Gold-palladium core@shell nanoalloys: Experiments and simulations

In this work, we report a facile synthesis route, structural characterization, and full atomistic simulations of gold-palladium nanoalloys. Through aberration corrected-STEM, UV-vis spectroscopy and EDS chemical analysis, we were able to determine that Au(core)-Pd(shell) bimetallic nanoparticles wer...

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Authors: Spitale, Ana, Perez, Manuel Alejo, Mejia Rosales, Sergio Javier, José Yacamán, Miguel, Mariscal, Marcelo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/133798
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/133798
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Au-Pd NANOPARTICLES
CORE-SHELL
NANOALLOYS
GRAND CANONICAL
LANGEVIN DYNAMICS
STEM
EDS.
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Summary:In this work, we report a facile synthesis route, structural characterization, and full atomistic simulations of gold-palladium nanoalloys. Through aberration corrected-STEM, UV-vis spectroscopy and EDS chemical analysis, we were able to determine that Au(core)-Pd(shell) bimetallic nanoparticles were formed. Using different computational approaches, we were capable of establishing how the size of the core and the thickness of the shell will affect the thermodynamic stability of several core-shell nanoalloys. Finally, grand canonical simulations using different sampling procedures were used to study the growth mechanism of Pd atoms on Au seeds of different shapes.