INFIQC 05475
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FISICO- QUIMICA DE CORDOBA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Growth mechanism of nanoparticles; Theoretical calculations and experimental results
Autor/es:
M. M. MARISCAL; J. VELAZQUEZ-SALAZAR; M. J. YACAMÁN
Revista:
CRYSTENGCOMM
Editorial:
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Referencias:
Año: 2012 vol. 14 p. 544 - 549
ISSN:
1466-8033
Resumen:
We report a combined theoretical and experimental study on the growth mechanism of silver and gold nanoparticles. We introduce for the first time the grand-canonical Monte Carlo method to study the growth/dissolution steps of nanoparticles growth mediated by seeds. In particular we found that small changes on the chemical potential, i.e. the activity of the metal ions, produce significant changes on the size and morphologies of the nanoparticles. We have found very good agreements between simulated structures with those observed experimentally by means of scanning electron microscopy.
