title: Real-time observations on crystallization of gold nanorods into spiral or lamellar superlattices.
abstract: Real-time observations on gold nanorods evolving into spiral or lamellar superlattices are demonstrated. 2D critical nuclei and screw dislocations initiate the crystallization process. Kinetics of the superlattice growth is determined to be similar to that of classical crystal growth, where three basic modes are involved: spiral, layer-by-layer and dendritic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics/Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Measurement-Manipulation and Physics (Ministry of Education), Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yongfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Yujia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Shengming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yinglu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ziyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D006046:Gold