Theoretical Study of the Structures of Bimetallic Ag-Au and Cu-Au Clusters Up to 108 Atoms

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Journal R Soc Open Sci

Specialty Science

Date 2019 Oct 11

PMID 31598237

Citations 2

Authors

Rongbin Du

Sai Tang

Xia Wu

Yiqing Xu

Run Chen

Tao Liu

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Abstract

The stable structures of Ag-Au and Cu-Au clusters with 1 : 1, 1 : 3 and 3 : 1 compositions with up to 108 atoms are obtained using a modified adaptive immune optimization algorithm with Gupta potential. The dominant motifs of Ag-Au and Cu-Au clusters are decahedron and icosahedron, respectively. However, in Ag-rich Ag-Au clusters, more icosahedra are found, and in Cu-rich Cu-Au clusters, there exist several decahedral motifs. Four Leary tetrahedral motifs are predicted. CuAu configurations are predicted in Cu-Au clusters. In Ag-Au clusters, most Ag atoms are on the surface, but partial ones are located in the inner shell, while Au atoms are interconnected in the middle shell.

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