Atomic imprinting in the absence of an intrinsic length scale

Zhou, Chao; Datye, Amit; Chen, Zheng; Simon, Georg H.; Wang, Xinzhe; Schroers, Jan; Schwarz, Udo D.

doi:10.1063/5.0027982

Atomic imprinting in the absence of an intrinsic length scale

Journal Article · Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2020 · APL Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0027982· OSTI ID:1852115

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Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have successfully been used to replicate molds that are structured at the nano- and even atomic scale through thermoplastic forming (TPF), an ability that was speculated to be rooted in the glass’ featureless atomic structure. These previous demonstrations of atomically precise imprinting, however, were performed under conditions where mold atomic feature dimensions coincided with the unit cell size of constituents in the BMG. In order to evaluate if accurate atomic-scale replication is possible in general, i.e., independent of the accidental presence of favorable constituent size/feature size relationships, we have used Pt_57.5Cu_14.7Ni_5.3P_22.5to replicate three different crystalline facets of LaAlO₃ single crystals, each exposing distinct atomic step heights. We find that in all cases, the terraced surface termination can be copied with remarkable fidelity, corroborating that BMGs when thermoplastic formed are capable of adapting to any externally imposed confinement with sub-angstrom precision without being limited by factors related to the specifics of their internal structure. This unprecedented capability of quasi-limitless replication fidelity reveals that the deformation mechanism in the supercooled liquid state of BMGs is essentially homogeneous and suggests TPF of BMGs to be a versatile toolbox for atomic and precision nanoscale imprinting.

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Research Organization:: Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016179

OSTI ID:: 1852115

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1702575

Journal Information:: APL Materials, Journal Name: APL Materials Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 8; ISSN 2166-532X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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