Tellurium is the only element which forms a variety of minerals with gold as principal component (e.g. calaverite AuTe2, krennerite (AuAg)Te2, petzite Ag3AuTe2 and sylvanite AgAuTe4). These minerals have been known for a long time and are of economic value ...
This thesis work focuses on impact and diffusion processes as well as equilibrium positions of a metal deposited on a surface. The metal is deposited in the form of clusters containing n atoms in a controlled way. Gold or silver clusters cations (Au+n and ...
A novel two-step method was developed to prep. gold nanoparticles on boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode. It consisted of sputter deposition of max. 15 equiv monolayers of gold, followed by a heat treatment at 400-600 Deg in air. The as-sputtered gold depo ...