Phase Separation at the Nanoscale: Structural Properties of BaO Segregates on MgO-Based Nanoparticles
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2011

Composite BaO/MgO nanoparticles have been prepared by chemical vapor synthesis and subsequent annealing in controlled gas atmospheres. High resolution transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction reveal that a part of the obtained nanoparticles can be characterized as support particles with hemispherical BaO phases. The structural and energetic properties of BaO units dissolved inside the MgO host and adsorbed on MgO(100) were investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Moreover, ab initio thermodynamics was used to explore the shape of BaO and MgO particles in a water environment as a function of temperature. The calculations suggest that the spherical shapes of the segregates result from the growth process and become thermodynamically stabilized by surface hydroxylation.

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Författare

A. Sternig

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nurnberg (FAU)

Simon Klacar

Kompetenscentrum katalys

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kemisk fysik

J. Bernardi

Technische Universität Wien

M. Stoger-Pollach

Technische Universität Wien

Henrik Grönbeck

Kompetenscentrum katalys

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kemisk fysik

O. Diwald

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nurnberg (FAU)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

1932-7447 (ISSN) 1932-7455 (eISSN)

Vol. 115 32 15853-15861

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik

Energi

Materialvetenskap

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Ämneskategorier

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

DOI

10.1021/jp204043g

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