Are nanoparticles spherical or quasi-spherical?

Sokolov, Stanislav V.; Batchelor-McAuley, Christopher; Tschulik, Kristina; Fletcher, Stephen; Compton, Richard G.

Are nanoparticles spherical or quasi-spherical?

journal contribution

posted on 2016-04-25, 13:44 authored by Stanislav V. Sokolov, Christopher Batchelor-McAuley, Kristina Tschulik, Stephen Fletcher, Richard G. Compton

The geometry of quasi-spherical nanoparticles is investigated. The combination of SEM imaging and electrochemical nano-impact experiments is demonstrated to allow sizing and characterization of the geometry of single silver nanoparticles.

Funding

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013/ERC Grant Agreement no. [320403]). K.T. was supported by a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within the Seventh European Community Framework Programme.

History

School

Science

Department

Chemistry

Published in

CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Volume

21

Issue

30

Pages

10741 - 10746 (6)

Citation

SOKOLOV, S.V. ... et al, 2015. Are nanoparticles spherical or quasi-spherical? Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (30), pp. 10741 - 10746.

Publisher

Version

AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2015-06-17

Copyright date

2015

Notes

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: SOKOLOV, S.V. ... et al, 2015. Are nanoparticles spherical or quasi-spherical? Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (30), pp. 10741 - 10746., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201500807. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."