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Structure of unsupported bismuth nanoparticles

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We present new results of electron diffraction experiments on unsupported nanometer-sized bismuth clusters. The high intensity cluster beam, necessary for electron diffraction, is provided by an inert-gas aggregation source. The cluster beam contains particles with average cluster sizes between 4.5 and 10 nm. When using Helium as a carrier gas we are able to observe a transition from crystalline clusters to a new structure, which we identify with that of amorphous or liquid clusters.

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  1. Nanostructure Engineering Science and Technology Group and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand, , , , , , NZ

    A. Wurl, M. Hyslop & S.A. Brown

  2. Industrial Research Ltd., P.O. Box 31-310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, , , , , , NZ

    B.D. Hall

  3. Institut de Physique Expérimentale, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, , , , , , CH

    R. Monot

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Received 28 November 2000

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Wurl, A., Hyslop, M., Brown, S. et al. Structure of unsupported bismuth nanoparticles. Eur. Phys. J. D 16, 205–208 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170093

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