Interdependence of shape and magnetic properties in Al-nanoparticles doped with Ni and Pt

Omar Lopez-Estrada; Emilio Orgaz; Francesca Chiara Maria Baletto

doi:10.1039/C9TC04013G

Interdependence of shape and magnetic properties in Al-nanoparticles doped with Ni and Pt

Omar Lopez-Estrada, Emilio Orgaz, Francesca Chiara Maria Baletto

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By means of ab initio calculations, including spin-restricted Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics at finite vibrational temperature, we investigate the magnetic behaviour of Al, AlNi and AlPt nanoparticles of 19 atoms. Starting from a poly-icosahedron, we observe that the 5-fold symmetry axis is usually preserved at 100 K, but a few dynamical structural transformations take place towards three new architectures characterized by a different piling of the pentagon rings around the 5-fold axis. Other shapes, such as the interplay of an octahedron to an icosahedron, could be detected although less frequently. Notwithstanding a ferromagnetic behaviour is observed independently of shapes and chemical compositions, a depletion of the total magnetisation occurs when the surface is delimited by (100) facets, or by distorted (100) facets, associated with the appearance of an antiferromagnetic ordering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2533-2541
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	8
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC04013G
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2020

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