Correlating synthesis, structure and thermal stability of CuBi nanowires for spintronic applications by electron microscopy and in situ scattering methods

Alejandra Guedeja-Marr\'on; Alok Ranjan; Catherine Dejoie; Eva Olsson; Fran\c{c}ois Fauth; Gabriel S\'anchez-Santolino; Henrik Lyder Andersen; In\'es Garc\'ia-Manuz; Lucas P\'erez; Lunjie Zeng

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Correlating synthesis, structure and thermal stability of CuBi nanowires for spintronic applications by electron microscopy and in situ scattering methods

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Pith's one-line read The paper shows that varying the tartaric acid concentration in the electrodeposition bath controls both the crystalline domain size and the location of bismuth in CuBi nanowires (in the copper lattice for large crystallites, at grain…

desk verdict Strong multi-technique study showing tartaric-acid controls Bi placement in Cu nanowires and Bi leaves the lattice above 100 °C; the residual-doping estimate is plausible but the Vegard calibration has warts. read the letter →

arxiv 2507.09553 v1 pith:WDGJ6RZR submitted 2025-07-13 cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hallphysics.app-ph

Alejandra Guedeja-Marrón , Henrik Lyder Andersen , Gabriel Sánchez-Santolino , Lunjie Zeng , Alok Ranjan , Inés García-Manuz , François Fauth , Catherine Dejoie

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Eva Olsson Paolo Perna Maria Varela Lucas Pérez Matilde Saura-Múzquiz

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classification cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hallphysics.app-ph PACS 81.15.Pq61.05.cp72.25.-b

keywords CuBinanowireselectrodepositiontartaricacidspinHalleffectthermalstabilitySTEM-EELSRietveldanalysispairdistributionfunction

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The reading

This paper establishes that one synthesis parameter—the concentration of tartaric acid in the electrodeposition bath—controls both the crystalline domain size of copper nanowires and where the bismuth dopant ends up. Low tartaric acid gives wires with ~200 nm crystallites and bismuth piled at grain boundaries; high tartaric acid gives ~1 µm crystallites with bismuth substituted uniformly into the copper lattice, following a Vegard-type lattice expansion. The paper also establishes that this doping is thermally fragile: above roughly 100 °C bismuth starts diffusing out of the lattice, migrates most rapidly between 150 and 350 °C, and recrystallizes as metallic bismuth on cooling, leaving only about 1–2 at.% stably in the lattice even after heating to 1000 °C. This matters because CuBi is a candidate for all-metallic spin-current generation, and these wires will heat up under operating current, so where the dopant sits and how heat moves it determines whether the spin Hall effect survives in a device.

What carries the argument

The central mechanism is tartaric acid acting as a chelating agent in the electrodeposition bath: it complexes the metal ions, slows the deposition rate (growth time rises from 7500 s to 12000 s), and thereby enlarges the crystalline domains from ~200 nm to ~1 µm. The argument linking structure to composition is Vegard's law as a calibrated volume–composition curve: refined unit cell volumes from Rietveld analysis are plotted against bismuth content measured by EELS, so a lattice expansion signals in-lattice bismuth while a flat volume signals grain-boundary segregation. The thermal argument is carried by sequential Rietveld analysis of variable-temperature diffraction, which tracks the unit cell contraction of the Bi-rich phase as bismuth migrates out, and by total-scattering pair distribution function fits that locate bismuth's preferred interatomic distances in the local structure.

What would settle it

Measure the bismuth concentration inside the crystal grains of an annealed nanowire directly—using atom-probe tomography or a cross-sectional EELS line profile that excludes grain boundaries and the oxide shell—and compare it with the 1–2 at.% value implied by the lattice parameter. If the grain-interior bismuth is measurably different, the Vegard-based residual-doping claim fails. A complementary check is to compare the lattice expansion of annealed wires with that of wires containing the same bismuth but deliberately introduced dislocations, separating substitutional bismuth from other strain sources.

