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ADVANCED MATERIALS
卷 31, 期 16, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201808225
关键词
cluster-cloud; crystallization; LC-TEM; nanoparticle; out-and-in relaxation
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21625105, 51772265, 61721005]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation [D19E020002]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M621909]
Elucidating the early stages of crystallization from supersaturated solutions is of critical importance, but remains a great challenge. An in situ liquid cell transmission electron microscopy study reveals an intermediate state of condensed atomic clusters during Pd and Au crystallizations, which is named a cluster-cloud. It is found that nucleation is initiated by the collapse of a cluster-cloud, first forming a nanoparticle. The subsequent particle maturation proceeds via multiple out-and-in relaxations of the cluster-cloud to improve crystallinity: from a poorly crystallized phase, the particle evolves into a well-defined single-crystal phase. Both experimental investigations and atomistic simulations suggest that the cluster-cloud-mediated nanocrystallization involves an order-disorder phase separation and reconstruction, which is energetically favored compared to local rearrangements within the particle. This finding grants new insights into nanocrystallization mechanisms, and provides useful information for the improvement of synthesis pathways of nanocrystals.
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