@article{97ec212da5184ccda6cdc2400ab0c6f5,
title = "Single-element amorphous palladium nanoparticles formed via phase separation",
abstract = "Physically vitrifying amorphous single-element metal requires ultrahigh cooling rates, which are still unachievable for most of the closest-packed metals. Here, we report a facile chemical synthetic strategy for single-element amorphous palladium nanoparticles with a purity of 99.35 at.% ± 0.23 at.% from palladium—silicon liquid droplets. In-situ transmission electron microscopy directly detected the solidification of palladium and the separation of silicon. Further hydrogen absorption experiment showed that the amorphous palladium expanded little upon hydrogen uptake, exhibiting a great potential application for hydrogen separation. Our results provide insight into the formation of amorphous metal at nanoscale. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]",
keywords = "metallic glass, nanoparticle, Pd, phase separation, single-element, undercooling",
author = "He, {Dong Sheng} and Yi Huang and Myers, {Benjamin D.} and Dieter Isheim and Xinyu Fan and Xia, {Guang Jie} and Yunsheng Deng and Lin Xie and Shaobo Han and Yang Qiu and Wang, {Yang Gang} and Junhua Luan and Zengbao Jiao and Li Huang and Dravid, {Vinayak P.} and Jiaqing He",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51602143, 51702150, 11874194, 11774142, and 11874194), the Science and Technology Innovation Committee Foundation of Shenzhen (Nos. KQTD2016022619565991, JCYJ20200109141205978, and ZDSYS20141118160434515), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2015A030308001), and the Leading Talents of Guangdong Province Program (No. 00201517). The authors thank Prof. Cai-Zhuang Wang, Prof. Meng Gu, Dr. Song Liu, Dr. Minghui Wu, Mr. Wei Li, and Mr. Yunhua He for helpful discussion. The authors are grateful for the Pico Center at SUSTech core research facilities. The computing time was supported by the Center for Computational Science and Engineering of Southern University of Science and Technology. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, Tsinghua University Press.",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s12274-022-4173-1",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "5575--5580",
journal = "Nano Research",
issn = "1998-0124",
publisher = "Press of Tsinghua University",
number = "6",
}