Anomalous Growth and Coalescence Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Nanoparticles Observed by Liquid-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 9787-9793

  Qin, Fuyu ^a   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation and coalescence; crystallization; growth kinetics; hybrid organic inorganic perovskites; liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; PEROVSKITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL INSTABILITY; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LIQUID CELLS; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; SOLVENT EVAPORATION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 84997077029     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04234     Document Type: Article

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