Complete miscibility of immiscible elements at the nanometre scale

Chen, Peng-Cheng; Gao, Mengyu; McCandler, Caitlin A.; Song, Chengyu; Jin, Jianbo; Yang, Yao; Maulana, Arifin Luthfi; Persson, Kristin A.; Yang, Peidong

doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01626-0

Complete miscibility of immiscible elements at the nanometre scale

Journal Article · Thu Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 2024 · Nature Nanotechnology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01626-0· OSTI ID:2472914

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Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China); Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry

Understanding the mixing behaviour of elements in a multielement material is important to control its structure and property. When the size of a multielement material is decreased to the nanoscale, the miscibility of elements in the nanomaterial often changes from its bulk counterpart. However, there is a lack of comprehensive and quantitative experimental insight into this process. Here, in this study, we explored how the miscibility of Au and Rh evolves in nanoparticles of sizes varying from 4 to 1 nm and composition changing from 15% Au to 85% Au. We found that the two immiscible elements exhibit a phase-separation-to-alloy transition in nanoparticles with decreased size and become completely miscible in sub-2 nm particles across the entire compositional range. Quantitative electron microscopy analysis and theoretical calculations were used to show that the observed immiscibility-to-miscibility transition is dictated by particle size, composition and possible surface adsorbates present under the synthesis conditions.

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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). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2472914

Journal Information:: Nature Nanotechnology, Journal Name: Nature Nanotechnology Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 19; ISSN 1748-3387

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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