Determination of time dependence of domain growth by direct observation of small metal clusters |
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Institution: | 1. Measurement Technlology and Instrument Key Lab of Hebei Province,Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China;2. Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China;3. North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China |
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Abstract: | The in situ growth of small gold clusters on amorphous carbon substrates has been measured by direct observation, utilizing high (single-atom) resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. The time dependence of the width of the distribution of characteristic microscopic spatial frequencies in the samples was seen to obey a power-law behavior, HWHM = (t − t0)−a. The exponent measured, a = 0.15 ± 0.06, was in good agreement with scaling theories for domain growth. An excess of single atoms and small clusters was observed at all times, over that predicted by a uniform growth model of clusters. It is suggested that these support single-atom and few-atom cluster migration and activated accretion as important components of cluster growth at all times. |
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