COPPER NANOCLUSTERS IN AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED CARBON

Authors
IVANOVOMSKII VI SIKLITSKII VI YASTREBOV SG
Citation
Vi. Ivanovomskii et al., COPPER NANOCLUSTERS IN AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED CARBON, Physics of the solid state, 40(3), 1998, pp. 524-527
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physics of the solid state → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637834
Volume
40
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
524 - 527
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7834(1998)40:3<524:CNIAHC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A study of the geometric characteristics of copper nanoclusters incorp orated in an amorphous hydrogenated carbon matrix is reported. It make s use of small-angle x-ray scattering and transmission electron micros copy (100 keV), The fractal dimension and nanocluster diameter have be en determined from the x-ray scattering indicatrix for different coppe r concentrations. TEM images of copper nanoclusters have been analyzed , and a cluster distribution function in size constructed. The shape o f the distribution function is discussed in terms of the theory of nuc leation of a new phase. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S1063 -7834(98)03803-9].