (2025.01) [C09K 11/025 (2013.01); C09K 11/0883 (2013.01); C09K 11/565 (2013.01); C09K 11/70 (2013.01); C09K 11/883 (2013.01); H10H 20/01 (2025.01); H10H 20/0361 (2025.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. A method of making nanostructures, the nanostructures comprising a core/shell nanostructure comprising at least one shell, and a metal oxide on an outer shell of the core/shell nanostructure, wherein the metal oxide on the outer shell is less than 1 nm thick, the method comprising:
(a) admixing a plurality of the core/shell nanostructures and solvent;
(b) raising the temperature to between about 180° C. and about 360° C.; and
(c) exposing the composition obtained in (b) to water in an amount that is a molar ratio of 2,000 to 180,000 water:core/shell nanostructures.
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