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Title: Space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering to probe assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices

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Abstract The structure of nanocrystal superlattices has been extensively studied and well documented, however, their assembly process is poorly understood. In this work, we demonstrate an in situ space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering measurement that we use to probe the assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices driven by electric fields. The electric field creates a nanocrystal flux to the surface, providing a systematic means to vary the nanocrystal concentration near the electrode and thereby to initiate nucleation and growth of superlattices in several minutes. Using this approach, we measure the space- and time-resolved concentration and polydispersity gradients during deposition and show how they affect the superlattice constant and degree of order. We find that the field induces a size-selection effect that can reduce the polydispersity near the substrate by 21% leading to better quality crystals and resulting in field strength-dependent superlattice lattice constants.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1619802
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OSTI ID: 1512593
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-737659
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; 4211; PII: 6734
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Yu, Yixuan, Yu, Dian, Sadigh, Babak, and Orme, Christine A. Space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering to probe assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06734-9.
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Yu, Yixuan, Yu, Dian, Sadigh, Babak, & Orme, Christine A. Space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering to probe assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06734-9
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Yu, Yixuan, Yu, Dian, Sadigh, Babak, and Orme, Christine A. Thu . "Space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering to probe assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06734-9.
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@article{osti_1619802,
title = {Space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering to probe assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices},
author = {Yu, Yixuan and Yu, Dian and Sadigh, Babak and Orme, Christine A.},
abstractNote = {Abstract The structure of nanocrystal superlattices has been extensively studied and well documented, however, their assembly process is poorly understood. In this work, we demonstrate an in situ space- and time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering measurement that we use to probe the assembly of silver nanocrystal superlattices driven by electric fields. The electric field creates a nanocrystal flux to the surface, providing a systematic means to vary the nanocrystal concentration near the electrode and thereby to initiate nucleation and growth of superlattices in several minutes. Using this approach, we measure the space- and time-resolved concentration and polydispersity gradients during deposition and show how they affect the superlattice constant and degree of order. We find that the field induces a size-selection effect that can reduce the polydispersity near the substrate by 21% leading to better quality crystals and resulting in field strength-dependent superlattice lattice constants.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-06734-9},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Electric fields assemble Ag nanocrystals into 3-dimensional FCC superlattices. (a) Optical microscope image of three-dimensional (3D )superlattices grown under an electric field of 20 Vcm-1 for 60 min. These superlattices have a uniform equilateral triangular shape. Scale bar is 50 μm. (b) Atomic force microscope image with 5more » μm scale bar of superlattices (top), and the height profile along the blue dotted line (bottom). (c) SEM image with 10 μm scale bar of a superlattice that has a base edge length of 28.5 μm (white dotted line) and top edge length of 26.9 μm (blue dotted line). Scheme inserted at bottom left corner shows the proposed geometry of a 3D superlattice, which is a truncated tetrahedron. (d) SEM image with 50 nm scale bar acquired at the top of a superlattice showing the packing of individual Ag nanocrystals. (e) GISAXS pattern of superlattices obtained under a field of 20 Vcm-1 for 60 min, indexed (red crosses) to an FCC structure with a lattice constant, $a$, of 13.2 nm, oriented with its (111) planes parallel to the substrate. The axes, $q_{x}$ and $q_{z}$ represent the magnitude of the scatter vector in the plane of the sample and perpendicular to the plane of the sample, respectively.« less
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