Nanoscale shape and size control of cubic, cuboctahedral, and octahedral Cu-Cu2O core-shell nanoparticles on Si(100) by one-step, templateless, capping-agent-free electrodeposition

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1553-1560

  Radi, Abdullah ^a,b   Pradhan, Debabrata ^a   Sohn, Youngku ^a,c   Leung, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cu Cu2O core shell nanoparticles; Cubic; Cuboctahedral; Electrodeposition; Octahedral; Shape and size control; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; CRITICAL VALUE; CRYSTALLINE CORE; CU-CU2O CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DEPOSITION TIME; DIFFUSION LIMITED; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; GLANCING-INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; GROWTH MODELS; KINETIC CONDITIONS; NANO SCALE; NANO-SIZE; NUMBER DENSITY; SHAPE AND SIZE; SHAPE CONTROL; SI (100) SUBSTRATE; SI(1 0 0); SIMPLE CUBIC; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPTH PROFILING; ELECTRODEPOSITION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950136189     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100023h     Document Type: Article

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