TY - JOUR A1 - Kaiser, J. A1 - Szczerba, Wojciech A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Albrecht, M. A1 - Lu, Y. A1 - Ballauff, M. T1 - The structure of AuPd nanoalloys anchored on spherical polyelectrolyte brushes determined by x-ray absorption spectroscopy JF - Faraday discussions N2 - Well-defined and facetted bimetallic gold–palladium nanoalloys have been synthesized and anchored in spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPB) as composite particles (AuPd@SPB). These particles are better catalysts in aqueous phase than the pure metals. The atomistic arrangement of these nanoalloys has been analysed by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy at the Au–L3 and the Pd–K absorption edge. The samples with high amounts of gold appear as almost statistically mixed random alloys. Alloy compositions with less gold show slight enrichment of Pd at the surface of the particle. In addition, signals of non-metallic palladium appear at the Pd–K edge which indicate the presence of the Pd2+ species in addition to metallic palladium. The relation of these structural features to the catalytic activity is discussed. KW - EXAFS KW - Nanoalloys KW - Gold KW - Palladium KW - K-edge KW - L3-edge KW - HR-TEM KW - Synchrotron radiation KW - BAMline PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c3fd20132e SN - 1359-6640 SN - 1364-5498 VL - 162 SP - 45 EP - 55 PB - Soc. CY - Cambridge [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-28300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -