Direct in situ determination of the mechanisms controlling nanoparticle nucleation and growth

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8599-8610

  Woehl, Taylor J ^a   Evans, James E ^c   Arslan, Ilke ^d   Ristenpart, William D ^a,b   Browning, Nigel D ^a,b,d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

classical nucleation theory; in situ electron microscopy; In situ fluid; nanoparticle growth; silver nanoparticles; STEM

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; IN-SITU; IN-SITU ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; STEM;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILVER;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867808084     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303371y     Document Type: Article

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