Size- and Temperature-Dependent Structural Transitions in Gold Nanoparticles

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Koga, Kenji ^a   Ikeshoji, Tamio ^a   Sugawara, Ko Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FREE ENERGY; FUNCTIONS; GOLD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STABILITY;

ENERGY BARRIERS; MICROGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 2342612833     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.115507     Document Type: Article

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