Morphological transformations and fusion of PbSe nanocrystals studied using atomistic simulations

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3966-3971

  Schapotschnikow, Philipp ^a,e   Van Huis, Marijn A ^b,c   Zandbergen, Henny W ^b   Vanmaekelbergh, Daniël ^d   Vlugt, Thijs J H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Dacolt International BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

force field; molecular dynamics; Nanocrystal fusion; PbSe; polar surfaces

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; DIPOLE INTERACTION; FORCE FIELDS; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; PBSE; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; POLAR SURFACES; SHARP CONTRAST; SURFACE ATTACHMENT; UNCAPPED NANOCRYSTALS;

LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 77958027864     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl101793b     Document Type: Article

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