Silver nanoparticles: Synthesis, investigation techniques, and properties

O Pryshchepa, P Pomastowski, B Buszewski - Advances in Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The unique silver properties, especially in the form of nanoparticles (NPs), allow to utilize
them in numerous applications. For instance, Ag NPs can be utilized for the production of …

Optical properties and plasmonic performance of titanium nitride

P Patsalas, N Kalfagiannis, S Kassavetis - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
Titanium nitride (TiN) is one of the most well-established engineering materials nowadays.
TiN can overcome most of the drawbacks of palsmonic metals due to its high electron …

[HTML][HTML] Conductive nitrides: Growth principles, optical and electronic properties, and their perspectives in photonics and plasmonics

P Patsalas, N Kalfagiannis, S Kassavetis… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nitrides of most of the group IVb-Vb-VIb transition metals (TiN, ZrN, HfN, VN, NbN, TaN,
MoN, WN) constitute the unique category of conductive ceramics. Having substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Surface energy of nanoparticles–influence of particle size and structure

D Vollath, FD Fischer, D Holec - Beilstein journal of …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
The surface energy, particularly for nanoparticles, is one of the most important quantities in
understanding the thermodynamics of particles. Therefore, it is astonishing that there is still …

Joining of silver nanomaterials at low temperatures: processes, properties, and applications

P Peng, A Hu, AP Gerlich, G Zou, L Liu… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A review is provided, which first considers low-temperature diffusion bonding with silver
nanomaterials as filler materials via thermal sintering for microelectronic applications, and …

Ultrafast laser applications in manufacturing processes: A state-of-the-art review

S Lei, X Zhao, X Yu, A Hu… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
With the invention of chirped pulse amplification for lasers in the mid-1980s, high power
ultrafast lasers entered into the world as a disruptive tool, with potential impact on a broad …

Active site fluxional restructuring as a new paradigm in triggering reaction activity for nanocluster catalysis

G Sun, P Sautet - Accounts of chemical research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The rationale of the catalytic activity observed in experiments is a crucial task in
fundamental catalysis studies. Efficient catalyst design relies on an accurate understanding …

Atomic fast dynamic motion on the Cu nanoparticle's surface before melting: A molecular dynamics study

Z Song, W Luo, X Fan, Y Zhu - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The Cu nanoparticle solder owns a broad potential application prospect for the ultra-fine
pitch interconnection. It is reported that the Cu nanoparticles can be sintered at about 500 …

Surface activation of transition metal nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis: what we can learn from molecular dynamics

X Liu, X Wen, R Hoffmann - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many heterogeneous reactions catalyzed by nanoparticles occur at relatively high
temperatures, which may modulate the surface morphology of nanoparticles during reaction …

Oxidation Rate and Crystallinity Dynamics of Silver Nanoparticles at High Temperatures

D Chaparro, E Goudeli - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 - ACS Publications
Reactive molecular dynamics (MD) is used to investigate the oxidation kinetics of silver
nanoparticles (AgNPs) at temperature ranges of 600–900 K by employing a ReaxFF force …