Issue 59, 2015

Attachment-based growth: building architecturally defined metal nanocolloids particle by particle

Abstract

Recent mechanistic insight into the synthesis of metal nanostructures by attachment-based growth is highlighted in this review. From quasi-spherical particles to nanowires, nanodendrites, and heterostructures built from nanoparticles as primary building blocks, the principles of oriented and misoriented attachment of metal nanoparticles are discussed within the context of diverse synthetic conditions. From this survey, a greater understanding of this growth mechanism emerges to provide general, and potentially greener, principles for the synthesis of advanced metal nanostructures, including those with applications in catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Attachment-based growth: building architecturally defined metal nanocolloids particle by particle

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
20 Apr 2015
Accepted
20 May 2015
First published
27 May 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 47718-47727

Author version available

Attachment-based growth: building architecturally defined metal nanocolloids particle by particle

H. Ataee-Esfahani and S. E. Skrabalak, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 47718 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA07156A

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