Journal Article10.1007/S00339-003-2478-9
Synthesis and structure determination of bimetallic Au/Cu nanoparticles
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the synthesis of Au/Cu nanoparticles by a simultaneous reduction method, considering three different molar concentrations (AuCu, AuCu3 and Au3Cu) of the components.
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Abstract: The synthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles has become so important in recent times due to its multi-faceted applications. The structure of the synthesised particles influences directly their properties. In this paper, we report the synthesis of Au/Cu nanoparticles by a simultaneous reduction method, considering three different molar concentrations (AuCu, AuCu3 and Au3Cu) of the components. In order to determine the size and structure of the obtained clusters, the particles were examined by optical spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. One of the major factors, the minimum bimetal formation energy, was calculated by an embedded-atom method. The relation between the Au/Cu proportions has been demonstrated to affect the size of the particles and the corresponding structures. From the basic structural analysis it is found that the particles were fcc-like, multiple twin or multiple defect particles for the different Au/Cu concentrations. The smallest particles were identified for the Au/Cu sample with 50% of each, and the most crystalline structures were also obtained in the same sample.
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