Direct observation of the birth of a nanocrystalline nucleus in an amorphous matrix

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Rauf, Ijaz A ^a  

^a Eminent Tech Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

AMORPHOUS MATRICES; AMORPHOUS PHASE; DIRECT OBSERVATION; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; GROWTH PROCESSES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; TWO-STEP NUCLEATION;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 53649110315     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2998256     Document Type: Article

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