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Real-time tracking of metal nucleation via local perturbation of hydration layers

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, October 2017
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Title
Real-time tracking of metal nucleation via local perturbation of hydration layers
Published in
Nature Communications, October 2017
DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-01087-1
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Robert L. Harniman, Daniela Plana, George H. Carter, Kieren A. Bradley, Mervyn J. Miles, David J. Fermín

Abstract

The real-time visualization of stochastic nucleation events at electrode surfaces is one of the most complex challenges in electrochemical phase formation. The early stages of metal deposition on foreign substrates are characterized by a highly dynamic process in which nanoparticles nucleate and dissolve prior to reaching a critical size for deposition and growth. Here, high-speed non-contact lateral molecular force microscopy employing vertically oriented probes is utilized to explore the evolution of hydration layers at electrode surfaces with the unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution, and extremely low probe-surface interaction forces required to avoid disruption or shielding the critical nucleus formation. To the best of our knowledge, stochastic nucleation events of nanoscale copper deposits are visualized in real time for the first time and a highly dynamic topographic environment prior to the formation of critical nuclei is unveiled, featuring formation/re-dissolution of nuclei, two-dimensional aggregation and nuclei growth.Electrochemical deposition is important for industrial processes however, tracking the early stages of metallic phase nucleation is challenging. Here, the authors visualize the birth and growth of metal nuclei at electrode surfaces in real time via high-speed non-contact lateral molecular force microscopy.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 65 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 29%
Researcher 11 17%
Student > Master 6 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Professor 4 6%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 15 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 29 45%
Engineering 6 9%
Physics and Astronomy 3 5%
Materials Science 3 5%
Chemical Engineering 2 3%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 20 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 November 2017.
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#1,558,448
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