Oxidation induced strain and defects in magnetite crystals

Oxidation of magnetite has broad implications in geochemistry and environmental science, but its reaction mechanisms are not fully understood yet. Here the authors use Bragg coherent diffractive imaging to show oxidative dissolution of magnetite inducing a rich array of strain and defect structures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ke Yuan, Sang Soo Lee, Wonsuk Cha, Andrew Ulvestad, Hyunjung Kim, Bektur Abdilla, Neil C. Sturchio, Paul Fenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08470-0