Properties of α-Brass Nanoparticles II: Structure and CompositionClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Jan WeinreichJan WeinreichInstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyMore by Jan Weinreich
- Martín Leandro PaleicoMartín Leandro PaleicoInstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyMore by Martín Leandro Paleico
- Jörg Behler*Jörg Behler*Email: [email protected]Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyInternational Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyMore by Jörg Behler
Abstract
Nanoparticles have become increasingly interesting for a wide range of applications because in principle it is possible to tailor their properties by controlling size, shape, and composition. One of these applications is heterogeneous catalysis, and a fundamental understanding of the structural details of the nanoparticles is essential for any knowledge-based improvement of reactivity and selectivity. In this work, we investigate the atomic structure of brass nanoparticles containing up to 5000 atoms as a typical example for a binary alloy consisting of Cu and Zn. As systems of this size are too large for electronic structure calculations, in our simulations, we use a recently parameterized machine learning potential providing close to density functional theory accuracy. This potential is employed for a structural characterization as a function of chemical composition by various types of simulations such as Monte Carlo in the semigrand canonical ensemble and simulated annealing molecular dynamics. Our analysis reveals that the distribution of both elements in the nanoparticles is inhomogeneous, and zinc accumulates in the outermost layer, while the first subsurface layer shows an enrichment of copper. Only for high zinc concentrations, alloying can be found in the interior of the nanoparticles, and regular patterns corresponding to crystalline bulk phases of α-brass can then be observed. The surfaces of the investigated clusters exhibit well-ordered single-crystal facets, which can give rise to grain boundaries inside the clusters. The melting temperature of the nanoparticles is found to decrease with increasing zinc-atom fraction, a trend which is well known also for the bulk phase diagram of brass.
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