POWRE: Scalable Synthesis of Semiconducting Nanoparticles

离散数量的材料（纳米团簇），无论是由晶界分开，还是由气体或液体分子分开，都具有非常有趣和潜在的非常有用的材料特性，这些特性可能与它们的块状对应物有很大的不同。在这个项目中，化合物半导体纳米颗粒从气相的生长将被模拟，假设粒子生长的碰撞/烧结机制。这项工作的结果对于设计更大规模的纳米粒子合成过程非常重要，更重要的是，对于增加我们对粒子形成过程中发生的现象的理解。该奖项是对power征求的回应。

CTS-9973845Sheryl EhrmanUniversity of Maryland, College ParkDiscrete quantities of materials (nanoclusters), whether separated by grain boundaries, or by gas or liquid molecules have very interesting and potentially very useful material properties which may differ significantly from those of their bulk counterparts. In this project, the growth of compound semiconductor nanoparticles from the gas-phase will be simulated assuming a collision/sintering mechanisms of particle growth. Results from this work will be important for the design of larger scale processes for nanoparticle synthesis, and, more fundamentally, for increasing our understanding of phenomena occurring during particle formation.This award is made in response to the POWRE solicitation.