Critical Au concentration for the stabilization of Au-Cu nanoparticles on rutile against dissociation under oxygen

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2050-2055

  Wilson, A ^a,b,c   Bernard, R ^a,b   Borensztein, Y ^a,b   Croset, B ^a,b   Cruguel, H ^a,b   Vlad, A ^c   Coati, A ^c   Garreau, Y ^d   Prevot G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

alloy; bimetallic; catalysts; scanning tunneling microscopy; TiO2< inf>

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CATALYSTS; COPPER; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; CU ATOMS; CU NANO-PARTICLES; IN-SITU SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPIES; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; OXYGEN EXPOSURE; TIO;

GOLD;

EID: 84930651580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00791     Document Type: Article

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