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The 3D-architecture of individual free silver nanoparticles captured by X-ray scattering

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Barke, Ingo, Hartmann, Hannes, Rupp, Daniela, Flückiger, Leonie, Sauppe, Mario, Adolph, Marcus, Schorb, Sebastian, Bostedt, Christoph +6 more·2015·Nature Communications

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The diversity of nanoparticle shapes generated by condensation from gaseous matter reflects the fundamental competition between thermodynamic equilibration and the persistence of metastable configurations during growth. In the kinetically limited regime, intermediate geometries that are favoured only in early formation stages can be imprinted in the finally observed ensemble of differently structured specimens. Here we demonstrate that single-shot wide-angle scattering of femtosecond soft X-ray free-electron laser pulses allows three-dimensional characterization of the resulting metastable nanoparticle structures. For individual free silver particles, which can be considered frozen in space for the duration of photon exposure, both shape and orientation are uncovered from measured scattering images. We identify regular shapes, including species with fivefold symmetry and surprisingly large aspect ratio up to particle radii of the order of 100 nm. Our approach includes scattering effects beyond Born’s approximation and is remarkably efficient—opening up new routes in ultrafast nanophysics and free-electron laser science.

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Barke, I., Hartmann, H., Rupp, D., Flückiger, L., Sauppe, M., Adolph, M., Schorb, S., Bostedt, C., Treusch, R., Peltz, C., Bartling, S., Fennel, T., Meiwes-Broer, K.-H., & Möller, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Rostock (DE)
  • Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Barke, Ingo
  • Rupp, Daniela
  • Fennel, Thomas
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2015-02-04
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
6187-6187
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2089079981
Cited by
100
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 10
FWCI
14.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ETH Zürich Research Collection (cc-by)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (mvp00004, SPP-1391, MO 719/13, SFB 652, MO 719/13-1, 719/13, FE 1120/1-2)
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (05K10KT2)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Radiation › Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Radiation › X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
Keywords
silver nanoparticles, nanoparticle morphology, nanoparticle orientation, free-electron laser, soft X-ray scattering, wide-angle X-ray scattering, femtosecond pulses, fivefold symmetry, aspect ratio, nanoparticle growth kinetics

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