Issue 25, 2013

Nanoparticle-based crystal growth via multistep self-assembly

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.

Graphical abstract: Nanoparticle-based crystal growth via multistep self-assembly

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Mar 2013
Accepted
15 Apr 2013
First published
16 Apr 2013
This article is Open Access

CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 5114-5118

Nanoparticle-based crystal growth via multistep self-assembly

Q. Zhou, B. Wang, P. Wang, C. Dellago, Y. Wang and Y. Fang, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 5114 DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40497H

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