Mechanisms of Interparticle Bridging in Sintering of Dispersed Nanoparticles

Abstract

We model within the kinetic Monte Carlo method the initiation of neck formation and then later evolution of the resulting bridging regions for configurations involving small particles initially positioned fitted between large particles for situations typical for sintering of FCC nanocrystals, e.g., noble-metal nanoparticles. Neck initiation mechanisms by layering or clustering are identified. The stability of the resulting bridging configurations depends on several parameters, notably, on the relative small to large particle size ratio, and we explain recent experimental findings on improved sintering achieved for certain bimodal size distributions.

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