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Structural Analysis & Phase Transition of Amorphous Silica Nanoparticles Using Energy-Filtering TEM  

Park, Jong-Il (Dept. of Chemistry, KAIST)
Kim, Jin-Gyu (Division of Nano-Material & Environment Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Song, Ji-Ho (Division of Nano-Material & Environment Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Kim, Youn-Joong (Division of Nano-Material & Environment Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
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Applied Microscopy / v.34, no.1, 2004 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we introduce the structural analysis of amorphous silica nanoparticles by EF-TEM electron diffraction and in-situ heating experiments. Three diffused rings were observed on the electron diffraction patterns of initial silica nanoparticles, while crystalline spot patterns were gradually appeared during the insitu heating process at $900^{\circ}C$. These patterns indicate the basic unit of $SiO_4$ tetrahedra consisting amorphous silica and gradual crystallization into the ideal layer structure of tridymite by heating. Under high vacuum condition in TEM, SiO nanoparticles were redeposited on the carbon grid after evaporation of SiO gas from $SiO_2$ above $850^{\circ}C$ and the remaining $SiO_2$ were crystallized into orthorhombic tridymite, consistent with ex-situ heating results in furnace at $900^{\circ}C$.
Keywords
Amorphous silica nanoparticles; EF-TEM; In-situ heating; $SiO_2$; tridymite;
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