title: The evaluation of Coulombic interaction in the oriented-attachment growth of colloidal nanorods.
abstract: An analytical expression of Coulomb interaction between a sphere and a cylindrical rod was derived. Along with a recently reported van der Waals interaction expression, the derived Coulomb interaction expression, for the first time, allows one to quantitatively evaluate the activation energy in the oriented attachment growth of colloidal nanorods.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37234-0106, USA. weidong.he@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Junhao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Kelvin H L
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids