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Nanomaterials under stress: A new opportunity for nanomaterials synthesis and engineering

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Precise control of structural parameters through nanoscale engineering to continuously tailor optical and electronic properties of functional nanomaterials remains an outstanding challenge. Previous work focused largely on chemical or physical interactions that occur under ambient pressures. In this article, we introduce a new pressure-directed assembly and fabrication method that uses a mechanical compressive force applied to nanoparticles (NPs) to induce structural phase transitions and consolidate new nanomaterials with precisely controlled structures and tunable properties. By manipulating NP coupling through external pressure instead of through chemistry, a reversible change in assembly structure and properties can be demonstrated. In addition, over a certain threshold, the external pressure forces these NPs into contact, allowing the formation and consolidation of one- to three-dimensional nanostructures. Through stress-induced NP assembly, unusual materials engineering and synthesis, in which morphology and architecture can be readily tuned to produce desired optical and electrical properties, appear feasible.

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This work is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-AC04–94AL85000. Sandia National Laboratory’s lab-directed research and development program is acknowledged.

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    Feng Bai

  2. Sandia National Laboratories, USA

    Kaifu Bian, Binsong Li, Leanne J. Alarid, Hattie C. Schunk, Paul G. Clem & Hongyou Fan

  3. Olympus Scientific Solution Americas, USA

    Huimeng Wu

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The following article is based on a Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience presentation given by Hongyou Fan at the 2015 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco.

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Bai, F., Bian, K., Li, B. et al. Nanomaterials under stress: A new opportunity for nanomaterials synthesis and engineering. MRS Bulletin 40, 961–970 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2015.260

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