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Mba H, Picher M, Daro N, Marchivie M, Guionneau P, Chastanet G, Banhart F. Lattice Defects in Sub-Micrometer Spin-Crossover Crystals Studied by Electron Diffraction. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:8100-8106. [PMID: 37657083 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Spin-crossover particles of [Fe(Htrz)2trz](BF4) with sizes of some hundred nanometers are studied by in situ electron microscopy. Despite their high radiation sensitivity, it was possible to analyze the particles by imaging and diffraction so that a detailed analysis of crystallographic defects in individual particles became possible. The presence of one or several tilt boundaries, where the tilt axis is the direction of the polymer chains, is detected in each particle. An in situ exposure of the particles to temperature variations or short laser pulses to induce the spin crossover shows that the defect structure only changes after a high number of transformations between the low-spin and high-spin phases. The observations are explained by the anisotropy of the atomic architecture within the crystals, which facilitates defects between weakly linked crystallographic planes.
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- Hilaire Mba
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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Hu Y, Picher M, Palluel M, Daro N, Freysz E, Stoleriu L, Enachescu C, Chastanet G, Banhart F. Laser-Driven Transient Phase Oscillations in Individual Spin Crossover Particles. Small 2023; 19:e2303701. [PMID: 37246252 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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An unusual expansion dynamics of individual spin crossover nanoparticles is studied by ultrafast transmission electron microscopy. After exposure to nanosecond laser pulses, the particles exhibit considerable length oscillations during and after their expansion. The vibration period of 50-100 ns is of the same order of magnitude as the time that the particles need for a transition from the low-spin to the high-spin state. The observations are explained in Monte Carlo calculations using a model where elastic and thermal coupling between the molecules within a crystalline spin crossover particle govern the phase transition between the two spin states. The experimentally observed length oscillations are in agreement with the calculations, and it is shown that the system undergoes repeated transitions between the two spin states until relaxation in the high-spin state occurs due to energy dissipation. Spin crossover particles are therefore a unique system where a resonant transition between two phases occurs in a phase transformation of first order.
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- Yaowei Hu
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, Strasbourg, 67034, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, Strasbourg, 67034, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP (ICMCB-UMR 5026), Pessac, 33600, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP (ICMCB-UMR 5026), Pessac, 33600, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5798, LOMA, Talence cedex, 33405, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, 700506, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, 700506, Romania
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP (ICMCB-UMR 5026), Pessac, 33600, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, Strasbourg, 67034, France
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Picher M, Sinha SK, LaGrange T, Banhart F. Analytics at the nanometer and nanosecond scales by short electron pulses in an electron microscope. ChemTexts 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40828-022-00169-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cotin G, Heinrich B, Perton F, Kiefer C, Francius G, Mertz D, Freis B, Pichon B, Strub JM, Cianférani S, Ortiz Peña N, Ihiawakrim D, Portehault D, Ersen O, Khammari A, Picher M, Banhart F, Sanchez C, Begin-Colin S. A Confinement-Driven Nucleation Mechanism of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Obtained via Thermal Decomposition in Organic Media. Small 2022; 18:e2200414. [PMID: 35426247 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Thermal decomposition is a very efficient synthesis strategy to obtain nanosized metal oxides with controlled structures and properties. For the iron oxide nanoparticle synthesis, it allows an easy tuning of the nanoparticle's size, shape, and composition, which is often explained by the LaMer theory involving a clear separation between nucleation and growth steps. Here, the events before the nucleation of iron oxide nanocrystals are investigated by combining different complementary in situ characterization techniques. These characterizations are carried out not only on powdered iron stearate precursors but also on a preheated liquid reaction mixture. They reveal a new nucleation mechanism for the thermal decomposition method: instead of a homogeneous nucleation, the nucleation occurs within vesicle-like-nanoreactors confining the reactants. The different steps are: 1) the melting and coalescence of iron stearate particles, leading to "droplet-shaped nanostructures" acting as nanoreactors; 2) the formation of a hitherto unobserved iron stearate crystalline phase within the nucleation temperature range, simultaneously with stearate chains loss and Fe(III) to Fe(II) reduction; 3) the formation of iron oxide nuclei inside the nanoreactors, which are then ejected from them. This mechanism paves the way toward a better mastering of the metal oxide nanoparticles synthesis and the control of their properties.
