Influence of capping on the atomistic arrangement in palladium nanoparticles at room temperature

Gastón Corthey, Jimena A. Olmos-Asar, Gilberto Casillas, Marcelo M. Mariscal, Sergio Mejía-Rosales, Julio C. Azcárate, Eduardo Larios, Miguel José-Yacamán, Roberto C. Salvarezza, Mariano H. Fonticelli

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Abstract

The role that protecting molecules have on the way that palladium atoms arrange themselves in nanoparticles prepared at room temperature was studied by the analysis of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy images and atomistic Langevin dynamics simulations. It was found that the arrangement of Pd atoms is less ordered in thiolate-protected nanoparticles than in amine-protected ones. The experimental and theoretical data showed that the disorder in ∼3 nm thiolate-protected particles is promoted by the strong S-Pd bond in the sulfide layer that surrounds the nanoparticles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)24641-24647
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume118
Issue number42
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 23 2014
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • General Energy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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