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Small bismuth clusters with narrow size distribution (2→ 10 atoms) were generated in an inert gas condensation source and vacuum deposited, at room temperature, on amorphous carbon. The deposit has been characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) which has shown a growth process involving the formation of large particles: diameter from 1.5 to 20 nm. Axial illumination lattice imaging with a high resolution electron microscope has been performed. Particles of about 20 nm diameter have been formed with a single crystalline core edged by an amorphous shell. Cluster images in the [2201] direction are presented in detail and compared with simulated images of bismuth single crystal.
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Treilleux, M., Fuchs, G., Aires, F.S., Melinon, P., Hoareau, A., Cabaud, B. (1989). Lattice imaging of bismuth clusters. In: Chapon, C., Gillet, M.F., Henry, C.R. (eds) Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74913-1_30
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