Topological segregation in small bimetallic particles

Autor: A. Goursot, François Figueras, L. C. de Ménorval, T. Tazi, D. R. Salahub, Bernard Coq
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Zeitschrift f�r Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters. 19:367-370
ISSN: 1434-6079
0178-7683
DOI: 10.1007/bf01448330
Popis: The spatial distribution of the two components at the surface of small RhM/Al2O3 (M=Sn, Pb, Ge) bimetallic aggregates has been investigated by using hydrogenolysis of model alkanes, IR spectroscopy of adsorbed CO and quantum chemical calculations. The addition to a Rh aggregate of a small amount of Sn or Pb inhibits selectively the sites of low coordination, and this demonstrates that there is a topological segregation to these sites; Ge atoms appear to be randomly distributed at the surface. Quantum chemical calculations of the relative stabilities of Rh12M model clusters support these conclusions.
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