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- Geoffrey Cotin
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCME UMR 7564, Nancy, F-54000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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- Université Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, UMR 7178, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Université Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, UMR 7178, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7574, Collège de France, LCMCP, 4 place Jussieu, Paris cedex 05, 75252, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7574, Collège de France, LCMCP, 4 place Jussieu, Paris cedex 05, 75252, France
- USIAS Chair of Chemistry of ultradivided matter, University of Strasbourg Institut of Advanced Study, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
- Labex CSC, Fondation IcFRC/Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge BP 70028, Strasbourg Cedex, F-67083, France
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Hu Y, Picher M, Tran NM, Palluel M, Stoleriu L, Daro N, Mornet S, Enachescu C, Freysz E, Banhart F, Chastanet G. Photo-Thermal Switching of Individual Plasmonically Activated Spin Crossover Nanoparticle Imaged by Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscopy. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2105586. [PMID: 34601766 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Spin crossover (SCO) is a promising switching phenomenon when implemented in electronic devices as molecules, thin films or nanoparticles. Among the properties modulated along this phenomenon, optically induced mechanical changes are of tremendous importance as they can work as fast light-induced mechanical switches or allow to investigate and control microstructural strains and fatigability. The development of characterization techniques probing nanoscopic behavior with high spatio-temporal resolution allows to trigger and visualize such mechanical changes of individual nanoscopic objects. Here, ultrafast transmission electron microscopy (UTEM) is used to precisely probe the length changes of individual switchable nanoparticles induced thermally by nanosecond laser pulses. This allows revealing of the mechanisms of spin switching, leading to the macroscopic expansion of SCO materials. This study is conducted on individual pure SCO nanoparticles and SCO nanoparticles encapsulating gold nanorods that serve for plasmonic heating under laser pulses. Length changes are compared with time-resolved optical measurements performed on an assembly of these particles.
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- Yaowei Hu
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Universite de Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5798, LOMA, 358 Cours de la libération, Talence cedex, F-33405, France
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- Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5026, Pessac, F-33600, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, 700506, Romania
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- Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5026, Pessac, F-33600, France
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- Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5026, Pessac, F-33600, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, 700506, Romania
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- Universite de Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5798, LOMA, 358 Cours de la libération, Talence cedex, F-33405, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67034, France
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- Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, UMR 5026, Pessac, F-33600, France
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Sinha SK, Khammari A, Picher M, Roulland F, Viart N, LaGrange T, Banhart F. Nanosecond electron pulses in the analytical electron microscopy of a fast irreversible chemical reaction. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3648. [PMID: 31409780 PMCID: PMC6692388 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11669-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We show how the kinetics of a fast and irreversible chemical reaction in a nanocrystalline material at high temperature can be studied using nanosecond electron pulses in an electron microscope. Infrared laser pulses first heat a nanocrystalline oxide layer on a carbon film, then single nanosecond electron pulses allow imaging, electron diffraction and electron energy-loss spectroscopy. This enables us to study the evolution of the morphology, crystallography, and elemental composition of the system with nanosecond resolution. Here, NiO nanocrystals are reduced to elemental nickel within 5 µs after the laser pulse. At high temperatures induced by laser heating, reduction results first in a liquid nickel phase that crystallizes on microsecond timescales. We show that the reaction kinetics in the reduction of nanocrystalline NiO differ from those in bulk materials. The observation of liquid nickel as a transition phase explains why the reaction is first order and occurs at high rates. Detailed knowledge of the transition states and kinetics of fast reactions in nanoparticles is desirable for many applications, but challenging to access. Here the authors obtain insight in nickel oxide reduction, using single-shot electron pulses in an electron microscope with nanosecond resolution.
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- Shyam K Sinha
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, 67034, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering (LUMES), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, 67034, Strasbourg, France.
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Picher M, Bücker K, LaGrange T, Banhart F. Imaging and electron energy-loss spectroscopy using single nanosecond electron pulses. Ultramicroscopy 2018; 188:41-47. [PMID: 29547872 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We implement a parametric study with single electron pulses having a 7 ns duration to find the optimal conditions for imaging, diffraction, and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in the single-shot approach. Photoelectron pulses are generated by illuminating a flat tantalum cathode with 213 nm nanosecond laser pulses in a 200 kV transmission electron microscope (TEM) with thermionic gun and Wehnelt electrode. For the first time, an EEL spectrometer is used to measure the energy distribution of single nanosecond electron pulses which is crucial for understanding the ideal imaging conditions of the single-shot approach. By varying the laser power, the Wehnelt bias, and the condenser lens settings, the optimum TEM operation conditions for the single-shot approach are revealed. Due to space charge and the Boersch effect, the energy width of the pulses under maximized emission conditions is far too high for imaging or spectroscopy. However, by using the Wehnelt electrode as an energy filter, the energy width of the pulses can be reduced to 2 eV, though at the expense of intensity. The first EEL spectra taken with nanosecond electron pulses are shown in this study. With 7 ns pulses, an image resolution of 25 nm is attained. It is shown how the spherical and chromatic aberrations of the objective lens as well as shot noise limit the resolution. We summarize by giving perspectives for improving the single-shot time-resolved approach by using aberration correction.
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- Matthieu Picher
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, Strasbourg 67034, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, Strasbourg 67034, France
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Electron Microscopy (CIME), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, UMR 7504, Strasbourg 67034, France.
