“…Prominent silver/gold alloy examples being structurally characterized include Au 25-x Ag x [10], Au 38-x Ag x [11], Au 24 Ag 20 [12], Au 24 Ag 46 [13], Au 12 Ag 32 [3b], Au 25 Ag 2 [14], Ag 28 Au [15], Au 12 Ag 13 [16], Au 80 Ag 30 [17], Au 3 Ag 38 [18], Au 7 Ag 8 [19], and Au x Ag y [20] + via a galvanic replacement method [22]. Despite the tremendous progresses in their synthesis and characterization, the mechanistic studies for the formation of Ag alloy NCs are lagged significantly behind.…”