––The solute clusters and the metastable precipitates in aged Al-Mg-Si alloys have been characterized by a three-dimensional atom probe (3DAP) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). After long-term natural aging, Mg-Si co-clusters have been detected in addition to separate Si and Mg atom clusters. The particle density of β′′ after 10 h artificial aging at 175°C varies depending on pre-agin...

Well-ordered arrays of identical Pb clusters have been fabricated on a Si(111)-(7x7) substrate by the temperature-mediated surface clustering method. Interestingly, these clusters can easily transform into other forms when the growth temperature deviates slightly from the optimal values. In accord with experiments, first-principle total-energy calculations reveal several cluster structures cent...

Evidence for the formation of various 2-D structures possessing different numbers of Co-Si magic clusters (size approximately 10.0 +/- 0.5 A), configurations and lifetimes are studied in real time on a Si(111)-(7 x 7) surface at elevated temperature in the STM. Observations of individual cluster diffusion, attachment and detachment dynamics resolve unequivocally the question of self assembly ov...

Galvanic displacement processes are employed in water-in-oil microemulsions to deposit gold nanoclusters selectively on Si surfaces and sidewalls. The gold clusters then serve as catalysts to achieve selective growth of vertically and laterally aligned Si nanowire arrays by chemical vapor deposition via the vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism. The size of the gold clusters is shown to have a go...

UNLABELLED The Fe atoms were deposited on the Si(111)-7 × 7 surface, which has been saturated with the C2H5OH molecules. Then, the Fe clusters were formed on Si(111)-7 × 7-C2H5OH surface and in situ observed by the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The STM images showed that with the increase of Fe clusters, the size of clusters was about 5 nm and they self-assembled in straightly linked cha...

Pre-precipitation stages of Al-0.70Mg-0.33Si and Al-0.65Mg-0.70Si (at.%) alloys have been investigated by atom probe field ion microscopy (APFIM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM). Atom probe results show that clusters of Mg atoms are present in the asquenched state. After a prolonged aging at room temperature, clusters of Mg, Si and their co-clusters are detected, alt...

A phase space coalescence description based on the Wigner-function method for cluster formation in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions is presented. The momentum distributions of nuclear clusters d,t and He are predicted for central Au(11.6AGeV)Au and Si(14.6AGeV)Si reactions in the framework of the RQMD transport approach. Transverse expansion leads to a strong shoulderarm shape and differ...

Neutral silicon clusters doped with first row elements (Si6X) have been generated (X = B, C, N, O) and characterized by infrared-ultraviolet (IR-UV) two-photon resonance-enhanced ionization spectroscopy (X = C, O) and quantum chemical calculations (X = Be, B, C, N, O, Si). In the near threshold UV photoionization, the ion signal of specific cluster sizes can be significantly enhanced by resonan...