Assertion: ostwald ripening | /r/CapableOf | facilitate alloy formation
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text: Although it may be argued that even Ostwald ripening involves material transfer from one NC to the other and hence may facilitate alloy formation, the fact that the final average size of the alloy NCs in the above reports is not very different from those taken in the initial physical mixture supports the contention that alloy formation proceeds via the DR process.