Imperfect Oriented Attachment of Gold Nanoparticles
Fangjie Meng, Peng Hu, Yongzhao Zhang, Gengshuo Zhang, Jiaqi Zhang, Ronghan Wei, Wen Wang, Shaobo Cheng · 2026
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Description
Fangjie Meng and co-authors watch gold particles merge in liquid to learn why crystals that start out of line can still join into one. How particles merge shapes the flaws and forms that result, which matters for making new materials by design.
With a microscope that can film in liquid, plus computer models, the team see a sudden jump into contact when a thin water layer between particles gives way. The merge frees energy, which speeds atom movement and lets the pair settle into a single crystal. Where the first touch falls, near a twin boundary or not, steers how the atoms then shift.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fangjie Meng, Peng Hu, Yongzhao Zhang, Gengshuo Zhang, Jiaqi Zhang, Ronghan Wei, Wen Wang, Shaobo Cheng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |