Table 1 Energy barrier required to advance from one alignment to another
From: Mesocrystal growth through oriented sliding and attachment of nanoplates
[010] direction | to A | A to B | B to C | C to D | D to E | E to F | F to G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of overlapped hexagonal units at the end | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 37 |
Number of new overlapped hexagons added | 1 | 3 ( = 4–1) | 5 ( = 9–4) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Highest energy barrier (kcal mol−1) | 0.89 | 1.82 | 2.56 | 4.44 | 5.25 | 5.83 | 6.15 |
Barrier per overlapped hexagon | 0.89 | 0.45( = 1.82/4) | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.17 |
[100] direction | to I | I–II | II–III | III–IV | |||
Number of overlapped hexagons at the end | 4 | 13 | 24 | 37 | |||
Number of new overlapped hexagons added | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | |||
Highest energy barrier (kcal mol−1) | 2.49 | 5.42 | 10.5 | 15.1 | |||
Barrier per overlapped hexagon | 0.62 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.41 |
