Understanding the Role of Solvation Forces on the Preferential Attachment of Nanoparticles in Liquid

Welch, David A.; Woehl, Taylor J.; Park, Chiwoo; Faller, Roland; Evans, James E.; Browning, Nigel D.

doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b06632

Title: Understanding the Role of Solvation Forces on the Preferential Attachment of Nanoparticles in Liquid

Journal Article · Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2015 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b06632· OSTI ID:1252731

Welch, David A. ^[1]; Woehl, Taylor J. ^[1]; Park, Chiwoo ^[2]; Faller, Roland ^[1]; Evans, James E. ^[3]; Browning, Nigel D. ^[4]

Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Fundamental Computational Sciences Directorate

We discuss optimization of colloidal nanoparticle synthesis techniques, which requires an understanding of underlying particle growth mechanisms. Nonclassical growth mechanisms are particularly important as they affect nanoparticle size and shape distributions, which in turn influence functional properties. For example, preferential attachment of nanoparticles is known to lead to the formation of mesocrystals, although the formation mechanism is currently not well-understood. Here we employ in situ liquid cell scanning transmission electron microscopy and steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations to demonstrate that the experimentally observed preference for end-to-end attachment of silver nanorods is a result of weaker solvation forces occurring at rod ends. In conclusion, SMD reveals that when the side of a nanorod approaches another rod, perturbation in the surface-bound water at the nanorod surface creates significant energy barriers to attachment. Additionally, rod morphology (i.e., facet shape) effects can explain the majority of the side attachment effects that are observed experimentally.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-03ER46057; AC05- 76RL01830; NSF-1334012

OSTI ID:: 1252731

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Vol. 10, Issue 1; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 45 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (42)

