A new theoretical model discloses the unexpected shape evolution of metal nanoparticles in water vapor environment

With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences,the research group led by Prof.Gao Yi(高嶷)at the CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology,Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,disclosed the unexpected shape evolution of metal nanoparticles by water vapor,which was published in Nano Letters(2016,