Issue 6, 2020

Size-dependent melting point depression of nickel nanoparticles

Abstract

We investigate the phase-transition behaviour of nickel nanoparticles (3–6 nm) via dynamic TEM. The nanoparticles were synthesized within a reverse microemulsion and then monitored via dynamic TEM simultaneously while undergoing controlled heating. The size-dependent melting point depression experimentally observed is compared with, and is in good agreement with existing thermodynamic and molecular dynamic predictions.

Graphical abstract: Size-dependent melting point depression of nickel nanoparticles

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Feb 2020
Accepted
21 Apr 2020
First published
21 Apr 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 2347-2351

Size-dependent melting point depression of nickel nanoparticles

A. van Teijlingen, S. A. Davis and S. R. Hall, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2347 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00153H

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