Synthesis of nanoparticles in the gas phase for electronic, optical and magnetic applications—a review Kruis, F. Einar; Fissan, Heinz; Peled, Aaron Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 29, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-8502(97)10032-5	journal	June 1998
Controlling the Synthesis and Assembly of Silver Nanostructures for Plasmonic Applications Rycenga, Matthew; Cobley, Claire M.; Zeng, Jie Chemical Reviews, Vol. 111, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr100275d	journal	June 2011
Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Biosensing Applications Doria, Gonçalo; Conde, João; Veigas, Bruno Sensors, Vol. 12, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.3390/s120201657	journal	February 2012
Morphology-dependent nanocatalysis: metal particles Li, Yong; Liu, Qiying; Shen, Wenjie Dalton Transactions, Vol. 40, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt01404d	journal	January 2011
Anisotropic Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly, and Optical Applications Murphy, Catherine J.; Sau, Tapan K.; Gole, Anand M. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 109, Issue 29 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0516846	journal	July 2005
A review of modern transition-metal nanoclusters: their synthesis, characterization, and applications in catalysis Aiken, John D.; Finke, Richard G. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 145, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1381-1169(99)00098-9	journal	September 1999
Origin of nanomorphology: does a complete theory of nanoparticle evolution exist? Seyed-Razavi, Alireza; Snook, Ian K.; Barnard, Amanda S. J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 20, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1039/B915383G	journal	January 2010
How to control the shape of metal nanostructures in organic solution phase synthesis for plasmonics and catalysis Watt, John; Cheong, Soshan; Tilley, Richard D. Nano Today, Vol. 8, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2013.03.001	journal	April 2013
PtM (M=Cu, Co, Ni, Fe) Nanocrystals: From Small Nanoparticles to Wormlike Nanowires by Oriented Attachment Yu, Xiaofei; Wang, Dingsheng; Peng, Qing Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 19, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201203332	journal	November 2012
Metal Nanocrystals with Highly Branched Morphologies Lim, Byungkwon; Xia, Younan Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 50, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201002024	journal	November 2010
Understanding the oriented-attachment growth of nanocrystals from an energy point of view: a review Lv, Weiqiang; He, Weidong; Wang, Xiaoning Nanoscale, Vol. 6, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr04717b	journal	January 2014
In situ TEM investigation of β-FeOOH and α-Fe2O3 nanorods Almeida, Trevor P.; Fay, Michael W.; Zhu, Yanqiu Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, Vol. 44, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2011.01.016	journal	March 2012
Direct in Situ Determination of the Mechanisms Controlling Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth Woehl, Taylor J.; Evans, James E.; Arslan, Ilke ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn303371y	journal	September 2012
Real-Time Imaging of Pt3Fe Nanorod Growth in Solution Liao, H. -G.; Cui, L.; Whitelam, S. Science, Vol. 336, Issue 6084 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1219185	journal	May 2012
High-Resolution EM of Colloidal Nanocrystal Growth Using Graphene Liquid Cells Yuk, Jong Min; Park, Jungwon; Ercius, Peter Science, Vol. 336, Issue 6077 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1217654	journal	April 2012
Direct Observation of Nanoparticle Superlattice Formation by Using Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy Park, Jungwon; Zheng, Haimei; Lee, Won Chul ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn203837m	journal	February 2012
Direct in Situ Observation of Nanoparticle Synthesis in a Liquid Crystal Surfactant Template Parent, Lucas R.; Robinson, David B.; Woehl, Taylor J. ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn300671g	journal	March 2012
In Situ Visualization of Self-Assembly of Charged Gold Nanoparticles Liu, Yuzi; Lin, Xiao-Min; Sun, Yugang Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja312620e	journal	February 2013
In situ liquid-cell electron microscopy of colloid aggregation and growth dynamics Grogan, Joseph M.; Rotkina, Lolita; Bau, Haim H. Physical Review E, Vol. 83, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061405	journal	June 2011
Controlled Growth of Nanoparticles from Solution with In Situ Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy Evans, James E.; Jungjohann, Katherine L.; Browning, Nigel D. Nano Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl201166k	journal	July 2011
Charged Nanoparticle Dynamics in Water Induced by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy White, E. R.; Mecklenburg, Matthew; Shevitski, Brian Langmuir, Vol. 28, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/la2048486	journal	February 2012
Challenges associated with in-situ TEM in environmental systems: The case of silver in aqueous solutions Noh, Kyong Wook; Liu, Yin; Sun, Li Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 116 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.03.012	journal	May 2012
In Situ Live Observation of Nucleation and Dissolution of Sodium Chlorate Nanoparticles by Transmission Electron Microscopy Kimura, Yuki; Niinomi, Hiromasa; Tsukamoto, Katsuo Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 136, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja412111f	journal	January 2014
Direction-Specific Interactions Control Crystal Growth by Oriented Attachment Li, D.; Nielsen, M. H.; Lee, J. R. I. Science, Vol. 336, Issue 6084 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1219643	journal	May 2012
Observation of Single Colloidal Platinum Nanocrystal Growth Trajectories Zheng, H.; Smith, R. K.; Jun, Y. -w. Science, Vol. 324, Issue 5932 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1172104	journal	June 2009
Nanoparticle Dynamics in a Nanodroplet Lu, Jingyu; Aabdin, Zainul; Loh, N. Duane Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl500766j	journal	March 2014
Radiation damage in the TEM and SEM Egerton, R. F.; Li, P.; Malac, M. Micron, Vol. 35, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2004.02.003	journal	August 2004
Experimental procedures to mitigate electron beam induced artifacts during in situ fluid imaging of nanomaterials Woehl, Taylor J.; Jungjohann, Katherine L.; Evans, James E. Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.07.018	journal	April 2013
Factors influencing quantitative liquid (scanning) transmission electron microscopy Abellan, P.; Woehl, T. J.; Parent, L. R. Chem. Commun., Vol. 50, Issue 38 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc48479c	journal	January 2014
Electron–Water Interactions and Implications for Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy Schneider, Nicholas M.; Norton, Michael M.; Mendel, Brian J. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 118, Issue 38 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp507400n	journal	September 2014
Uncovering Molecular Processes in Crystal Nucleation and Growth by Using Molecular Simulation Anwar, Jamshed; Zahn, Dirk Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 50, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201000463	journal	January 2011
Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoparticles Tian, Pu Annual Reports Section "C" (Physical Chemistry), Vol. 104 https://doi.org/10.1039/b703897f	journal	January 2008
Mechanisms of Oriented Attachment of TiO ₂ Nanocrystals in Vacuum and Humid Environments: Reactive Molecular Dynamics Raju, Muralikrishna; van Duin, Adri C. T.; Fichthorn, Kristen A. Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl404533k	journal	March 2014
Orientational Ordering of Passivating Ligands on CdS Nanorods in Solution Generates Strong Rod–Rod Interactions Widmer-Cooper, Asaph; Geissler, Phillip Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl403067p	journal	December 2013
Role of Solvent in the Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Anisotropic Colloidal Nanostructures Sathiyanarayanan, Rajesh; Alimohammadi, Mozhgan; Zhou, Ya The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 115, Issue 39 https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2046307	journal	September 2011
Molecular-dynamics simulation of forces between nanoparticles in a Lennard-Jones liquid Qin, Yong; Fichthorn, Kristen A. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1615493	journal	November 2003
Simulating interactions between nanoparticles in Lennard-Jones liquids Verma, Shailendra Kumar; Mukherjee, A. K.; Sinha, I. Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 572 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.04.031	journal	May 2013
Evaluation of Interaction Forces between Macroparticles in Simple Fluids by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Shinto, Hiroyuki; Miyahara, Minoru; Higashitani, Ko Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 209, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.1998.5870	journal	January 1999
Electron microscopy of specimens in liquid de Jonge, Niels; Ross, Frances M. Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 6, Issue 11, p. 695-704 https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.161	journal	October 2011
Direct Observation of Aggregative Nanoparticle Growth: Kinetic Modeling of the Size Distribution and Growth Rate Woehl, Taylor J.; Park, Chiwoo; Evans, James E. Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl4043328	journal	December 2013
An Energy Investigation into 1D/2D Oriented-Attachment Assemblies of 1D Ag Nanocrystals Lv, Weiqiang; Yang, Xuemei; Wang, Wei ChemPhysChem, Vol. 15, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201402150	journal	June 2014
Electrohydrodynamics: The Taylor-Melcher Leaky Dielectric Model Saville, D. A. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 29, Issue 1, p. 27-64 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fluid.29.1.27	journal	January 1997

