In situ X-ray nanotomography of metal surfaces during electropolishing

Nave, Maryana I.; Allen, Jason P.; Karen Chen-Wiegart, Yu-chen; Wang, Jun; Kalidindi, Surya R.; Kornev, Konstantin G.

doi:10.1038/srep15257

Title: In situ X-ray nanotomography of metal surfaces during electropolishing

Journal Article · Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15257· OSTI ID:1259264

Nave, Maryana I. ^[1]; Allen, Jason P. ^[2]; Karen Chen-Wiegart, Yu-chen ^[3]; Wang, Jun ^[3]; Kalidindi, Surya R. ^[4]; Kornev, Konstantin G. ^[1]

Clemson Univ., SC (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Photon Sciences Directorate
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

A low voltage electropolishing of metal wires is attractive for nanotechnology because it provides centimeter long and micrometer thick probes with the tip radius of tens of nanometers. Using X-ray nanotomography we studied morphological transformations of the surface of tungsten wires in a specially designed electrochemical cell where the wire is vertically submersed into the KOH electrolyte. We show that stability and uniformity of the probe span is supported by a porous shell growing at the surface of tungsten oxide and shielding the wire surface from flowing electrolyte. We discovered that the kinetics of shell growth at the triple line, where meniscus meets the wire, is very different from that of the bulk of electrolyte. Many metals follow similar electrochemical transformations hence the discovered morphological transformations of metal surfaces are expected to play significant role in many natural and technological applications.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886; FA9550-12-1-0458

OSTI ID:: 1259264

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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