Hexagonal spiral growth in the absence of a substrate

Details Hexagonal spiral growth in the absence of a substrate Hexagonal spiral growth in the absence of a substrate

2008-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/0801.3566v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

Experiments on the formation of spiraling hexagons (350 - 1000 nm in width) from a solution of nanoparticles are presented. Transmission electron microscopy images of the reaction products of chemically synthesized cadmium nanocrystals indicate that the birth of the hexagons proceeds without assistance from static screw or edge dislocatons, that is, they spiral without constraints provided by an underlying substrate. Instead, the apparent growth mechanism relies on what we believe is a dynamical dislocation identified as a dense aggregate of small nanocrystals that straddles the spiraling hexagon at the crystal surface. This nanocrystal bundle, which we term the "feeder", also appears to release nanocrystals into the spiral during the growth process.

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