Interplay between Crystallization and Glass Transition in Bimetallic Nanoalloys

Metal nanocrystals and nanostructures are currently the focus of intense research because of their applications in a wide variety of fields including e.g. as DNA/ protein markers, drug carriers and in catalysis. In particular, bimetallic nanoparticles have been shown to exhibit enhanced catalytic properties, as a result of the synergistic effects that arise upon alloying different elements in a nanoparticle. In this work, using the quantum corrected Sutton-Chen potential to model the interactions in bimetallic systems, we carry out molecular simulations to shed light on the interplay between crystallization and glass transition during the nucleation process in bimetallic nanoalloys.