Cited By (15)

Thin water films covering oxide nanomaterials: Stability issues and influences on materials processing Bourret, Gilles R.; Diwald, Oliver Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 34, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.429	journal	February 2019
Directional Statistics of Preferential Orientations of Two Shapes in Their Aggregate and Its Application to Nanoparticle Aggregation Sikaroudi, Ali Esmaieeli; Welch, David A.; Woehl, Taylor J. Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5309710.v1	text	January 2017
Nanoparticle Interactions Guided by Shape-Dependent Hydrophobic Forces Tan, Shu Fen; Raj, Sanoj; Bisht, Geeta Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201707077	journal	March 2018
Quantitative Mapping of Nanoscale Chemical Dynamics in Sub-Sampled Operando (S)TEM Images using Spatio-Temporal Analytics Stanfill, Bryan A.; Reehl, Sarah M.; Johnson, Margaret C. ChemCatChem, Vol. 10, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800333	journal	May 2018
Nanoparticle Superlattices: The Roles of Soft Ligands Si, Kae Jye; Chen, Yi; Shi, Qianqian Advanced Science, Vol. 5, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700179	journal	September 2017
Oriented Growth of α-MnO2 Nanorods Using Natural Extracts from Grape Stems and Apple Peels Sanchez-Botero, Lina; Herrera, Adriana; Hinestroza, Juan Nanomaterials, Vol. 7, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7050117	journal	May 2017
Investigating materials formation with liquid-phase and cryogenic TEM De Yoreo, J. J.; N. A. J. M., Sommerdijk Nature Reviews Materials, Vol. 1, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/natrevmats.2016.35	journal	June 2016
Controlling the spatio-temporal dose distribution during STEM imaging by subsampled acquisition: In-situ observations of kinetic processes in liquids Mehdi, B. L.; Stevens, A.; Kovarik, L. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5096595	journal	August 2019
Dynamics of Templated Assembly of Nanoparticle Filaments within Nanochannels Miele, Ermanno; Raj, Sanoj; Baraissov, Zhaslan Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 37 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201702682	journal	July 2017
Automating material image analysis for material discovery Park, Chiwoo; Ding, Yu MRS Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 02 https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2019.48	journal	April 2019
Observing the colloidal stability of iron oxide nanoparticles in situ Hufschmid, Ryan; Teeman, Eric; Mehdi, B. Layla Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 27 https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr03709h	journal	January 2019
Directional Statistics of Preferential Orientations of Two Shapes in Their Aggregate and Its Application to Nanoparticle Aggregation Sikaroudi, Ali Esmaieeli; Welch, David A.; Woehl, Taylor J. Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5309710	text	January 2017
Directional Statistics of Preferential Orientations of Two Shapes in Their Aggregate and Its Application to Nanoparticle Aggregation Sikaroudi, Ali Esmaieeli; Welch, David A.; Woehl, Taylor J. Technometrics, Vol. 60, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1080/00401706.2017.1366949	journal	May 2018
Imaging the polymerization of multivalent nanoparticles in solution Kim, Juyeong; Ou, Zihao; Jones, Matthew R. Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00857-1	journal	October 2017
Direct Observation of Early Stages of Growth of Multilayered DNA-Templated Au-Pd-Au Core-Shell Nanoparticles in Liquid Phase Bhattarai, Nabraj; Prozorov, Tanya Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol. 7 https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00019	journal	February 2019

Similar Records

Understanding the Role of Solvation Forces on the Preferential Attachment of Nanoparticles in Liquid

Journal Article · Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016 · ACS Nano · OSTI ID:1252731

Welch, David A.; Woehl, Taylor J.; Park, Chiwoo; +3 more

Understanding anisotropic growth of Au penta-twinned nanorods by liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

Journal Article · Thu Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · OSTI ID:1252731

Jin, Biao; Sushko, Maria L.; Liu, Zhaoming; +3 more

A Mesocrystal‐Like Morphology Formed by Classical Polymer‐Mediated Crystal Growth

Journal Article · Mon Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Functional Materials · OSTI ID:1252731

Smeets, Paul J. M.; Cho, Kang Rae; Sommerdijk, Nico A. J. M.; +1 more

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
molecular dynamics
in situ microscopy
nanoparticles
attachment

Title: Understanding the Role of Solvation Forces on the Preferential Attachment of Nanoparticles in Liquid

Citation Formats

References (42)

Cited By (15)

Similar Records

Related Subjects