Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 471, Issue 1-2, Pages 387-394Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.03.101
Keywords
PtRu clusters; Nanostructured materials; Alloy; X-ray diffraction; Crystal structure
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X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies on PtRu clusters with a range of diameters are reported. It is shown that for clusters smaller than 5 nm, Scherrer's formula is not adequate for the simultaneous interpretation of the size and composition of the clusters from their diffraction patterns. The theoretically and computationally developed approach is based on Debye's exact formula for scattering by randomly oriented molecules applied here to atomic models for the clusters. The novel approach interprets plausibly the same XRD patterns that Scherrer's formula could not. Pt(1-x)-Ru(x) nano-particles are synthesized with a modified polyol method and their size and composition are found from the interpretation of Cu K alpha diffraction patterns using Debye's formula. The obtained results are consistent with both the chemical information and with previously reported results from other methods of investigation. Experimental profiles are shown to be affected here by non-uniformity of particle sizes. Crown Copyright (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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