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Core claim

The core discovery is a two-way coupling between electrodeposition chemistry and the structural state of bismuth in $\mathrm{Cu}_{1-x}\mathrm{Bi}_x$ nanowires. Raising the tartaric acid concentration from 0.33 M to 0.99–1.32 M slows deposition enough that crystallites grow from about 200 nm to about 1 µm, and the dopant follows the microstructure: in the large-crystallite wires bismuth is homogeneously incorporated into the copper lattice and the unit cell expands linearly with Bi content, while in the small-crystallite wires most bismuth sits at grain boundaries and the lattice hardly expands. Variable-temperature synchrotron diffraction shows that heat reverses the incorporation: above about 100 °C the Bi-rich phase's unit cell stops its thermal expansion and starts shrinking as bismuth leaves the lattice, with the most rapid migration between 150 and 350 °C; metallic bismuth melts near 250 °C and recrystallizes on cooling. After both slow and fast thermal cycles, including one to 1000 °C, roughly 1–2 at.% bismuth remains in the lattice, as judged from the post-anneal unit cell parameter staying about 0.12% above that of pure copper nanowires. Pair distribution function analysis adds that the incorporated bismuth is not randomly placed: fits improve when bismuth sits at distances near 4.46 Å and 6.81 Å, avoiding nearest and next-nearest neighbor sites.

Load-bearing premise

Everything quantitative about the residual doping rests on translating refined unit cell volumes into bismuth content through a Vegard-law calibration anchored to electron-microscopy compositions and not independently validated; if other lattice defects contribute to the measured expansion, or the composition assignments are off, the 1–2 at.% residue and the claim of negligible in-lattice bismuth in the small-crystallite samples would be weakened.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

Device fabrication can select the dopant architecture by selecting tartaric acid concentration: uniform in-lattice bismuth in large-crystallite wires, or grain-boundary bismuth in small-crystallite wires, at the same nominal composition.
Any thermal budget above roughly 100 °C will progressively strip bismuth from the copper lattice, so Joule-heated spintronic devices must either stay below that threshold or be designed around the stable ~1–2 at.% residual doping.
Heating and cooling cycles convert lattice bismuth into metallic bismuth particles, as shown by the growth of the rhombohedral Bi weight fraction, which means annealing offers a route to metal–metal composites inside the wire.
Because the diffusion behavior is identical for template-embedded and released nanowires, the alumina template plays no role in bismuth migration, so the thermal results transfer directly to device geometries.
The residual doping is stable up to 1000 °C, giving device makers a well-defined, reproducible starting state after a single high-temperature anneal.

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If the ~1–2 at.% residue is a genuine solubility limit, a short anneal near 400 °C could serve as a universal calibration step that fixes the in-lattice bismuth content regardless of electrodeposition kinetics — a consequence the paper does not draw.
The paper does not measure spin transport, but its structural distinction invites a testable prediction: small-crystallite wires, whose bismuth resides at grain boundaries, should retain their spin Hall properties after annealing better than large-crystallite wires, whose lattice bismuth is the population heat removes.
The PDF evidence that bismuth avoids nearest-neighbor sites suggests that theories of the skew-scattering spin Hall effect in CuBi should model isolated, well-separated bismuth scatterers rather than dimers or clusters, an assumption the existing scattering calculations leave open.

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Read it. The new part is real: tartaric acid concentration gives a handle on crystallite size in template-grown CuBi nanowires, and that size decides whether Bi sits in the Cu lattice (large grains, LC series) or at grain boundaries (small grains, SC series). The thermal stability story is also new and well-supported: Bi starts leaving the lattice above about 100 °C, migrates seriously between 150–350 °C, and some re-crystallizes as metallic Bi on cooling. The two independent in situ experiments (slow VT-SPXRD and fast TS/quench) agree, and the released-versus-embedded control was the right thing to do.

What it does well: the microscopy and scattering are cross-validated; the paper is honest about its own limitations—occupancies cannot be refined, crystallite sizes from SPXRD are not reliable, and the TS data for SC7-B only resolve one Cu phase. The EELS maps give a plausible picture of the inhomogeneous Bi distribution.

The soft spots are real but not fatal. First, Figure 5 and the text say the Bi content axis comes from EELS, but EELS was performed only on LC2/LC4/LC7 and SC7/LC7. SC2 and SC4 are plotted at nominal concentrations. That is a labeling error; it does not break the qualitative SC-versus-LC conclusion, but it overstates the measurement basis.

