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The Syntheses of Nanoscale Metal Particles Produced by the Beam Induced Decomposition of Metal Hydrides and Azides in A Transmission Electron Microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

P. J. Herley ,
N. P. Fitzsimons  and
W. Jones
P. J. Herley
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794–2275, USA.
N. P. Fitzsimons
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 lEW, UK.
W. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 lEW, UK.
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Abstract

A novel and efficient technique for the generation of nanoscale metal particles by the electron beam decomposition of metal hydrides and azides is presented. Nanoscale metal particles down to ∼ 25 Å in diameter can be generated from metal hydrides e.g. copper from CuH and from metal azides e.g. silver from AgN3. The technique has been successfully applied to Be, Mg, Al, Cu, Pd, Ti, ‘Mn, Ni, Ag, Sn, Fe, Bi, Cd, Sb, Ln and Tl.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 254: Symposium W – Specimen Preparation for Transmission Electron Microscopy of Materials III , 1991 , 223
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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