Electroless formation of silver nanoaggregates: An experimental and molecular dynamics approach

Molecular Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 1375-1388

  Gentile, F ^a,b   Monteferrante, M ^c   Chiodo, L ^b   Toma, A ^b   Coluccio, M L ^a   Ciccotti, G ^d   Di Fabrizio, E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electroless deposition; Metal nanoparticles; Molecular dynamics simulations; Nanoscale systems; Superclusters

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROLESS FORMATION; FABRICATED STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; SUPERCLUSTERS;

SILVER;

EID: 84901203800     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2014.902518     Document Type: Article

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