Au-stabilized nanoporous Cu with a pore size of 7–24nm was fabricated through the dealloying of amorphous Ti60Cu40−xAux alloys (x=1, 2at%) in HF solutions at 298, 323 and 348K. Nanoporous structures with larger sizes of bi-continuous pore-to-ligament were obtained at higher temperatures. The residue was confirmed to be crystalline fcc Au and a Cu–Au solid solution. The surface diffusivity of Cu adatoms decreased more than 4 orders of magnitude due to the involvement of Au atoms as the temperature decreased. The surface diffusivity had a linear dependence on the reciprocal of the temperature, in accordance with the Arrhenius law. The activation energy of surface diffusion for amorphous TiCuAu alloys was estimated to be 56.1–62.7kJmol−1, which was independent of the Au content and the concentration of the HF solutions.