Ion beam-induced shaping of ni nanoparticles embedded in a silica matrix: From spherical to prolate shape

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Hardeep ^a   Ghosh, Santanu ^a   Avasthi, Devesh Kumar ^b   Kabiraj, Debdulal ^b   Mücklich, Arndt ^c   Zhou, Shengqiang ^c   Schmidt, Heidemarie ^c   Stoquert, Jean Paul ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; REMANENCE; SILICA; SPHERES; IONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CROSS SECTIONAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELONGATED PARTICLES; MAGNETIZATION MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES; STRONG DEPENDENCES; THERMAL SPIKE MODEL; ATOM BEAMS; BEAM DIRECTION; EASY AXIS; FLUENCES; NI NANOPARTICLES; NI PARTICLES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; REMANENCE RATIO; SILICA MATRIX;

IONS; GOLD;

EID: 84255204723     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-155     Document Type: Article

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