Transmission electron microscopy and theoretical analysis of AuCu nanoparticles: Atomic distribution and dynamic behavior

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 522-530

  Ascencio, J A ^a,d   Liu, H B ^a   Pal, U ^b   Medina, A ^c   Wang, Z L ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimetallic nanoparticles; High resolution electron microscopy; Molecular simulation; Quantum mechanics

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; GOLD ALLOYS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOMIC DISTRIBUTION; ATOMIC DYNAMICS; ATOMISTIC STRUCTURE; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; PROPERTY;

COPPER ALLOYS;

COPPER COMPLEX; GOLD COMPLEX; NANOPARTICLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33746137729     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20321     Document Type: Article

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