This paper documents the exploration significance of Ag/Au, Au/Cu, Cu/Mo and (Ag×Au)/Cu×Mo) ratios of the supra-ore and sub-ore halos versus fluid inclusion evolution for 24 Cu, 6 Cu- Mo and 10 Cu-Au porphyry deposits worldwide. The ratios are based only on the economic and mineralized hypogene alteration zones. The results indicate that (Ag×Au)/(Cu×Mo), Au/Cu and Cu/Mo ratios increase with dec...

Under 4.507 eV excitation, the SrS : Cu,Ag thin "lms exhibited a saturated blue emission at 2.876 eV at room temperature and two additional emission bands at 3.443 and 2.398 eV were also observed at 10 K. By comparing with singly doped SrS : Cu and SrS : Ag, the two bands at 3.443 and 2.876 eV were assigned to the Ag emission bands and the 2.398 eV band to Cu emission. The enhancement of the 2....

A simple strategy for the preparation of strongly fluorescent and stable DNA-Cu/Ag NCs from reduction of AgNO(3) and Cu(NO(3))(2) by NaBH(4) in the presence of DNA having a sequence 5'-CCCTTAATCCCC-3' has been demonstrated. Fluorescence, absorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) measurements have been applied to the characterizati...

Surface states of noble metal surfaces split into Ag-like and Cu-like subbands in stepped Ag/Cu nanostripe arrays. The latter self-assemble by depositing Ag on vicinal Cu(111). Ag-like states scatter at nude step edges in Ag stripes, leading to umklapp bands, quantum size effects, and peak broadening. By contrast, Ag stripe boundaries become transparent to Cu-like states, which display band dis...

Ag-Cu supported on activated carbon (Ag-Cu/C) catalysts with different compositions of Ag and Cu (total loading of Ag + Cu =1 weight %) were prepared by wet impregnation technique. These catalysts were characterized by BET surface area XRD, TPR, TEM and XPS. The catalytic activity of these catalysts was tested for control of microorganism in drinking water by nutrient agar coating method. Catal...

The effects of partial replacement of Cu with Ag in a Cu(In,Ga)S2 (CIGS) thin film on its structural, optical, electrostructural, and photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties were investigated, in order to improve its performance for PEC water reduction under sunlight illumination. Results from X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses revealed the successful partial replacement of Cu with Ag to form solid...

Segregation phenomena of Ag–Cu–Au trimetallic clusters with icosahedral structure are investigated by using a Monte Carlo method based on the second-moment approximation of the tight-binding (TB-SMA) potentials. We predict that the Ag atoms segregate to the surface of the Ag–Cu–Au trimetallic icosahedral clusters. The Ag concentrations in the surface layer of the clusters are about 11–29 at.% h...

Nano-sized, nonreacting, noncoarsening ZrO2 particles reinforced Sn–3.0 wt%Ag–0.5 wt%Cu composite solders were prepared by mechanically dispersing ZrO2 nano-particles into Sn–Ag–Cu solder. The interfacial morphology of unreinforced Sn–Ag–Cu solder and solder joints containing ZrO2 nano-particles with Au/Ni metallized Cu pads on ball grid array (BGA) substrates and the distribution of reinforcin...

In this study, ZnO nanopowders and ZnO doped with metals (Cu , Ag- doped ZnO) and (Cd, Ag- doped ZnO) were synthesized by the sol-gel method in order to investigation on the codoping effect on the band gap and photocatalytic activity of ZnO. The synthesized samples are characterized by IR spectroscopy technique. Moreover, the absorption coefficients of the ZnO, Ag-Cd-ZnO and Ag-Cu-ZnO were anal...

Here, we for the first time synthesized bimetallic Cu/Ag dendrites on graphene paper (Cu/Ag@G) using a facile electrodeposition method to achieve efficient SERS enhancement. Cu/Ag@G combined the electromagnetic enhancement of Cu/Ag dendrites and the chemical enhancement of graphene. SERS was ascribed to the rough metal surface, the synergistic effect of copper and silver nanostructures and the ...