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A Continuous-flow Photocatalytic Reactor for the Precisely Controlled Deposition of Metallic Nanoparticles
Published on: April 10, 2019
The influence of metal nanoparticle size distribution in photoelectron spectroscopy
L Minati1, G Speranza, L Calliari
1FBK, Sommarive Street 18, 38050 Povo-Trento, Italy. luminati@fbk.eu
The Journal of Physical Chemistry. A
|August 8, 2008
Abstract:
We present an innovative approach to characterize small metal nanoclusters embedded in an amorphous carbon matrix. A simple mathematical relation linking binding energy shifts to the mean nanoparticle (NP) dimensions allows determination of the distribution of NP sizes by fitting the Au 4f X-ray photoemission spectrum. The NP size distributions obtained using our method are compared with those obtained from X-ray diffraction spectra.
