Formation and growth mechanism of flake-belt integrative Ag nanocrystals

Novel flake-belt integrative silver (Ag) nanocrystals have been constructed for the first time by a facile one-step reduction reaction. In the process, as a modulator, a trace amount of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt played an important role. According to the basic characterisation, a selective deposition and an epitaxial growth mechanism of the reduced Ag were used to explain the f...