A controlled synthesis of colloidal metal nanocrystals is fundamental in order to optimize the properties of these crystalline materials for a given application. However, there is no systematic review on the mechanisms for controlling the morphology of nanoparticles during the particle-mediated growth, a non-classical growth of colloid nanocrystals. Hence, in this review, we summarize and compare recent studies on the particle-mediated nucleation, growth and overgrowth of colloidal metal nanocrystals synthesized via the non-classical particle-mediated route. The kinetic factors influencing the non-classical growth have been widely studied both experimentally and utilizing theoretical simulations. With the rapid development of in situ characterization techniques, the new crystal growth mechanisms of colloidal metal nanocrystals beyond the LaMer curve have been well uncovered. Up to now, a variety of metal nanostructures with different well-controlled 0-dimensional (0D), 1D, 2D, and 3D morphologies have been prepared via particle-mediated growth, which are highlighted in this review.

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溶液介导的金属纳米晶体的颗粒介导形核和生长：LaMer曲线以外的新故事

胶体金属纳米晶体的受控合成是基本的，以便针对给定的应用优化这些晶体材料的性能。然而，关于胶体纳米晶体的非经典生长，在颗粒介导的生长过程中控制纳米颗粒形态的机制尚无系统的综述。因此，在这篇综述中，我们总结并比较了关于通过非经典粒子介导途径合成的胶体金属纳米晶体的粒子介导成核，生长和过度生长的最新研究。影响非经典生长的动力学因素已通过实验和理论模拟得到了广泛研究。随着原位表征技术的飞速发展，LaMer曲线以外的胶态金属纳米晶体的新晶体生长机理已经被很好地发现。到目前为止，已经通过粒子介导的生长制备了具有不同的良好控制的0维（0D），1D，2D和3D形态的各种金属纳米结构，本综述着重介绍了这些结构。