Published December 4, 2007 | Version v1
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Preparation and characterization of Pd2Sn nanoparticles

Creators

  • 1. Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (United States)
  • 2. Institut fuer Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz D55099 (Germany)
  • 3. Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
  • 4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lujan Neutron Scattering Center LANSCE-12, MS H805, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)

Description

We report a non-aqueous solution preparation of Pd2Sn nanoparticles with sizes near 20 nm. The intermetallic compound with the Co2Si structure has been characterized using transmission electron microscopy, Rietveld refinement of synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, and real-space pair distribution function analysis of high-energy synchrotron X-ray scattering. We also present a description of the electronic structure of this covalent intermetallic using density functional calculations of the electronic structure

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.05.010

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.05.010;
PII
S0025-5408(07)00202-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Research Bulletin
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 1969-1975
ISSN
0025-5408
CODEN
MRBUAC

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39077072
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; PARTICLES; SYNCHROTRONS; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ALLOYS; CALCULATION METHODS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY; PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS; SCATTERING; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; VARIATIONAL METHODS

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