Abstract
Experimental data for reaction-diffusion-induced explosive crystallization in a nanodimensional metal (Cu, Ag)/selenium structure are presented. It is found that after the metal layer has completely diffused into the amorphous Se film, the electrical potential rises from 0.14 to 1.21 V in the Cu(30 nm)/Se(140 nm) heterolayer and from 0.01 to 1.17 V in the Ag(30 nm)/Se(140 nm) heterolayer. The metals diffusing into the amorphous Se layer interact with Se, forming nuclei of a new phase (CuSe or Ag2Se). The intense growth of the CuSe and Ag2Se crystallization centers results in a considerable liberation of latent energy in the form of phase transformation heat and in explosive growth of CuSe and Ag2Se nanocrystalline particles. The mean size of CuSe and Ag2Se crystallites equals 25 and 50 nm, respectively.
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Original Russian Text © V.Ya. Kogai, 2016, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 143–145.
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Kogai, V.Y. Reaction-diffusion-induced explosive crystallization in a metal–selenium nanometer film structure. Tech. Phys. 61, 461–463 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784216030117
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