Real-time observation of nanosecond liquid-phase assembly of nickel nanoparticles via pulsed-laser heating

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 17168-17175

  McKeown, Joseph T ^a   Roberts, Nicholas A ^b   Fowlkes, Jason D ^c   Wu, Yueying ^b   Lagrange, Thomas ^a   Reed, Bryan W ^a   Campbell, Geoffrey H ^a   Rack, Philip D ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY DYNAMICS; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; ASSEMBLY ROUTES; DE-WETTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE; LENGTH SCALE; LIQUID PHASE; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; NANOSECOND LASERS; NICKEL FILM; NICKEL NANOPARTICLES; PUMP-PROBE; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION; SPINODAL INSTABILITY; SPINODALS; TIME-SCALES;

DESIGN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER HEATING; LIQUID METALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PUMPING;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84870894962     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303657e     Document Type: Article

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