Synthesis, properties, and biological applications of metallic alloy nanoparticles

KH Huynh, XH Pham, J Kim, SH Lee, H Chang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metallic alloy nanoparticles are synthesized by combining two or more different metals.
Bimetallic or trimetallic nanoparticles are considered more effective than monometallic …

Bimetallic nanoparticles: enhanced magnetic and optical properties for emerging biological applications

P Srinoi, YT Chen, V Vittur, MD Marquez, TR Lee - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Metal nanoparticles are extensively studied due to their unique chemical and physical
properties, which differ from the properties of their respective bulk materials. Likewise, the …

Nanoparticle shape, thermodynamics and kinetics

LD Marks, L Peng - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoparticles can be beautiful, as in stained glass windows, or they can be ugly as in wear
and corrosion debris from implants. We estimate that there will be about 70 000 papers in …

Shedding light on the role of misfit strain in controlling core–shell nanocrystals

J Zhao, B Chen, F Wang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Heteroepitaxial modification of nanomaterials has become a powerful means to create novel
functionalities for various applications. One of the most elementary factors in heteroepitaxial …

General trends in core–shell preferences for bimetallic nanoparticles

N Eom, ME Messing, J Johansson, K Deppert - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surface segregation phenomena dictate core–shell preference of bimetallic nanoparticles
and thus play a crucial role in the nanoparticle synthesis and applications. Although it is …

Nanoparticle design by gas-phase synthesis

P Grammatikopoulos, S Steinhauer… - … in Physics: X, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Gas-phase synthesis characterizes a class of bottom-up methods for producing
multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) from individual atoms or molecules. This review aims to …

Morphological instability of core-shell metallic nanoparticles

D Bochicchio, R Ferrando - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2013 - APS
Bimetallic nanoparticles (often known as nanoalloys) with core-shell arrangement are of
special interest in several applications, such as in optics, catalysis, magnetism, and …

Symmetry breaking and morphological instabilities in core-shell metallic nanoparticles

R Ferrando - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoalloys are bi-or multi-component metallic particles in the size range between 1 and 100
nm. Nanoalloys present a wide variety of structures and properties, which make them …

Computational modeling of nanoparticle coalescence

P Grammatikopoulos, M Sowwan… - Advanced Theory and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The coalescence of nanoclusters fabricated in the gas phase is a fundamental growth
mechanism determining cluster shapes, sizes, compositions, and structures, with resultant …

Core–shell vs. multi-shell formation in nanoalloy evolution from disordered configurations

D Nelli, R Ferrando - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The evolution towards equilibrium of AuCo, AgNi and AgCu nanoparticles is studied by
molecular dynamics simulations. Nanoparticle sizes of about 2.5 nm are considered, in the …