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Coalescence and the initial stage of formation of nanofibers by the "vapor–liquid–solid" scheme

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It has been shown that the diffusion interaction of growing impurity clusters within catalytic nanodroplets determines the important geometric parameters of a nanofiber. The characteristic time of coalescence of the clusters has been found.

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  1. A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    S. A. Zhdanok, V. V. Martynenko, S. P. Fisenko & S. I. Shabunya

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 417 – 420, May–June, 2010. Original article submitted November 2, 2009.

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Zhdanok, S.A., Martynenko, V.V., Fisenko, S.P. et al. Coalescence and the initial stage of formation of nanofibers by the "vapor–liquid–solid" scheme. J Eng Phys Thermophy 83, 439–442 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-010-0362-y

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