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nder what conditions does (SiO)N nucleation occur? A bottom-up kinetic modelling evaluation


Under what conditions does (SiO)N nucleation occur? A bottom-up kinetic modelling evaluation

S. T. Bromley, J. C. Gómez Martín, J. M. C. Plane.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18 (2016) 26913.

Although nano-sized and nano-segregated SiO has great technological potential and is of enormous astronomical interest, an accurate general description of SiO nucleation is lacking. We provide a state-of-the art evaluation of the range of pressure and temperature conditions for which formation of SiO will or will not proceed.