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Navas H, Picher M, Andrieux-Ledier A, Fossard F, Michel T, Kozawa A, Maruyama T, Anglaret E, Loiseau A, Jourdain V. Unveiling the Evolutions of Nanotube Diameter Distribution during the Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2017; 11:3081-3088. [PMID: 28285520 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In situ and ex situ Raman measurements were used to study the dynamics of the populations of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) during their catalytic growth by chemical vapor deposition. Our study reveals that the nanotube diameter distribution strongly evolves during SWCNT growth but in dissimilar ways depending on the growth conditions. We notably show that high selectivity can be obtained using short or moderate growth times. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy observations support that Ostwald ripening is the key process driving these seemingly contradictory results by regulating the size distribution and lifetime of the active catalyst particles. Ostwald ripening appears as the main termination mechanism for the smallest diameter tubes, whereas carbon poisoning dominates for the largest ones. By unveiling the key concept of dynamic competition between nanotube growth and catalyst ripening, we show that time can be used as an active parameter to control the growth selectivity of carbon nanotubes and other 1D systems.
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- Hugo Navas
- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier , 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier , 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire d'étude des microstructures, CNRS-ONERA , 92322 Châtillon, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier , 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Meijo University , 468-8502 Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Meijo University , 468-8502 Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier , 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire d'étude des microstructures, CNRS-ONERA , 92322 Châtillon, France
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- Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier , 34095 Montpellier, France
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Bücker K, Picher M, Crégut O, LaGrange T, Reed B, Park S, Masiel D, Banhart F. Electron beam dynamics in an ultrafast transmission electron microscope with Wehnelt electrode. Ultramicroscopy 2016; 171:8-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Picher M, Mazzucco S, Blankenship S, Sharma R. Vibrational and optical spectroscopies integrated with environmental transmission electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 2014; 150:10-15. [PMID: 25490533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Here, we present a measurement platform for collecting multiple types of spectroscopy data during high-resolution environmental transmission electron microscopy observations of dynamic processes. Such coupled measurements are made possible by a broadband, high-efficiency, free-space optical system. The critical element of the system is a parabolic mirror, inserted using an independent hollow rod and placed below the sample holder which can focus a light on the sample and/or collect the optical response. We demonstrate the versatility of this optical setup by using it to combine in situ atomic-scale electron microscopy observations with Raman spectroscopy. The Raman data is also used to measure the local temperature of the observed sample area. Other applications include, but are not limited to: cathodo- and photoluminescence spectroscopy, and use of the laser as a local, high-rate heating source.
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- Matthieu Picher
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6203, United States; Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6203, United States; Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6203, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6203, United States.
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Picher M, Lin PA, Gomez-Ballesteros JL, Balbuena PB, Sharma R. Nucleation of graphene and its conversion to single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nano Lett 2014; 14:6104-8. [PMID: 25329750 DOI: 10.1021/nl501977b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We use an environmental transmission electron microscope to record atomic-scale movies showing how carbon atoms assemble together on a catalyst nanoparticle to form a graphene sheet that progressively lifts-off to convert into a nanotube. Time-resolved observations combined with theoretical calculations confirm that some nanoparticle facets act like a vice-grip for graphene, offering anchoring sites, while other facets allow the graphene to lift-off, which is the essential step to convert into a nanotube.
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- Matthieu Picher
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6203, United States
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Mazzucco S, Wang Y, Tanase M, Picher M, Li K, Wu Z, Irle S, Sharma R. Direct evidence of active and inactive phases of Fe catalyst nanoparticles for carbon nanotube formation. J Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Betz AC, Vialla F, Brunel D, Voisin C, Picher M, Cavanna A, Madouri A, Fève G, Berroir JM, Plaçais B, Pallecchi E. Hot electron cooling by acoustic phonons in graphene. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:056805. [PMID: 23006198 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.056805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We have investigated the energy loss of hot electrons in metallic graphene by means of GHz noise thermometry at liquid helium temperature. We observe the electronic temperature T ∝ V at low bias in agreement with the heat diffusion to the leads described by the Wiedemann-Franz law. We report on T ∝ √V behavior at high bias, which corresponds to a T(4) dependence of the cooling power. This is the signature of a 2D acoustic phonon cooling mechanism. From a heat equation analysis of the two regimes we extract accurate values of the electron-acoustic phonon coupling constant Σ in monolayer graphene. Our measurements point to an important effect of lattice disorder in the reduction of Σ, not yet considered by theory. Moreover, our study provides a strong and firm support to the rising field of graphene bolometric detectors.
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- A C Betz
- Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, ENS-CNRS UMR, Universités P. et M. Curie and Paris-Diderot, France
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Ouerghi A, Silly MG, Marangolo M, Mathieu C, Eddrief M, Picher M, Sirotti F, El Moussaoui S, Belkhou R. Large-area and high-quality epitaxial graphene on off-axis SiC wafers. ACS Nano 2012; 6:6075-6082. [PMID: 22702396 DOI: 10.1021/nn301152p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The growth of large and uniform graphene layers remains very challenging to this day due to the close correlation between the electronic and transport properties and the layer morphology. Here, we report the synthesis of uniform large-scale mono- and bilayers of graphene on off-axis 6H-SiC(0001) substrates. The originality of our approach consists of the fine control of the growth mode of the graphene by precise control of the Si sublimation rate. Moreover, we take advantage of the presence of nanofacets on the off-axis substrate to grow a large and uniform graphene with good long-range order. We believe that our approach represents a significant step toward the scalable synthesis of graphene films with high structural qualities and fine thickness control, in order to develop graphene-based electronic devices.
