Journal
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
Volume 168, Issue -, Pages 1-4Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.03.044
Keywords
Nanoporous gold; Dealloying; Coarsening; Atomic force microscopy
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51801010]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M631336]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [FRF-TP-17-018A1]
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The morphology, surface oxide and strain evolution of nanoporous (np) gold were investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Topographic AFM images show typical np structure with a few nanometers ligament size. Current sensing AFM results revealed semiconductor properties of the surface oxide, which may consist of Ag2O (p-type) and Ago (n-type). The surface oxide can effectively suppress the np structure coarsening. In-situ electrochemical AFM tests exhibit a refined macroscopic dimensional change of 40 nm within 0.35-0.7 V potential range. AFM can be used as an effective method to investigate the morphology and voltage-induced dimension changes in electrolyte. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
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