Molecular dynamics study on structural and atomic evolution between Au and Ni nanoparticles through coalescence

Abstract Motivated by the structure evolution experiments of Janus NiAu nanoparticles (NPs), we present a detailed study on the thermodynamic evolution of Ni and Au NPs with different ratios of Au and Ni through the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It is found that, for fixed Ni particle size (5...

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Main Authors: Bangquan Li, Jing Li, Xiaoqiang Su, Yimin Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94822-0