Colloidal synthesis of metal nanocrystals: from asymmetrical growth to symmetry breaking

QN Nguyen, C Wang, Y Shang, A Janssen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

Bimetallic nanocrystals: syntheses, properties, and applications

KD Gilroy, A Ruditskiy, HC Peng, D Qin, Y **a - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Achieving mastery over the synthesis of metal nanocrystals has emerged as one of the
foremost scientific endeavors in recent years. This intense interest stems from the fact that …

Seed‐mediated growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals

Y **a, KD Gilroy, HC Peng, X **a - … Chemie International Edition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …

Nanoparticle shape, thermodynamics and kinetics

LD Marks, L Peng - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoparticles can be beautiful, as in stained glass windows, or they can be ugly as in wear
and corrosion debris from implants. We estimate that there will be about 70 000 papers in …

Shape‐controlled synthesis of metal nanocrystals: simple chemistry meets complex physics?

Y **a, Y **ong, B Lim… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocrystals are fundamental to modern science and technology. Mastery over the shape of
a nanocrystal enables control of its properties and enhancement of its usefulness for a given …

Shape-controlled synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles

Y Sun, Y **a - science, 2002 - science.org
Monodisperse samples of silver nanocubes were synthesized in large quantities by
reducing silver nitrate with ethylene glycol in the presence of poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)(PVP) …

Photoinduced conversion of silver nanospheres to nanoprisms

R **, YW Cao, CA Mirkin, KL Kelly, GC Schatz… - science, 2001 - science.org
A photoinduced method for converting large quantities of silver nanospheres into triangular
nanoprisms is reported. The photo-process has been characterized by time-dependent …

Nonspherical noble metal nanoparticles: colloid‐chemical synthesis and morphology control

TK Sau, AL Rogach - Advanced Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoparticles have been the subject of widespread research over the past two
decades. In recent years, noble metals have been the focus of numerous studies involving …

Direct in Situ Determination of the Mechanisms Controlling Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth

TJ Woehl, JE Evans, I Arslan, WD Ristenpart… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Although nanocrystal morphology is controllable using conventional colloidal synthesis,
multiple characterization techniques are typically needed to determine key properties like …

Shape‐controlled synthesis of metal nanostructures: the case of palladium

Y **ong, Y **a - Advanced Materials, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This article features shape‐controlled synthesis of Pd nanostructures. Similar to the Ag
system, both the crystallinity of seeds and the growth rates of different crystallographic facets …