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Potential applications of nanolattices often require filling their empty space with eutectic metallic alloys. Due to confinement to nanolattices, the structure of phase segregates in eutectic alloys can differ from that in bulk. These problems are poorly understood now. We have used small angle neutron scattering (SANS) to study the segregation in the Ga-In alloy confined to an opal template with the regular pore network, created by a strict regularity of opal constituents in close similarity with nanolattices. We showed that SANS is a powerful tool to reveal the configuration of segregated phases within nanotemplates. The In-rich segregates were found to have specific structural features as small sizes and ordered arrangement.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2245
JournalNanomaterials
Volume12
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2022

    Research areas

  • Ga-In eutectic nanoalloy, SANS, nanotemplate, segregates

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)
  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Materials Science(all)

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