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Birth of solids: atomic-scale processes in crystal nucleation

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Project "CLUSTER" data sheet

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Coordinator	EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT Organization address address: UEBERLANDSTRASSE 129 city: DUBENDORF postcode: 8600 website: www.empa.ch contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Switzerland [CH]
Project website	https://www.empa.ch/web/s299/project-cluster
Total cost	2˙271˙250 €
EC max contribution	2˙271˙250 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC))
Code Call	ERC-2015-CoG
Funding Scheme	ERC-COG
Starting year	2016
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2016-06-01 to 2021-05-31

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT Organization address address: UEBERLANDSTRASSE 129 city: DUBENDORF postcode: 8600 website: www.empa.ch contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	CH (DUBENDORF)	coordinator	2˙271˙250.00

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Project objective

The goal of this project is to explore the fundamental processes which trigger the nucleation and growth of solids. Condensed matter is formed by clustering of atoms, ions or molecules. This initial step is key for the onset of crystallization, condensation and precipitate formation. Yet, despite of the scientific and technological significance of these phenomena, on an atomistic level we merely have expectations on how atoms should behave rather than experimental evidence about how the growth of solid matter is initiated. The classical nucleation theory is commonly in agreement with experiments, provided the original and the final stages are inspected qualitatively. However, the classical theory does not define what fundamentally constitutes a pre-nucleation state or how a nucleus is formed at all. CLUSTER aims at investigating the very early stages of crystalline matter formation on an unprecedented length scale. It shall explore the atomic mechanisms which prompt the formation of solids. Complemented by density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, in-situ high-resolution electron microscopy shall be used to investigate the formation, dynamics, stability and evolution of tiniest atomic clusters which represent the embryos of solid matter. Firstly, we investigate the 3D structure of clusters deposited on suspended graphene. Secondly, we focus on cluster formation, the evolution of sub-critical nuclei and the onset of particle growth by thermal activation. Thirdly, using a novel liquid-cell approach in the transmission electron microscope, we control and monitor in-situ cluster formation and precipitation in supersaturated solutions. The results of CLUSTER, which will advance the understanding of the birth of solid matter, are important for the controlled synthesis of (nano-)materials, for cluster science and catalysis and for the development of novel materials.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2020	S. Griffiths, J.R. Croteau, M.D. Rossell, R. Erni, A. De Luca, N.Q. Vo, D.C. Dunand, C. Leinenbach Coarsening- and Creep Resistance of Precipitation-Strengthened Al-Mg-Zr Alloys Processed by Selective Laser Melting published pages: , ISSN: 1359-6454, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.02.008	Acta Materialia	2020-02-19
2020	Yonggui Zhao, Christos K. Mavrokefalos, Ping Zhang, Rolf Erni, Jingguo Li, C. A. Triana, Greta R. Patzke Self-Templating Strategies for Transition Metal Sulfide Nanoboxes as Robust Bifunctional Electrocatalysts published pages: , ISSN: 0897-4756, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02933	Chemistry of Materials	2020-02-13
2019	J. Nordlander, M. Campanini, M. D. Rossell, R. Erni, Q. N. Meier, A. Cano, N. A. Spaldin, M. Fiebig, M. Trassin The ultrathin limit of improper ferroelectricity published pages: , ISSN: 2041-1723, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13474-x	Nature Communications 10/1	2019-12-17
2019	Trond Rypdal Henninen, Marta Bon, Feng Wang, Daniele Passerone, Rolf Erni The Structure of Sub-nm Platinum Clusters at Elevated Temperatures published pages: , ISSN: 1433-7851, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911068	Angewandte Chemie International Edition	2019-11-08
2019	Nabeel Ahmad, Marta Bon, Daniele Passerone, Rolf Erni Template-Assisted in Situ Synthesis of Ag@Au Bimetallic Nanostructures Employing Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy published pages: , ISSN: 1936-0851, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06614	ACS Nano	2019-11-07
2019	M. Bon, N. Ahmad, R. Erni, D. Passerone Reliability of two embedded atom models for the description of Ag@Au nanoalloys published pages: 64105, ISSN: 0021-9606, DOI: 10.1063/1.5107495	The Journal of Chemical Physics 151/6	2019-09-20
2017	Yucheng Zhang, Carlos Guerra-NuÃ±ez, Ivo Utke, Johann Michler, Piyush Agrawal, Marta D. Rossell, Rolf Erni Atomic Layer Deposition of Titanium Oxide on Single-Layer Graphene: An Atomic-Scale Study toward Understanding Nucleation and Growth published pages: 2232-2238, ISSN: 0897-4756, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05143	Chemistry of Materials 29/5	2019-06-18
2017	Yucheng Zhang, Debora Keller, Marta D. Rossell, Rolf Erni Formation of Au Nanoparticles in Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy: From a Systematic Study to Engineered Nanostructures published pages: 10518-10525, ISSN: 0897-4756, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04421	Chemistry of Materials 29/24	2019-06-18
2016	Hyo-Ki Hong, Junhyeon Jo, Daeyeon Hwang, Jongyeong Lee, Na Yeon Kim, Seungwoo Son, Jung Hwa Kim, Mi-Jin Jin, Young Chul Jun, Rolf Erni, Sang Kyu Kwak, Jung-Woo Yoo, Zonghoon Lee Atomic Scale Study on Growth and Heteroepitaxy of ZnO Monolayer on Graphene published pages: 120-127, ISSN: 1530-6984, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03621	Nano Letters 17/1	2019-06-18
2018	Christoph P. Guntlin, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Michael WÃ¶rle, Rolf Erni, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Maksym V. Kovalenko Popcorn-Shaped Fe x O (WÃ¼stite) Nanoparticles from a Single-Source Precursor: Colloidal Synthesis and Magnetic Properties published pages: 1249-1256, ISSN: 0897-4756, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04382	Chemistry of Materials 30/4	2019-06-18
2018	Nabeel Ahmad, Debora Keller, Marta D. Rossell, Rolf Erni Liquid Phase Studies of Nanomaterials published pages: 727-727, ISSN: 0009-4293, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2018.727	CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry 72/10	2019-04-18
2019	Debora Keller, Trond R. Henninen, Rolf Erni Formation of gold nanoparticles in a free-standing ionic liquid triggered by heat and electron irradiation published pages: 16-21, ISSN: 0968-4328, DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2018.10.008	Micron 117	2019-04-18
2019	N. Ahmad, D. Keller, M. D Rossell, R. Erni In situ Template Assisted Growth of Ag@Au Bimetallic Nanostructures published pages: 41-42, ISSN: 1431-9276, DOI: 10.1017/s1431927618015933	Microscopy and Microanalysis 25/S1	2019-03-25
2019	Wang, Feng; MÃ¼ller, Johannes; Eljarrat, Alberto; Henninen, Trond; Rolf, Erni; Koch, Christoph Solving Inverse Problems With Multi-scale Deep Convolutional Neural Networks published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:	1	2019-08-29
2019	Jingguo Li, Wenchao Wan, C. A. Triana, Zbynek Novotny, JÃ¼rg Osterwalder, Rolf Erni, Greta R. Patzke Dynamic Role of Cluster Cocatalysts on Molecular Photoanodes for Water Oxidation published pages: 12839-12848, ISSN: 0002-7863, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06100	Journal of the American Chemical Society 141/32	2019-08-29

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