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- Abdelkarim Ouerghi
- Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS-LPN, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France.
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The extraordinary electronic, thermal and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) closely relate to their structure. They can be seen as rolled-up graphene sheets with their electronic properties depending on how this rolling up is achieved. However, this is not the way they actually grow. Various methods are used to produce carbon nanotubes. They all have in common three ingredients: (i) a carbon source, (ii) catalyst nanoparticles and (iii) an energy input. In the case where the carbon source is provided in solid form, one speaks about 'high temperature methods' because they involve the sublimation of graphite which does not occur below 3200 °C. The first CNTs were synthesized by these techniques. For liquid or gaseous phases, the generic term of 'medium or low temperature methods' is used. CNTs are now commonly produced by these latter techniques at temperatures ranging between 350 and 1000 °C, using metal nanoparticles that catalyze the decomposition of the gaseous carbon precursor and make the growth of nanotubes possible. The aim of this review article is to give a general overview of all these methods and an understanding of the CNT growth process.
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- Catherine Journet
- Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5615, Domaine Scientifique de la Doua, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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Picher M, Anglaret E, Arenal R, Jourdain V. Processes controlling the diameter distribution of single-walled carbon nanotubes during catalytic chemical vapor deposition. ACS Nano 2011; 5:2118-2125. [PMID: 21314174 DOI: 10.1021/nn1033086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes are grown by catalytic chemical vapor deposition in various conditions of temperature and carbon precursor pressure. Systematic analyses of the Raman radial breathing modes at two laser wavelengths are used to monitor the evolution of the diameter distribution. Two distinct domains with opposite influences of the temperature and the precursor pressure on the diameter distribution are evidenced. Thanks to specially designed experiments made of two successive growths, three processes are identified to influence the diameter distribution during the nanotube growth: (i) at too low precursor pressure, nanotube nucleation cannot occur on the smallest catalyst particles; (ii) at low temperature and high precursor pressure, small catalyst particles are preferably encapsulated by disordered carbon structures; (iii) at high temperature, catalyst coarsening causes the disappearance of the smallest catalyst particles.
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- Matthieu Picher
- Laboratoire des Colloïdes, Verres et Nanomatériaux, UMR 5587 CNRS-UM2, University Montpellier 2 , Place Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Picher M, Anglaret E, Arenal R, Jourdain V. Self-deactivation of single-walled carbon nanotube growth studied by in situ Raman measurements. Nano Lett 2009; 9:542-7. [PMID: 19159251 DOI: 10.1021/nl802661z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In situ Raman measurements were used to investigate the kinetics and the self-deactivation of the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes during catalytic chemical vapor deposition. The kinetics appear controlled by the mass-transport of the gaseous precursor at low precursor pressure and high temperature and by the catalytic decomposition of the precursor at high precursor pressure and low temperature. The initial growth rate and the lifetime display inversely correlated evolutions with the growth parameters. In addition, we measured the activation energy for the healing of defects during the growth and discuss it in comparison to the apparent activation energies measured for the initial growth rate and the lifetime. Our results support that the healing of the edge defects controls both the crystalline order and the growth lifetime.
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- Matthieu Picher
- Verres et Nanomateriaux, Universite Montpellier 2, Place Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Yerxa BR, Sabater JR, Davis CW, Stutts MJ, Lang-Furr M, Picher M, Jones AC, Cowlen M, Dougherty R, Boyer J, Abraham WM, Boucher RC. Pharmacology of INS37217 [P(1)-(uridine 5')-P(4)- (2'-deoxycytidine 5')tetraphosphate, tetrasodium salt], a next-generation P2Y(2) receptor agonist for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 302:871-80. [PMID: 12183642 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.035485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INS37217 [P(1)-(uridine 5')-P(4)-(2'-deoxycytidine 5')tetraphosphate, tetrasodium salt] is a deoxycytidine-uridine dinucleotide with agonist activity at the P2Y(2) receptor. In primate lung tissues, the P2Y(2) receptor mRNA was located by in situ hybridization predominantly in epithelial cells and not in smooth muscle or stromal tissue. The pharmacologic profile of INS37217 parallels that of UTP, leading to increased chloride and water secretion, increased cilia beat frequency, and increased mucin release. The combined effect of these actions was confirmed in an animal model of tracheal mucus velocity that showed that a single administration of INS37217 significantly enhanced mucus transport for at least 8 h after dosing. This extended duration of action is consistent with the ability of INS37217 to resist metabolism by airway cells and sputum enzymes. The enhanced metabolic stability and resultant increased duration of improved mucociliary clearance may confer significant advantages to INS37217 over other P2Y(2) agonists in the treatment of diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
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- B R Yerxa
- Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4222 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 470, Durham, NC 27703, USA.
