Abstract
Face centered cubic (fcc) single crystal silver nanoparticles(NPs) of nearly monodispersed particle size of 12nm were prepared by simple ripening multi-twined particles (MTP). The product yield was nearly 100% and growth mechanism was considered to utilize chemical potential difference between MTP and fcc NPs. Particle size after ripening process was able to be controled with MTP/FCC ratio before ripening, but did not depend upon the ripening temperature. Numerical ratio of MTP/FCC before ripening depened upon deposition temperature or heating rate of raw material for Ag nanoparticle generation, and considered to be affected by kinetic effects. By this method, it was possible to control Ag nanoparticle size only by controling particle generation process,
