Stress-Induced Structural Transformations in Au Nanocrystals

Parakh, Abhinav; Lee, Sangryun; Kiani, Mehrdad T.; Doan, David; Kunz, Martin; Doran, Andrew; Ryu, Seunghwa; Gu, X. Wendy

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03371

Stress-Induced Structural Transformations in Au Nanocrystals

Journal Article · Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03371· OSTI ID:1845094

^[1]; Lee, Sangryun ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Kunz, Martin ^[3]; Doran, Andrew ^[3]; ^[2]; Gu, X. Wendy ^[1]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
KAIST, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Nanocrystals can exist in multiply twinned structures like icosahedron or single crystalline structures like cuboctahedron. Transformations between these structures can proceed through diffusion or displacive motion. Experimental studies on nanocrystal structural transformations have focused on high-temperature diffusion-mediated processes. Limited experimental evidence of displacive motion exists. We report structural transformation of 6 nm Au nanocrystals under nonhydrostatic pressure of 7.7 GPa in a diamond anvil cell that is driven by displacive motion. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy were used to detect the structural transformation from multiply twinned to single crystalline. Single crystalline nanocrystals were recovered after unloading, then quickly reverted to the multiply twinned state after dispersion in toluene. Furthermore, the dynamics of recovery was captured using TEM which showed surface recrystallization and rapid twin boundary motion. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that twin boundaries are unstable due to defects nucleated from the interior of the nanocrystal.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1845094

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 20; ISSN 1530-6984

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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