| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
Materials Science & Technology 2020
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| Symposium
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Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials
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| Presentation Title |
Direct Synthesis of Nanoclusters from Cu Nanowires |
| Author(s) |
Diego Santa Rosa Coradini, Matheus Araujo Tunes, Thomas Kremmer, Peter Uggowitzer, Stefan Pogastscher, Claudio Geraldo Schön |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Diego Santa Rosa Coradini |
| Abstract Scope |
The synthesis of Cu-rich nanoclusters from single-crystal Cu nanowires via the application of Ar plasma etching will be reported. These clusters were synthesised at room temperature only in function of plasma exposure time. A detailed scanning transmission electron microscopy study was carried out in order to evaluate the effects of plasma exposure in Cu nanowires and the generated Cu-rich nanoclusters. Electron diffraction was used to assess possible phase transformations of the nanowires. Large surface-to-volume ratio induced chemisorption effects of residual active species in the plasma environment on the surface of Cu nanowires is considered to have a significant influence on their transformation to nanoclusters. |