Phase coexistence in gallium nanoparticles controlled by electron excitation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Pochon, S ^a   MacDonald, K F ^a   Knize, R J ^a,b   Zheludev, N I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GALLIUM; KINETIC ENERGY; MELTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BOMBARDING ELECTRONS; COVALENT BONDING; GALLIUM NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 2542500992     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.145702     Document Type: Article

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