Second, the residual-1–2-at% Bi number. The lattice-parameter-to-composition conversion depends on a Vegard plot that includes LC2 as a weighted-average volume of two cubic phases. A weighted average of two heterogeneous phase volumes is not a homogeneous alloy lattice parameter, so that point is a poor anchor for a Vegard line. The total-scattering mass balance—about 4.8 mol% Bi leaves the lattice, leaving about 2 mol%—is better evidence for the residual-doping claim. The paper would be stronger if that were the primary argument and the Vegard conversion a consistency check.

Third, the PDF local-ordering model: the paper says the ordered model improves the fit but gives no R_w for the two models. Without quantitative comparison, that conclusion is speculative. Minor typo: the Figure 1 caption says 'SL7*' and mixes up SC7*/LC7* once.

Who it is for: people working on CuBi spintronics or on electrodeposited nanowire stability will get value. It deserves a serious referee, with a request for a revision on composition labeling and the Vegard calibration. I would accept it for review.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports a multi-technique study of electrodeposited Cu1−xBix nanowires (x≈0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.07) with nominal small-crystallite (SC) and large-crystallite (LC) series controlled by tartaric acid concentration. The central claims are: (i) TA concentration controls crystallite size and Bi distribution, with Bi at grain boundaries in SC nanowires and homogeneously incorporated into the Cu lattice in LC nanowires; (ii) the LC series shows a Vegard-like lattice expansion with Bi content; (iii) upon heating above ~100 °C Bi diffuses out of the Cu lattice, recrystallizing as metallic Bi on cooling, with approximately 1–2 at.% Bi remaining in the lattice; and (iv) PDF analysis suggests local ordering of Bi at specific interatomic distances. The evidence combines 4D-STEM, EELS/EDS, Rietveld analysis of synchrotron SPXRD, variable-temperature SPXRD, total scattering, and PDF analysis.

Significance. If the results hold, the paper provides a practical synthesis-structure-thermal-budget correlation for CuBi nanowires and identifies a stable residual Bi fraction, which is directly relevant to spin Hall device applications. The study is carefully executed in several respects: Rietveld refinements include instrumental calibration against NIST LaB6 and state uncertainties; EELS composition maps are quantified with reported error bars; 4D-STEM orientation maps directly show crystallite-size control; the in situ VT SPXRD and total-scattering experiments include slow and fast/quench protocols and a control on released nanowires; and the PDF analysis includes both disordered and ordered models. The qualitative picture—TA concentration tunes crystallite size, Bi partitions between lattice and grain boundaries, and Bi begins to leave the lattice above ~100 °C—is well supported by the direct observations. The main weakness is the quantitative residual-doping estimate, which depends on a Vegard calibration that is not independently validated.

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[Composition and Bi distribution – EELS/EDS; Figure 5] The figure caption and the text state that the Bi content in Figure 5 is 'extracted from EELS data', but EELS quantification is reported only for the LC series (LC2, LC4, LC7) and for SC7/LC7; no EELS data are shown for SC2 or SC4. If the SC2 and SC4 points are plotted against nominal Bi(NO3)3 concentrations, the claim that the SC series shows negligible lattice incorporation for those samples is not directly supported by the stated EELS calibration. Please provide EELS-determined compositions for SC2 and SC4, or relabel the horizontal axis and soften the corresponding conclusion.
[Crystal structure – Room temperature SPXRD; Table 2; Figure 5] The LC Vegard-type calibration includes LC2 as a point whose volume is the weighted average of a Bi-poor tetragonal phase (47.2429 Å³, 66.9 wt%) and a Bi-rich cubic phase (48.086 Å³, 33.1 wt%). A weight-averaged volume of a two-phase mixture is not a homogeneous alloy lattice parameter, so it does not independently establish a Vegard relation for Cu1−xBix. Because the post-annealed residual Bi content ('approximately 1–2 at.%' in the Conclusions) is derived by converting the post-annealed lattice parameters through this calibration, the quantitative residual-doping estimate is not secure. Please redo the calibration using only single-phase compositions or provide a sensitivity analysis showing how the residual estimate changes when LC2 is excluded.
[Conclusions; Thermal stability – VT SPXRD sections] The quantitative statement that approximately 1–2 at.% Bi remains in the Cu lattice after heating is an inference from the post-annealed lattice parameters (SC7: 3.61893 Å; LC7: 3.62077 Å) relative to pure Cu (3.61446 Å), not a directly measured composition. No EELS/EDS or refined-occupancy measurement after annealing is reported, and possible contributions from residual strain, point defects, or impurities (e.g., the observed Cr contamination) to the lattice expansion are not excluded. Please add a direct post-anneal composition measurement or explicitly present the 1–2 at.% value as an estimate whose accuracy depends on the Vegard calibration and on the absence of other expansion mechanisms.

