Comment on 'The lattice contraction of nanometre-sized Sn and Bi particlesproduced by an electrohydrodynamic technique'

Authors
Stoneham, AM
Citation
Am. Stoneham, Comment on 'The lattice contraction of nanometre-sized Sn and Bi particlesproduced by an electrohydrodynamic technique', J PHYS-COND, 11(42), 1999, pp. 8351-8352
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
ISSN journal
09538984 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
42
Year of publication
1999
Pages
8351 - 8352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-8984(19991025)11:42<8351:CO'LCO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The contraction in lattice parameter observed in nm-sized grains of Sn and Pi appears to be dominated by the effects of surface stress, not the presen ce of vacancies.