Birth of solids: atomic-scale processes in crystal nucleation

Project Information

CLUSTER

Grant agreement ID: 681312

DOI 10.3030/681312

Project closed

EC signature date 16 March 2016

Start date 1 June 2016

End date 31 May 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 271 250,00

EU contribution € 2 271 250,00

Coordinated by

EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
Switzerland

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (23)

Structure Matters – Direct In‐situ Observation of Cluster Nucleation at Atomic Scale in a Liquid Phase

Author(s): Trond R. Henninen, Debora Keller, Rolf Erni
Published in: ChemNanoMat, 2020, Page(s) 8, ISSN 2199-692X
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/cnma.202000503

Disentangling nanoscale electric and magnetic fields by time-reversal operation in differential phase-contrast STEM

Author(s): M. Campanini, L. Nasi, F. Albertini, R. Erni
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 117/15, 2020, Page(s) 154102, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0026121

Atomic Mechanisms of Nanocrystallization via Cluster-Clouds in Solution Studied by Liquid-Phase Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Author(s): Walid Dachraoui, Debora Keller, Trond R. Henninen, Olivia J. Ashton, Rolf Erni
Published in: Nano Letters, Issue 21/7, 2021, Page(s) 2861-2869, ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04965

Understanding and Optimizing Ultra‐Thin Coordination Polymer Derivatives with High Oxygen Evolution Performance

Author(s): Yonggui Zhao, Wenchao Wan, Yi Chen, Rolf Erni, Carlos A. Triana, Jingguo Li, Christos K. Mavrokefalos, Ying Zhou, Greta R. Patzke
Published in: Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, Page(s) 2002228, ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202002228

Noise2Atom: unsupervised denoising for scanning transmission electron microscopy images

Author(s): Feng Wang, Trond R. Henninen, Debora Keller, Rolf Erni
Published in: Applied Microscopy, Issue 50/1, 2020, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 2287-4445
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1186/s42649-020-00041-8

Atomic Layer Deposition of Titanium Oxide on Single-Layer Graphene: An Atomic-Scale Study toward Understanding Nucleation and Growth

Author(s): Yucheng Zhang, Carlos Guerra-Nuñez, Ivo Utke, Johann Michler, Piyush Agrawal, Marta D. Rossell, Rolf Erni
Published in: Chemistry of Materials, Issue 29/5, 2017, Page(s) 2232-2238, ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05143

Formation of Au Nanoparticles in Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy: From a Systematic Study to Engineered Nanostructures

Author(s): Yucheng Zhang, Debora Keller, Marta D. Rossell, Rolf Erni
Published in: Chemistry of Materials, Issue 29/24, 2017, Page(s) 10518-10525, ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04421

Atomic Scale Study on Growth and Heteroepitaxy of ZnO Monolayer on Graphene

Author(s): 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
Published in: Nano Letters, Issue 17/1, 2016, Page(s) 120-127, ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03621

Popcorn-Shaped Fe x O (Wüstite) Nanoparticles from a Single-Source Precursor: Colloidal Synthesis and Magnetic Properties

Author(s): Christoph P. Guntlin, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Michael Wörle, Rolf Erni, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Maksym V. Kovalenko
Published in: Chemistry of Materials, Issue 30/4, 2018, Page(s) 1249-1256, ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04382

Liquid Phase Studies of Nanomaterials

Author(s): Nabeel Ahmad, Debora Keller, Marta D. Rossell, Rolf Erni
Published in: CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, Issue 72/10, 2018, Page(s) 727-727, ISSN 0009-4293
Publisher: Schweizerische Chemische Gedellschaft
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2018.727

Formation of gold nanoparticles in a free-standing ionic liquid triggered by heat and electron irradiation

Author(s): Debora Keller, Trond R. Henninen, Rolf Erni
Published in: Micron, Issue 117, 2019, Page(s) 16-21, ISSN 0968-4328
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2018.10.008

In situ Template Assisted Growth of Ag@Au Bimetallic Nanostructures

Author(s): N. Ahmad, D. Keller, M. D Rossell, R. Erni
Published in: Microscopy and Microanalysis, Issue 25/S1, 2019, Page(s) 41-42, ISSN 1431-9276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1431927618015933

