Thermal coarsening of nanoporous gold: Melting or recrystallization

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-304

  Hakamada, Masataka ^a   Mabuchi, Mamoru ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MELTING; MELTING POINT; NANOPARTICLES; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

AU NANOPARTICLES; EXOTHERMAL PEAKS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; NANO-POROUS; NANOPOROUS GOLDS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SOLID-STATE PROCESS; THERMAL COARSENING; THERMAL INSTABILITIES;

GOLD;

EID: 61749088273     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0037     Document Type: Article

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