Self-organization of te nanorods into vshaped assemblies: A brownian dynamics study and experimental insights

ACS Nano

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-132

  Shanbhag, Sachin ^a,b   Tang, Zhiyong ^c   Kotov, Nicholas A ^d,e  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d University of Michigan   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Nanoscale assemblies; Oriented attachment; Self assembly; Te nanorods; V particles

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COMPUTER MODELING; DILUTE SUSPENSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INITIAL RATE; KINETIC MODELS; LONG ROD; NANO SCALE; NANOROD FORMATION; NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; REFERENCE POINTS; SELF ORGANIZED SYSTEMS; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZED; SPHEROCYLINDERS; V-PARTICLES;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; MERGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NANORODS;

EID: 58149160253     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn7000905     Document Type: Article

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