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Mapping the effects of physical and chemical reduction parameters on local atomic distributions within bimetallic nanoparticles

Journal

NANOSCALE
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages 4519-4530

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06231j

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  1. Research Assistantship for Diverse Scholars (RADS) Fellowship at Washington State University
  2. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DEAC02-76SF00515]
  3. DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory [DE-AC02-06CH11357]

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Bimetallic nanoparticles have tunable hybrid properties. This study investigates the effect of reduction parameters on the atomic scale alloy distributions within AgAu nanoparticles. The results suggest that reduction parameters can affect the local alloy distributions and homogeneity within bimetallic nanoparticles.
Bimetallic nanoparticles prove advantageous over their monometallic counterparts due to the tunable, hybrid properties that result from combining different atomic species in a controlled way. The favorable optical and catalytic properties resulting from AgAu nanoparticle formation have been widely attributed to the existence of Ag-Au bonds, the maximization of which assumes the formation of a homogeneous alloy. Despite the importance of atomic scale structure in these systems, synthetic studies are typically not paired with structural characterization at the atomic scale. Herein, a comprehensive synthetic exploration of physical and chemical reduction parameters of resulting nanoparticle products is complemented with thorough X-ray characterization to probe how these parameters affect atomic scale alloy distributions within AgAu nanoparticles. Presented evidence shows Ag is substantially underincorporated into nanoparticle constructs compared with solution Ag : Au ratios regardless of precursor : reductant ratio or volume of reductant added. Both Ag and Au exhibit significant local clustering, with Ag distributed preferentially towards the nanoparticle surface. Most significantly, the results of this investigation suggest that reduction parameters alone can affect the local alloy distributions and homogeneity within bimetallic nanoparticles, even when the ratio of metallic precursors remains constant. Overall, this investigation presents the ability to control alloy distributions using kinetics and provides new considerations for optimizing synthetic methods to produce functional bimetallic nanoparticles.

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