Predicting the growth of two-dimensional nanostructures
Authors:
- B ViswanathBVB Viswanath
- Paromita KunduPKParomita Kundu
- B MukherjeeBMB Mukherjee
- N RavishankarNRN Ravishankar
- 7 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 19 (19) , 195603
Abstract
The ability to predict the morphology of crystals formed by chemical reactions is of fundamental importance for the shape-controlled synthesis of nanostructures. Based on the atomistic mechanism for crystal growth under different driving forces, we have developed morphology diagrams to predict regimes for the growth of two-dimensional crystals. By using controlled reactions for crystal growth in the absence of surfactants/capping agents, we demonstrate the validity of this approach for the formation of 2D structures of Au, Ag, Pt and Pd.Keywords
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