Nanoparticle shape, thermodynamics and kinetics

LD Marks, L Peng - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoparticles can be beautiful, as in stained glass windows, or they can be ugly as in wear
and corrosion debris from implants. We estimate that there will be about 70 000 papers in …

Surface-screening mechanisms in ferroelectric thin films and their effect on polarization dynamics and domain structures

SV Kalinin, Y Kim, DD Fong… - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
For over 70 years, ferroelectric materials have been one of the central research topics for
condensed matter physics and material science, an interest driven both by fundamental …

Simultaneous atomic-resolution electron ptychography and Z-contrast imaging of light and heavy elements in complex nanostructures

H Yang, RN Rutte, L Jones, M Simson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) has emerged
as a key tool for atomic resolution characterization of materials, allowing the use of imaging …

Recent progresses on structural reconstruction of nanosized metal catalysts via controlled-atmosphere transmission electron microscopy: a review

M Tang, W Yuan, Y Ou, G Li, R You, S Li, H Yang… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal catalysts are of great importance in the modern chemical industry. It is well-known that
the structures of metal catalysts determine their properties. However, recent studies …

Electron beam-induced current imaging with two-angstrom resolution

M Mecklenburg, WA Hubbard, JJ Lodico, BC Regan - Ultramicroscopy, 2019 - Elsevier
An electron microscope's primary beam simultaneously ejects secondary electrons (SEs)
from the sample and generates electron beam-induced currents (EBICs) in the sample. Both …

Secondary electron induced current in scanning transmission electron microscopy: an alternative way to visualize the morphology of nanoparticles

E Vlasov, A Skorikov, A Sánchez-Iglesias… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electron tomography (ET) is a powerful tool to determine the three-dimensional (3D)
structure of nanomaterials in a transmission electron microscope. However, the acquisition …

Exact time-dependent exchange-correlation potential in electron scattering processes

Y Suzuki, L Lacombe, K Watanabe, NT Maitra - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We identify peak and valley structures in the exact exchange-correlation potential of time-
dependent density functional theory that are crucial for time-resolved electron scattering in a …

Pauling's rules for oxide surfaces

TK Andersen, DD Fong, LD Marks - Surface Science Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Determination of surface structures currently requires careful measurement and
computationally expensive methods since, unlike bulk crystals, guiding principles for …

Atomic-resolution topographic imaging of crystal surfaces

R Ishikawa, R Tanaka, K Kawahara, N Shibata… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The surface of metal oxides is of technological importance and is extensively used as a
substrate for various electronic and chemical applications. A real surface, however, is not a …

All Roads Lead to TiO2: TiO2-Rich Surfaces of Barium and Strontium Titanate Prepared by Hydrothermal Synthesis

LA Crosby, BR Chen, RM Kennedy, J Wen… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Through high-resolution electron microscopy, the surface structure of barium titanate and
strontium titanate nanoparticles are found to be terminated by a TiO2 double layer. These …