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structure can be controlled at the atomic scale by manipulating kinetics to realise
significant reactivity gains.
Research into metal-on-metal growth and the resulting interfacial structures in
bimetallic nanoparticles is still rather limited. The nature of interfacial structures
impacts directly on reactivity. This review has shown that by taking a combined
approach of experimental structural characterisation of interfacial structures, com-
puter simulation of metal-on-metal growth and controlled sample synthesis to
manipulate interfacial structure, alongside catalytic reactivity measurements, it is
possible to make substantial steps towards the ultimate goal of the rational design of
bimetallic nanocatalysts.
Acknowledgements We acknowledge financial support from EPSRC grant numbers
(EP/D056241/1, EP/G070326/1), COST Action MP0903, and the FP7 “ELCAT” grant
no. 214936-2. R.L.C. thanks the EPSRC for a Ph.D. studentship and I.A. thanks the Marie Curie
Actions (FP7/2007-2012). The authors thank R. Ferrando (University of Genoa, Italy) for the AuRh
interatomic potentials and for helpful discussions, J.B.A. Davis (University of Birmingham, UK) for
the calculated Au-M binding energies, and other co-workers mentioned in the references.
The STEM used in this research was obtained through Birmingham Science City with support
from Advantage West Midlands and partially funded by the European Regional Development
Fund. Calculations were performed on the University of Birmingham's BlueBEAR high-
performance computer (
http://www.bear.bham.ac.uk
)
.
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