From cluster assembly to ultrathin nanocrystals and complex nanostructures

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2257-2271

  Shi, Hu ^a   Xun, Wang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster assembly; Oriented attachment; Oswald ripening; Recrystallization

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ASSEMBLY; COMMON PROCESS; COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1D) NANOWIRES; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; OSWALD RIPENING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SYNTHESIS OF NEW MATERIALS; ULTRA-THIN; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84872102682     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4720-9     Document Type: Review

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