A Discovery of Strong Metal–Support Bonding in Nanoengineered Au–Fe 3 O 4 Dumbbell-like Nanoparticles by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Han, Chang Wan; Choksi, Tej; Milligan, Cory; Majumdar, Paulami; Manto, Michael; Cui, Yanran; Sang, Xiahan; Unocic, Raymond R.; Zemlyanov, Dmitry; Wang, Chao; Ribeiro, Fabio H.; Greeley, Jeffrey; Ortalan, Volkan

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00827

Title: A Discovery of Strong Metal–Support Bonding in Nanoengineered Au–Fe ₃ O ₄ Dumbbell-like Nanoparticles by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Journal Article · Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00827· OSTI ID:1399979

Han, Chang Wan ^[1]; Choksi, Tej ^[1]; Milligan, Cory ^[1]; Majumdar, Paulami ^[1]; Manto, Michael ^[2]; Cui, Yanran ^[1]; Sang, Xiahan ^[3]; Unocic, Raymond R. ^[3]; Zemlyanov, Dmitry ^[1]; Wang, Chao ^[2]; Ribeiro, Fabio H. ^[1]; Greeley, Jeffrey ^[1]; Ortalan, Volkan ^[1]

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)

The strength of metal-support bonding in heterogeneous catalysts determines their thermal stability, therefore, a tremendous amount of effort has been expended to understand metal-support interactions. Herein, we report the discovery of an anomalous “strong metal-support bonding” between gold nanoparticles and “nano-engineered” Fe₃O₄ substrates by in-situ microscopy. During in-situ vacuum annealing of Au-Fe₃O₄ dumbbell-like nanoparticles, synthesized by the epitaxial growth of nano-Fe₃O₄ on Au nanoparticles, the gold nanoparticles transform into the monolayered gold thinfilms and wet the surface of nano-Fe₃O₄, as the surface reduction of nano-Fe₃O₄ proceeds. This phenomenon results from a unique coupling of the size-and shape-dependent high surface reducibility of nano-Fe₃O₄ and the extremely strong adhesion between Au and the reduced Fe₃O₄. This strong-metal support bonding reveals the significance of controlling the metal oxide support size and morphology for optimizing metal-support bonding and, ultimately, for the development of improved catalysts and functional nanostructures.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1399979

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 8; ISSN 1530-6984

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