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Size-dependent lattice structure of palladium studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy

, , , , , , , and . Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 75 (12): 125426 (2007)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.125426

Abstract

X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements have been made on 7-, 12-, and 23-nm palladium particles, along with bulk material as reference. With decreasing particle size, the extended x-ray absorption fine spectra reveal a substantial contraction of the nearest-neighbor distance and a reduction of the average coordination number, but an increasing Debye-Waller factor. Meanwhile, the x-ray absorption near edge spectra show a decreasing density of unoccupied states with decreasing particle size.

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