Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio say that they have produced a new phase map of the copper-nickel nanoalloy – a technologically important catalyst used in a wide range of industrial processes – that goes a long way in explaining how the size and shape of the nanoparticles affect the alloy’s melting temperature. The map could allow engineers to make specific types of Cu-Ni structures depending on the application required by simply tuning alloy synthesis parameters…..
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