American Institute of Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2014
DOI: 10.1063/1.4872659
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Thin silica film containing Au and Fe bimetallic nanoparticles were prepared by atom beam co-sputtering. The samples were annealed at different temperatures from 400 to 800° C to study the thermal stability of bimetallic nanoparticles using X ray diffraction. It is observed that at 800° C strong structural rearrangement took place leading to thermal decomposition of bimetallic nanoparticles.