DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15387850
title: In Situ Growth of Suspended Zirconene Islets Inside Graphene Pores

description: This is data supplemented to the final article "In Situ Growth of Suspended Zirconene Islets Inside Graphene Pores"

Dataset description: original PNG data from original research within the project EBEAM. Precisely, there are seven final, complex Figures below:

Figure_1_Removal_of_amorphous_contaminations_with_electron_irradiation._a–c)_Illustrations_of_the_beam_shower_depicting_the_reduction_of_amorphous_carbon_and_the_formation_of_Zr_clusters._d,e)_Typical_initial_state_of_the_beam_shower._f)_EDS_spectrum_highlighting_the_large_intensity_of_carbon._After_25_min_of_electron_beam_shower,_there_is_a_reduction_of_amorphous_material,_exposing_the_graphene_and_the_formation_of_Zr_clusters_(depicted_by_the_blue_arrows),_as_presented_in_g,h)._i)_Bright_field_TEM‐EDS_spectrum_after_the_beam_shower_depicting_the_reduction_of_carbon_and_oxygen_intensities._j,k)_STEM‐HAADF_image_depicting_the_irradiated_and_non‐irradiated_area._l)_Annular_dark‐field_(ADF)_image_showing_a_higher_magnification_of_the_irradiated_and_non‐irradiated_areas._This_same_region_was_used_to_acquire_elemental_STEM‐EELS_mapping,_shown_in_m–r).

Figure_2__Typical_formation_and_degradation_of_zirconene_islet._a–d)_Initial_state_of_growth_process_when_the_Zr_is_introduced_as_small_nanoparticles._e,f)_Simulated_and_experimental_images_excluding_the_Zr_nanoparticle_signal._g–j)_Complete_formation_of_the_zirconene_islet_inserted_inside_a_graphene_pore._k,l)_Simulated_and_experimental_images_excluding_the_zirconene_islet_signal._m–p)_Ruptured_zirconene_islet_exposing_the_vacuum._q,r)_Simulated_and_experimental_images,_excluding_the_ruptured_zirconene_islet_signal

Figure_3_Formation_and_chemical_analysis_of_zirconene_islet._a–h)_Snapshots_depicting_each_stage_of_zirconene_formation._i)_Initial_stage_of_a_Zr_nanoparticle_and_j)_a_typical_local_EELS_spectrum._k)_Fully_crystalline_zirconene_islet_grown_inside_a_graphene_pore_and_l)_a_typical_EELS_spectrum

Figure_4_Lattice_investigation_of_zirconene_islets._a)_Illustration_highlighting_the_fully_crystalline_2D_Zr_inserted_inside_the_graphene_lattice._b)_Top_view_model_of_the_2D_Zr_inside_a_graphene_pore._c)_Experimental_TEM_image_of_a_typical_zirconene_islet_and_d)_TEM_simulation_of_the_zirconene_inside_the_graphene_pore._e)_Regions_from_where_the_intensity_line_profiles_of_the_Zr_and_C_atoms_were_extracted_and_presented_in_f,g),_respectively._h)_HAADF_image_of_the_Zr_membrane_in_graphene_pore._i)_iDPC_image_of_zirconene_islet_and_graphene._j)_iDPC_image_in_a_larger_magnification_of_the_interface_between_Zr_membrane_and_graphene._k)_Same_iDPC_image_shown_in_panel_(j),_depicting_Zr_atoms_on_top_left_side_and_graphene_on_bottom_right._The_dotted_red_line_delineates_the_boundary_between_graphene_and_Zr_membrane

Figure_5_Intensity_line_profiles_for_experimental_and_simulated_images._a–d)_Experimental_high‐resolution_TEM_images_of_zirconene_and_simulated_images_for_mono‐,_bi‐,_and_trilayer_Zr._e)_Intensity_line_profiles_for_all_the_experimental_and_simulated_images_depicting_the_Zr_and_C_intensity_line_profiles

Figure_6_Formation_and_healing_of_Zr_vacancies_on_zirconene_islets._a)_Formation_of_Zr_vacancies_and_lattice_reconstruction_during_electron_irradiation._b–f)_Bright‐field_TEM_images_of_the_electron_beam_irradiation,_depicting_the_formation_and_healing_of_Zr_vacancies_in_zirconene_islets._g–j)_HAADF‐STEM_snapshot_images_depicting_dislocation_of_Zr_atoms_over_the_edge_of_a_graphene_pore,_creating_a_k)_17‐atom_zirconene_islet

Figure_7_Formation_of_zirconium_nanoribbon._a)_Formation_of_a_Zr_nanoribbon._b)_Top_view_model_of_the_Zr_nanoribbon_attached_to_opposing_graphene_edges._c)_Experimental_TEM_image_of_a_typical_Zr_nanoribbon_and_d)_TEM_simulation_of_the_Zr_nanoribbon_inside_the_graphene_pore._e)_Regions_from_where_the_line_profiles_of_the_f)_Zr_nanoribbon_and_g)_graphene_were_extracted

Funding:

Netherlands Electron Microscopy Infrastructure (NEMI), project number 184.034.014, part of the National Roadmap, financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO),MACLE-CVL platform, which is co-funded by the European Union and the Central Val de Loire Region (FEDER). The National Science Center, project 2021/41/B/ST5/04328,National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52071225), European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement No.101087143 (Electron Beam Emergent Additive Manufacturing (EBEAM)),REFRESH Research Excellence for Region Sustainability, and High-tech Industries project No. CZ.10.03.01/00/22_003/0000048 via an operational program transition.