Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles
Abstract
The mechanical behavior of nanostructures is known to transition from a Hall-Petch-like “smaller-is-stronger” trend, explained by dislocation starvation, to an inverse Hall- Petch “smaller-is-weaker” trend, typically attributed to the effect of surface diffusion. Yet recent work on platinum nanowires demonstrated the persistence of the smaller-is- stronger behavior down to few-nanometer diameters. Here, we used in situ nanomechanical testing inside of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to study the strength and deformation mechanisms of platinum nanoparticles, revealing the prominent and size-dependent role of surfaces. For larger particles with diameters from 41 nm down to approximately 9 nm, deformation was predominantly displacive yet still showed the smaller-is-weaker trend, suggesting a key role of surface curvature on dislocation nucleation. For particles below 9 nm, the weakening saturated to a constant value and particles deformed homogeneously, with shape recovery after load removal. Our high-resolution TEM videos revealed the role of surface atom migration in shape change during and after loading. During compression, the deformation was accommodated by atomic motion from lower-energy facets to higher-energy facets, which may indicate that it was governed by a confined- geometry equilibration; when the compression was removed, atom migration was reversed, and the original stress-free equilibrium shape was recovered.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, Merced, California 95340, United States
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- Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1971578
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1972182; OSTI ID: 1972934
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0021155
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- ACS Nano
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Volume: 17 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0851
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; platinum nanoparticles; in situ TEM; displacive deformation; diffusive deformation; nanomechanical testing; deformation; metal nanoparticles; nanoparticles; nucleation; stress; platinum nanoparticles, in situ TEM, displacive deformation, diffusive deformation, nanomechanical testing
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Azadehranjbar, Soodabeh, Ding, Ruikang, Padilla Espinosa, Ingrid M., Martini, Ashlie, and Jacobs, Tevis D. B. Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c11457.
Azadehranjbar, Soodabeh, Ding, Ruikang, Padilla Espinosa, Ingrid M., Martini, Ashlie, & Jacobs, Tevis D. B. Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c11457
Azadehranjbar, Soodabeh, Ding, Ruikang, Padilla Espinosa, Ingrid M., Martini, Ashlie, and Jacobs, Tevis D. B. Wed .
"Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c11457.
@article{osti_1971578,
title = {Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles},
author = {Azadehranjbar, Soodabeh and Ding, Ruikang and Padilla Espinosa, Ingrid M. and Martini, Ashlie and Jacobs, Tevis D. B.},
abstractNote = {The mechanical behavior of nanostructures is known to transition from a Hall-Petch-like “smaller-is-stronger” trend, explained by dislocation starvation, to an inverse Hall- Petch “smaller-is-weaker” trend, typically attributed to the effect of surface diffusion. Yet recent work on platinum nanowires demonstrated the persistence of the smaller-is- stronger behavior down to few-nanometer diameters. Here, we used in situ nanomechanical testing inside of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to study the strength and deformation mechanisms of platinum nanoparticles, revealing the prominent and size-dependent role of surfaces. For larger particles with diameters from 41 nm down to approximately 9 nm, deformation was predominantly displacive yet still showed the smaller-is-weaker trend, suggesting a key role of surface curvature on dislocation nucleation. For particles below 9 nm, the weakening saturated to a constant value and particles deformed homogeneously, with shape recovery after load removal. Our high-resolution TEM videos revealed the role of surface atom migration in shape change during and after loading. During compression, the deformation was accommodated by atomic motion from lower-energy facets to higher-energy facets, which may indicate that it was governed by a confined- geometry equilibration; when the compression was removed, atom migration was reversed, and the original stress-free equilibrium shape was recovered.},
doi = {10.1021/acsnano.2c11457},
journal = {ACS Nano},
number = 9,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}
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