title: Carbon monoxide in controlling the surface formation of Group VIII metal nanoparticles.
abstract: Group VIII metal nanoparticles with variant morphologies were synthesized under a carbon monoxide atmosphere. The important roles of CO in determining the surface formation of growing particles were studied both by experiment and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, which suggest different growth mechanisms for these metals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. zpeng@uakron.edu.
authors.forename: Sang Youp
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Mingzhen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Changlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Buyong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhenmeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D002248:Carbon Monoxide