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. 2021 Jul 28;7(31):eabg1934. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg1934

Fig. 2. Amalgamation mechanism.

Fig. 2

(A) XRD patterns measured from aliquots taken during the synthesis of Ag3Ga NCs reveal the gradual conversion of Ag seeds to the intermetallic phase. Ga shows surface wetting and island growth behavior before intermetallic phase conversion as seen from a STEM EDX map of an aliquot taken after 10 s of reaction time (B) and as illustrated in amalgamation schematics (C). (D to F) Aliquots taken after 10 s, 2 min, and 10 min of reaction time are shown in TEM and STEM EDX images.