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@ARTICLE{Weisbord:611966,
      author       = {Weisbord, Inbal and Barzilay, Maya and Cai, Ruoke and
                      Welter, Edmund and Kuzmin, Aleksejs and Anspoks, Andris and
                      Segal-Peretz, Tamar},
      title        = {{T}he {D}evelopment and {A}tomic {S}tructure of {Z}inc
                      {O}xide {C}rystals {G}rown within {P}olymers from {V}apor
                      {P}hase {P}recursors},
      journal      = {ACS nano},
      volume       = {18},
      number       = {28},
      issn         = {1936-0851},
      address      = {Washington, DC},
      publisher    = {Soc.},
      reportid     = {PUBDB-2024-05132},
      pages        = {18393-18404},
      year         = {2024},
      abstract     = {Sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS), also known as
                      vapor phase infiltration (VPI), is a quickly expanding
                      technique that allows growth of inorganic materials within
                      polymers from vapor phase precursors. With an increasing
                      materials library, which encompasses numerous organometallic
                      precursors and polymer chemistries, and an expanding
                      application space, the importance of understanding the
                      mechanisms that govern SIS growth is ever increasing. In
                      this work, we studied the growth of polycrystalline ZnO
                      clusters and particles in three representative polymers:
                      poly(methyl methacrylate), SU-8, and polymethacrolein using
                      vapor phase diethyl zinc and water. Utilizing two atomic
                      resolution methods, high-resolution scanning transmission
                      electron microscopy and synchrotron X-ray absorption
                      spectroscopy, we probed the evolution of ZnO nanocrystals
                      size and crystallinity level inside the polymers with
                      advancing cycles─from early nucleation and growth after a
                      single cycle, through the formation of nanometric particles
                      within the films, and to the coalescence of the particles
                      upon polymer removal and thermal treatment. Through in situ
                      Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and microgravimetry,
                      we highlight the important role of water molecules
                      throughout the process and the polymers’ hygroscopic level
                      that leads to the observed differences in growth patterns
                      between the polymers, in terms of particle size, dispersity,
                      and the evolution of crystalline order. These insights
                      expand our understanding of crystalline materials growth
                      within polymers and enable rational design of hybrid
                      materials and polymer-templated inorganic nanostructures.},
      cin          = {DOOR ; HAS-User / FS-PET-S},
      ddc          = {540},
      cid          = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 /
                      I:(DE-H253)FS-PET-S-20190712},
      pnm          = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
                      Materials (POF4-632) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) /
                      FS-Proposal: I-20200303 EC (I-20200303-EC) / CAMART2 -
                      Centre of Advanced Materials Research and Technology
                      Transfer CAMART² (739508)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 /
                      G:(DE-H253)I-20200303-EC / G:(EU-Grant)739508},
      experiment   = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P65-20150101},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:38956949},
      UT           = {WOS:001263168500001},
      doi          = {10.1021/acsnano.4c02846},
      url          = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/611966},
}