Ligand length dependence of critical deviatoric stress required for the formation of ordered nanowire arrays in alkylthiol-capped gold superlattices.

Deviatoric stress-induced coalescence of nanocrystal superlattices is a promising route for massively fabricating nanowires. We perform atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to characterize the deviatoric stress-induced fusion behavior of alkylthi…

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