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There is controversy over whether abnormalities in the salt concentration or volume of airway surface liquid (ASL) initiate cystic fibrosis (CF) airway disease. In vivo studies of CF mouse nasal epithelia revealed an increase in goblet cell number that was associated with decreased ASL volume rather than abnormal [Cl(-)]. Aerosolization of osmolytes in vivo failed to raise ASL volume. In vitro studies revealed that osmolytes and pharmacological agents were effective in producing isotonic volume responses in human airway epithelia but were typically short acting and less effective in CF cultures with prolonged volume hyperabsorption and mucus accumulation. These data show that (1) therapies can be designed to normalize ASL volume, without producing deleterious compositional changes in ASL, and (2) therapeutic efficacy will likely depend on development of long-acting pharmacologic agents and/or an increased efficiency of osmolyte delivery.
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- R Tarran
- Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
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Donaldson SH, Lazarowski ER, Picher M, Knowles MR, Stutts MJ, Boucher RC. Basal nucleotide levels, release, and metabolism in normal and cystic fibrosis airways. Mol Med 2000; 6:969-82. [PMID: 11147574 PMCID: PMC1949922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a syndrome caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene. Despite advances in our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of CF, the link between CFTR gene mutations and the pathogenesis of CF lung disease remains poorly defined. CFTR has been assigned a number of putative functions that may contribute to innate airway defense, including the regulation of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) release into the extracellular environment. Because extracellular ATP and uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) may regulate airway mucociliary clearance via interaction with luminal P2Y2 receptors, the loss of CFTR-mediated nucleotide release could explain the defect in CF airway defense. MATERIALS AND METHODS We tested the physiologic importance of CFTR-mediated nucleotide release in vivo by directly measuring levels of ATP and UTP in nasal airway surface liquid from normal and CF subjects. Because these basal nucleotide levels reflect the net activities of nucleotide release and metabolic pathways, we also measured constitutive rates of nucleotide release and metabolism on well-differentiated normal and CF airway cultures in vitro. The measurement of ATP release rates were paralleled by in vivo studies employing continuous nasal perfusion in normal and CF subjects. Finally, the regulation of ATP release by isoproterenol and methacholine-stimulated submucosal gland secretion was tested. RESULTS These studies revealed that steady-state ATP and UTP levels were similar in normal (470 +/- 131 nM and 37 +/- 7 nM, respectively) and CF (911 +/- 199 nM and 33 +/- 12 nM, respectively) subjects. The rates of both ATP release and metabolism were also similar in normal and CF airway epithelia both in vitro and in vivo. Airway submucosal glands did not secrete nucleotides, but rather, secreted a soluble nucleotidase in response to cholinergic stimuli. CONCLUSION The concentration of ATP in airway surface liquid is in a range that is relevant for the activation of airway nucleotide receptors. However, despite this finding that suggests endogenous nucleotides may be important for the regulation of mucociliary clearance, our data do not support a role for CFTR in regulating extracellular nucleotide concentrations on airway surfaces.
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- S H Donaldson
- Cystic Fibrosis Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
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Because dinucleotides are signaling molecules that can interact with cell surface receptors and regulate the rate of mucociliary clearance in lungs, we studied their metabolism by using human airway epithelial cells. A membrane-bound enzyme was detected on the mucosal surface of polarized epithelia that metabolized dinucleotides with a broad substrate specificity (diadenosine polyphosphates and diuridine polyphosphates [Up(n)U], n = 2 to 6). The enzymatic reaction yielded nucleoside monophosphates (NMP) and Np(n)(-)(1) (N = A or U), and was inhibited by nucleoside 5'-triphosphates (alpha,betamet adenosine triphosphate [ATP] > ATP >/= uridine triphosphate > guanidine triphosphate > cytidine triphosphate). The apparent Michaelis constant (K(m,app)) and apparent maximal velocity (V(max,app)) for [(3)H]Up(4)U were 22 +/- 4 microM and 0.24 +/- 0.05 nmoles. min(-)(1). cm(-)(2), respectively. Thymidine 5'-monophosphate p-nitrophenyl ester and adenosine diphosphate (ADP)- ribose, substrates of ecto alkaline phosphodiesterase I (PDE I) activities, were also hydrolyzed by the apical surface of airway epithelia. ADP-ribose competed with [(3)H]Up(4)U, with a K(i) of 23 +/- 3 microM. The metabolism of ADP-ribose and Ap(4)A was not affected by inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, Ro 20-1724, and 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulfophenylxanthine), but similarly inhibited by fluoride and N-ethylmaleimide. These results suggest that a PDE I is responsible for the hydrolysis of extracellular dinucleotides in human airways. The wide substrate specificity of PDE I suggests that it may be involved in several signaling events on the luminal surface of airway epithelia, including purinoceptor activation and cell surface protein ribosylation.
