• 文献标题:   A Large-Scale Array of Ordered Graphene-Sandwiched Chambers for Quantitative Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIM K, BAE Y, JEON S, KIM K, KIM BH, KIM J, KANG S, HEO T, PARK J, LEE WC
  • 作者关键词:   anodic aluminum oxide, graphene liquid cell, in situ tem, liquidphase
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0935-9648 EI 1521-4095
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hanyang Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1002/adma.202002889 EA AUG 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) offers a real-time microscopic observation of the nanometer scale for understanding the underlying mechanisms of the growth, etching, and interactions of colloidal nanoparticles. Despite such unique capability and potential application in diverse fields of analytical chemistry, liquid-phase TEM studies rely on information obtained from the limited number of observed events. In this work, a novel liquid cell with a large-scale array of highly ordered nanochambers is constructed by sandwiching an anodic aluminum oxide membrane between graphene sheets. TEM analysis of colloidal gold nanoparticles dispersed in the liquid is conducted, employing the fabricated nanochamber array, to demonstrate the potential of the nanochamber array in quantitative liquid-phase TEM. The independent TEM observations in the multiple nanochambers confirm that the monomer attachment and coalescence processes universally govern the overall growth of nanoparticles, although individual nanoparticles follow different growth trajectories.