title: Synthesis and growth mechanism of pentagonal bipyramid-shaped gold-rich Au/Ag alloy nanoparticles.
abstract: Pentagonal bipyramid-shaped gold-rich Au/Ag alloy nanoparticles are synthesized in ethylene glycol (EG) in the presence of small amounts of AgNO3 and PVP without using Au seeds. The contents of Au and Ag in pentagonal nanobipyramids are determined by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The EDS data demonstrates that this kind of nanoparticles is composed of Au/Ag alloys, not silver monolayers simply covering the surface of Au nanoparticles. Insights into the growth mechanism of pentagonal bipyramid-shaped gold-rich Au/Ag alloy nanoparticles are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, and Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Seongyop
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyamae
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Sachie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hikino
authors.forename: Mitsutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Umezu