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The catalytic activity of oxide-supported gold nanoparticles depends crucially on their size. The present work describes a dedicated set-up in which particle size is determined by grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS) and reactivity is analysed via a mass spectrometer. Catalytically active gold nanoparticles supported on TiO2(110) of size ranging between 2.4 and 5 nm were characterized during the CO oxidation at pressures in the range 0.1–100 mbar. The growth was found 3D and the particles were best modelled by a truncated sphere. The reaction rate per Au atom measured at 470 K was seen to increase in a monotone manner as the cluster size decreases, without reaching any maximum. Particles of size lower than 3 nm were stable under oxygen but sintering occurs when CO is added at 470K. That dimension coincides with the switch which was previously observed from nucleation-growth, with particles pinned on defects, to coalescence where particles become independent of defects.
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Saint-Lager, M.C., Bailly, A., Mantilla, M. et al. Looking by grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering at gold nanoparticles supported on rutile TiO2(110) during CO oxidation. Gold Bull 41, 159–166 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216593
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