Shufan Xiao

Nonclassical crystallization of metallic nanoparticles through cluster collapse and reassembly.

Crystallization from solution is commonly described in terms of direct nucleation from dispersed monomeric species, yet this picture becomes inadequate when strong coordination or solvation suppresses free-particle formation. Here we resolve the growth pathway of Pt nanoparticles formed by CO-mediated reduction of Pt p...