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Truncated and spheroidal Ag nanoparticles: a matter of size transformation

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The ordered arrays of anisotropic mesostructure metal nanoparticle (diameter size in the range of 15 to 200 nm) characteristics are indeed influenced by the combined effect of packing constraints and inter-particle interactions, that is, the two morphological factors that strongly influence the creation of the particles’ shape. In this work, we studied on how the degree of truncation of Ag nanoparticles authorised the mesostructured morphologies and particle orientation preferences within the mesosparticle arrays. The Ag represented the best and most versatile candidate and known for its highest electrical conductivities among other transition metals in periodic table. The interest is motivated by the need to understand the inevitable morphological transformation from mesoscopic to microscopic states evolve within the scope of progressive aggregation of atomic constituents of Ag system. The grazing information obtained from HR-TEM shows that Ag mesosparticles of highly truncated flake are assembled in fcc-type mesostructure, similar to the arrays formed by microscopic quasi-spherical structure, but with significantly reduced packing density and different growth orientations. The detailed information on the size and microstructure transformation have been gathered by fast Fourier transform (FFT) of HR-TEM images, allowing us to figure out the role of Ag defects that anchored the variation in crystallite growth of different mean diameter size particles. The influences on the details of the nanostructures have to be deeply understood to promote practical applications for such outstanding Ag material.

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The main author would like to acknowledge the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, for the financial support through the Seed Money Grant RDU 16117and Internal Grant RDU1703152. The authors are grateful to Dr. Leo Bey Fern from Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Siti Farhana Bohari from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, for providing support in HR-TEM results.

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    Nurul Akmal Che Lah

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mohd Rafie Johan

  3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Mahendran Samykano

  4. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Mohd Mawardi Saari

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Lah, N.A.C., Johan, M.R., Samykano, M. et al. Truncated and spheroidal Ag nanoparticles: a matter of size transformation. Colloid Polym Sci 296, 121–131 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-017-4230-6

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