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- M Picher
- Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
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Saleh A, Picher M, Kammouni W, Figarella C, Merten MD. Characterization of a diadenosine tetraphosphate-receptor distinct from the ATP-purinoceptor in human tracheal gland cells. Eur J Pharmacol 1999; 384:91-8. [PMID: 10611424 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00621-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human submucosal tracheal glands are now believed to play a major role in the physiopathology of cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease in which ATP is used as a therapeutic agent. However, actions of ATP on tracheal gland cells are not well known. ATP binds to P2 receptors and induced secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) secretion through formation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate and mobilization of intracellular [Ca(2+)]. Since diadenosine polyphosphates (ApnA) are also endogenous effectors of P2 receptors, we investigated their effects in a cell line (MM39) of human tracheal gland cells. Diadenosine tetraphosphates (Ap4A) induced significant stimulation (+50+/-12%) of SLPI secretion and to a similar extent to that of ATP (+65+/-10%). No significant effects were observed with diadenosine triphosphate (Ap3A), diadenosine pentaphosphate (Ap5A), ADP and 2-methylthio-adenosine triphosphate (2-MeS-ATP). Since Ap4A was weakly hydrolyzed (<2% of total), and the hydrolysis product was only inosine which is ineffective on cells, this Ap4A effect was not due to Ap4A hydrolysis in ATP and adenosine monophosphate (AMP). A mixture of Ap4A and ATP elicited only partial additive effects on SLPI secretion. ADP was shown to be a potent antagonist of ATP and Ap4A receptors, with IC(50)s of 0.8 and 2 microM, respectively. 2-MeS-ATP also showed antagonistic properties with IC(50)s of 20 and 30 microM for ATP- and Ap4A-receptors, respectively. Single cell intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) measurements showed similar transient increases of [Ca(2+)](i) after ATP or Ap4A challenges. ATP desensitized the cell [Ca(2+)](i) responses to ATP and Ap4A, and Ap4A also desensitized the cell response to Ap4A. Nevertheless, Ap4A did not desensitize the cell [Ca(2+)](i) responses to ATP. In conclusion, both P2Y2-ATP-receptors and Ap4A-P2D-receptors seem to be present in tracheal gland cells. Ap4A may only bind to P2D-receptors whilst ATP may bind to both Ap4A- and ATP-receptors.
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- A Saleh
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Glandes Exocrines, Faculte de Medecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, F-13385, Marseille, France
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Picher M, Decrouy A, Proteau S, Rousseau E. Conducting and voltage-dependent behaviors of the native and purified SR Ca2+-release channels from the canine diaphragm. Biochim Biophys Acta 1997; 1328:243-60. [PMID: 9315621 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00104-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+-release channel of the canine diaphragm sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was characterized using biochemical assays and the planar lipid bilayer technique. Diaphragm SR membranes have a [3H]ryanodine-binding capacity (Bmax) of 1.2 pmol/mg protein and a binding affinity (K(D)) of 6.3 nM. The conductance of the native channel was 330 pS in 50 mM/250 mM trans/cis CsCH3SO3 and was reduced to 71 pS by 10 mM Ca2+ trans. The Ca2+-release channel was purified as a 400 kDa protein on SDS-PAGE and displayed a conductance of 715 pS in 200 mM KCl. The native and purified Ca2+ channels were activated by micromolar Ca2+ and ATP and inhibited by Mg2+, ryanodine and ruthenium red. Although diaphragm muscle contraction was shown to depend on extracellular Ca2+ like cardiac muscles, we provide evidence that the diaphragm SR Ca2+-release channel may be classified as a skeletal ryanodine receptor isoform. First, the IC50 for [3H]ryanodine binding was in the same range as estimated for skeletal SR, with 20 nM. Second, the channel was maximally activated by 10-30 microM cytoplasmic Ca2+ and inhibited at higher concentrations. Third, ryanodine binding to the diaphragm SR was less sensitive to Ca2+ than cardiac SR, with EC50, values of 50 and 1 microM, respectively. Finally, Ca2+-release activity and [3H]ryanodine binding capacity of the diaphragm and skeletal SR were similarly more sensitive to Mg2+ than cardiac SR. Together, these results suggest a predominantly skeletal-type of excitation-contraction coupling in the diaphragm.
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- M Picher
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Sévigny J, Picher M, Grondin G, Beaudoin AR. Purification and immunohistochemical localization of the ATP diphosphohydrolase in bovine lungs. Am J Physiol 1997; 272:L939-50. [PMID: 9176260 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.272.5.l939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have recently described different isoforms of mammalian ATP diphosphohydrolase (ATPDase; EC 3.6.1.5). In the present study, we purified the lung ATPDase by column chromatographies followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under nondenaturing conditions. The active polypeptide that has a molecular mass of 78 kDa was identified by affinity labeling to the ATP analog 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine (FSBA), followed by detection on Western blot with an antibody specific for FSBA. N-glycosidase F treatment shifted the molecular mass of the 78-kDa polypeptide down to 54 kDa, indicating that the enzyme bears approximately 6-12 NH2-linked oligosaccharide chains. A polyclonal antibody raised against the pancreas ATPDase, which specifically recognized the 78-kDa glycoprotein on Western blot, was used to carry out an immunological survey of the enzyme distribution in bovine lungs. Immunoreactivity was detected on airway epithelia from the trachea down to alveolar cells, airway and vascular smooth muscle cells, submucous glands, chondrocytes, leucocytes, as well as endothelial and mesothelial cells. Such a wide distribution suggests that the ATPDase may affect a variety of physiological effects mediated by extracellular nucleotides, such as airway smooth muscle tone, surfactant secretion, platelet aggregation, and inflammation.
