Probing atomic ordering and multiple twinning in metal nanocrystals through their vibrations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 14784-14789

  Portales, H ^a,b   Goubet, N ^a,b   Saviot, L ^c   Adichtchev, S ^d   Murray, D B ^e   Mermet, A ^d   Duval, E ^d   Pileni, M P ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE CARNOT DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Elastic anisotropy; Quadrupolar mode; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOANALYSIS; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 55549124903     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803748105     Document Type: Article

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