Thermal stability and shape evolution of tetrahexahedral Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles with high-index facets

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6896-6903

  Huang, Rao ^a   Wen, Yu Hua ^a   Shao, Gui Fang ^a   Zhu, Zi Zhong ^a   Sun, Shi Gang ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC DISTRIBUTION; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; BIMETALLIC PARTICLES; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GROUND-STATE ENERGIES; METALLIC PARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MELTING; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

GOLD;

EID: 84875864618     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401423z     Document Type: Article

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