Growth dynamics and thermal stability of Ni nanocrystalline nanowires

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9991-9995

  Zhou, Z F ^a   Pan, Y ^a   Zhou, Y C ^a   Yang, L ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; Nanocrystalline materials; Rayleigh instability; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; NICKEL; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REDUCTION; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOUNDARY ROTATIONS; ELECTRON MICROCOPIES; GROWTH DYNAMICS; MODEL SYSTEM; NANOCRYSTALLINES; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 80051794914     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.06.125     Document Type: Article

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