Size-dependent catalytic and melting properties of platinum-palladium nanoparticles

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-5

  Guisbiers, Grégory ^a   Abudukelimu, Gulmira ^b   Hourlier, Djamila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Yili Normal University   (China)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIELD; CATALYTIC ACTIVATION; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FACE CENTERED CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; MELTING ENTHALPY; MELTING PROPERTIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCATALYSIS; SHAPE STABILITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MELTING; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLATINUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE SEGREGATION; TRANSITION METALS;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 84856050841     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-396     Document Type: Article

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