Site-Specific Wetting of Iron Nanocubes by Gold Atoms in Gas-Phase Synthesis.

ABSTRACT: A key challenge in nanotechnology is the rational design of multicomponent materials that beat the properties of their elemental counterparts. At the same time, when considering the material composition of such hybrid nanostructures and the fabrication process to obtain them, one should favor the use of nontoxic, abundant elements in view of the limited availability of critical metals and sustainability. Cluster beam deposition offers a solvent- and, therefore, effluent-free physical synthesis method to achieve nanomaterials with tailored characteristics. However, the simultaneous control of size, shape, and elemental distribution within a single nanoparticle in a small-size regime (sub-10 nm) is still a major challenge, equally limiting physical and chemical approaches. Here, a single-ste

SUBMITTER: Vernieres J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662390 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature