Nucleation, Growth, and Aggregation of Ag Clusters on Liquid Surfaces
- 20 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 81 (3) , 622-625
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.622
Abstract
We report the formation of large, branched silver aggregates after deposition of Ag on silicone oil surfaces. The origin of these ramified aggregates is traced to a two stage process, the first of which involves nucleation and growth of disk-shaped Ag clusters during deposition. In the subsequent stage after deposition, the clusters continue to diffuse on the liquid surface by Brownian motion and finally aggregate.Keywords
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