Ultrafast Nanostructuring Oxidation of Crystallized Intermetallic ZrAu at 25 °C
Ultrafast Nanostructuring Oxidation of Crystallized Intermetallic ZrAu at 25 °C
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25 °C 结晶金属间化合物 ZrAu 的超快纳米结构氧化
DOI:
10.1021/cm011184z
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发表时间:
2002
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通讯作者:
M. Lomello
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作者:
J. Valmalette;M. Isa;A. Passard;M. Lomello
In this study we first report the elaboration of gold and zirconia clusters (ranging from 3.5 to 7 nm in size) obtained by air oxidation of crystallized ZrAu at 25 °C within a few hours. This transformation was observed using X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy (transmission and DRIFTS), and electron microscopy (SEM and HREM) techniques. This solid-state nanostructuration is interpreted as a consequence of combined mechanisms: adsorption and diffusion of oxygen, segregation of gold atoms from ZrAu alloy onto Au clusters, and acceleration of the process by internal residual stress and percolation of the electronic current via gold-cluster chains. The gaseous species adsorption by very small gold clusters supported by zirconia formed at the initial step of this oxidation could induce “catalytically assisted nanostructuring oxidation”. Large amounts of gold and zirconia nanoparticles are obtained at the end of this process.