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Morphology and microstructure investigations of YB66 nano-particles prepared by plasma chemical process

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Nanocrystalline particles of YB66 were prepared by plasma chemical process, using starting powders of YB4 and B, and the morphology was examined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The average grain size of the YB66 particles is less than 100 nm. All the YB66 nano-particles are cubic in shape, suggesting that they have been formed through a direct coagulation from a vapor phase. Facetting at the cube corners occurs in most particles. The [0 0 1] and [0 1 1] lattice images of a cubic particle with edge-length of 84 nm were obtained. The simulated and experimental images match very well. A considerable amount of coarse, nearly spherical YB6 particles and unreached boron were additionally found by HRTEM. © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers

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    J. Y. Huang, T. Ishigaki, T. Tanaka & S. Horiuchi

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Huang, J.Y., Ishigaki, T., Tanaka, T. et al. Morphology and microstructure investigations of YB66 nano-particles prepared by plasma chemical process. Journal of Materials Science 33, 4141–4145 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004453103149

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