MD Simulation of Morphological and Structural Transitions of Gold Nanorod

Yanting Wang

Paper

Wang, Yanting; Dellago, Christoph J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 9214-9219

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Introduction

This research revealed by molecular dynamics simulations how do gold nanorods with the sizes ranging from about 1000 to 10000 atoms change their shapes and structures to reach the liquid spherical equilibrium shape during continuous heating.