A Large-Scale Array of Ordered Graphene-Sandwiched Chambers for Quantitative Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy
© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Publié dans: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 32(2020), 39 vom: 01. Okt., Seite e2002889 |
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Autres auteurs: | , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article en ligne |
Langue: | English |
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2020
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Accès à la collection: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) |
Sujets: | Journal Article anodic aluminum oxide graphene liquid cells in situ TEM liquid-phase TEM |
Résumé: | © 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH. Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) offers a real-time microscopic observation of the nanometer scale for understanding the underlying mechanisms of the growth, etching, and interactions of colloidal nanoparticles. Despite such unique capability and potential application in diverse fields of analytical chemistry, liquid-phase TEM studies rely on information obtained from the limited number of observed events. In this work, a novel liquid cell with a large-scale array of highly ordered nanochambers is constructed by sandwiching an anodic aluminum oxide membrane between graphene sheets. TEM analysis of colloidal gold nanoparticles dispersed in the liquid is conducted, employing the fabricated nanochamber array, to demonstrate the potential of the nanochamber array in quantitative liquid-phase TEM. The independent TEM observations in the multiple nanochambers confirm that the monomer attachment and coalescence processes universally govern the overall growth of nanoparticles, although individual nanoparticles follow different growth trajectories |
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Description: | Date Revised 07.12.2020 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1521-4095 |
DOI: | 10.1002/adma.202002889 |