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Atomic Organization In Magnetic Bimetallic Nanoparticles: An Experimental And Theoretical Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Marie-Claire Fromen ,
Samuel Dennler ,
Marie-José Casanove ,
Pierre Lecante ,
Joseph Morillo  and
Pascale Bayle–Guillemaud
Marie-Claire Fromen
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, B.P. 4347, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France
Samuel Dennler
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, B.P. 4347, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France
Marie-José Casanove
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, B.P. 4347, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France
Pierre Lecante
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, B.P. 4347, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France
Joseph Morillo
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, B.P. 4347, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France
Pascale Bayle–Guillemaud
Affiliation:
CEA, DRFMC, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France
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Abstract

Ultrafine bimetallic CoRh nanoparticles synthesized by a soft chemical route with compositions ranging from pure cobalt to pure rhodium are investigated using high-resolution and energy filtering transmission electron microscopy techniques as well as wide angle x-ray scattering. In parallel, they are simulated with the use of an n-body semi-empirical interaction model: quenched molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo Metropolis simulated annealing are performed on these nanoparticles in order to find their most stable isomers as a function of composition and size. A progressive evolution from an original polytetrahedral structure to the face-centered cubic structure with increasing Rh content is observed in these particles. Strong tendency to Co surface segregation is both experimentally evidenced and confirmed by the simulations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 789 , 2003 , N9.9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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