Energy calculations predict nanoparticle attachment orientations and asymmetric crystal formation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2882-2886

  Zhang, Hengzhong ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COULOMBIC INTERACTIONS; CRYSTAL FORMATION; ENERGY CALCULATION; ENERGY REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; LOW ENERGY SURFACES; MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; FORECASTING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84867175387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301161j     Document Type: Article

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