Real-time monitoring of growing nanoparticles.
Science
; 300(5624): 1416-9, 2003 May 30.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12775836
ABSTRACT
One challenge in the production of nanometer-sized objects with given properties is to control their growth at a macroscopic scale in situ and in real time. A dedicated ultrahigh-vacuum grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering setup has been developed, yielding high sensitivity and dynamics. Its capabilities to derive the average particle shape and size and the film growth mode and ordering and to probe both surfaces and buried interfaces are illustrated for two prototypical cases the model catalyst Pd/MgO(100) and the self-organized Co/Au(111) system. A wide range of technologically important systems can potentially be investigated in various gaseous environments.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Science
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France