title: Epitaxial growth of heterogeneous metal nanocrystals: from gold nano-octahedra to palladium and silver nanocubes.
abstract: With octahedral Au nanocrystals as seeds, highly monodisperse Au@Pd and Au@Ag core-shell nanocubes were synthesized by a two-step seed-mediated method in aqueous solution. Accordingly, we have preliminarily proposed a general rule that the atomic radius, bond dissociation energy, and electronegativity of the core and shell metals play key roles in determining the conformal epitaxial layered growth mode.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Feng-Ru
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: De-Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuan-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Sai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Zhao-Xiong
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhi-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhong-Qun
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Tian