They cover linear and nonlinear diffusion; the
Kirkendall effect and inverse
Kirkendall effect; ripening among nano-precipitates; spinodal decomposition; nucleation events in bulk materials, thin films, and nanowires; contact reactions on silicon: plane, line, and point contact reactions; grain growth in microscale and nanoscale; self-sustaining reactions in nanoscale multi-layered thin films; and the formation and transformations of nanotwins in copper.
Besides OA mechanism, the well-known physical phenomenon Ostwald ripening and Kirkendall effect have been widely employed in template-free fabrication of porous nanostructures [44-47].
Alivisatos, "Reaction regimes on the synthesis of hollow particles by the Kirkendall effect," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol.
The central role in the diffusion theory of multicomponent systems plays the Kirkendall effect [1], i.e., the discovery that drift in solids can be generated by diffusion.
van Too, "Intrinsic diffusion and Kirkendall effect in Ni-Pd and Fe-Pd solid solutions," Acta Materialia, vol.