[ACS Nano] 纳米颗粒表面自扩散诱导烧结

文摘   2024-11-03 09:15   美国  

Abstract

Despite the critical role of sintering phenomena in constraining the long-term durability of nanosized particles, a clear understanding of nanoparticle sintering has remained elusive due to the challenges in atomically tracking the neck initiation and discerning different mechanisms. Through the integration of in situ transmission electron microscopy and atomistic modeling, this study uncovers the atomic dynamics governing the neck initiation of Pt–Fe nanoparticles via a surface self-diffusion process, allowing for coalescence without significant particle movement. Real-time imaging reveals that thermally activated surface morphology changes in individual nanoparticles induce significant surface self-diffusion. The kinetic entrapment of self-diffusing atoms in the gaps between closely spaced nanoparticles leads to the nucleation and growth of atomic layers for neck formation. This surface self-diffusion-driven sintering process is activated at a relatively lower temperature compared to the classic Ostwald ripening and particle migration and coalescence processes. The fundamental insights have practical implications for manipulating the morphology, size distribution, and stability of nanostructures by leveraging surface self-diffusion processes.

X. Chen, C. Li, B. Li, Y. Ying, S. Ye, D.N. Zakharov, S. Hwang, J. Fang, G. Wang, Y.-J. Hu, G. Zhou, Surface self-diffusion induced sintering of nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c09056.

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