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SUBMITTER: Chen LY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4024764 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Lian-Yi LY Xu Jia-Quan JQ Choi Hongseok H Konishi Hiromi H Jin Song S Li Xiao-Chun XC
Nature communications 20140509
Effective control of phase growth under harsh conditions (such as high temperature, highly conductive liquids or high growth rate), where surfactants are unstable or ineffective, is still a long-standing challenge. Here we show a general approach for rapid control of diffusional growth through nanoparticle self-assembly on the fast-growing phase during cooling. After phase nucleation, the nanoparticles spontaneously assemble, within a few milliseconds, as a thin coating on the growing phase to b ...[more]