Morphology and microstructure of Ag islands of aggregated atoms on oil surfaces
The morphology evolution of silver islands on silicone oil surfaces is measured and the microstructure of the islands is studied. The deposited Ag atoms diffuse and aggregate on the oil surface and then Ag islands with the width of the order of 10^2-nm form. After the samples are removed from the va...
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| Published in | Chinese physics B Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 349 - 355 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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IOP Publishing
01.06.2011
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| ISSN | 1674-1056 2058-3834 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1674-1056/20/6/066103 |
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| Summary: | The morphology evolution of silver islands on silicone oil surfaces is measured and the microstructure of the islands is studied. The deposited Ag atoms diffuse and aggregate on the oil surface and then Ag islands with the width of the order of 10^2-nm form. After the samples are removed from the vacuum chamber, the immediate measurement shows that the apparent Ag coverage of the total area decays with the magnitude up to （23.0±3.8）% in few minutes. In the following two hours, the samples are kept in the ambient atmosphere and several unexpected results are detected： 1） as the topological structure of the islands evolves, the total area of each island decreases gradually and the maximum decrement measured is around 20%; 2） if an island breaks and becomes two small pieces, the total area decreases obviously; 3） however, if two small islands meet and stick together, a sudden increment of the total area is observed. These phenomena, mirroring the evolution process of the island microstructure, are resulted from both the diffusion of the atoms and the combination of the defects inside the islands. |
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| Bibliography: | The morphology evolution of silver islands on silicone oil surfaces is measured and the microstructure of the islands is studied. The deposited Ag atoms diffuse and aggregate on the oil surface and then Ag islands with the width of the order of 10^2-nm form. After the samples are removed from the vacuum chamber, the immediate measurement shows that the apparent Ag coverage of the total area decays with the magnitude up to （23.0±3.8）% in few minutes. In the following two hours, the samples are kept in the ambient atmosphere and several unexpected results are detected： 1） as the topological structure of the islands evolves, the total area of each island decreases gradually and the maximum decrement measured is around 20%; 2） if an island breaks and becomes two small pieces, the total area decreases obviously; 3） however, if two small islands meet and stick together, a sudden increment of the total area is observed. These phenomena, mirroring the evolution process of the island microstructure, are resulted from both the diffusion of the atoms and the combination of the defects inside the islands. liquid substrate, island, microstructure, morphology Zhang Chu-Hang Lii Neng, Zhang Xiao-Fei, Saida Ajeeb, Xia A-Gen, and Ye Gao-Xiang（a） Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China b） Department of Physics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China 11-5639/O4 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1674-1056 2058-3834 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1674-1056/20/6/066103 |