Growth of Rodlike Silver Nanoparticles by Vapor Deposition of Small Clusters

Silver nanowires with five-fold symmetric cross-section

“…Recently, the Ag nanowires have also been obtained by a selfseeding polyol reduction without Pt seeds [12]. It has been suggested that these well-defined Ag nanowires have truncated decahedron structure with [1 1 0] growth direction, bounded by five [1 0 0] planes and capped by ten [1 1 1] planes [13,14]. Our previous report on the Ag nanowires also confirmed the above results [15].…”

Composition and lattice structure of fivefold twinned nanorods of silver

“…The peculiar contrast pattern of superimposed lattice plane fringes of the rod-like particle in orientation A; the 'split into two half's' contrast of such particles being in orientation B; and finally the rotational periodicity of the contrast patterns [23], unambiguously support the assumption that these silver nanorods are not single crystalline, but composed of subunits that are arranged around a common fivefold axis and situated in twin relation to each other. Consequently, we will discuss our experimental findings in the frame of a pentagonal rod-like MTP model as shown in Fig.…”

“…Lisiecki et al [22] studied very recently the internal structure of rodlike particles of Cu of truncated decahedron shape formed by hydrazine reduction of an organometallic copper compound. A short report on pentagonal nanorods of silver prepared by inertgas aggregation was given by Nepijko et al [23].…”

A novel and greener approach for shape controlled synthesis of gold and gold–silver core shell nanostructure and their application in optical coatings

“…Various methodologies have been developed for the fabrication of noble nanomaterials of particular size and shape [7][8][9][10]. But all these methods are costly and harmful to the environment [11][12][13].…”