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Title: High pressure induced atomic and mesoscale phase behaviors of one-dimensional TiO2 anatase nanocrystals
Here, we report the high pressure phase and morphology behavior of ordered anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocrystal arrays. One-dimensional TiO2 nanorods and nanorices were synthesized and self-assembled into ordered mesostructures. Their phase and morphological transitions at both atomic scale and mesoscale under pressure were studied using in situ synchrotron wide- and small-angle x-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS) techniques. At the atomic scale, synchrotron WAXS reveals a pressure-induced irreversible amorphization up to 35 GPa in both samples but with different onset pressures. On the mesoscale, no clear phase transformations were observed up to 20 GPa by synchrotron SAXS. Intriguingly, sintering of TiO2 nanorods at mesoscale into nano-squares or nano-rectangles, as well as nanorices into nanowires, were observed for the first time by transmission electron microscopy. Such pressure-induced nanoparticle phase-amorphization and morphological changes provide valuable insights for design and engineering structurally stable nanomaterials.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2101535
NSF-PAR ID:
10333610
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
MRS Bulletin
Volume:
47
ISSN:
0883-7694
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1-6
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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