A Simple Approach to the Synthesis of Hexagonal-Shaped Silver Nanoplates
Figure 3
(a) TEM image showing the spherical Ag nanoparticles of the seed solution (3–10 nm scale bar 20 nm), (b) faceted hexagonal Ag nanoparticles of 15–20 nm with twin boundaries (scale bar 20 nm), (c) highly faceted hexagonal Ag nanobulk with 120 nm size (100 nm), (d) highly faceted hexagonal Ag nanoplates with twin boundary showing a (111) plane with a (d) spacing of 2.36 Å.
