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Surface-ligand-induced crystallographic disorder–order transition in oriented attachment for the tuneable assembly of mesocrystals

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  • Bum Chul Park

    (Korea University
    Korea University)

  • Min Jun Ko

    (Korea University)

  • Young Kwang Kim

    (Virtual Lab Inc)

  • Gyu Won Kim

    (Korea University)

  • Myeong Soo Kim

    (Korea University)

  • Thomas Myeongseok Koo

    (Korea University)

  • Hong En Fu

    (Korea University)

  • Young Keun Kim

    (Korea University
    Korea University
    Korea University)

Abstract

In the crystallisation of nanomaterials, an assembly-based mechanism termed ‘oriented attachment’ (OA) has recently been recognised as an alternative mechanism of crystal growth that cannot be explained by the classical theory. However, attachment alignment during OA is not currently tuneable because its mechanism is poorly understood. Here, we identify the crystallographic disorder-order transitions in the OA of magnetite (Fe3O4) mesocrystals depending on the types of organic surface ligands on the building blocks, which produce different grain structures. We find that alignment variations induced by different surface ligands are guided by surface energy anisotropy reduction and surface deformation. Further, we determine the effects of alignment-dependent magnetic interactions between building blocks on the global magnetic properties of mesocrystals and their chains. These results revisit the driving force of OA and provide an approach for chemically controlling the crystallographic order in colloidal nanocrystalline materials directly related to grain engineering.

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  • Bum Chul Park & Min Jun Ko & Young Kwang Kim & Gyu Won Kim & Myeong Soo Kim & Thomas Myeongseok Koo & Hong En Fu & Young Keun Kim, 2022. "Surface-ligand-induced crystallographic disorder–order transition in oriented attachment for the tuneable assembly of mesocrystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-28830-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28830-7
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