Publication
Title
Monitoring galvanic replacement through three-dimensional morphological and chemical mapping
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Abstract
Galvanic replacement reactions on metal nanoparticles are often used for the preparation of hollow nanostructures with tunable porosity and chemical composition, leading to tailored optical and catalytic properties. However, the precise interplay between the three-dimensional (3D) morphology and chemical composition of nanostructures during galvanic replacement is not always well understood as the 3D chemical imaging of nanoscale materials is still challenging. It is especially far from straightforward to obtain detailed information from the inside of hollow nanostructures using electron microscopy techniques such as SEM or TEM. We demonstrate here that a combination of state-of-the-art EDX mapping with electron tomography results in the unambiguous determination of both morphology transformation and elemental composition of nanostructures in 3D, during galvanic replacement of Ag nanocubes. This work provides direct and unambiguous experimental evidence toward understanding the galvanic replacement reaction. In addition, the powerful approach presented here can be applied to a wide range of nanoscale transformation processes, which will undoubtedly guide the development of novel nanostructures.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nano letters / American Chemical Society. - Washington
Publication
Washington : 2014
ISSN
1530-6984
DOI
10.1021/NL500593J
Volume/pages
14 :6 (2014) , p. 3220-3226
ISI
000337337100038
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Colouring Atoms in 3 Dimensions (COLOURATOM).
Counting Atoms in Nanomaterials (COUNTATOMS).
European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI).
PLASMAQUO: Development of plasmonic quorum sensors for understanding bacterial-eukaryotic cell relations
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 20.05.2014
Last edited 09.10.2023
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