Can Polymorphism be Used to form Branched Metal Nanostructures?. (20th January 2013) - LaGrow, Alec P.
Abstract Branched metal nanostructures are of great technological importance because of their unique size‐ and shape‐dependent properties. A kinetically controlled synthesis that uses polymorphism to produce branched nickel nanoparticles is presented. These nanoparticles consist of a face‐centred cubic (fcc) core and extended arms of alternating fcc and hexagonal close‐packed (hcp) nickel phases.