Rademacher, Carolin: Synthesis and analysis of bimetallic nanoparticles. 2014
Inhalt
- Introduction
- Theory
- Nanoparticle synthesis
- Homogeneous nucleation described by the LaMer-model
- Heterogeneous nucleation and shell formation
- Particle growth
- Ostwald ripening and form of the size-distribution
- Stabilization
- Magnetism
- Characterization methods
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
- High-Resolution TEM
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM)
- Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX)
- Alternating Gradient Magnetometer (AGM)
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Syntheses
- Diffraction data simulations with CrystalMaker™
- Results and discussion of Bao et al. 2005
- Adaption of the synthesis
- Cobalt seed particles
- Control experiment Bao2005-gold
- Bimetallic cobalt-gold particles Bao2005
- Heterogeneous nucleation on seed particles
- Conclusion
- Results and discussion of Bao et al. 2007
- Adaption of the synthesis
- Cobalt seed particles
- Control experiment Bao2007-gold
- Bimetallic cobalt-gold particles Bao2007
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Outlook
- Appendix
- Bibliography