Viswanatha, Ranjani and Santra, Pralay K and Dasgupta, Chandan and Sarma, DD (2007) Growth Mechanism of Nanocrystals in Solution: ZnO, a Case Study. In: Physics Review Letters, 98 (25). 255501-1-255501-4.
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Abstract
We investigate the mechanism of growth of nanocrystals from solution using the case of ZnO. Spanning a wide range of values of the parameters, such as the temperature and the reactant concentration that control the growth, our results establish a qualitative departure from the widely accepted diffusion controlled coarsening (Ostwald ripening) process quantified in terms of the Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner theory. Further, we show that these experimental observations can be qualitatively and quantitatively understood within a growth mechanism that is intermediate between the two well-defined limits of diffusion control and kinetic control.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Physics Review Letters |
Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to The American Physical Society. |
Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2008 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:46 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/14722 |
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