Metastability in Pressure-Induced Structural Transformations of CdSe/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals
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- 作者：Michael Gr眉nwald ; Katie Lutker ; A. Paul Alivisatos ; Eran Rabani ; Phillip L. Geissler
- 刊名：Nano Letters
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：April 10, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：13
- 期：4
- 页码：1367-1372
- 全文大小：456K
- 年卷期：v.13,no.4(April 10, 2013)
- ISSN：1530-6992
文摘
The kinetics and thermodynamics of structural transformations under pressure depend strongly on particle size due to the influence of surface free energy. By suitable design of surface structure, composition, and passivation it is possible, in principle, to prepare nanocrystals in structures inaccessible to bulk materials. However, few realizations of such extreme size-dependent behavior exist. Here, we show with molecular dynamics computer simulation that in a model of CdSe/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals the core high-pressure structure can be made metastable under ambient conditions by tuning the thickness of the shell. In nanocrystals with thick shells, we furthermore observe a wurtzite to NiAs transformation, which does not occur in the pure bulk materials. These phenomena are linked to a fundamental change in the atomistic transformation mechanism from heterogeneous nucleation at the surface to homogeneous nucleation in the crystal core.