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Pawlik V, Zhou S, Zhou S, Qin D, Xia Y. Silver Nanocubes: From Serendipity to Mechanistic Understanding, Rational Synthesis, and Niche Applications. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:3427-3449. [PMID: 37181675 PMCID: PMC10173382 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
Silver has long been interwoven into human history, and its uses have evolved from currency and jewelry to medicine, information technology, catalysis, and electronics. Within the last century, the development of nanomaterials has further solidified the importance of this element. Despite this long history, there was essentially no mechanistic understanding or experimental control of silver nanocrystal synthesis until about two decades ago. Here we aim to provide an account of the history and development of the colloidal synthesis of silver nanocubes, as well as some of their major applications. We begin with a description of the first accidental synthesis of silver nanocubes that spurred subsequent investigations into each of the individual components of the protocol, revealing piece by piece parts of the mechanistic puzzle. This is followed by a discussion of the various obstacles inherent to the original method alongside mechanistic details developed to optimize the synthetic protocol. Finally, we discuss a range of applications enabled by the plasmonic and catalytic properties of silver nanocubes, including localized surface plasmon resonance, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, metamaterials, and ethylene epoxidation, as well as further derivatization and development of size, shape, composition, and related properties.
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- Veronica Pawlik
- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department
of Nanoscience and Biomedical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- The
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Cui W, Zhao Y, Han Y, Wang X, Guan R, Liu S, Zhang T, He T. Electrochemically Accessing ROS‐Related Cytotoxicity through the Oxygen Reduction Reaction to Identify Antimicrobial Agents. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Wei Cui
- Yantai University Department of Applied Chemistry CHINA
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- Yantai University Department of Applied Chemistry CHINA
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- Yantai University Department of Applied Chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Feed Research CHINA
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- Yantai University Department of Applied Chemistry CHINA
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- Yantai University Department of Applied Chemistry CHINA
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- Yantai University Applied Chemistry 30th Clearspring RDLaishan district 264005 Yantai CHINA
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- Yantai University Department of Applied Chemistry CHINA
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Guo Z, Chen Y, Wang Y, Jiang H, Wang X. Advances and challenges in metallic nanomaterial synthesis and antibacterial applications. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:4764-4777. [PMID: 32207511 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00099j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Multi-drug resistant bacterial infection has become one of the most serious threats to global public health. The preparation and application of new antibacterial materials are of great significance for solving the infection problem of bacteria, especially multi-drug resistant bacteria. The exceptional antibacterial effects of metal nanoparticles based on their unique physical and chemical properties make such systems ideal for application as antibacterial drug carriers or self-modified therapeutic agents both in vitro and in vivo. Metal nanoparticles also have admirable clinical application prospects due to their broad antibacterial spectrum, various antibacterial mechanisms and excellent biocompatibility. Nevertheless, the in vivo structural stability, long-term safety and cytotoxicity of the surface modification of metal nanoparticles have yet to be further explored and improved in subsequent studies. Herein, we summarized the research progress concerning the mechanism of metal nanomaterials in terms of antibacterial activity together with the preparation of metal nanostructures. Based on these observations, we also give a brief discussion on the current problems and future developments of metal nanoparticles for antibacterial applications.
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- Zengchao Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (Chien-Shiung Wu Lab), School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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Hegde HR, Chidangil S, Sinha RK. Refractive index and formaldehyde sensing with silver nanocubes. RSC Adv 2021; 11:8042-8050. [PMID: 35423331 PMCID: PMC8695105 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra10161c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We report the synthesis of Ag nanocubes by using a sodium sulfide assisted solvothermal method. Small edge-length nanocubes (32 and 44 nm) were obtained at 145 and 155 °C reaction temperature in the synthesis process. The refractive index sensitivity of synthesized nanocubes was investigated with an aqueous solution of glucose. The refractive index sensitivity of 161 nm per RIU was found in the colloidal dispersion of nanocubes. On the LSPR chip made by immobilization of nanocubes on the (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane modified glass coverslip, the obtained sensitivity was 116 nm per RIU. Detection of formaldehyde in water and milk samples was also performed with nanocubes of edge-length of 44 nm. Formaldehyde detection was performed by utilizing the interaction of the aryl amine of 4-aminothiophenol immobilized on the nanocubes and electrophilic carbon atom of the formaldehyde. In water and in diluted milk, the formaldehyde sensitivity of 0.62 and 0.29 nm μM−1 was obtained, respectively. A detailed description of refractive index and formaldehyde sensing with Ag nanocubes.![]()
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- Hemant Ramakant Hegde
- Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education
- Manipal – 576104
- India
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- Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education
- Manipal – 576104
- India
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- Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education
- Manipal – 576104
- India
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Investigation of Polyol Process for the Synthesis of Highly Pure BiFeO 3 Ovoid-Like Shape Nanostructured Powders. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 10:nano10010026. [PMID: 31861853 PMCID: PMC7022798 DOI: 10.3390/nano10010026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Exclusive and unprecedented interest was accorded in this paper to the synthesis of BiFeO3 nanopowders by the polyol process. The synthesis protocol was explored and adjusted to control the purity and the grain size of the final product. The optimum parameters were carefully established and an average crystallite size of about 40 nm was obtained. XRD and Mössbauer measurements proved the high purity of the synthesized nanostructurated powders and confirmed the persistence of the rhombohedral R3c symmetry. The first studies on the magnetic properties show a noticeable widening of the hysteresis loop despite the remaining cycloidal magnetic structure, promoting the enhancement of the ferromagnetic order and consequently the magnetoelectric coupling compared to micrometric size powders.
