Are Nanoparticle Corners Round?

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 21018-21023

  Alpay, Deniz ^a   Peng, Lingxuan ^a   Marks, Laurence D ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CONTINUUM MODEL; CORNER ROUNDING; GROWTH CONDITIONS; NANO SCALE; SHARP CORNERS; STEADY STATE; TWIN BOUNDARIES; WEIGHTED MEAN CURVATURE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84941248221     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07021     Document Type: Article

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