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- J Sévigny
- Départment de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Picher M, Sévigny J, D'Orléans-Juste P, Beaudoin AR. Hydrolysis of P2-purinoceptor agonists by a purified ectonucleotidase from the bovine aorta, the ATP-diphosphohydrolase. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:1453-60. [PMID: 8630086 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00086-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Pharmacologists are becoming more and more aware of the possibility that certain ATP analogues currently used to classify the P2-purinoceptors are dephosphorylated by ectonucleotidases. In this study, we provide evidence that in the vascular system, these purine analogues are hydrolysed by an ATP-diphosphohydrolase (ATPDase). This enzyme is known as the major plasma membrane nucleotidase of endothelial and smooth muscle cells, and is believed to dephosphorylate extracellular triphospho- and diphosphonucleosides. Assays were conducted with a purified ATPDase from smooth muscle cells of bovine aorta. At a concentration of 250 microM, adenosine 5'-(alpha,beta-methylene) triphosphonate (alpha,beta-metATP), adenosine 5'-(beta,gamma-methylene) triphosphonate (beta,gamma-metATP), adenosine 5'-(alpha,beta-methylene) disphosphonate (alpha,beta-metADP), adenylyl 5'-(beta,gamma-imido) diphosphonate (beta,gamma-imidoATP) and adenosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (ADP beta S) all resisted dephosphorylation, whereas 2-chloroadenosine triphosphate (2-chloroATP), 2-methylthioadenosine triphosphate (2-MeSATP) and 8-bromoadenosine triphosphate (8-bromo-ATP) were hydrolysed at 99, 63, and 20% of the rate of ATP hydrolysis, respectively. All the non-hydrolysable analogues tested, except alpha,beta-metADP, competed with ATP and ADP for the ATPDase catalytic site, reducing their hydrolysis by 35-50%. Apparent Km values for ATP and ADP were estimated at 14.1 and 12.0 microM, respectively, whereas apparent Km and Ki values for the purine analogues ranged from 12 to 28 microM. These results strongly support the view that (1) the ATPDase is expected to reduce substantially the P2-response induced by ATP, ADP, and some hydrolysable agonists; and (2) by competing with the hydrolysis of endogenously released ATP and ADP, non-hydrolysable analogues could alter the amplitude or direction of the cellular response induced by these natural substrates.
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- M Picher
- Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Picher M, Decrouy A, Rousseau E. Conducting and voltage-dependent behaviors of potassium ion channels reconstituted from diaphragm sarcoplasmic reticulum: comparison with the cardiac isoform. Biochim Biophys Acta 1996; 1279:93-103. [PMID: 8624367 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(95)00239-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) K+ channels from canine diaphragm were studied upon fusion of longitudinal and junctional membrane vesicles into planar lipid bilayers (PLB). The large-conductance cation selective channel (gamma(max) = 250 pS; Km = 33 mM) displays long-lasting open events which are much more frequent at positive than at negative voltages. A major subconducting state about 45% of the fully-open state current amplitude was occasionally observed at all voltages. The voltage-dependence of the open probability displays a sigmoid relationship that was fitted by the Boltzmann equation and expressed in terms of thermodynamic parameters, namely the free energy (delta Gi) and the effective gating charge (Zs): delta Gi = 0.27 kcal/mol and Zs = -1.19 in 250 mM potassium gluconate (K-gluconate). Kinetic analyses also confirmed the voltage-dependent gating behavior of this channel, and indicate the implication of at least two open and three closed states. The diaphragm SR K+ channel shares several biophysical properties with the cardiac isoform: g = 180 pS, delta Gi = 0.75 kcal/mol, Zs = -1.45 in 150 mM K-gluconate, and a similar sigmoid P(o)/voltage relationship. Little is known about the regulation of the diaphragm and cardiac SR K+ channels. The conductance and gating of these channels were not influenced by physiological concentrations of Ca2+ (0.1 microM-1 mM) or Mg2+ (0.25-1 mM), as well as by cGMP (25-100 microM), lemakalim (1-100 microM), glyburide (up to 10 microM) or charybdotoxin (45-200 nM), added either to the cis or to the trans chamber. The apparent lack of biochemical or pharmacological modulation of these channels implies that they are not related to any of the well characterized surface membrane K+ channels. On the other hand, their voltage sensitivity strongly suggests that their activity could be modulated by putative changes in SR membrane potential that might occur during calcium fluxes.
