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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 46, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/46/465604
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PtPd nanoparticle superlattices were prepared at room temperature and investigated for their restructuring at elevated temperatures. The PtPd nanoparticles were spherical with a diameter of 3.5 +/- 0.3 nm and were capped with surfactants of oleic acids and oleylamine. Images of the nanoparticle superlattices were taken using a transmission electron microscope. Analysis of the images with fast Fourier transform (FFT) revealed whether the superlattices were crystalline or amorphous. It was found that the critical temperature that induced a phase transition of PtPd superlattices from a crystalline state to an amorphous state falls in the range of 100-110 degrees C. Meanwhile, heat-induced restructuring transformed less-ordered superlattices into better-ordered ones, similar to annealing. It was especially pronounced for 3D superlattices, which also showed well-defined grain boundaries after restructuring.
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