Sudden collective atomic rearrangements trigger the growth of defect-free silver icosahedra-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Sudden collective atomic rearrangements trigger the growth of defect-free silver icosahedra

Published:2023 Issue:46 Volume:15 Page:18891-18900
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Nelli Diana¹^ORCID,Roncaglia Cesare¹^ORCID,Ferrando Riccardo¹^ORCID,Kataya Zeinab²,Garreau Yves³⁴,Coati Alessandro³,Andreazza-Vignolle Caroline²^ORCID,Andreazza Pascal²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy

2. Université d'Orléans, CNRS, ICMN UMR7374, 1b rue de la Férollerie, F-45071 Orléans, France

3. Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme de Merisiers, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

4. Université de Paris, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques UMR7162, F-75013 Paris, France

Abstract

The shell-by-shell growth of metastable silver icosahedra is experimentally observed and its key mechanisms are unveiled by molecular dynamics simulations. Icosahedra transform into decahedra upon annealing or ageing.

Funder

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Università degli Studi di Genova

European Regional Development Fund

Conseil Régional du Centre-Val de Loire

Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/NR/D3NR04530G