Amorphous-Phase-Mediated Crystallization of Ni Nanocrystals Revealed by High-Resolution Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy
Abstract
Nonclassical features of crystallization in solution have been recently identified both experimentally and theoretically. In particular, an amorphous-phase-mediated pathway is found in various crystallization systems as an important route, different from the classical nucleation and growth model. In this paper, we utilize high-resolution in situ transmission electron microscopy with graphene liquid cells to study amorphous-phase-mediated formation of Ni nanocrystals. An amorphous phase is precipitated in the initial stage of the reaction. Within the amorphous particles, crystalline domains nucleate and eventually form nanocrystals. In addition, unique crystallization behaviors, such as formation of multiple domains and dislocation relaxation, are observed in amorphous-phase-mediated crystallization. Theoretical calculations confirm that surface interactions can induce amorphous precipitation of metal precursors, which is analogous to the surface-induced amorphous-to-crystalline transformation occurring in biomineralization. In conclusion, our results imply that an unexplored nonclassical growth mechanism is important for the formation of nanocrystals.
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- Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Konkuk University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
- Hanyang University, Ansan (Korea, Republic of)
- Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
- Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1506398
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 141; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Yang, Jiwoong, Koo, Jahyun, Kim, Seulwoo, Jeon, Sungho, Choi, Back Kyu, Kwon, Sangwoo, Kim, Joodeok, Kim, Byung Hyo, Lee, Won Chul, Lee, Won Bo, Lee, Hoonkyung, Hyeon, Taeghwan, Ercius, Peter, and Park, Jungwon. Amorphous-Phase-Mediated Crystallization of Ni Nanocrystals Revealed by High-Resolution Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b11972.
Yang, Jiwoong, Koo, Jahyun, Kim, Seulwoo, Jeon, Sungho, Choi, Back Kyu, Kwon, Sangwoo, Kim, Joodeok, Kim, Byung Hyo, Lee, Won Chul, Lee, Won Bo, Lee, Hoonkyung, Hyeon, Taeghwan, Ercius, Peter, & Park, Jungwon. Amorphous-Phase-Mediated Crystallization of Ni Nanocrystals Revealed by High-Resolution Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b11972
Yang, Jiwoong, Koo, Jahyun, Kim, Seulwoo, Jeon, Sungho, Choi, Back Kyu, Kwon, Sangwoo, Kim, Joodeok, Kim, Byung Hyo, Lee, Won Chul, Lee, Won Bo, Lee, Hoonkyung, Hyeon, Taeghwan, Ercius, Peter, and Park, Jungwon. Fri .
"Amorphous-Phase-Mediated Crystallization of Ni Nanocrystals Revealed by High-Resolution Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b11972. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506398.
@article{osti_1506398,
title = {Amorphous-Phase-Mediated Crystallization of Ni Nanocrystals Revealed by High-Resolution Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy},
author = {Yang, Jiwoong and Koo, Jahyun and Kim, Seulwoo and Jeon, Sungho and Choi, Back Kyu and Kwon, Sangwoo and Kim, Joodeok and Kim, Byung Hyo and Lee, Won Chul and Lee, Won Bo and Lee, Hoonkyung and Hyeon, Taeghwan and Ercius, Peter and Park, Jungwon},
abstractNote = {Nonclassical features of crystallization in solution have been recently identified both experimentally and theoretically. In particular, an amorphous-phase-mediated pathway is found in various crystallization systems as an important route, different from the classical nucleation and growth model. In this paper, we utilize high-resolution in situ transmission electron microscopy with graphene liquid cells to study amorphous-phase-mediated formation of Ni nanocrystals. An amorphous phase is precipitated in the initial stage of the reaction. Within the amorphous particles, crystalline domains nucleate and eventually form nanocrystals. In addition, unique crystallization behaviors, such as formation of multiple domains and dislocation relaxation, are observed in amorphous-phase-mediated crystallization. Theoretical calculations confirm that surface interactions can induce amorphous precipitation of metal precursors, which is analogous to the surface-induced amorphous-to-crystalline transformation occurring in biomineralization. In conclusion, our results imply that an unexplored nonclassical growth mechanism is important for the formation of nanocrystals.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.8b11972},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 2,
volume = 141,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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