Ordering Frustration in Large-Scale Co–Pt Nanoalloys

Alexis Front (1) , Christine Mottet (2)

1 Laboratoire d'étude des microstructures - LEM, UMR 104, CNRS-ONERA, Université Paris-Saclay
2 CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille

Large-scale nanoalloys of Co−Pt from 3 to 7 nm are modeled using realistic atomistic potentials and Monte Carlo simulations, sweeping the entire concentration range. They display a clear tendency to reproduce bulk-ordered phases in their core-and surface-ordered superstructures on their facets. Most of the ordered facets are simply the termination of the core-ordered phase but one of them, namely, (√3 × √3)R30°(111), is not compatible with the core structure, inducing disorder underneath (111) facets. At equiconcentration, the L1 0 phase, within the truncated octahedral shape, displays (100) facets leading to both pure and mixed variants with no surface rearrangements. However, we predict mixed composition on all (100) facets, as for the infinite (100) surfaces, indicating a chemical ordering frustration in nanoalloys. For 5fold symmetric structures like decahedra and icosahedra, the core ordering remains inside the multiply twinned tetrahedra forming the decahedral or icosahedral structure.

Domaines: Chimie théorique et/ou physique

Alexis Front, Christine Mottet. Ordering Frustration in Large-Scale Co–Pt Nanoalloys. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125 (29), pp.16358 - 16365. ⟨10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05701⟩. ⟨hal-03307140⟩