Research Article
Rapid Green Synthetic Protocol for Novel Trimetallic Nanoparticles
Table 3
Surface energy, cohesive energy and atomic radius of the Au, Pt, Ag and Pd metals.
| Property | Au | Pt | Ag | Pd |
| Surface energy | 0.72 eV | 0.98 eV | 0.50 eV | 0.77 eV | Cohesive energy | 3.81 eV/atom | 5.84 eV/atom | 2.95 eV/atom | 3.89 eV/atom | Atomic radius | 136 pm | 136 pm | 145 pm | 139 pm |
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