Assessment of oxide nanoparticle stability in liquid phase transmission electron microscopy
作者机构:Inorganic Chemistry and CatalysisDebye Institute of Nanomaterials ScienceUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993584 CG UtrechtThe Netherlands
出 版 物:《Nano Research》 (纳米研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2019年第12卷第9期
页 面:2355-2363页
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基 金:support by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
主 题:liquid phase transmission electron microscopy(LP-TEM) transmission electron microscopy electron beam damage metal oxide nano materials oxide stability
摘 要:Studying liquid phase nanoscale dynamic processes of oxide nanoparticles is of considerable interest to a wide variety of *** developed liquid phase transmission electron microscopy(LP-TEM)is a promising technique,but destabilization of oxides by solid-liquid?electron interactions remains an important *** this work we present a methodology to assess LP-TEM oxide stability in an aqueous phase,by subjecti ng several oxides of tech no logical importa nee to a controlled electr on dose in *** show a correlati on based on the Gibbs free en ergy of oxide hydrati on that can be used to assess the stability of oxides and dem on strate the existenee of several remarkably stable oxides,with no observable structural changes after one hour of electron beam irradiation in *** such destabilization phenomena combined with the identification of stable oxides allows for designing LP-TEM experiments free from adverse beam effects and thus in vestigati ons of numerous releva ntnano scale processes in water.