CuS2-passivated Au-Core, Au3Cu-Shell nanoparticles analyzed by atomistic-resolution Cs-corrected STEM

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 9231-9239

  Khanal, Subarna ^a   Casillas, Gilberto ^a   Bhattarai, Nabraj ^a   Velázquez Salazar, J Jesús ^a   Santiago, Ulises ^a   Ponce, Arturo ^a   Mejía Rosales, Sergio ^b   José Yacamán, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; DECAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROGRAPHS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELL NANOPARTICLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

ATOMS; CESIUM; EDGE DISLOCATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; PASSIVATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOLD;

CESIUM; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CESIUM; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DIFFUSION; GOLD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84880633500     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401598e     Document Type: Article

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