Special phase transformation and crystal growth pathways observed in nanoparticles†

Benjamin Gilbert, Hengzhong Zhang, Feng Huang, Michael P. Finnegan, Glenn A. Waychunas and Jillian F. Banfield* Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: 11 510 643 9980; Tel: 11 510 643 9120 Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1509 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1595, USA Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 108B, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: 11 510 643 998; Tel: 11 510 642 9488