Direct in situ observation of the electron-driven synthesis of Ag filaments on α-Ag2 WO4 crystals

dc.contributor.authorLongo, Elson [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCavalcante, L. S. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorVolanti, D. P. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, A. F.
dc.contributor.authorLongo, V. M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorVarela, José Arana [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorOrlandi, Marcelo Ornaghi [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorAndrés, J.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionInterdisciplinary Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Ceramics
dc.contributor.institutionTheoretical and Computational Chemistry Group
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:29:00Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:29:00Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-29
dc.description.abstractIn this letter, we report, for the first time, the real-time in situ nucleation and growth of Ag filaments on α-Ag2 WO4 crystals driven by an accelerated electron beam from an electronic microscope under high vacuum. We employed several techniques to characterise the material in depth. By using these techniques combined with first-principles modelling based on density functional theory, a mechanism for the Ag filament formation followed by a subsequent growth process from the nano-to micro-scale was proposed. In general, we have shown that an accelerated electron beam from an electronic microscope under high vacuum enables in situ visualisation of Ag filaments with subnanometer resolution and offers great potential for addressing many fundamental issues in materials science, chemistry, physics and other fields of science.en
dc.description.affiliationInstitute of Chemistry São Paulo State University Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Ceramics, Francisco Degni 55, Araraquara 14800-900
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Chemistry University Federal of São Carlos Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Ceramics, Rod. Washington Luís 235, São Carlos 13565-905
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Physical and Analytical Chemistry Universitat Jaume i Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Group, Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, Castelló de la Plana 12071
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstitute of Chemistry São Paulo State University Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Ceramics, Francisco Degni 55, Araraquara 14800-900
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01676
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports, v. 3.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep01676
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.lattes2305581567093057
dc.identifier.lattes2354739980406725
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9315-9392
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84876576130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/75178
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000317581800009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports
dc.relation.ispartofjcr4.122
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,533
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.titleDirect in situ observation of the electron-driven synthesis of Ag filaments on α-Ag2 WO4 crystalsen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.nature.com/authors/policies/license.html
unesp.author.lattes2305581567093057
unesp.author.lattes2354739980406725[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-9315-9392[3]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Química, Araraquarapt

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