In situ interfacial nanoengineering of imidazole-bridged one-dimensional AgVO3 nanoribbons by Ag fractals

Abstract

The major bottleneck in harnessing the potential of solid-solid interfacial hetero structures involves incoherent interface constructions and complicated synthesis approaches. In this context, a synthesis strategy involving in situ interfacial manipulation of imidazole-bridged one-dimensional single-crystalline nanoribbons is developed through the dynamic growth of Ag fractals. This article successfully demonstrates structural and morphological changes in the monoclinic patterns of silver vanadate nanoribbons with Wulf constructions. These are associated with in situ electron beam perturbations and can be attributed to β-phase silver vanadate crystals. The dynamics and topological modifications induced on the nanohybrid interfaces mechanistically suggest the ability of the novel hybrid interfaces in harnessing and storing photogenerated auxiliary charge carriers. The synthesis methodology used enables in overcoming major bottleneck in nanoengineering of solid-solid interfacial heterostructures by using real-time feedback of the imaging e-beam to precisely fabricate these heterostructures and study the interface transition.