Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles

Azadehranjbar, Soodabeh; Ding, Ruikang; Padilla Espinosa, Ingrid M.; Martini, Ashlie; Jacobs, Tevis D. B.

doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c11457

Title: Size-Dependent Role of Surfaces in the Deformation of Platinum Nanoparticles

Journal Article · 26 April 2023 · ACS Nano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c11457 · OSTI ID:1971578

Azadehranjbar, Soodabeh ^[1]; Ding, Ruikang ^[1];

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Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States)

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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Research Organization:: Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0021155

OSTI ID:: 1971578

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1972182; OSTI ID: 1972934

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 17, Issue 9; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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