Oriented Attachment Induces Fivefold Twins by Forming and Decomposing High-Energy Grain Boundaries

Song, Miao; Zhou, Gang; Lu, Ning; Lee, Jaewon; Nakouzi, Elias; Wang, Hao; Li, Dongsheng

doi:10.1126/science.aax6511

Title: Oriented Attachment Induces Fivefold Twins by Forming and Decomposing High-Energy Grain Boundaries

Journal Article · Fri Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax6511· OSTI ID:1592426

Song, Miao ^[1]; Zhou, Gang ^[2]; Lu, Ning ^[3]; Lee, Jaewon ^[1]; Nakouzi, Elias ^[1]; Wang, Hao ^[2];

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BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Michigan

The occurrence of 5-fold twinned nanoparticles, commonly observed in both natural and synthetic crystalline materials, leads to unique properties. However, nearly 200 years after their discovery, the formation mechanism is still ambiguous. Using in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy combined with molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that 5-fold twinning occurs via repeated oriented attachment of ~3 nm gold, platinum, and palladium nanoparticles. These attachment events create regions of negative curvature and high-energy grain boundaries, which then accumulate strain as surface diffusion and other atomic rearrangements eliminate the curvature. To relieve the strain, the boundaries decompose via nucleation and growth of a special class of twins whose net strain is zero. The results provide a quantitative understanding of the 5-fold twinning process; this knowledge provides guidance for interpreting and controlling twin structures and morphologies of a wide range of materials, including metals and oxides.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1592426

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-149217

Journal Information:: Science, Vol. 367, Issue 6473; ISSN 0036-8075

Publisher:: AAAS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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