Oxidation induced strain and defects in magnetite crystals

Yuan, Ke; Lee, Sang Soo; Cha, Wonsuk; Ulvestad, Andrew; Kim, Hyunjung; Abdilla, Bektur; Sturchio, Neil C.; Fenter, Paul

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08470-0

Title: Oxidation induced strain and defects in magnetite crystals

Journal Article · Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08470-0· OSTI ID:1494579

Yuan, Ke ^[1];

^[1]; Cha, Wonsuk ^[1];

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^[2]; Abdilla, Bektur ^[3]; Sturchio, Neil C. ^[3];

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Sogang Univ., Seoul (Korea)
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)

Oxidation of magnetite (Fe₃O₄) has broad implications in geochemistry, environmental science and materials science. Spatially resolving strain fields and defect evolution during oxidation of magnetite provides further insight into its reaction mechanisms. Here we show that the morphology and internal strain distributions within individual nano-sized (~400 nm) magnetite crystals can be visualized using Bragg coherent diffractive imaging (BCDI). Oxidative dissolution in acidic solutions leads to increases in the magnitude and heterogeneity of internal strains. This heterogeneous strain likely results from lattice distortion caused by Fe(II) diffusion that leads to the observed domains of increasing compressive and tensile strains. In contrast, strain evolution is less pronounced during magnetite oxidation at elevated temperature in air. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that oxidative dissolution of magnetite can induce a rich array of strain and defect structures, which could be an important factor that contributes to the high reactivity observed on magnetite particles in aqueous environment.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division

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OSTI ID:: 1494579

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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