What is happening at the atomic level during the seed-mediated growth of copper on gold?

Yanzi Yan, Kei Kwan Li, Xintong Huang, Xude Yu, Yong Ding, Jianhong Xu, Younan Xia

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Yanzi YanSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-8945-8006

Kei Kwan LiSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3757-9696

Xintong HuangThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-3812-462X

Xude YuThe State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Low-Carbon Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China.

Yong DingSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5805-347X

Jianhong XuThe State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Low-Carbon Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3550-1345

Younan XiaSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2431-7048

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Abstract

Bimetallic nanocrystals obtained via seed-mediated growth are typically analyzed using conventional electron microscopy and many interesting features at the atomic level are often missed. Here we report the seed-mediated growth of copper (Cu) on gold (Au) nanospheres for the synthesis of Au-Cu bimetallic nanocrystals enclosed by a Janus surface comprised of an ordered intermetallic phase and a disordered alloy. Initially, the abundant Cu(II) precursor enables uniform Cu deposition, followed by inter-diffusion to generate an ultrathin shell made of intermetallic Au

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PMID42555730

DOI10.1126/sciadv.aee8346

PMCPMC13440395

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