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Nanomechanical study of synthesis of metallic core-shell clusters via coalescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

K. Shintani
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Electro-Communications, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
S. Mizuno
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Electro-Communications, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Chofu, Japan
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Abstract

Morphological evolution of two metallic clusters of different elements at coalescence is investigated using molecular-dynamics (MD) simulation. All the pair combinations of the elements Ni, Cu, Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd are considered. The final structures of united bimetallic clusters are classified into three categories: epitaxial, core-shell, and alloyed. Which type of structure appears via coalescence depends on the size and temperature of clusters, which can be summarized in an observed structure map.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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