Issue 21, 2024

Size and shape effects on chemical ordering in Ni–Pt nanoalloys

Abstract

The atomic structure and chemical ordering of Ni–Pt nanoalloys of different sizes and shapes are studied by numerical simulations using Monte Carlo methods and a realistic interatomic potential. The bulk Ni–Pt ordering tendency remains in fcc nanoparticles but we show some chemical ordering frustrations linked to surface reconstructions depending on the cluster size and shape. A reversed temperature dependence of Pt surface segregation is also established. In the particular case of fivefold symmetry as in icosahedra, ordering is observed in the core and on the facets at low temperatures with segregation of the smaller element (Ni) in the core because of atomic strain. We show that the icosahedral shape favors Pt surface segregation in comparison with octahedral and truncated octahedral structures.

Graphical abstract: Size and shape effects on chemical ordering in Ni–Pt nanoalloys

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Mar 2024
Accepted
02 May 2024
First published
07 May 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 15192-15204

Size and shape effects on chemical ordering in Ni–Pt nanoalloys

P. Camilos, C. Varvenne and C. Mottet, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 15192 DOI: 10.1039/D4CP00979G

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