Issue 4, 2015

Oriented-attachment dimensionality build-up via van der Waals interaction

Abstract

In this study, molecular static calculation is carried out to evaluate the van der Waals interaction (vdW) associated with different oriented attachment (OA) growth systems involving 1D nanorods (NRs), 2D nanoplates (NPts) and 3D nanostructures (NSts) for the first time. Our results show that the vdW is, to a large extent, determined by the attaching area at all OA growth stages of nanocrystals. The vdW increases significantly as the OA growth varies from 1D NR–NP, end-to-end NR–NR assemblies to 2D side-by-side NR–NR/3D NPt–NPt assemblies. Our study reveals the fundamental details in vdW, one of the governing inter-particle interactions involved in OA growth of NCs, and facilitates the analytical understanding of the OA growth thermodynamics.

Graphical abstract: Oriented-attachment dimensionality build-up via van der Waals interaction

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Aug 2014
Accepted
26 Nov 2014
First published
27 Nov 2014

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 729-733

Author version available

Oriented-attachment dimensionality build-up via van der Waals interaction

W. Lv, W. Huo, Y. Niu, Y. Zhu, Y. Xie, X. Guo and W. He, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 729 DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01640H

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements