Nanoparticles Speed and Stick
Accompanying 2009 APS March Meeting Paper
A nanoparticle of 30,000 silicon atoms traveling at speeds in excess of 2,000 meters per second undergoes a phase change and sticks to a surface (video 2) that it would otherwise bounce off (video 1).
Abstract: W12.00011
Video Length: 0:04 and 0:06
Video Credit: T. Dumitrica, University of Minnesota
