Budget Amount *help |
¥28,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥21,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,480,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥19,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,500,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We succeeded to measure the temperature and concentration of a vapor at the moments of nucleation using a specially designed interferometer. Surface free energy and sticking probability of nanoparticles can be determined based on nucleation theories. As the result, it has been found that extremely high supersaturation of ten to the power of 4th to 14th has been required and for homogeneous nucleation and then the sticking probability is as small as 0.01%. In addition, the nuclei form as a liquid phase and crystallize as temperature drops and, therefore, structure of nuclei does not determine at the time of initial nucleation.
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