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