Experimental Study on the Dependency of Ice Nucleation Active Surface Site Density on ATD Aerosol Size

In light of the percentage of Earth’s cloud coverage, heterogeneous ice nucleation in clouds is the most important global-scale pathway. More recent parameterizations of ice nucleation processes in the atmosphere are based on the concept of ice nucleation active surface site density (ns). It is usually assumed that ns is independent of time and aerosol size distribution, i.e. that the surface properties of aerosols of the same species do not vary with size. However, the independence of ns on aerosol size for every species has been questioned. This study presents the results of ice nucleation processes of ATD laboratory-generated aerosol (particle diameters of 0 - 3 μm). Ice nucleation in the condensation mode was performed in a Dynamic Filter Processing Cham- ber at temperatures of -18°C and -22°C, with a saturation ratio with respect to water of 1.02. Results show that ns increased by lowering the nucleation temperature, and was also dependent on the particle size. The ns of particles collected on the filters, after a 0.5 μm D50 cut-off cyclone, resulted statistically higher with respect to the values obtained from the particles collected on total filters. The results obtained suggest the need for further investigation of ns dependence of same composition aerosol particles with a view to support weather and climate predictions.

Influence of Surface Ultrasonic Scratching Pretreatment on Diamond Nucleation

Influence of the surface ultrasonic scratching pretreatment on diamond nucletion has been studied.Diamond films have been deposited on Si(100) by hot-filament chemical vapour deposition and characterized by scanning electron microscopy. 1.5～40μm diamond powders and mixtures of 1.5～5μm diamond as well as 5～20μm TaC powders were used in the ultrasonic scratching pretreatment. The experiment results show that thediamond nucleation density increases with increment of diamond powders size, and a mixture of diamond and TaCpowders enhances diamond nucleation much more greatly than that of diamond powders alone, especially when thesize of diamond powdets is not very large.

Influence of methane on hot filament CVD diamond films deposited on high-speed steel substrates with WC-Co interlayer

Diamond films were deposited on high-speed steel substrates by hot filament chemical vapor deposition （HFCVD） method. To minimize the early formation of graphite and to enhance the diamond film adhesion, a WC-Co coating was used as an interlayer on the steel substrates by high velocity oxy-fuel spraying. The effects of methane content on nucleation, quality, residual stress and adhesion of diamond films were investigated. The results indicate that the increasing methane content leads to the increase in nucleation density, residual stress, the degradation of quality and adhesion of diamond films. Diamond films deposited on high-speed steel （HSS） substrate with a WC-Co interlayer exhibit high nucleation density and good adhesion under the condition of the methane content initially set to be a higher value （4%, volume fraction） for 30 min, and then reduced to 2% for subsequent growth at pressure of 3 kPa and substrate temperature of 800 ℃.

Step-edge controlled fast growth of wafer-scale MoSe_(2)films by MOCVD

Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDCs),due to their unique physical properties,have a wide range of applications in the next generation of electronics,optoelectronics,and valleytronics.Large-scale preparation of high-quality TMDCs films is critical to realize these potential applications.Here we report a study on metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)growth of wafer-scale MoSe_(2)films guided by the crystalline step edges of miscut sapphire wafers.We established that the nucleation density and growth rate of MoSe_(2)films were positively correlated with the step-edge density and negatively with the growth temperature.At a certain temperature,the MoSe_(2)domains on the substrate with high step-edge density grow faster than that with low density.As a result,wafer-scale and continuous MoSe_(2)films can be formed in a short duration(30 min).The MoSe_(2)films are of high crystalline quality,as confirmed by systematic Raman and photoluminescence(PL)measurements.The results provide an important methodology for the rapid growth of wafer-scale TMDCs,which may promote the application of 2D semiconductors.

Reexamination of Correlations for Nucleate SiteDistribution on Boiling Surface by Fractal Theory

Nucleate site distribution plays an essential role in nucleate boiling process. In this paper1 it is pointed out that the size and spatial distribution density of nucleate sites presented on real boiling surface can be described by the normalized fractal distribution function, and the physical meaning of parameters involved in some experimental correlations proposed by early investigations are identified according to fractal distribution function. It is further suggested that the surface micro geometry characteristics such as the shape of cavities should be described and analyzed qualitatively by using fractal theory.