TEM study of fivefold twined gold nanocrystal formation mechanism

Materials Letters

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-303

  Liao, Hong Gang ^a,b   Shao, Yuyan ^b   Wang, Chongmin ^b   Lin, Yuehe ^b   Jiang, Yan Xia ^a   Sun, Shi Gang ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold; Growth mechanism; Nanocrystal; TEM

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTAL GROWTHS; GOLD NANOCRYSTALS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; IN SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); LAYER-BY-LAYER GROWTH; MODERN SCIENCE; SHAPE CONTROL; TWINNING MECHANISMS;

GOLD; IN SITU PROCESSING; IONIC LIQUIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84889636557     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2013.11.050     Document Type: Article

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