Dynamic Role of Cluster Cocatalysts on Molecular Photoanodes for Water Oxidation

Author(s): Jingguo Li, Wenchao Wan, C. A. Triana, Zbynek Novotny, Jürg Osterwalder, Rolf Erni, Greta R. Patzke
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 141/32, 2019, Page(s) 12839-12848, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06100

Reliability of two embedded atom models for the description of Ag@Au nanoalloys

Author(s): M. Bon, N. Ahmad, R. Erni, D. Passerone
Published in: The Journal of Chemical Physics, Issue 151/6, 2019, Page(s) 064105, ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/1.5107495

Template-Assisted in Situ Synthesis of Ag@Au Bimetallic Nanostructures Employing Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy

Author(s): Nabeel Ahmad, Marta Bon, Daniele Passerone, Rolf Erni
Published in: ACS Nano, 2019, ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06614

The Structure of Sub-nm Platinum Clusters at Elevated Temperatures

Author(s): Trond Rypdal Henninen, Marta Bon, Feng Wang, Daniele Passerone, Rolf Erni
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911068

The ultrathin limit of improper ferroelectricity

Author(s): J. Nordlander, M. Campanini, M. D. Rossell, R. Erni, Q. N. Meier, A. Cano, N. A. Spaldin, M. Fiebig, M. Trassin
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 10/1, 2019, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13474-x

Self-Templating Strategies for Transition Metal Sulfide Nanoboxes as Robust Bifunctional Electrocatalysts

Author(s): Yonggui Zhao, Christos K. Mavrokefalos, Ping Zhang, Rolf Erni, Jingguo Li, C. A. Triana, Greta R. Patzke
Published in: Chemistry of Materials, 2020, ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02933

Coarsening- and Creep Resistance of Precipitation-Strengthened Al-Mg-Zr Alloys Processed by Selective Laser Melting

Author(s): S. Griffiths, J.R. Croteau, M.D. Rossell, R. Erni, A. De Luca, N.Q. Vo, D.C. Dunand, C. Leinenbach
Published in: Acta Materialia, 2020, ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.02.008

Multi-resolution convolutional neural networks for inverse problems

Author(s): Feng Wang, Alberto Eljarrat, Johannes Müller, Trond R. Henninen, Rolf Erni, Christoph T. Koch
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62484-z

Atomic-resolution differential phase contrast STEM on ferroelectric materials: A mean-field approach

Author(s): M. Campanini, K. Eimre, M. Bon, C. A. Pignedoli, M. D. Rossell, R. Erni
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 101/18, 2020, Page(s) 12, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.101.184116

High-Mobility In 2 O 3 :H Electrodes for Four-Terminal Perovskite/CuInSe 2 Tandem Solar Cells

Author(s): Yan Jiang, Thomas Feurer, Romain Carron, Galo Torres Sevilla, Thierry Moser, Stefano Pisoni, Rolf Erni, Marta D. Rossell, Mario Ochoa, Ramis Hertwig, Ayodhya N. Tiwari, Fan Fu
Published in: ACS Nano, 2020, ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03265

Atomic mechanisms of gold nanoparticle growth in ionic liquids studied by in situ scanning transmission electron microscopy

Author(s): Debora Keller, Trond R. Henninen, Rolf Erni
Published in: Nanoscale, Issue 12/44, 2020, Page(s) 22511-22517, ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06541b

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Atomic Resolution Liquid Phase Microscopy

Author(s): Debora Keller, Trond R. Henninen, Feng Wang, Rolf Erni
Published in: Imaging & Microscopy, Issue 1, 2021, Page(s) 21-23, ISSN 1439-4243
Publisher: Wiley

Other (1)

Solving Inverse Problems With Multi-scale Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Author(s): Wang, Feng; Müller, Johannes; Eljarrat, Alberto; Henninen, Trond; Rolf, Erni; Koch, Christoph
Published in: arxiv, Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: arXiv

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Direct in-situ observation of atomic mechanisms in cluster nucleation

Author(s): Trond R. Henninen
Published in: 2021, Page(s) 1-95
Publisher: ETH Library
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000497912