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Determining the chemical ordering in nanoalloys by considering atomic coordination types
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The energetically most favorable chemical ordering of bimetallic nanoparticles can be characterized by combining global optimization algorithms and surrogate energy models. The latter approximate the energy of nanoalloys relying on structural descriptors, training models, and data. Here, we systematically evaluate the performance of highly data-efficient topological descriptors [Kozlov et al., Chem. Sci. 6, 3868 (2015)] for predicting the energies of metal nanoalloys with different chemical orderings. We also introduce a new descriptor based on atomic coordination types, which results in a less data-efficient and interpretable approach, but improves the general accuracy and the quantification of orderings in the inner parts of nanoparticles. The capacity of both the original and new approaches in combination with a basin hopping algorithm is illustrated by generating convex hulls of PdZn nanoalloys and predicting the resulting active surface site distribution as a function of particle composition. Finally, we show how these approaches can be combined with machine-learning adsorption models in electrocatalysis studies for a fast evaluation of the reactivity landscape of targeted nanoalloys.
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FARRIS, Riccardo, NEYMAN, Konstantin M. and BRUIX FUSTÉ, Albert. Determining the chemical ordering in nanoalloys by considering atomic coordination types. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2024. Vol. 161, num. 1-18. ISSN 0021-9606. [consulted: 12 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/222295