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Etching and Growth: An Intertwined Pathway to Silver Nanocrystals with Exotic Shapes
Author(s) -
Cobley Claire M.,
Rycenga Matthew,
Zhou Fei,
Li ZhiYuan,
Xia Younan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200901447
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , etching (microfabrication) , silver nitrate , nanotechnology , materials science , polyol , chemical engineering , composite material , engineering , layer (electronics) , polyurethane
Two‐faced nanocrystals : Rapid addition of a second aliquot of silver nitrate during a polyol synthesis led to the formation of anisotropically truncated octahedrons as a result of oxidative etching and overgrowth of silver nanocubes. Three adjacent faces of the nanocube grew more rapidly than the three other faces, generating a non‐centrosymmetric structure (see picture).