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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309865
Keywords
information storage; laser processing; Marangoni flow; metastability; photon-material interaction; solid solution
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By exploiting thin passivating oxides to stabilize an undercooled state, photo-perturbation of near-surface order induces convective Marangoni flows, edge-coalescence, and phase transition into a larger metastable solid bearing asymmetric composition between the near-surface and core. This process introduces a new form of high fidelity multi-dimensional photolithography based on material properties and relaxation kinetics of metastable states.
Laser processing in metals is versatile yet limited by its reliance on phase transformation through heating rather than electronic excitation due to their low absorptivity, attributing from highly ordered structures. Metastable states (i.e., surfaces, glasses, undercooled liquids), however, present a unique platform, both energetically and structurally to enable energy landscape tuning through selective stimuli. Herein, this ansatz is demonstrated by exploiting thin passivating oxides to stabilize an undercooled state, followed by photo-perturbation of the near surface order to induce convective Marangoni flows, edge-coalescence and phase transition into a larger metastable solid bearing asymmetric composition between the near surface and core of the formed structure. The self-terminating nature of the process creates a perfectly contained system which can maintain a high relaxation energy barrier hence deep metastable states for extended periods of time. This work demonstrates low-energy photo-processing of metal particles. Photo-perturbation of near surface order induces convective Marangoni flows, edge-coalescence, and phase transition into a large metastable particle with asymmetric composition between the surface and its core. This process introduces a new form of high fidelity multi-dimension photolithography based on material properties and relaxation kinetics of metastable states.image
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