Fig. 1: Fabrication and basic characterizations of single-crystalline gold nanoflakes.
From: Challenging the ideal strength limit in single-crystalline gold nanoflakes through phase engineering
a–c Schematic of the fabrication of single-crystalline gold nanoflakes, which transformed from a, the FCC phase to c, the HCP phase during the thinning process. Cys, cysteamine. Cys•, cysteamine radical. d–i Reflection and transmission optical images of gold nanoflakes, corresponding to the thickness of (d, g), 32 nm, (e, h), 16 nm, and (f, i), 6 nm, respectively. j AFM topographic image of a 5.7 nm-thick gold nanoflake and k, its corresponding height profile (red solid line), source data are provided as a Source Data file.
