Decahedra and icosahedra everywhere: The anomalous crystallization of Au and other metals at the nanoscale

B Rogers, A Lehr, JJ Velázquez‐Salazar… - Crystal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout history, objects with fivefold symmetry have been a popular topic of interest for
artists, philosophers, and scientists. This may be because fivefold symmetry is very …

Theoretical studies of palladium− gold nanoclusters: Pd− Au clusters with up to 50 atoms

F Pittaway, LO Paz-Borbón, RL Johnston… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Global optimization of Pd− Au bimetallic clusters in the size range N= 2− 50 has been
performed using a genetic algorithm, coupled with the Gupta many-body empirical potential …

Structures and chemical ordering of small Cu− Ag clusters

S Nunez, RL Johnston - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010 - ACS Publications
The structures and chemical ordering (segregation properties) of Cu− Ag clusters with 34,
38, and 98 atoms have been studied using a combination of a genetic algorithm (GA) global …

Patchy multishell segregation in Pd− Pt alloy nanoparticles

G Barcaro, A Fortunelli, M Polak, L Rubinovich - Nano letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Chemical ordering in face-centered-cubic-like PdPt nanoparticles consisting of 38− 201
atoms is studied via density-functional calculations combined with a symmetry orbit …

Understanding and controlling the structure and segregation behaviour of AuRh nanocatalysts

L Piccolo, ZY Li, I Demiroglu, F Moyon… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Heterogeneous catalysis, which is widely used in the chemical industry, makes a great use
of supported late-transition-metal nanoparticles, and bimetallic catalysts often show superior …

One-step growth of core–shell (PtPd)@ Pt and (PtPd)@ Pd nanoparticles in the gas phase

D Nelli, A Krishnadas, R Ferrando… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Pt–Pd nanoparticles are grown in the gas phase by a magnetron-sputtering source and
characterized by electron microscopy techniques for both Pt-rich and Pd-rich compositions …

Modeling the phase stability of Janus, core–shell, and alloyed Ag–Cu and Ag–Au nanoparticles

H Peng, W Qi, S Li, W Ji - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015 - ACS Publications
On the basis of the Gibbs free energy (GFE) model of Janus, core–shell, and alloyed
structures of Ag–Cu and Ag–Au nanoparticles, the structural stability and size-composition …

Structural formation of binary PtCu clusters: A density functional theory investigation

AS Chaves, GG Rondina, MJ Piotrowski… - Computational Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Binary transition-metal clusters have attracted great attention and a large number of studies
have been reported, however, our atomistic understanding of the structural formation …

Structural evolution and electronic properties of Cu-Zn alloy clusters

Q Liu, L Cheng - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Brass (Cu-Zn) is one of the typical Hume-Rothery alloys, which is extensively used
in material science and industry. Earlier studies revealed that the structures of Cu-Zn alloys …

Theoretical study of the structures and chemical ordering of cobalt–palladium nanoclusters

H Arslan, AK Garip, RL Johnston - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Global optimization of 1: 1 compositions of (Co–Pd) N/2 up to N= 150 and all compositions
of 34-and 38-atom binary clusters has been performed using a genetic algorithm, coupled …