2016-07-09

3D visualization of iron oxidation state in FeO/Fe3O4 core-shell nanocubes from electron energy loss tomography

Pau Torruella, Raul Arenal, Francisco de la Peña*, Zineb Saghi, Lluís Yedra, Alberto Eljarrat, Lluis Lopez-Conesa, Marta Estrader*, Alberto López-Ortega, German Salazar-Alvarez, Josep Nogués Sanmiquel, Caterina Ducati, Paul A. Midgley, Francesca Peiró, and Sonia Estrade*

Nano Letters, 16 (2016) 5068-5073
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01922



Abstract:
The physicochemical properties used in numerous advanced nanostructured devices are directly controlled by the oxidation states of their constituents. In this work we combine electron energy-loss spectroscopy, blind source separation, and computed tomography to reconstruct in three dimensions the distribution of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions in a FeO/Fe3O4 core/shell cube-shaped nanoparticle with nanometric resolution. The results highlight the sharpness of the interface between both oxides and provide an average shell thickness, core volume, and average cube edge length measurements in agreement with the magnetic characterization of the sample.

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