Structure of unsupported antimony nanoclusters

被引:4
作者
Kaufmann, M [1 ]
Wurl, A
Partridge, JG
Brown, SA
机构
[1] Univ Canterbury, NEST Grp, Canterbury, New Zealand
[2] Univ Canterbury, MacDiarmid Inst Adv Mat & Nanotechnol, Canterbury, New Zealand
[3] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Canterbury, New Zealand
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10.1140/epjd/e2005-00112-y
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
In this study we present results of electron diffraction experiments on unsupported antimony nanoclusters with mean sizes in the range of 20-40 nm. An inert-gas aggregation source was used to produce the cluster beam. Electron diffraction patterns reveal phase transitions between crystalline and amorphous phases as well as particles composed of Sb-4 tetramers. The diffraction results are correlated with electron microscope investigations of the morphology of films formed by deposition of the clusters.
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