Electrum, the gold-silver alloy, from the bulk scale to the nanoscale: Synthesis, properties, and segregation rules

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 188-198

  Guisbiers, Grégory ^a   Mendoza Cruz, Rubén ^a,b   Bazán Díaz, Lourdes ^a,b   Velázquez Salazar, J Jesús ^a   Mendoza Perez, Rafael ^a   Robledo Torres, José Antonio ^c   Rodriguez Lopez, José Luis ^c   Montejano Carrizales, Juan Martín ^d   Whetten, Robert L ^a   José Yacamán, Miguel ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aberration corrected electron microscopy; Nanothermodynamics; Noble metals; Optical properties; Phase diagram; Polyhedral; Surface segregation; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MELTING; MELTING POINT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PRECIOUS METALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; NANO-THERMODYNAMICS; POLYHEDRAL; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION;

SURFACE SEGREGATION;

ALLOY; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLOYS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85013929129     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05755     Document Type: Article

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