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Fabrication of Spherical and Worm-shaped Micellar Nanocrystals by Combining Electrospray, Self-assembly, and Solvent-based Structure Control
Published on: February 11, 2018
Use of reverse micelles to make either spherical or worm-like palladium nanocrystals: influence of stabilizing agent
1Laboratoire LM2N, CNRS, UMR 7070, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), BP 52 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids
|February 2, 2008
Abstract:
Depending on the water content, reverse micelles induce the formation of fcc metallic palladium worm-like nanocrystals made of spheres. After extraction from the nanoreactor, either spheres or worm-like nanocrystals are obtained, and it was found that the binding energy between the coating agent and the Pd surface is a key parameter in shape control (i.e., in the surface reconstruction).

