Assessing how metal-carbon interactions affect the structure of supported platinum nanoparticles

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 35, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 795-803

  Morrow, Brian H ^a   Striolo, Alberto ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal nanoparticles; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ATOMIC-LENGTH SCALE; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; EMBEDDED-ATOM METHOD; L-J POTENTIAL; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MD SIMULATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METAL-METAL INTERACTIONS; METAL-SUPPORT INTERACTIONS; METAL-SUPPORTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PAIR INTERACTION POTENTIAL; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM-CARBON INTERACTIONS; PRIMARY FACTORS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMALL-DIAMETER; SOLID SUPPORTS; STRUCTURE CALCULATION; SUPPORTED METALS; SUPPORTED NANOPARTICLES;

ATOMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; GRAPHITE; METALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM;

METAL REFINING;

EID: 73149100387     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020902787812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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