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Nanoparticle-based crystal growth via multistep self-assembly

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Metal crystals are assumed to form through a combined process of Ostwald ripening and oriented attachment. Our experiments and simulations, however, indicate that metal crystals are grown in a multistep self-assembly process with metal nanoparticles as basic building blocks. The shapes of the intermediate dendritic structures are determined by the geometric and energetic features of the nanoparticles.

Source: CrystEngComm

DOI: 10.1039/c3ce40497h

Authors: Qiang Zhou, Boyang Wang, Peijie Wang, Christoph Dellago, Yanting Wang, Yan Fang

Institutions: Capital Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna

Language: English

Topic: Solidification and crystal growth phenomena

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Austrian Science Fund

Award: G2245205784