Journal Article
Science, vol. 367, iss. 6473, pp. 40-45, 2020
Authors
Miao Song, Gang Zhou, Ning Lu, Jaewon Lee, Elias Nakouzi, Hao Wang, Dongsheng Li
Abstract
Finding the fivefold path
Crystals formed in nature or synthesized in a lab can have domains with different orientations that are called twins. Having five of these domains is relatively common, but how these fivefold twins form is still a mystery. Song
et al.
combined in situ transmission electron microscope observations with simulations to find two different pathways for forming fivefold twins in gold, platinum, and palladium nanoparticles. This combination provides a key insight into the twin-forming process, which might be exploited for developing nanoparticles suitable for a variety of applications.
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