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Preferential Outward Diffusion of Cu during Unconventional Galvanic Replacement Reactions between HAuCl4 and Surface-limited Cu Nanocrystals
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Author(s)
Yonglin Liu, Angela R. Hight Walker
Abstract
Using pre-synthesized Cu-Cu1.81S hetero-oligomer and Cu-Cu2S heterodimer NCs as templates and reactants, the addition of HAuCl4 leads to the preferential outward diffusion of Cu, evidenced by the formation of straight or kinked CuAu nanowires, respectively. The directional structures of the as-prepared CuAu nanowires elucidate the outward diffusion pathway of Cu, visualized by alloying Cu with newly produced Au. The time-dependent growth of these nanowires allows us to calculate the diffusion coefficients of Cu during these processes for the first time. This protocol can be likely extended to other similar metal NC systems, providing a simple and cost-effective method for visualization and kinetic investigation of metal diffusions in nanoscale materials.
Liu, Y.
and Hight, A.
(2011),
Preferential Outward Diffusion of Cu during Unconventional Galvanic Replacement Reactions between HAuCl4 and Surface-limited Cu Nanocrystals, ACS Nano, [online], https://doi.org/10.1021/nn200565y
(Accessed May 29, 2023)