Molecular simulation of the nucleation and growth of gold nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3607-3611

  Desgranges, Caroline ^a   Delhommelle, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; CRITICAL NUCLEUS; CRITICAL SIZES; CRYSTALLIZATION PATHWAYS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GROWTH PROCESS; GROWTH STEPS; HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKED; HYBRID MONTE CARLO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; SUPER-COOLED LIQUIDS; UMBRELLA SAMPLINGS;

DYNAMICS; GOLD; METALLIC GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; POLYMORPHISM; SUPERCOOLING;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 65249158484     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8101546     Document Type: Article

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