Structure Characterization and Mechanism of Growth of PbTe Nanocrystals Embedded in a Silicate Glass
- 15 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 89 (23), 235503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.89.235503
Abstract
A nanocomposite consisting of PbTe nanocrystals embedded in a silicate glass was studied by small-angle x-ray scattering during the early stage of isothermal annealing at 793 K. A theoretical function based on a model of spherical PbTe nanocrystals surrounded by a Pb and Te depleted shell fits well to all experimental curves. The time dependences of the nanocrystal radius and size of the depleted shell agree with the prediction of the theory of nucleation and growth by the classical mechanism of atomic diffusion.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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