Stabilization of nanoparticle shells by competing interactions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 7780-7786

  Mani, Ethayaraja ^a   Sanz, Eduardo ^b   Bolhuis, Peter G ^c   Kegel, Willem K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLLOW SHELLS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LONG-RANGE REPULSIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-LAYERED; NON-SPHERICAL; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SHORT-RANGE ATTRACTION; SPHERICAL SHELL; STABILITY REGIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 77951914193     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1004067     Document Type: Article

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