Filming evolution dynamics of Hg nanodroplets mediated at solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces by in-situ TEM.

ABSTRACT: Nanodroplets at multiphase interfaces are ubiquitous in nature with implications ranging from fundamental interfacial science to industrial applications including catalytic, environmental, biological and medical processes. Direct observation of full dynamic evolutions of liquid metal nanodroplets at nanoscale multiphase interfaces offers indispensable insights, however, remains challenging and unclear. Here, we fabricate gas and liquid cells containing HgS nanocrystals through electrospinning and achieve the statistical investigations of full picture of Hg nanodroplets evolving at solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces by in-situ transmission electron microscopy. In the gas cells, the voids nucleate, grow and coalesce into the crack-like feature along the <001> direction, while Hg nanodropl

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12006340 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature