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ArticlePloS one2017

Investigation on the morphological and optical evolution of bimetallic Pd-Ag nanoparticles on sapphire (0001) by the systematic control of composition, annealing temperature and time.

Puran Pandey, Sundar Kunwar, Mao Sui, Sushil Bastola, Jihoon Lee

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Puran PandeyCollege of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Sundar KunwarCollege of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Mao SuiCollege of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Sushil BastolaCollege of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Jihoon LeeCollege of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8768-8586

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Abstract

Multi-metallic alloy nanoparticles (NPs) can offer additional opportunities for modifying the electronic, optical and catalytic properties by the control of composition, configuration and size of individual nanostructures that are consisted of more than single element. In this paper, the fabrication of bimetallic Pd-Ag NPs is systematically demonstrated via the solid state dewetting of bilayer thin films on c-plane sapphire by governing the temperature, time as well as composition. The composition of Pd-Ag bilayer remarkably affects the morphology of alloy nanostructures, in which the higher Ag composition, i.e. Pd0.25Ag0.75, leads to the enhanced dewetting of bilayers whereas the higher Pd composition (Pd0.75Ag0.25) hinders the dewetting. Depending on the annealing temperature, Pd-Ag alloy nanostructures evolve with a series of configurations, i.e. nucleation of voids, porous network, elongated nanoclusters and round alloy NPs. In addition, with the annealing time set, the gradual configuration transformation from the elongated to round alloy NPs as well as size reduction is demonstrated due to the enhanced diffusion and sublimation of Ag atoms. The evolution of various morphology of Pd-Ag nanostructures is described based on the surface diffusion and inter-diffusion of Pd and Ag adatoms along with the Ag sublimation, Rayleigh instability and energy minimization mechanism. The reflectance spectra of bimetallic Pd-Ag nanostructures exhibit various quadrupolar and dipolar resonance peaks, peak shifts and absorption dips owing to the surface plasmon resonance of nanostructures depending on the surface morphology. The intensity of reflectance spectra is gradually decreased along with the surface coverage and NP size evolution. The absorption dips are red-shifted towards the longer wavelength for the larger alloy NPs and vice-versa.

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AlloysAluminum OxideCatalysisDiffusionMetal NanoparticlesMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPalladiumParticle SizePorositySilverSurface Plasmon ResonanceSurface PropertiesTemperatureAlloysAluminum OxidePalladiumSilver

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PMCPMC5734721

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