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Title: Tuning the structure and habit of iron oxide mesocrystals

Abstract

A precise control over the meso- and microstructure of ordered and aligned nanoparticle assemblies, i.e., mesocrystals, is essential in the quest for exploiting the collective material properties for potential applications. In this work, we produced evaporation-induced self-assembled mesocrystals with different mesostructures and crystal habits based on iron oxide nanocubes by varying the nanocube size and shape and by applying magnetic fields. A full 3D characterization of the mesocrystals was performed using image analysis, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering (GISAXS). This enabled the structural determination of e.g. multi-domain mesocrystals with complex crystal habits and the quantification of interparticle distances with sub-nm precision. Mesocrystals of small nanocubes (l = 8.6 12.6 nm) are isostructural with a body centred tetragonal (bct ) lattice whereas assemblies of the largest nanocubes in this study (l = 13.6 nm) additionally form a simple cubic (sc) lattice. The mesocrystal habit can be tuned from a square, hexagonal to star-like and pillar shapes depending on the particle size and shape and the strength of the applied magnetic field. Finally, we outline a qualitative phase diagram of the evaporation-induced self-assembled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocube mesocrystals based on nanocube edge length and magnetic fieldmore » strength.« less

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [2];  [2];  [6];  [6]
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  1. Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Materials and Environmental Chemistry; Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Angstrom Lab., Dept. of Engineering Sciences
  2. Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany). Juelich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), Peter Grunberg Inst. PGI, JARA-FIT
  3. Univ. zu Koln (Germany). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany). Juelich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), Peter Grunberg Inst. PGI, JARA-FIT; Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany). Inst. of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research
  5. Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany). Juelich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), Peter Grunberg Inst. PGI, JARA-FIT; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
  6. Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1319205
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; FP7- NMP-604448; PIEF-GA-2011- 298918; DI 1788/2-1
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 34; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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Wetterskog, Erik, Klapper, Alice, Disch, Sabrina, Josten, Elisabeth, Hermann, Raphaël P., Rücker, Ulrich, Brückel, Thomas, Bergström, Lennart, and Salazar-Alvarez, German. Tuning the structure and habit of iron oxide mesocrystals. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/C6NR03776C.
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Wetterskog, Erik, Klapper, Alice, Disch, Sabrina, Josten, Elisabeth, Hermann, Raphaël P., Rücker, Ulrich, Brückel, Thomas, Bergström, Lennart, & Salazar-Alvarez, German. Tuning the structure and habit of iron oxide mesocrystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR03776C
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Wetterskog, Erik, Klapper, Alice, Disch, Sabrina, Josten, Elisabeth, Hermann, Raphaël P., Rücker, Ulrich, Brückel, Thomas, Bergström, Lennart, and Salazar-Alvarez, German. Mon . "Tuning the structure and habit of iron oxide mesocrystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR03776C. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1319205.
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@article{osti_1319205,
title = {Tuning the structure and habit of iron oxide mesocrystals},
author = {Wetterskog, Erik and Klapper, Alice and Disch, Sabrina and Josten, Elisabeth and Hermann, Raphaël P. and Rücker, Ulrich and Brückel, Thomas and Bergström, Lennart and Salazar-Alvarez, German},
abstractNote = {A precise control over the meso- and microstructure of ordered and aligned nanoparticle assemblies, i.e., mesocrystals, is essential in the quest for exploiting the collective material properties for potential applications. In this work, we produced evaporation-induced self-assembled mesocrystals with different mesostructures and crystal habits based on iron oxide nanocubes by varying the nanocube size and shape and by applying magnetic fields. A full 3D characterization of the mesocrystals was performed using image analysis, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering (GISAXS). This enabled the structural determination of e.g. multi-domain mesocrystals with complex crystal habits and the quantification of interparticle distances with sub-nm precision. Mesocrystals of small nanocubes (l = 8.6 12.6 nm) are isostructural with a body centred tetragonal (bct ) lattice whereas assemblies of the largest nanocubes in this study (l = 13.6 nm) additionally form a simple cubic (sc) lattice. The mesocrystal habit can be tuned from a square, hexagonal to star-like and pillar shapes depending on the particle size and shape and the strength of the applied magnetic field. Finally, we outline a qualitative phase diagram of the evaporation-induced self-assembled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocube mesocrystals based on nanocube edge length and magnetic field strength.},
doi = {10.1039/C6NR03776C},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 34,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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