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Abstract
Significant elemental segregation is shown to exist within individual hollow silver-gold (Ag-Au) bimetallic nanoparticles obtained from the galvanic reaction between Ag particles and AuCl4 -. Three-dimensional compositional mapping using energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) tomography within the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) reveals that nanoparticle surface segregation inverts from Au-rich to Ag-rich as Au content increases. Maximum Au surface coverage was observed for nanoparticles with approximately 25 atom % Au, which correlates to the optimal catalytic performance in a three-component coupling reaction among cyclohexane carboxyaldehyde, piperidine, and phenylacetylene.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited. |
Keywords: | Galvanic replacement reaction; Hollow bimetallic nanoparticles; Heterogeneous catalysis; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; Electron tomography |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2015 13:46 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 01:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl4047448 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/nl4047448 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86233 |