| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2016 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Late News Posters
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| Presentation Title |
PP-23: Modified Rayleigh Plateau Distribution of Dewet Metal Nanoparticles by Varied Solid-Liquid-Vapor and Solid-Liquid-Solid Interactions |
| Author(s) |
Benjamin White, Nicholas Roberts |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Nicholas Roberts |
| Abstract Scope |
There has yet to be evidenced a non-lithographic, scalable process that will produce narrow distributions of diameter and chirality in as grown CNTs. A possible method of attacking this problem is to narrow the diameter and pitch distributions of the catalytic nanoparticles CNTs are grown from. Here we demonstrate a method to reduce the diameter and pitch distributions of Ni nanoparticles, dewet via laser pulse, by transitioning from a solid liquid vapor interaction to a solid-liquid-solid interaction through the introduction of Al2O3 capping layers. Samples were fabricated in a cleanroom, with thin films (5-20 nm) being deposited via sputtering or atomic layer deposition, and dewet via laser pulse. SEM results show both a reduction in the mean and a narrowing of the diameter and pitch distributions with the application of the capping layers. The effect is less pronounced with increasing capping layer thickness. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |