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groups.\cite{HartlandG.V._jp0276092,Hodak:2000rb,Hartland:2003yf,HuM._jp020581+,Petrova:2007qy,plech:195423} |
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groups.\cite{HartlandG.V._jp0276092,Hodak:2000rb,Hartland:2003lr,HuM._jp020581+,Petrova:2007qy,plech:195423} |
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dynamics.\cite{Vardeman-II:2001jn} The Hume-Rothery rules suggest that |
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alloys composed of Copper and Silver should be miscible in the solid |
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state, because their lattice constants are within 15\% of each |
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another.\cite{kittel} Experimentally, however Ag-Cu alloys are a |
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another.\cite{Kittel:1996fk} Experimentally, however Ag-Cu alloys are a |
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well-known exception to this rule and are only miscible in the liquid |
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state given equilibrium conditions. Below the eutectic temperature of |
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779 $^\circ$C and composition (60.1\% Ag, 39.9\% Cu), the |
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ablation,\cite{Malyavantham:2004cu} and the synthetic reduction of |
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metal ions in solution.\cite{Kim:2003lv} Laser induced alloying has |
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been used as a technique for creating Au-Ag alloy particles from |
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core-shell particles.\cite{Hartland:2003yf} To date, attempts at |
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core-shell particles.\cite{Hartland:2003lr} To date, attempts at |
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creating Ag-Cu nanoparticles have used ion implantation to embed |
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nanoparticles in a glass matrix.\cite{De:1996ta,Magruder:1994rg} These |
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attempts have been largely unsuccessful in producing mixed alloy |
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10^{12}-10^{13}$ K/s) from a liquid state. All of these studies found |
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icosahedral ordering in the resulting structures produced by this |
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rapid cooling which can be evidence of the formation of a amorphous |
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structure.\cite{Sachdev:1992mo} The nearest neighbor information was |
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structure.\cite{Strandburg:1992qy} The nearest neighbor information was |
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obtained from pair correlation functions, common neighbor analysis and |
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bond order parameters.\cite{Steinhardt:1983mo} It should be noted that |
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these studies used single component systems with cooling rates that |