Real-time dark-field scattering microscopic monitoring of the in situ growth of single ag@hg nanoalloys

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 11026-11034

  Liu, Yue ^a,b   Huang, Cheng Zhi ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag@Hg nanoalloys; growth mechanism; light scattering; real time monitoring; single nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DARK-FIELD SCATTERINGS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GROWTH MECHANISMS; MICROSCOPIC MONITORING; NANO-ALLOYS; REAL TIME MONITORING; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; VISUAL IDENTIFICATION;

ATOMS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SILVER;

EID: 84891358064     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404694e     Document Type: Article

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