Real-Time TEM and kinetic monte carlo studies of the coalescence of decahedral gold nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3809-3813

  Lim, Teck H ^a   McCarthy, David ^b   Hendy, Shaun C ^a,c   Stevens, Kevin J ^d   Brown, Simon A ^b   Tilley, Richard D ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^d Quest Reliability Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Nanoparticles; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL CONTINUUM THEORY; COALESCENCE KINETICS; CONTINUUM MODEL; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IN-SITU TEM; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; TEM; TWO PARTICLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; RADIATION DAMAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 73249120329     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9012252     Document Type: Article

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