Publication Date:
2011-03-03
Description:
Author(s): M. C. Ridgway, R. Giulian, D. J. Sprouster, P. Kluth, L. L. Araujo, D. J. Llewellyn, A. P. Byrne, F. Kremer, P. F. P. Fichtner, G. Rizza, H. Amekura, and M. Toulemonde Swift heavy-ion irradiation of elemental metal nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in amorphous SiO_{2} induces a spherical to rodlike shape transformation with the direction of NP elongation aligned to that of the incident ion. Large, once-spherical NPs become progressively more rodlike while small NPs be... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 095505] Published Wed Mar 02, 2011
Keywords:
Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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