Sculpted grain boundaries in soft crystals

Li, Xiao; Martínez-González, José A.; Guzmán, Orlando; Ma, Xuedan; Park, Kangho; Zhou, Chun; Kambe, Yu; Jin, Hyeong Min; Dolan, James A.; Nealey, Paul F.; de Pablo, Juan J.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax9112

Title: Sculpted grain boundaries in soft crystals

Abstract

Engineering the grain boundaries of crystalline materials represents an enduring challenge, particularly in the case of soft materials. Grain boundaries, however, can provide preferential sites for chemical reactions, adsorption processes, nucleation of phase transitions, and mechanical transformations. In this work, “soft heteroepitaxy” is used to exert precise control over the lattice orientation of three-dimensional liquid crystalline soft crystals, thereby granting the ability to sculpt the grain boundaries between them. Since these soft crystals are liquid-like in nature, the heteroepitaxy approach introduced here provides a clear strategy to accurately mold liquid-liquid interfaces in structured liquids with a hitherto unavailable level of precision.

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Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX (United States)
Univ. Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (México)
Univ. Autonóma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México (México)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-11-29

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

OSTI Identifier:: 1607629

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Science Advances

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548

Publisher:: AAAS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Li, Xiao, Martínez-González, José A., Guzmán, Orlando, Ma, Xuedan, Park, Kangho, Zhou, Chun, Kambe, Yu, Jin, Hyeong Min, Dolan, James A., Nealey, Paul F., and de Pablo, Juan J. Sculpted grain boundaries in soft crystals.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Li, Xiao, Martínez-González, José A., Guzmán, Orlando, Ma, Xuedan, Park, Kangho, Zhou, Chun, Kambe, Yu, Jin, Hyeong Min, Dolan, James A., Nealey, Paul F., & de Pablo, Juan J. Sculpted grain boundaries in soft crystals.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9112

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                    Li, Xiao, Martínez-González, José A., Guzmán, Orlando, Ma, Xuedan, Park, Kangho, Zhou, Chun, Kambe, Yu, Jin, Hyeong Min, Dolan, James A., Nealey, Paul F., and de Pablo, Juan J. Fri .  
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  title        = {Sculpted grain boundaries in soft crystals},

  author       = {Li, Xiao and Martínez-González, José A. and Guzmán, Orlando and Ma, Xuedan and Park, Kangho and Zhou, Chun and Kambe, Yu and Jin, Hyeong Min and Dolan, James A. and Nealey, Paul F. and de Pablo, Juan J.},

  abstractNote = {Engineering the grain boundaries of crystalline materials represents an enduring challenge, particularly in the case of soft materials. Grain boundaries, however, can provide preferential sites for chemical reactions, adsorption processes, nucleation of phase transitions, and mechanical transformations. In this work, “soft heteroepitaxy” is used to exert precise control over the lattice orientation of three-dimensional liquid crystalline soft crystals, thereby granting the ability to sculpt the grain boundaries between them. Since these soft crystals are liquid-like in nature, the heteroepitaxy approach introduced here provides a clear strategy to accurately mold liquid-liquid interfaces in structured liquids with a hitherto unavailable level of precision.},

  doi          = {10.1126/sciadv.aax9112},

  journal      = {Science Advances},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 5,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {11}

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