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Studies of Ordering in Small Particles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Abstract
Disordered clusters of the intermetallic compounds Ni3Al and Cu3Au have been produced using a high pressure sputtering technique. The clusters are either embedded in a film or studied, in-situ in an UHV electron microscope. The evolution of the ordered structure upon annealing is studied. Using a scanning transmission electron microscope, electron diffraction is obtained from individual clusters. Partial ordering is observed in Cu3Au clusters which have been annealed below the bulk order-disorder transition temperature. Under the experimental conditions, only clusters with sizes of 10–15 nm or larger show ordering.
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