The role of nanoparticle size and ligand coverage in size focusing of colloidal metal nanoparticles

Mozaffari, Saeed; Li, Wenhui; Dixit, Mudit; Seifert, Soenke; Lee, Byeongdu; Kovarik, Libor; Mpourmpakis, Giannis; Karim, Ayman M.

doi:10.1039/C9NA00348G

Title: The role of nanoparticle size and ligand coverage in size focusing of colloidal metal nanoparticles

Journal Article · 08 October 2019 · Nanoscale Advances

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NA00348G · OSTI ID:1562321

Mozaffari, Saeed ^[1]; Li, Wenhui ^[1];

^[2]; Seifert, Soenke ^[3];

^[4]; Kovarik, Libor ^[5];

^[2];

^[1]

Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA
X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA
Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

In situ SAXS and population balance modeling (PBM) are used to discover the mechanism(s) of size focusing during Pd nanoparticle synthesis.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1562321

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--161898

Journal Information:: Nanoscale Advances, Journal Name: Nanoscale Advances Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 1; ISSN 2516-0230; ISSN NAADAI

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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