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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Multiphasic size-dependent growth dynamics of nanoparticle ensembles.

Ji-Hyun Kim, Joodeok Kim, Byung Hyo Kim, Sanggeun Song, Jingyu Kang, Jinho Rhee, Donghee Kim, Hoje Chun, Hyesung Choi, Hyungjin Cho and 13 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ji-Hyun Kim *Department of Chemistry, Global Science Research Center for Systems Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Joodeok Kim *Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Byung Hyo Kim *Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Sanggeun Song *Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Jingyu KangDepartment of Chemistry, Global Science Research Center for Systems Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7037-4433
Jinho RheeCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0001-3499-1071
Donghee KimDepartment of Chemistry, Global Science Research Center for Systems Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Hoje ChunDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Hyesung ChoiCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Hyungjin ChoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea.
Yongjoon KimDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea.
Jae Won JungDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea.
Youngju SonCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Junhyeok JungCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Kunwoo ParkCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Sungho JeonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Brain Korea 21 FOUR Education Research Industry Cluster at Ansan-Advanced Materials, Components, Manufacturing Equipment Research Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea.
Minho LeeDepartment of Chemistry, Global Science Research Center for Systems Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0002-5917-2803
Byungchan HanDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2325-6733
Won Chul LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Brain Korea 21 FOUR Education Research Industry Cluster at Ansan-Advanced Materials, Components, Manufacturing Equipment Research Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi 15588, Republic of Korea.
Dongjun KimCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1766-7613
Taeghwan HyeonCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Jaeyoung SungDepartment of Chemistry, Global Science Research Center for Systems Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0712-296X
Jungwon ParkCenter for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2927-4331

Funding

Hanyang University (HYU) HY-2018-NInstitute for Basic Science (IBS) IBS-R006-D1National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2013M3A6B107888National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022R1A4A3031263National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2020R1A2C1102788National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2020R1A5A1018052National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2021R1C1C1014339National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2015-NR011925National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2024-00411134National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2024-00421181National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2024-00449965Samsung Research Funding & Incubation Center of Samsung Electronics SRFC-MA2002-03Samsung Research Funding & Incubation Center of Samsung Electronics (SRFC) SRFC-MA2002-03Samsung Science and Technology Foundation (SSTF) SSTF-BA2302-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colloidal nanoparticles are of great interest in modern science and industry. However, the thermodynamic mechanism and dynamics of nanoparticle growth have yet to be understood. Addressing these issues, we tracked hundreds of in-situ growth trajectories of a nanoparticle ensemble using liquid-phase TEM and found that the nanoparticle growth, including coalescence, exhibits nanoparticle size-dependent multiphasic dynamics, unexplainable by current theories. Motivated by this finding, we developed a model and theory for an ensemble of growing nanoparticles, providing a unified, quantitative understanding of the time-dependent mean and fluctuation of nanoparticle size and size-dependent growth rate profiles across various nanoparticle systems and experimental conditions. Our work reveals that the chemical potential in a small nanoparticle strongly deviates from the Gibbs-Thomson equation, shedding light on how it governs the size-dependent growth dynamics of nanoparticles.

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in-situ liquid-phase TEMmonomer chemical potentialnanoparticle coalescencenanoparticle growth trajectoriessize-dependent growth rate

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