Nucleation and phase transformation pathways in electrolyte solutions investigated by in situ microscopy techniques

Tao, Jinhui; Nielsen, Michael H.; De Yoreo, James J.

doi:10.1016/j.cocis.2018.04.002

Title: Nucleation and phase transformation pathways in electrolyte solutions investigated by in situ microscopy techniques

Abstract

Identification of crystal nucleation and growth pathways is of fundamental importance for synthesis of functional materials, which requires control over size, orientation, polymorph, and hierarchical structure, often in the presence of additives used to tune the energy landscape defining these pathways. Here in this paper we summarize the recent progress in application of in situ TEM and AFM techniques to monitor or even tune the pathway of crystal nucleation and growth.

Authors:

Tao, Jinhui ^[1]; Nielsen, Michael H. ^[2]; De Yoreo, James J. ^[3]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-04-27

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1437026

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1513117; OSTI ID: 1545386

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-135089; LLNL-JRNL-741424
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-0294; PII: S1359029417301334

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05–76RL01830; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-0294

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Nucleation; Phase transformation; In situ TEM; In situ AFM; Materials science

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                    Tao, Jinhui, Nielsen, Michael H., and De Yoreo, James J. Nucleation and phase transformation pathways in electrolyte solutions investigated by in situ microscopy techniques.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Tao, Jinhui, Nielsen, Michael H., & De Yoreo, James J. Nucleation and phase transformation pathways in electrolyte solutions investigated by in situ microscopy techniques.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2018.04.002

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  title        = {Nucleation and phase transformation pathways in electrolyte solutions investigated by in situ microscopy techniques},

  author       = {Tao, Jinhui and Nielsen, Michael H. and De Yoreo, James J.},

  abstractNote = {Identification of crystal nucleation and growth pathways is of fundamental importance for synthesis of functional materials, which requires control over size, orientation, polymorph, and hierarchical structure, often in the presence of additives used to tune the energy landscape defining these pathways. Here in this paper we summarize the recent progress in application of in situ TEM and AFM techniques to monitor or even tune the pathway of crystal nucleation and growth.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.cocis.2018.04.002},

  journal      = {Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 34,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {4}

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Fig. 1: Many wide-ranging crystallization pathways have been proposed and/or observed for electrolyte solutions. In contrast to monomer-by-monomer addition as envisioned in classical models of crystal growth (gray curve), crystallization can occur by the addition of higher-order species ranging from multi-ion complexes to fully formed nanocrystals. Furthermore, the final phasemore »

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