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Han HJ, Park JH, Park JK, Kristanto I, Park BJ, Kwak SK, Im SH. Uniform Ag Nanocubes Prepared by AgCl Particle-Mediated Heterogeneous Nucleation and Disassembly and Their Mechanism Study by DFT Calculation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1904031. [PMID: 31496116 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201904031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Uniform Ag nanocubes are reproducibly synthesized by a AgCl particle-mediated heterogeneous nucleation and disassembly process in polyol chemistry. By introducing N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) in a conventional polyol method with HCl etchant, Ag nanocrystals (NCs) begin to be nucleated on the surface of AgCl-precipitated particles due to the promoted reduction reaction by DMF. The nucleated Ag NCs on the AgCl particles are grown to Ag nanocubes in shape by consuming Ag sources from the AgCl mother particles. Eventually the grown Ag nanocubes are disassembled from the mother AgCl particles because the AgCl particles are fully digested by the growing Ag nanocubes. Density functional theory calculation confirms that the Ag atoms can be favorably deposited on the (100) facet of AgCl particles and the Ag nuclei on the AgCl particles tend to reveal (100) facet.
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- Hye Ji Han
- Department of Chemical Engineering, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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Konopatsky AS, Firestein KL, Leybo DV, Sukhanova EV, Popov ZI, Fang X, Manakhov AM, Kovalskii AM, Matveev AT, Shtansky DV, Golberg DV. Structural evolution of Ag/BN hybrids via a polyol-assisted fabrication process and their catalytic activity in CO oxidation. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01464k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Enhanced catalytic activity of Ag/BN nanohybrids is ascribed to the formation of a thin intermediate Ag–O–B layer.
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- Anton S. Konopatsky
- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- Moscow Region
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS
- Moscow 199339
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- Department of Materials Science
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- Peoples Republic of China
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
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- National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”
- Moscow 119049
- Russian Federation
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- Science and Engineering Faculty
- Queensland University of Technology
- Brisbane
- Australia
- World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA)
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Khatoon UT, Rao GVSN, Mantravadi KM, Oztekin Y. Strategies to synthesize various nanostructures of silver and their applications - a review. RSC Adv 2018; 8:19739-19753. [PMID: 35541008 PMCID: PMC9080782 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00440d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Due to their various beneficial application-based properties, such as behavior, structure, and size, the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) with different structures has become an interesting yet common task for researchers to produce nanostructures for applications in various fields. This is because silver nanoparticles have interesting and unique properties, such as optical and catalytic, resulting from their different structures and sizes. These properties extend the use of nanostructures in various fields of research, especially in medicine, pharmacy, electronics, etc. Also, variations in their parameters affect the structures and sizes of Ag-NPs. This review provides an overview/brief presentation of various methodologies used to synthesize different application-based silver nanoparticles and lists areas where these nanoparticles are suitable for use according to their specific structures and sizes.
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- Umme Thahira Khatoon
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal Telangana State India
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal Telangana State India
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal Telangana State India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Selcuk University Konya Turkey
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Khan M, Shaik MR, Adil SF, Khan ST, Al-Warthan A, Siddiqui MRH, Tahir MN, Tremel W. Plant extracts as green reductants for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles: lessons from chemical synthesis. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:11988-12010. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01152d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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From conventional synthesis to green transformations: a brief literature overview and insight for the synthesis of Ag nanoparticles.
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- Mujeeb Khan
- Department of Chemistry
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11451
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11451
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11451
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- College of Science
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11451
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department
- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
- Dhahran
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz
- Mainz 55122
- Germany
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Thevamaran R, Lawal O, Yazdi S, Jeon SJ, Lee JH, Thomas EL. Dynamic creation and evolution of gradient nanostructure in single-crystal metallic microcubes. Science 2016; 354:312-316. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aag1768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Qi X, Balankura T, Zhou Y, Fichthorn KA. How Structure-Directing Agents Control Nanocrystal Shape: Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Mediated Growth of Ag Nanocubes. NANO LETTERS 2015; 15:7711-7717. [PMID: 26509492 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The importance of structure-directing agents (SDAs) in the shape-selective synthesis of colloidal nanostructures has been well documented. However, the mechanisms by which SDAs actuate shape control are poorly understood. In the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-mediated growth of {100}-faceted Ag nanocrystals, this capability has been attributed to preferential binding of PVP to Ag(100). We use molecular dynamics simulations to probe the mechanisms by which Ag atoms add to Ag(100) and Ag(111) in ethylene glycol solution with PVP. We find that PVP induces kinetic Ag nanocrystal shapes by regulating the relative Ag fluxes to these facets. Stronger PVP binding to Ag(100) leads to a larger Ag flux to Ag(111) and cubic nanostructures through two mechanisms: enhanced Ag trapping by more extended PVP films on Ag(111) and a reduced free-energy barrier for Ag to cross lower-density films on Ag(111). These flux-regulating capabilities depend on PVP concentration and chain length, consistent with experiment.
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- Xin Qi
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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