Achieving Atomically Flat Mica Surfaces via the Growth of Gold Nanoprisms

• Marchenko OS

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Synthesis of gold nanoparticles (NPs) in liquids, micelles, and at various interfaces is being done using a variety of approaches. Parameters of
synthesis determine the size and shape of NPs. Our proposal here is to generate Au NPs on mica surfaces that are atomically flat. Under these
circumstances, the surface is undergoing the simultaneous formation of monocrystalline and isotropic NPs. Monocrystalline prism-like
nanoparticles (NPRs) are being preferentially formed at the synthesis parameters that we have identified. A surface's wettability is one factor that
determines the proportion of NPRs with a triangular or hexagonal habit. We show that growth medium components and synthesis settings may
regulate the size and shape of produced NPs.

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