Aug, 2009
Construction of Evolutionary Tree for Morphological Engineering of Nanoparticles
ACS NANO
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- Volume
- 3
- Number
- 8
- First page
- 2191
- Last page
- 2198
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1021/nn900521u
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
In addition to chemical composition, the chemistry of nanocrystals involves an extra structural factor-morphology-since many of their properties are size- and shape-dependent. Although often described as artificial atoms or molecules, the morphological control of nanoparticles has not advanced to a level comparable to organic total synthesis, where complex molecular structures can be rationally designed and prepared through stepwise reactions. Here we report a morphological engineering approach for gold nanoparticles by constructing an evolutionary tree consisting of a few branches of independent growth pathways. Each branch yields a string of evolving, continuously tunable morphologies from one reaction, therefore collectively producing a library of nanoparticles with minimal changes of reaction parameters, In addition, the tree also provides ground rules for designing new morphologies through crossing over different pathways.
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- DOI : 10.1021/nn900521u
- ISSN : 1936-0851
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000269145000023