Direct comparison of kinetic and thermodynamic influences on gold nanomorphology

AS Barnard - Accounts of chemical research, 2012 - ACS Publications
Under a given set of conditions, nanomaterials can crystallize into structures that are entirely
inconsistent with the bulk material and may adopt a range of faceted morphologies that …

Nonisotropic Self‐Assembly of Nanoparticles: From Compact Packing to Functional Aggregates

X Bouju, É Duguet, F Gauffre, CR Henry… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum strongly correlated systems that exhibit interesting features in condensed matter
physics often need an unachievable temperature or pressure range in classical materials …

Modelling of nanoparticles: approaches to morphology and evolution

AS Barnard - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
As we learn more about the physics, chemistry and engineering of materials at the
nanoscale, we find that the development of a complete understanding is not (in general) …

Roles of Free Electrons and H2O2 in the Optical Breakdown-Induced Photochemical Reduction of Aqueous [AuCl4]

VK Meader, MG John, CJ Rodrigues… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Free electrons and H2O2 formed in an optical breakdown plasma are found to directly
control the kinetics of [AuCl4]− reduction to form Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) during …

Which forces control supracrystal nucleation in organic media?

N Goubet, J Richardi, PA Albouy… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Here, two mechanisms of fcc Au supracrystal (assembly of Au nanocrystals) growth are
proposed. The sizes of the Au nanocrystals and the solvent in which they are dispersed are …

Self-assembly of ligated gold nanoparticles: phenomenological modeling and computer simulations

SJ Khan, F Pierce, CM Sorensen, A Chakrabarti - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
We study the assembly of ligated gold nanoparticles by both phenomenological modeling
and computer simulations for various ligand chain lengths. First, we develop an effective …

Supracrystals of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Coated Au Nanocrystals

X Ling, S Roland, MP Pileni - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
Controlling the generation of organized 3D assemblies of individual nanocrystals, called
supracrystals, as well as their properties, is an important challenge for the design of new …

Elucidating Strong Field Photochemical Reduction Mechanisms of Aqueous [AuCl4]: Kinetics of Multiphoton Photolysis and Radical-Mediated Reduction

K Moore Tibbetts, B Tangeysh… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Direct, multiphoton photolysis of aqueous metal complexes is found to play an important role
in the formation of nanoparticles in solution by ultrafast laser irradiation. In situ absorption …

Dynamic diglyme-mediated self-assembly of gold nanoclusters

WS Compel, OA Wong, X Chen, C Yi, R Geiss… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report the assembly of gold nanoclusters by the nonthiolate ligand diglyme into discrete
and dynamic assemblies. To understand this surprising phenomenon, the assembly of Au20 …

How to predict the growth mechanism of supracrystals from gold nanocrystals

N Goubet, J Richardi, PA Albouy… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Here we report the influence of the nanocrystal size and the solvent on the growth of
supracrystal made of gold nanocrystals. These parameters may determine the final …