Monte Carlo simulation of asymmetrical growth of cube-shaped nanoparticles

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/9/096104

Abstract We simulated the asymmetrical growth of cube-shaped nanoparticles by applying the Monte Carlo method. The influence of the specific mechanisms on the crystal growth of nanoparticles has been phenomenologically described by efficient growth possibilities along different directions (or crystal faces). The roles of the thermodynamic and kinetic factors have been evaluated in three phenomenological models. The simulation results would benefit the understanding about the cause and manner of the asymmetrical growth of nanoparticles.

Keywords: cube-shaped nanoparticles asymmetrical growth Monte Carlo simulation

Received: 24 March 2016
Revised: 17 May 2016
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PACS:	61.46.Fg	(Nanotubes)
	61.46.Km	(Structure of nanowires and nanorods (long, free or loosely attached, quantum wires and quantum rods, but not gate-isolated embedded quantum wires))
	61.43.Bn	(Structural modeling: serial-addition models, computer simulation)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51406111), the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51590902), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, China (Grant No. 14ZR1417000), the Scientific Innovation Project of Shanghai Education Committee, China (Grant No. 15ZZ100), and Young Eastern Scholar of Shanghai, China (Grant No. QD2015052).

Corresponding Authors: Huaqing Xie
E-mail: hqxie@sspu.edu.cn

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Yuanyuan Wang(王元元), Huaqing Xie(谢华清), Zihua Wu(吴子华), Jiaojiao Xing(邢姣娇) Monte Carlo simulation of asymmetrical growth of cube-shaped nanoparticles 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 096104

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