Coordination-dependent surface atomic contraction in nanocrystals revealed by coherent diffraction

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-313

  Huang, W J ^a   Sun, R ^a   Tao, J ^a,c   Menard, L D ^a,b   Nuzzo, R G ^a,b   Zuo, J M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

COHERENT DIFFRACTION; CRYSTALLINE SURFACES; INTERATOMIC BONDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 41149131694     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2132     Document Type: Article

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