ArticleScience advances2021
Real-space imaging of nanoparticle transport and interaction dynamics by graphene liquid cell TEM.
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- Learning the diffusion of nanoparticles in liquid phase TEM via physics-informed generative AI.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- The ergodicity question when imaging DNA conformation using liquid cell electron microscopy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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- Coalescence dynamics of platinum group metal nanoparticles revealed by liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy.iScience · 2022Article
- Boswellic acid coated zinc nanoparticles attenuate NF-κB-mediated inflammation in DSS-induced ulcerative colitis in rats.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
Thermal motion of colloidal nanoparticles and their cohesive interactions are of fundamental importance in nanoscience but are difficult to access quantitatively, primarily due to the lack of the appropriate analytical tools to investigate the dynamics of individual particles at nanoscales. Here, we directly monitor the stochastic thermal motion and coalescence dynamics of gold nanoparticles smaller than 5 nm, using graphene liquid cell (GLC) transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We also present a novel model of nanoparticle dynamics, providing a unified, quantitative explanation of our experimental observations. The nanoparticles in a GLC exhibit non-Gaussian, diffusive motion, signifying dynamic fluctuation of the diffusion coefficient due to the dynamically heterogeneous environment surrounding nanoparticles, including organic ligands on the nanoparticle surface. Our study shows that the dynamics of nanoparticle coalescence is controlled by two elementary processes: diffusion-limited encounter complex formation and the subsequent coalescence of the encounter complex through rotational motion, where surface-passivating ligands play a critical role.
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