Rayleigh‐Instability‐Induced Transformation for Confined Polystyrene Nanotubes Prepared Using the Solvent‐Vapor‐Induced Wetting Method

Nanometer period Ru/C multilayers are one of the prime candidates for normal incident reflecting mirrors at wavelengths < 10 nm. Superior performance, which requires uniform layers and smooth interfaces, and high stability of the layered structure under thermal loadings are some of the demands in practical applications. Previous studies however show that the Ru layers in the 2 nm period Ru/C multilayer agglomerate upon moderate annealing, and the layered structure is no longer retained. This agglomeration and crystallization of the Ru layers upon annealing to form almost spherical crystallites is a result of the reduction of surface or interfacial energy from die amorphous high energy non-equilibrium state of the as-prepared sample dirough diffusive arrangements of the atoms. Proposed models for mechanism of thin film agglomeration include one analogous to Rayleigh instability, and grain boundary grooving in polycrystalline films. These models however are not necessarily appropriate to explain for the agglomeration in the sub-nanometer amorphous Ru layers in Ru/C multilayers. The Ru-C phase diagram shows a wide miscible gap, which indicates the preference of phase separation between these two materials and provides an additional driving force for agglomeration. In this paper, we study the evolution of the microstructures and layered structure via in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and attempt to determine the order of occurence of agglomeration and crystallization in the Ru layers by observing the diffraction patterns.

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144. Thermodynamics of the Adsorption of Organic Solvent Vapor from Humidified Air

10.3320/1.2762977 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

D.W. Underhill ◽

K. Kawar

Keyword(s):

Organic Solvent ◽

Solvent Vapor ◽

Humidified Air

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Fabrication of Invisible Ag Nanowire Electrode Patterns Based on Laser-Induced Rayleigh Instability

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ◽

10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08019 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 120 (36) ◽

pp. 20471-20477 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Harim Oh ◽

Jeeyoung Lee ◽

Jin-Hoon Kim ◽

Jin-Woo Park ◽

Myeongkyu Lee

Keyword(s):

Rayleigh Instability ◽

Ag Nanowire

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Fabrication of Eutectic Ga-In Nanowire Arrays Based on Plateau–Rayleigh Instability

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26154616 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (15) ◽

pp. 4616

Author(s):

Takashi Ikuno ◽

Zen Somei

Keyword(s):

Integrated Circuits ◽

Substrate Surface ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Average Diameter ◽

Nanowire Arrays ◽

Scanning Probe ◽

Rayleigh Instability ◽

Simple Method ◽

Flat Substrate ◽

Metal Nanowire

We have developed a simple method of fabricating liquid metal nanowire (NW) arrays of eutectic GaIn (EGaIn). When an EGaIn droplet anchored on a flat substrate is pulled perpendicular to the substrate surface at room temperature, an hourglass shaped EGaIn is formed. At the neck of the shape, based on the Plateau–Rayleigh instability, the EGaIn bridge with periodically varying thicknesses is formed. Finally, the bridge is broken down by additional pulling. Then, EGaIn NW is formed at the surface of the breakpoint. In addition, EGaIn NW arrays are found to be fabricated by pulling multiple EGaIn droplets on a substrate simultaneously. The average diameter of the obtained NW was approximately 0.6 μm and the length of the NW depended on the amount of droplet anchored on the substrate. The EGaIn NWs fabricated in this study may be used for three-dimensional wiring for integrated circuits, the tips of scanning probe microscopes, and field electron emission arrays.

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