MEANS | Laboratoire MPQ - Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques

Thermal stability of high-entropy nanoalloys: reality or chimera?

Jan 11, 2025 | MEANS, MPQ

By studying at the atomic scale the thermal behavior of nanoparticles composed of gold, cobalt, copper, nickel and platinum, scientists have revealed that the stability of these so-called high-entropy nanoalloys is much lower than expected, as gold and copper...

Neutralization of nanoparticles in lung cells

Apr 22, 2023 | MEANS, MPQ

How does the body react to inhaled nanoparticles? In a collaboration involving researchers from the MEANS team at the MPQ laboratory, the evolution of molybdenum disulfide nanosheets in mouse lungs has been monitored for up to one month after inhalation....

Revealing the secrets of anisotropic nanoalloy synthesis

Apr 6, 2020 | MEANS, MPQ

The synthesis of nanomaterials by chemical routes has long been developed empirically due to the lack of techniques to probe the dynamics of nano-objects in liquid media. In recent years, so-called “in-situ” approaches have emerged on all the techniques...