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M A Asoro1, D Kovar, P J Ferreira
1Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. ferreira@mail.utexas.edu.
Abstract:
In this work, in situ transmission electron microscopy heating has been used to investigate the effects of a carbon capping layer on sintering of silver nanoparticles. For the first time, we make direct and real-time measurements of surface diffusivity of silver in nanoparticles coated with carbon. We observe that the carbon surface coatings may significantly inhibit sintering in silver nanoparticles.
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