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- M Picher
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
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Picher M, Béliveau R, Potier M, Savaria D, Rousseau E, Beaudoin AR. Demonstration of an ectoATP-diphosphohydrolase (E.C.3.6.1.5.) in non-vascular smooth muscles of the bovine trachea. Biochim Biophys Acta 1994; 1200:167-74. [PMID: 8031837 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(94)90132-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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An ectoATP-diphosphohydrolase (ATPDase) is put in evidence in non-vascular smooth muscles of the bovine trachea. The enzyme has an optimum pH of 7.0 and catalyzes the hydrolysis of the gamma- and beta-phosphate residues from extracellular triphospho- and diphosphonucleosides. It requires either Ca2+ or Mg2+ and is insensitive to ouabain, oligomycin and Ap5A. Sodium azide (20 mM), mercuric chloride (10 microM) and gossypol (35 microM) inhibit the enzyme activity by more than 45%. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions and kinetic properties, namely pH dependency profiles, heat inactivation and 60Co gamma-irradiation-inactivation curves, support the view that the same catalytic site is responsible for the hydrolysis of ATP and ADP to AMP. Accordingly, when both ATP and ADP were combined, reaction rates were not additive. With ATP, Km,app and Vmax,app were estimated at 15 +/- 2 microM and 1.9 +/- 0.1 mumol inorganic phosphate/min per mg of protein, respectively. From 60Co gamma-irradiation-inactivation curves, the molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated at 71 +/- 5 kDa. Enzyme markers indicate that the ATPDase is associated with the plasma membrane. Enzyme assays on trachea smooth muscle cells in suspension confirm that the catalytic site of this ATPDase is localized on the outer surface of the plasma membrane. Analysis of the biochemical properties shows many points of similarity between the tracheal ATPDase and the ATPDase recently described in the bovine lung.
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- M Picher
- Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Picher M, Côté YP, Béliveau R, Potier M, Beaudoin AR. Demonstration of a novel type of ATP-diphosphohydrolase (EC 3.6.1.5) in the bovine lung. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:4699-703. [PMID: 8444844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A novel type of ATP-diphosphohydrolase (ATPDase) is demonstrated in bovine lung. The enzyme has an optimum pH of 7.5 and catalyzes the hydrolysis of the beta- and gamma-phosphate residues from diphospho- and triphosphonucleosides. It requires Ca2+ or Mg2+ and is insensitive to ouabain, an inhibitor of Na+/K(+)-ATPase, P1,P5-di(adenosine 5')-pentaphosphate, an inhibitor of adenylate kinase, and tetramisole, an inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase. In contrast, sodium azide (10 mM), a known inhibitor of ATPDases and mitochondrial ATPases, as well as mercuric chloride (10 microM) and gossypol (2,2'-bis[8-formyl-1,6,7-trihydroxy-5-isopropyl-3-methylnaphthalene]) (35 microM) are powerful inhibitors of this enzyme. The same inhibition profile is obtained with ATP or ADP as substrate, thereby supporting the concept of a common catalytic site for these substrates. This is further confirmed by enzyme localization after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under nondenaturing conditions and by kinetic properties, namely pH dependence profiles, heat inactivation, and 60Co irradiation-inactivation curves. The native molecular mass of the enzyme calculated from 60Co gamma-irradiation-inactivation curves is estimated at 70 +/- 3 kDa, whereas Km,app and Vmax,app of the ATPDase are evaluated at 7 +/- 2 microM and 1.1 +/- 0.3 mumol of Pi/min/mg protein, respectively. A comparison of the kinetic properties of this ATPDase with those of pig pancreas (Type I) and bovine aorta (Type II) lead us to believe that this enzyme is an hitherto undescribed type of ATPDase. By reference to the previously described ATPDase, we propose to identify this enzyme as ATPDase Type III (EC 3.6.1.5).
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- M Picher
- Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Picher M, Côté Y, Béliveau R, Potier M, Beaudoin A. Demonstration of a novel type of ATP-diphosphohydrolase (EC 3.6.1.5) in the bovine lung. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53452-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Côté YP, Picher M, St-Jean P, Béliveau R, Potier M, Beaudoin AR. Identification and localization of ATP-diphosphohydrolase (apyrase) in bovine aorta: relevance to vascular tone and platelet aggregation. Biochim Biophys Acta 1991; 1078:187-91. [PMID: 2065085 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(91)99008-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In this work, we confirm the existence of an ATP-diphosphohydrolase (apyrase) in bovine aorta and we show that its properties are different from the previously described pancreas ATP-diphosphohydrolase. Hence the aorta enzyme should be considered as a novel type of apyrase. The demonstration is based on pH dependency profiles, heat denaturation curves, 60Co irradiation-inactivation curves and enzyme localization after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions. In addition, the irradiation-inactivation curves clearly showed that for both pancreas and aorta enzymes preparations, the same catalytic site is responsible for the hydrolysis of ATP and ADP. The molecular masses of enzymes calculated with this method are 132 +/- 19 kDa (mean +/- S.D.) and 189 +/- 30 kDa (mean +/- S.D.) for the pancreas and aorta enzymes, respectively. Preliminary observations on isolated bovine brain capillaries revealed a high level of enzyme activity strongly suggesting that an ATP-diphosphohydrolase is associated with endothelial cells. The presence of the enzyme on this type of cells was confirmed with pulmonary endothelial cells in culture. Considering the high proportions of smooth muscle cells relative to endothelial cells and the high level of enzyme activity in the aorta preparation, an ATP-diphosphohydrolase activity is definitely present in smooth muscle cells. The ATP-diphosphohydrolase activities described above could regulate the relative concentrations of purine nucleotides both in the plasma and within the vascular wall and hence could play a role both in platelet aggregation and in the control of vascular tone.
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- Y P Côté
- Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, P.Q., Canada
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