title: Adjusting the inter-particle spacing of a nanoparticle array at the sub-nanometre scale by thermal annealing.
abstract: A successful attempt to fabricate nanoparticle arrays with sub-nanometre spacing by thermal annealing of the prepared nanoparticle self-assembly was made. The molecular dynamics simulation indicated that the spacing decrease could be attributed to the temperature-enhanced mobility of the ligand, which promoted the relaxation of the nanoparticles to a more compact arrangement.
authors.affiliation: College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. Fuyu@mail.neu.edu.cn.
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authors.lastname: Zhou
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authors.lastname: Liu
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authors.lastname: Wang
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authors.lastname: Li
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authors.lastname: Zhang
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authors.lastname: Lu
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authors.lastname: Fu
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