Nucleation Dynamics of Water Nanodroplets

作者：Bhattacharya Dipanjan; Bosman Michel; Mokkapati Venkata R S S; Leong Fong Yew; Mirsaidov Utkur^*

来源：Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2014, 20(2): 407-415.

DOI：10.1017/S1431927614000476

• nucleation
• in situ TEM
• nanodroplet
• interfacial water

The origin of the condensation of water begins at the nanoscale, a length-scale that is challenging to probe for liquids. In this work we directly image heterogeneous nucleation of water nanodroplets by in situ transmission electron microscopy. Using gold nanoparticles bound to a flat surface as heterogeneous nucleation sites, we observe nucleation and growth of water nanodroplets. The growth of nanodroplet radii follows the power law: R(t)similar to(t-t(0)), where similar to 0.2-0.3.

• 出版日期2014-4
• 单位MIT