Ion irradiation induced phase transformation in gold nanocrystalline films
Abstract
Gold is a noble metal typically stable as a solid in a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure under ambient conditions; however, under particular circumstances aberrant allotropes have been synthesized. In this work, we document the phase transformation of 25 nm thick nanocrystalline (NC) free-standing gold thin-film via in situ ion irradiation studied using atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Utilizing precession electron diffraction (PED) techniques, crystallographic orientation and the radiation-induced relative strains were measured and furthermore used to determine that a combination of surface and radiation-induced strains lead to an FCC to hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystallographic phase transformation upon a 10 dpa radiation dose of Au4+ ions. Contrary to previous studies, HCP phase in nanostructures of gold was stabilized and did not transform back to FCC due to a combination of size effects and defects imparted by damage cascades.
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- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC). Materials Sciences & Engineering
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- 1678790
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- OSTI ID: 1691452; OSTI ID: 1879403; OSTI ID: 1879404
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- SAND-2020-11243J; LA-UR-22-24571; LA-UR-22-24590
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; 17864; PII: 74779
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- Scientific Reports
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- Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- United Kingdom
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- English
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- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; condensed-matter physics; materials for energy and catalysis; nanoscale materials; structural materials
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Suri, Pranav K., Nathaniel, II, James E., Li, Nan, Baldwin, Jon K., Wang, Yongqiang, Hattar, Khalid, and Taheri, Mitra L. Ion irradiation induced phase transformation in gold nanocrystalline films. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74779-2.
Suri, Pranav K., Nathaniel, II, James E., Li, Nan, Baldwin, Jon K., Wang, Yongqiang, Hattar, Khalid, & Taheri, Mitra L. Ion irradiation induced phase transformation in gold nanocrystalline films. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74779-2
Suri, Pranav K., Nathaniel, II, James E., Li, Nan, Baldwin, Jon K., Wang, Yongqiang, Hattar, Khalid, and Taheri, Mitra L. Tue .
"Ion irradiation induced phase transformation in gold nanocrystalline films". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74779-2.
@article{osti_1678790,
title = {Ion irradiation induced phase transformation in gold nanocrystalline films},
author = {Suri, Pranav K. and Nathaniel, II, James E. and Li, Nan and Baldwin, Jon K. and Wang, Yongqiang and Hattar, Khalid and Taheri, Mitra L.},
abstractNote = {Gold is a noble metal typically stable as a solid in a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure under ambient conditions; however, under particular circumstances aberrant allotropes have been synthesized. In this work, we document the phase transformation of 25 nm thick nanocrystalline (NC) free-standing gold thin-film via in situ ion irradiation studied using atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Utilizing precession electron diffraction (PED) techniques, crystallographic orientation and the radiation-induced relative strains were measured and furthermore used to determine that a combination of surface and radiation-induced strains lead to an FCC to hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystallographic phase transformation upon a 10 dpa radiation dose of Au4+ ions. Contrary to previous studies, HCP phase in nanostructures of gold was stabilized and did not transform back to FCC due to a combination of size effects and defects imparted by damage cascades.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-74779-2},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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