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Lattice strain-enhanced exsolution of nanoparticles in thin films

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01/12/2019
Author
Han, Hyeon
Park, Jucheol
Nam, Sang Yeol
Choi, Gyeong Man
Parkin, Stuart S.P.
Jang, Hyun Myung
Irvine, John T. S.
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Abstract
Nanoparticles formed on oxide surfaces are of key importance in many fields such as catalysis and renewable energy. Here, we control B-site exsolution via lattice strain to achieve a high degree of exsolution of nanoparticles in perovskite thin films: more than 1100 particles μm−2 with a particle size as small as ~5 nm can be achieved via strain control. Compressive-strained films show a larger number of exsolved particles as compared with tensile-strained films. Moreover, the strain-enhanced in situ growth of nanoparticles offers high thermal stability and coking resistance, a low reduction temperature (550 oC), rapid release of particles, and wide tunability. The mechanism of lattice strain-enhanced exsolution is illuminated by thermodynamic and kinetic aspects, emphasizing the unique role of the misfit-strain relaxation energy. This study provides critical insights not only into the design of new forms of nanostructures but also applications ranging from catalysis, energy conversion/storage, nano-composites, nano-magnetism, to nano-optics.
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Han , H , Park , J , Nam , S Y , Choi , G M , Parkin , S S P , Jang , H M & Irvine , J T S 2019 , ' Lattice strain-enhanced exsolution of nanoparticles in thin films ' , Nature Communications , vol. 10 , 1471 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09395-4
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Nature Communications
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Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09395-4
ISSN
2041-1723
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Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) Grant funded by the Korean Government (MSIP Grant No.2016R 1D1A1B 03933253). J.T.S.I. thanks the EPSRC for support on emergent nanomaterials through grant EP/R023522/1. H.H. and S.S.P.P. acknowledge the support by the Max Planck Society (MPG).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17412

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