Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure
Abstract
Liquids and solids are two fundamental states of matter. However, our understanding of their three-dimensional atomic structure is mostly based on physical models. Here we use atomic electron tomography to experimentally determine the three-dimensional atomic positions of monatomic amorphous solids, namely a Ta thin film and two Pd nanoparticles. We observe that pentagonal bipyramids are the most abundant atomic motifs in these amorphous materials. Instead of forming icosahedra, the majority of pentagonal bipyramids arrange into pentagonal bipyramid networks with medium-range order. Molecular dynamics simulations further reveal that pentagonal bipyramid networks are prevalent in monatomic metallic liquids, which rapidly grow in size and form more icosahedra during the quench from the liquid to the glass state. Furthermore, these results expand our understanding of the atomic structures of amorphous solids and will encourage future studies on amorphous–crystalline phase and glass transitions in non-crystalline materials with three-dimensional atomic resolution.
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- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1831088
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010378; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Glasses; Nanoparticles; Structure of solids and liquids; Transmission electron microscopy
Citation Formats
Yuan, Yakun, Kim, Dennis S., Zhou, Jihan, Chang, Dillan J., Zhu, Fan, Nagaoka, Yasutaka, Yang, Yao, Pham, Minh, Osher, Stanley J., Chen, Ou, Ercius, Peter, Schmid, Andreas K., and Miao, Jianwei. Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01114-z.
Yuan, Yakun, Kim, Dennis S., Zhou, Jihan, Chang, Dillan J., Zhu, Fan, Nagaoka, Yasutaka, Yang, Yao, Pham, Minh, Osher, Stanley J., Chen, Ou, Ercius, Peter, Schmid, Andreas K., & Miao, Jianwei. Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01114-z
Yuan, Yakun, Kim, Dennis S., Zhou, Jihan, Chang, Dillan J., Zhu, Fan, Nagaoka, Yasutaka, Yang, Yao, Pham, Minh, Osher, Stanley J., Chen, Ou, Ercius, Peter, Schmid, Andreas K., and Miao, Jianwei. Mon .
"Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01114-z. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1831088.
@article{osti_1831088,
title = {Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure},
author = {Yuan, Yakun and Kim, Dennis S. and Zhou, Jihan and Chang, Dillan J. and Zhu, Fan and Nagaoka, Yasutaka and Yang, Yao and Pham, Minh and Osher, Stanley J. and Chen, Ou and Ercius, Peter and Schmid, Andreas K. and Miao, Jianwei},
abstractNote = {Liquids and solids are two fundamental states of matter. However, our understanding of their three-dimensional atomic structure is mostly based on physical models. Here we use atomic electron tomography to experimentally determine the three-dimensional atomic positions of monatomic amorphous solids, namely a Ta thin film and two Pd nanoparticles. We observe that pentagonal bipyramids are the most abundant atomic motifs in these amorphous materials. Instead of forming icosahedra, the majority of pentagonal bipyramids arrange into pentagonal bipyramid networks with medium-range order. Molecular dynamics simulations further reveal that pentagonal bipyramid networks are prevalent in monatomic metallic liquids, which rapidly grow in size and form more icosahedra during the quench from the liquid to the glass state. Furthermore, these results expand our understanding of the atomic structures of amorphous solids and will encourage future studies on amorphous–crystalline phase and glass transitions in non-crystalline materials with three-dimensional atomic resolution.},
doi = {10.1038/s41563-021-01114-z},
journal = {Nature Materials},
number = ,
volume = 21,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {10}
}
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