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Ligand-Mediated Nucleation and Growth of Palladium Metal Nanoparticles
Published on: June 25, 2018
M T Hershberger1, M Hupalo2, P A Thiel3
1Ames Laboratory-U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
Nucleation in Pb/Si(111) occurs explosively, not gradually. This new mechanism involves coherent motion of the wetting layer over mesoscopic distances, challenging classical nucleation theory.
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