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Title: Imaging transient melting of a nanocrystal using an X-ray laser

Abstract

Significance Despite phase transitions, such as melting, being ubiquitous in nature, understanding what occurs at the nanoscale (such as in nanocrystals) has so far remained challenging. With ensemble studies of nanocrystals it is often difficult to discriminate between intrinsic size-dependent properties and effects due to sample size and shape dispersity. Here, using an X-ray free electron laser we image the reversible melting of an individual nanocrystal induced by an ultrashort laser. It is revealed that the melting occurs transiently, repeatably, and inhomogeneously. This is consistent with a core-shell model where the exterior is melted and a solid core remains. These findings reveal, unambiguously, that core-shell melting occurs, which has important implications for understanding nanoscale phenomena.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9]
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  1. London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom,, Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany,
  2. London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom,
  3. Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
  4. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Advanced Molecular Imaging, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia,
  5. Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439,
  6. Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom,, Research Complex at Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom,
  7. Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
  8. Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
  9. London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom,, Research Complex at Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom,
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OSTI Identifier:
1235108
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 112 Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Clark, Jesse N., Beitra, Loren, Xiong, Gang, Fritz, David M., Lemke, Henrik T., Zhu, Diling, Chollet, Matthieu, Williams, Garth J., Messerschmidt, Marc M., Abbey, Brian, Harder, Ross J., Korsunsky, Alexander M., Wark, Justin S., Reis, David A., and Robinson, Ian K. Imaging transient melting of a nanocrystal using an X-ray laser. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1417678112.
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Clark, Jesse N., Beitra, Loren, Xiong, Gang, Fritz, David M., Lemke, Henrik T., Zhu, Diling, Chollet, Matthieu, Williams, Garth J., Messerschmidt, Marc M., Abbey, Brian, Harder, Ross J., Korsunsky, Alexander M., Wark, Justin S., Reis, David A., & Robinson, Ian K. Imaging transient melting of a nanocrystal using an X-ray laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417678112
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Clark, Jesse N., Beitra, Loren, Xiong, Gang, Fritz, David M., Lemke, Henrik T., Zhu, Diling, Chollet, Matthieu, Williams, Garth J., Messerschmidt, Marc M., Abbey, Brian, Harder, Ross J., Korsunsky, Alexander M., Wark, Justin S., Reis, David A., and Robinson, Ian K. Tue . "Imaging transient melting of a nanocrystal using an X-ray laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417678112.
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@article{osti_1235108,
title = {Imaging transient melting of a nanocrystal using an X-ray laser},
author = {Clark, Jesse N. and Beitra, Loren and Xiong, Gang and Fritz, David M. and Lemke, Henrik T. and Zhu, Diling and Chollet, Matthieu and Williams, Garth J. and Messerschmidt, Marc M. and Abbey, Brian and Harder, Ross J. and Korsunsky, Alexander M. and Wark, Justin S. and Reis, David A. and Robinson, Ian K.},
abstractNote = {Significance Despite phase transitions, such as melting, being ubiquitous in nature, understanding what occurs at the nanoscale (such as in nanocrystals) has so far remained challenging. With ensemble studies of nanocrystals it is often difficult to discriminate between intrinsic size-dependent properties and effects due to sample size and shape dispersity. Here, using an X-ray free electron laser we image the reversible melting of an individual nanocrystal induced by an ultrashort laser. It is revealed that the melting occurs transiently, repeatably, and inhomogeneously. This is consistent with a core-shell model where the exterior is melted and a solid core remains. These findings reveal, unambiguously, that core-shell melting occurs, which has important implications for understanding nanoscale phenomena.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1417678112},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 24,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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