In situ microscopy of the self-assembly of branched nanocrystals in solution

Eli Sutter; Peter Sutter; Alexei V. Tkachenko; Roman Krahne; Joost de Graaf; Milena Arciniegas; Liberato Manna

doi:10.1038/ncomms11213

Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

In situ microscopy of the self-assembly of branched nanocrystals in solution

Eli Sutter,
Peter Sutter,
Alexei V. Tkachenko,
Roman Krahne,
Joost de Graaf,
Milena Arciniegas,
Liberato Manna

Affiliations

Eli Sutter: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Peter Sutter: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alexei V. Tkachenko: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Roman Krahne: Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Joost de Graaf: Faculty 8: Mathematics and Physics, Institute for Computational Physics (ICP), University of Stuttgart
Milena Arciniegas: Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Liberato Manna: Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11213
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Understanding the structure and transformation of colloidal matter requires probing configurations from monomers to extended assemblies. Here, the authors use liquid-cell electron microscopy to elucidate the nucleation and growth properties of linear chains of branched nanocrystals in solution.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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