Time-Resolved SAXS Study of Polarity- and Surfactant-Controlled Superlattice Transformations of Oleate-Capped Nanocubes During Solvent Removal

Zhong Peng Lv; Martin Kapuscinski; Gábor Járvás; Shun Yu; Lennart Bergström

doi:10.1002/smll.202106768

Time-Resolved SAXS Study of Polarity- and Surfactant-Controlled Superlattice Transformations of Oleate-Capped Nanocubes During Solvent Removal

Zhong Peng Lv^*, Martin Kapuscinski, Gábor Járvás, Shun Yu, Lennart Bergström

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Abstract

Structural transformations and lattice expansion of oleate-capped iron oxide nanocube superlattices are studied by time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) during solvent removal. The combination of conductor-like screening model for real solvents (COSMO-RS) theory with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling provides information on the solvent composition and polarity during droplet evaporation. Evaporation-driven poor-solvent enrichment in the presence of free oleic acid results in the formation of superlattices with a tilted face-centered cubic (fcc) structure when the polarity reaches its maximum. The tilted fcc lattice expands subsequently during the removal of the poor solvent and eventually transforms to a regular simple cubic (sc) lattice during the final evaporation stage when only free oleic acid remains. Comparative studies show that both the increase in polarity as the poor solvent is enriched and the presence of a sufficient amount of added oleic acid is required to promote the formation of structurally diverse superlattices with large domain sizes.

Original language	English
Article number	2106768
Journal	Small
Volume	18
Issue number	22
Early online date	6 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202106768
Publication status	Published - Jun 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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anisotropic nanoparticles
small angle X-ray scattering
superlattice transformation
time-dependent measurements

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