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Structures of BiInSn nanoparticles formed through laser ablation

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The eutectic alloy of BiInSn was ablated in water by UV pulsed radiation. Electron microscopy of the ablated material shows spherical particles that fall into three size regimes: those with diameters of ∼0.5 μm, crystalline and amorphous particles with dimensions of ∼30 nm, and amorphous particles that are approximately 1 nm across. The 30-nm amorphous particles are homogeneous, while there are two types of 30-nm crystalline particles, those that separate into three phases and those that are homogeneous. The existence of different characteristic sizes is explained by two mechanisms: phase explosion and Rayleigh instability of the ejected melt.

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This work was partially supported by NSF Contract Nos. DMR-0605493 and DMR-0923166. Research was carried out in part at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, which is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886.

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  2. Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA

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Musaev, O.R., Sutter, E., Wrobel, J.M. et al. Structures of BiInSn nanoparticles formed through laser ablation. Appl. Phys. A 110, 329–333 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7244-4

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