In my opinion:
Synthesis: creation of product through chemical reaction (eg synthesized nanoparticles from reduction reaction)
Deposition: Start with material and lay it down onto a surface either through aerosols (vapor) or chemical bonds (wet).
Growth: Seems to imply a seed unit on which other units will attach until a composite is formed. For example, many large nanoparticles are grown by beginning with smaller AuNP's as seeds, and having more gold atoms bind to them.
In my opinion:
Synthesis: creation of product through chemical reaction (eg synthesized nanoparticles from reduction reaction)
Deposition: Start with material and lay it down onto a surface either through aerosols (vapor) or chemical bonds (wet).
Growth: Seems to imply a seed unit on which other units will attach until a composite is formed. For example, many large nanoparticles are grown by beginning with smaller AuNP's as seeds, and having more gold atoms bind to them.
Have in mind that growth can sometimes consume the substrate, e.g. when growing SiO2 on Si. This does not happen with deposition.
Dear Kaveh
Thank you for your help but I thing we must use word deposition for Sio2 on Si because because SiO2 amorphous
Agree with Adam
Growth is the process, deposition is technique and synthesis is the chemical reaction that form new material
come to your example: NiO grown on Si by some deposition technique. I think, you can not say "NiO/Si synthesis". For chemical reaction, SYNTHESIS of Au nanoparticle is the correct way of representing.
check with others
SiO2 can be grown and deposited on Si substrate depending on what type or temperature are you talking about.
Dear KauShal
I only want to understand physically the words (Growth, deposition and synthesis.)
because English is not my own language,Are these words above depended on techniques when we use it.For Example:
when i want zns/Si,if i want to use these technics(CVD,RF spatering,thermal evaporation and .....etc)which word from the above i can use?
Hi, in this case, ZnS is "obtained" on a Si substrate from gaseous atoms so the word deposition should be chosen.
Deposition and growth are usually leading to the similar process depending on the technique used, rather than temperature.
Both of them have a physical reaction. But, growth is associated with MBE and similar techniques, whereas deposition refers to others like PLD and ALD.
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