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Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 97, 2022
Special Issue on ‘Nanoalloys: Kinetic and Environmental Behaviour’, edited by Pascal Andreazza, Riccardo Ferrando and Liu Xiaoxuan
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| Article Number | 27 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2022220026 | |
| Published online | 01 June 2022 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2022220026
Regular Article
Self-organization mechanisms in a Fe-Au film: from isolated core-shell to multicore nanoparticles
1
CEMES, CNRS UPR 8011 and Université de Toulouse, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, F-31055 Toulouse, France
2
Centre de MicroCaractérisation Raimond Castaing, Université de Toulouse, 3 rue Caroline Aigle, F-31400 Toulouse, France
* e-mail: benzo@cemes.fr
Received:
3
February
2022
Received in final form:
18
March
2022
Accepted:
28
March
2022
Published online: 1 June 2022
Many nanotechnological applications necessitate a high density of nanoparticles (NPs), making NP morphology control highly challenging. In this work, the morphology of bimetallic NPs formed by magnetron sputtering deposition of a Fe(3 nm)-Au(2 nm) bilayer film on an amorphous silica substrate is analyzed using high-angle dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM). While all the NPs adopt a Fe-Au core-shell chemical order, they can be sorted into three different types. Isolated NPs, displaying either a highly symmetric centered core geometry (CC-type) or an asymmetrical off-centered core geometry (OC-type), are observed despite the rather large metallic volume. The majority of the NPs however displays a multicore geometry, with Fe cores in the 10-12 nm range, larger than the NPs observed in a pure Fe (3nm) film grown under identical conditions. The driving forces leading to the different morphologies are discussed together with the role played by the environnement.
© S. Combettes et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2022
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