Award Date

1-1-2006

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Committee Member

Biswajit Das

Number of Pages

51

Abstract

Nanoclusters, owing to their unusual chemical and physical properties, are much sought after in optoelectronics, electromagnetic sensors, and in many biological applications. Synthesizing of uniform cluster size, however, is not easy in many cluster source generators; This thesis proposes a methodology of parameter variation to optimize the desired size cluster so as to obtain uniform and narrow cluster distribution in a typical plasma gas condensation type cluster source. Theoretical modeling of parameters affecting the cluster growth is analyzed for silicon, copper, and cadmium sulphide, and it is experimentally verified by determining distribution of cluster sizes.

Keywords

Desired; Nanocluster; Obtain; Optimization; Parameters; Size

Controlled Subject

Electrical engineering; Materials science

File Format

pdf

File Size

1822.72 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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