Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 8, Issue 31, Pages 15909-15918Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta03721d
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- U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) [FA9550-17-1-0120]
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
- DOE Office of Science [DE-SC0012704]
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Electromagnetic (EM) fields, specifically microwave radiation (MWR), can significantly influence the synthesis of ceramic oxide materials and promote rapid, low-temperature growth. However, the mechanisms by which EM fields affect the phase formation process are not well understood. A major limitation to increasing this understanding has been the lack of information regarding dynamic changes in local atomic structure during MWR exposure compared to conventional hydrothermal synthesis routes. Here, we utilizein situsynchrotron X-ray pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to monitor MWR-assisted SnO(2)nanoparticle synthesis. A clear impact of the EM field is demonstrated, with MWR inducing changes in nearest neighbor distances and peaks in oxygen atomic displacement that do not occur during synthesis without MWR exposure. The observed local structural disorder serves as a precursor to rapid rutile SnO(2)nanoparticle crystallization, suggesting that EM field-assisted growth is mediated by changes to the oxygen sublattice. These findings further our understanding of the mechanisms underlying MWR-assisted synthesis and represent a step towards utilizing EM fields to engineer tailored atomic structures for a broad range of applications.
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