Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Formation of three-dimensional bicontinuous structures via molten salt dealloying studied in real-time by in situ synchrotron X-ray nano-tomography

  • Xiaoyang Liu,
  • Arthur Ronne,
  • Lin-Chieh Yu,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Mingyuan Ge,
  • Cheng-Hung Lin,
  • Bobby Layne,
  • Phillip Halstenberg,
  • Dmitry S. Maltsev,
  • Alexander S. Ivanov,
  • Stephen Antonelli,
  • Sheng Dai,
  • Wah-Keat Lee,
  • Shannon M. Mahurin,
  • Anatoly I. Frenkel,
  • James F. Wishart,
  • Xianghui Xiao,
  • Yu-chen Karen Chen-Wiegart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23598-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Understanding how pores evolve in metals submerged in molten salts is important for nanofabrication technology and molten salt corrosion in nuclear and solar power plants. Here, the authors present an in situ X-ray 3D imaging to directly visualize and quantify the process.