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In the materials science community, the term “nanoparticle” is generally used to indicate particles with atomic domains spatially confined to less than 100 nm since the physical properties of materials start to change significantly due to a variety of confinement effects in this size range. Another commonly used concept, “cluster,” indicates smaller particle with a diameter of only several nanometers, corresponding to 104 molecules or atoms. Sharing the same features with other types of nanostructured materials, nanoparticles also have significant atom fractions associated with interfacial environments, and interactions between their constituent domains. Gas phase particle formation refers to production of particles from individual atoms or molecules in the gas phase.
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In the last several decades, intensive research has been performed on nanostructured materials, that is, materials with grain sizes less than 100 nm....
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Yang, Y., Li, W. (2016). Gas-Phase Nanoparticle Formation. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9780-1_358
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