Heterogeneous gas-phase synthesis and molecular dynamics modeling of janus and core-satellite Si-Ag nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13869-13875

  Singh, Vidyadhar ^a   Cassidy, Cathal ^a   Grammatikopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Djurabekova, Flyura ^b   Nordlund, Kai ^b   Sowwan, Mukhles ^a,c  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; GASES; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; GAS PHASE CONDENSATION; HYBRID NANOPARTICLE; INDEPENDENT CLUSTERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

SILICON;

EID: 84920645349     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500684y     Document Type: Article

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