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Shao ZC, Jiang X, Zhang C, Wang T, Wang YR, Liu GQ, Huang ZY, Zhang YZ, Wu L, Hou ZH, Jiang H, Li Y, Yu SH. Plateau-Rayleigh Instability in Soft-Lattice Inorganic Solids. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:33774-33783. [PMID: 39574352 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2024]
Abstract
Plateau-Rayleigh instability─a macroscopic phenomenon describing the volume-constant breakup of one-dimensional continuous fluids─has now been widely observed in adatoms, liquids, polymers, and liquid metals. This instability enables controlled wetting-dewetting behavior at fluid-solid interfaces and, thereby, the self-limited patterning into ordered structures. However, it has yet to be observed in conventional inorganic solids, as the rigid lattices restrict their "fluidity". Here, we report the general fluid-like Plateau-Rayleigh instability of silver-based chalcogenide semiconductors featuring soft-lattice ionic crystals. It enables postsynthetic morphing from conformal core-shell nanowires to periodically coaxial ones. We reveal that such self-limited reconstruction is thermodynamically driven by the surface energy and interface energy and kinetically favored by the high ionic diffusion coefficients of subnanoscale soft-lattice shells. The resulting periodic heterostructures can be topotactically transformed for epitaxial combinations of functional semiconductors free from the lattice-matching rule. This fluid-like behavior in soft inorganic solids thus offers routes toward sophisticated nanostructures and controllable patterning at all-inorganic solid-solid interfaces.
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- Zhen-Chao Shao
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry & Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry & Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- The Instruments Center for Physical Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Innovative Materials (I2M), Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry & Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry & Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Anhui Province Engineering Research Center of Flexible and Intelligent Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomimetic Materials and Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Institute of Innovative Materials (I2M), Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Mim JJ, Hasan M, Chowdhury MS, Ghosh J, Mobarak MH, Khanom F, Hossain N. A comprehensive review on the biomedical frontiers of nanowire applications. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29244. [PMID: 38628721 PMCID: PMC11016983 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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This comprehensive review examines the immense capacity of nanowires, nanostructures characterized by unbounded dimensions, to profoundly transform the field of biomedicine. Nanowires, which are created by combining several materials using techniques such as electrospinning and vapor deposition, possess distinct mechanical, optical, and electrical properties. As a result, they are well-suited for use in nanoscale electronic devices, drug delivery systems, chemical sensors, and other applications. The utilization of techniques such as the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) approach and template-assisted approaches enables the achievement of precision in synthesis. This precision allows for the customization of characteristics, which in turn enables the capability of intracellular sensing and accurate drug administration. Nanowires exhibit potential in biomedical imaging, neural interfacing, and tissue engineering, despite obstacles related to biocompatibility and scalable manufacturing. They possess multifunctional capabilities that have the potential to greatly influence the intersection of nanotechnology and healthcare. Surmounting present obstacles has the potential to unleash the complete capabilities of nanowires, leading to significant improvements in diagnostics, biosensing, regenerative medicine, and next-generation point-of-care medicines.
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- Juhi Jannat Mim
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
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Kapuria N, Conroy M, Lebedev VA, Adegoke TE, Zhang Y, Amiinu IS, Bangert U, Cabot A, Singh S, Ryan KM. Subsuming the Metal Seed to Transform Binary Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals into Multinary Compositions. ACS NANO 2022; 16:8917-8927. [PMID: 35593407 PMCID: PMC9245353 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c11144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Direct colloidal synthesis of multinary metal chalcogenide nanocrystals typically develops dynamically from the binary metal chalcogenide nanocrystals with the subsequent incorporation of additional metal cations from solution during the growth process. Metal seeding of binary and multinary chalcogenides is also established, although the seed is solely a catalyst for nanocrystal nucleation and the metal from the seed has never been exploited as active alloying nuclei. Here we form colloidal Cu-Bi-Zn-S nanorods (NRs) from Bi-seeded Cu2-xS heterostructures. The evolution of these homogeneously alloyed NRs is driven by the dissolution of the Bi-rich seed and recrystallization of the Cu-rich stem into a transitional segment, followed by the incorporation of Zn2+ to form the quaternary Cu-Bi-Zn-S composition. The present study also reveals that the variation of Zn concentration in the NRs modulates the aspect ratio and affects the nature of the majority charge carriers. The NRs exhibit promising thermoelectric properties with very low thermal conductivity values of 0.45 and 0.65 W/mK at 775 and 605 K, respectively, for Zn-poor and Zn-rich NRs. This study highlights the potential of metal seed alloying as a direct growth route to achieving homogeneously alloyed NRs compositions that are not possible by conventional direct methods or by postsynthetic transformations.
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- Nilotpal Kapuria
- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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- Department
of Physics and Energy and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
- Department
of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial
College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
- Department
of Physics and Energy and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research—IREC, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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- Department
of Physics and Energy and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research—IREC, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94T9PX Limerick, Ireland
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