On the structure and properties of silver nanoparticles

MA Gracia-Pinilla, E Pérez-Tijerina… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Silver tetrahedral nanoparticles (NP) were synthesized using the inert gas condensation
technique. We performed morphological and optical characterization of the nanoparticles …

Atomic structure of small and intermediate-size silver nanoclusters

AM Angulo, C Noguez - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2008 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamic simulations were performed to study the morphology and binding energy
of the most stable isomers of silver clusters with diameters of less than 2 nm. A 5-fold …

Structures and energetics of silver and gold nanoparticles

B Wang, M Liu, Y Wang, X Chen - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The stability and energetics of metal nanoparticles are very important for their wide
applications. Ino developed a continuous model combined with experimental parameters to …

Size-selected Ag nanoparticles with five-fold symmetry

MÁ Gracia-Pinilla, D Ferrer, S Mejía-Rosales… - Nanoscale research …, 2009 - Springer
Silver nanoparticles were synthesized using the inert gas aggregation technique. We found
the optimal experimental conditions to synthesize nanoparticles at different sizes: 1.3±0.2 …

Molecular dynamics simulation of the size-dependent morphological stability of cubic shape silver nanoparticles

MM Blazhynska, A Kyrychenko, ON Kalugin - Molecular simulation, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The morphological stability of sharp-edged silver nanoparticles is examined by the classical
molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The crystalline structure and the perfect fcc atom …

[HTML][HTML] Development and initial applications of an e-ReaxFF description of Ag nanoclusters

B Evangelisti, KA Fichthorn… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Metal nanocrystals are of considerable scientific interest because of their uses in electronics,
catalysis, and spectroscopy, but the mechanisms by which nanocrystals nucleate and grow …

Predicting the Shape and Structure of Face‐Centered Cubic Gold Nanocrystals Smaller than 3 nm

AS Barnard, LA Curtiss - ChemPhysChem: A European Journal …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
1002/cphc. 200600107. abs Although a number of computational studies have examined
the relative stability of icosahedral and decahedral gold clusters from 1 to 3 nm in size, few …

[PDF][PDF] Preparation of colloidal silver nanoparticles and structural characterization

A Alahmad, M Eleoui, A Falah… - Physical Sciences …, 2013 - netjournals.org
In this paper, we prepare silver nanoparticles colloids by using polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)
of four different molecular weights (MW= 10000, 29000, 40000, 55000) as a protective …

Atomic and electronic structure transformations of silver nanoparticles under rapid cooling conditions

I Lobato, J Rojas, CV Landauro… - Journal of Physics …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The structural evolution and dynamics of silver nanodrops Ag 2869 (4.4 nm in diameter)
under rapid cooling conditions have been studied by means of molecular dynamics …

Molecular dynamics investigation of the structural and thermodynamic properties of gold nanoclusters of different morphologies

YH Chui, G Grochola, IK Snook, SP Russo - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2007 - APS
Gold nanoclusters in the size range of 3–8 nm in diameter (923–10179) atoms were studied
using the embedded atom method (EAM)“glue” potential. Three common structural …