Ab Initio Structure Determination of Cu2- xTe Plasmonic Nanocrystals by Precession-Assisted Electron Diffraction Tomography and HAADF-STEM Imaging
Mugnaioli, Enrico (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Gemmi, Mauro (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Tu, Renyong (Tsinghua University. Department of Chemistry)
David, Jérémy (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Bertoni, Giovanni (Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism)
Gaspari, Roberto (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
De Trizio, Luca (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Manna, Liberato (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Fecha: |
2018 |
Resumen: |
We investigated pseudo-cubic CuTe nanosheets using electron diffraction tomography and high-resolution HAADF-STEM imaging. The structure of this metastable nanomaterial, which has a strong localized surface plasmon resonance in the near-infrared region, was determined ab initio by 3D electron diffraction data recorded in low-dose nanobeam precession mode, using a new generation background-free single-electron detector. The presence of two different, crystallographically defined modulations creates a 3D connected vacancy channel system, which may account for the strong plasmonic response of this material. Moreover, a pervasive rotational twinning is observed for nanosheets as thin as 40 nm, resulting in a tetragonal pseudo-symmetry. |
Ayudas: |
European Commission 614897
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Derechos: |
Tots els drets reservats. |
Lengua: |
Anglès |
Documento: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió |
Materia: |
Electron diffraction ;
Scanning transmission electron microscopy ;
Crystal structure ;
Physical and chemical processes ;
Defects in solids |
Publicado en: |
Inorganic chemistry, Vol. 57, Issue 16 (August 2018) , p. 10241-10248, ISSN 1520-510X |
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01445
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