• 文献标题:   Size-dependent mobility of gold nano-clusters during growth on chemically modified graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BELL GR, DAWSON PM, PANDEY PA, WILSON NR, MULHERAN PA
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  • 出版物名称:   APL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2166-532X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Warwick
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4862696
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Gold nano-clusters were grown on chemically modified graphene by direct sputter deposition. Transmission electron microscopy of the nano-clusters on these electron-transparent substrates reveals an unusual bimodal island size distribution (ISD). A kinetic Monte Carlo model of growth incorporating a size-dependent cluster mobility rule uniquely reproduces the bimodal ISD, providing strong evidence for the mobility of large clusters during surface growth. The cluster mobility exponent of -5/3 is consistent with cluster motion via one-dimensional diffusion of gold atoms around the edges of the nano-clusters. (C) 2014 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.