Structure of unsupported antimony nanoclusters

M. Kaufmann; A. Wurl; J. G. Partridge; S. A. Brown

doi:10.1140/epjd/e2005-00112-y

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Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

Eur. Phys. J. D 34, 29-34 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00112-y

Structure of unsupported antimony nanoclusters

M. Kaufmann¹^,2, A. Wurl¹^,2, J. G. Partridge¹^,2 and S. A. Brown¹^,2^a

¹ Nanostructure Engineering Science and Technology (NEST) Group and the MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
² Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, New Zealand

Corresponding author: ^a simon.brown@canterbury.ac.nz

Received: 6 September 2004
Published online: 13 July 2005

Abstract

In this study we present results of electron diffraction experiments on unsupported antimony nanoclusters with mean sizes in the range of 20-40 nm. An inert-gas aggregation source was used to produce the cluster beam. Electron diffraction patterns reveal phase transitions between crystalline and amorphous phases as well as particles composed of Sb₄ tetramers. The diffraction results are correlated with electron microscope investigations of the morphology of films formed by deposition of the clusters.

PACS: 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 61.46.+w – Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals / 61.14.-x – Electron diffraction and scattering

© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2005