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SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5316836 | biostudies-other | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Li Yingxuan Y Zang Ling L Jacobs Daniel L DL Zhao Jie J Yue Xiu X Wang Chuanyi C
Nature communications 20170213
Experimental study of the atomic mechanism in melting and freezing processes remains a formidable challenge. We report herein on a unique material system that allows for in situ growth of bismuth nanoparticles from the precursor compound SrBi<sub>2</sub>Ta<sub>2</sub>O<sub>9</sub> under an electron beam within a high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM). Simultaneously, the melting and freezing processes within the nanoparticles are triggered and imaged in real time by the HRTEM. ...[more]