Gas-assisted transformation of gold from fcc to the metastable 4H phase

Shaobo Han; Guang-Jie Xia; Chao Cai; Qi Wang; Yang-Gang Wang; Meng Gu; Jun Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14212-z

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Gas-assisted transformation of gold from fcc to the metastable 4H phase

Shaobo Han,
Guang-Jie Xia,
Chao Cai,
Qi Wang,
Yang-Gang Wang,
Meng Gu,
Jun Li

Affiliations

Shaobo Han: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Guang-Jie Xia: Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology
Chao Cai: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Qi Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Yang-Gang Wang: Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology
Meng Gu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Jun Li: Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14212-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Crystal phase engineering enables the growth of nanostructures with controlled crystal phases that show superior functional properties. Here, the authors find that CO gas-metal atom interactions combined with the electron beam can trigger phase transformations of precious metals at room temperature.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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