Clusters or nanoparticles are aggregates of between a few and many millions of atoms or
molecules. They may consist of identical atoms, or molecules, or two or more different …

The deformation of interatomic distances with respect to those of the perfect crystal
generates atomic-level strain. In nanoalloys, strain can arise because of finite size …

Bimetallic nanoparticles (often known as nanoalloys) with core-shell arrangement are of
special interest in several applications, such as in optics, catalysis, magnetism, and …

A new family of magic cluster structures is found by genetic global optimization, whose
results are confirmed by density functional calculations. These clusters are Ag-Ni and Ag-Cu …

A genetic algorithm approach is applied to the optimization of the potential energy of a wide
range of binary metallic nanoclusters, Ag–Cu, Ag–Ni, Au–Cu, Ag–Pd, Ag–Au, and Pd–Pt …

This paper describes the internal structure of Au− Pd nanoparticles exhibiting newly
discovered three-layer core/shell morphology, which is composed of an evenly alloyed inner …

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 …

We show by molecular dynamics simulations on three systems (B/A= P d/A g, C u/A g, and N
i/A g) that three-shell metallic nanoparticles made by a core of a metal A, an intermediate …

The coalescence of nanoclusters fabricated in the gas phase is a fundamental growth
mechanism determining cluster shapes, sizes, compositions, and structures, with resultant …

In order to determine the possibilities to control the chemical configuration of bimetallic
nanoparticles, we have considered CuAg nanoparticles synthesized by a physical route as a …