Receiving Copper Nanoparticles: Experiment and Modelling

The copper nanoparticles were obtained by evaporating the metal by the relativistic electron beam. The average size of synthesized particles was about 120 nm. They were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy. The results of the X-ray diffraction showed high content of the pure copper for closed setup with an inert gas. Transmission electron microscopy cleared some particles to have an icosahedral structure. These nanoparticles were obtained when the target was exposed by the beam with the highest current strength used in the experiment and the highest cooling of the copper vapor. The process of copper nanoparticle formation by the molecular dynamic method using EAM – potentials (potentials in the Embedded Atom Method form) was studied.