Transmission electron microscopy of mercury metal

Dalaver H. Anjum; Ru Sougrat

doi:10.1111/jmi.12399

Transmission electron microscopy of mercury metal

Dalaver H. Anjum, Ru Sougrat

Physics

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Transmission electron microcopy (TEM) analysis of liquid metals, especially mercury (Hg), is difficult to carry out because their specimen preparation poses a daunting task due to the unique surface properties of these metals. This paper reports a cryoTEM study on Hg using a novel specimen preparation technique. Hg metal is mixed with water using sonication and quenched in liquid ethane cryogen. This technique permits research into the morphological, phase and structural properties of Hg at nanoscale dimensions.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	365-370
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Microscopy
Volume	263
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12399
State	Published - 1 Sep 2016

Keywords

cryoTEM
faceting
HRTEM
liquid metals
nanoparticles
phase transitions

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