Burrowing of Co nanoparticles on clean Cu and Ag surfaces

C. G. Zimmermann; M. Yeadon; K. Nordlund; J. M. Gibson; R. S. Averback; U. Herr; K. Samwer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1163

Burrowing of Co nanoparticles on clean Cu and Ag surfaces

C. G. Zimmermann, M. Yeadon, K. Nordlund, J. M. Gibson, R. S. Averback, U. Herr, K. Samwer

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Metal nanoparticles can display a unique behavior when deposited on substrates with a significantly lower surface energy. Co nanoparticles in the 10 nm size regime burrow into clean Cu(100) and Ag(100) substrates when deposited at 600 K and also assume the substrate orientation. Deposition at room temperature fails to show either burrowing or reorientation. Crucial in understanding these results are the capillary forces and surface tension associated with a nanoparticle: they must be high enough to drive atoms away from underneath the cluster.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1163-1166
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	83
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1163
State	Published - Jan 1 1999

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