Galvanic Replacement-Driven Transformations of Atomically Intermixed Bimetallic Colloidal Nanocrystals: Effects of Compositional Stoichiometry and Structural Ordering
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Galvanic replacement reactions dictated by deliberately designed nanoparticulate templates have emerged as a robust and versatile approach that controllably transforms solid monometallic nanocrystals into a diverse set of architecturally more sophisticated multimetallic hollow nanostructures. The galvanic atomic exchange at the nanoparticle/liquid interfaces induces a series of intriguing structure-transforming processes that interplay over multiple time and length scales. Using colloidal Au–Cu alloy and intermetallic nanoparticles as structurally and compositionally fine-tunable bimetallic sacrificial templates, we show that atomically intermixed bimetallic nanocrystals undergo galvanic replacement-driven structural transformations remarkably more complicated than those of their monometallic counterparts. Here, we interpret the versatile structure-transforming behaviors of the bimetallic nanocrystals in the context of a unified mechanistic picture that rigorously interprets the interplay of three key structure-evolutionary pathways: dealloying, Kirkendall diffusion, and Ostwald ripening. By deliberately tuning the compositional stoichiometry and atomic-level structural ordering of the Au–Cu bimetallic nanocrystals, we have been able to fine-maneuver the relative rates of dealloying and Kirkendall diffusion with respect to that of Ostwald ripening through which an entire family of architecturally distinct complex nanostructures are created in a selective and controllable manner upon galvanic replacement reactions. The insights gained from our systematic comparative studies form a central knowledge framework that allows us to fully understand how multiple classic effects and processes interplay within the confinement by a colloidal nanocrystal to synergistically guide the structural transformations of complex nanostructures at both the atomic and nanoparticulate levels.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials (CHWM)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Department of Education; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0016574
- OSTI ID:
- 1470524
- Journal Information:
- Langmuir, Journal Name: Langmuir Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 34; ISSN 0743-7463
- Publisher:
- American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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