minor comments (5)

[Results and discussion – Morphology and microstructure] In the text describing Figures 1(a,b) and the orientation maps, the sample labels 'SL7*' and the second 'SC7*' should both read 'LC7*'.
[Crystal structure – Room temperature SPXRD] The sentence 'the higher Bi-content NWs (LC4 and LC6) consist of a single homogenous cubic phase' mentions LC6, which does not appear in Table 1; this should be LC7.
[Local atomic structure – PDF analysis; Figure 8] The PDF model is labeled 'Cu0.93O0.07' in the text and in the Figure 8 caption; this should be 'Cu0.93Bi0.07'.
[Local atomic structure – PDF analysis; Figure 9] For the ordered PDF model, please report the number of refined parameters and a statistical comparison (e.g., Rwp over the same r-range with the same background treatment) so that the improved fit can be assessed independently of the added degrees of freedom.
[Figure 5] The horizontal-axis error bars for Bi content are not shown even though the text quotes ±1 at.% EELS uncertainty; please add them to the figure.

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No significant circularity: the derivation chain is experimental and self-contained, with the residual Bi estimate using a normal Vegard calibration rather than a fit masquerading as a prediction.

full rationale

This is an experimental structure/property study, not a derivation. The main conclusions—TA concentration controls crystallite size and Bi distribution, and Bi diffuses out above 100 °C with substantial migration at 150–350 °C—are supported by directly measured 4D-STEM orientation maps, EELS composition maps, sequential Rietveld analyses of variable-temperature SPXRD, and total-scattering PDF fits. The residual Bi estimate of approximately 1–2 at.% is obtained by converting measured post-anneal lattice parameters into composition using the earlier Figure 5 volume-composition trend. That is a standard calibration application, not a circular reduction: the post-anneal lattice parameters are new measurements and were not inputs used to construct the Vegard-type trend; the trend itself is built from independently measured EELS compositions and refined unit cell volumes. Concerns that the LC2 weighted-average volume or nominal SC2/SC4 compositions weaken the calibration are accuracy/correctness issues, not circularity. The paper cites several prior works from the same groups (e.g., refs. 7, 10, 12, 13, 18) for motivation, synthesis procedures, and prior SHE results, but none of the central claims is justified solely by those citations; the load-bearing evidence is the new microscopy and scattering data presented here. No equation in the paper defines a target quantity in terms of itself, and no fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction.

Assumptions & free parameters 1 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on measured quantities (lattice parameters, EELS compositions, weight fractions), not on a fitted model. The main assumptions are domain-level: Vegard's law validity, representativeness of single-NW EELS, the amorphicity of grain-boundary Bi, and the attribution of lattice changes to Bi diffusion alone. The PDF ordered-Bi model introduces fitted interatomic distances (4.46 and 6.81 Å) with no statistical significance.

free parameters (1)

Bi-Bi preferred distances in ordered PDF model = 4.46 Å and 6.81 Å
In the PDF analysis of pre-heated SC7-B (Figure 9), Bi atoms are placed on positions separated by roughly 4.46 and 6.81 Å to improve the fit. The improvement is qualitative; no uncertainty or Rw comparison is given for the disordered versus ordered models.

assumptions (5)

domain assumption The EELS Bi content for SC2 and SC4 is taken as the nominal electrolyte composition (2% and 4%) rather than measured by EELS.
Figure 5 plots SC2 and SC4 using 'Bi content obtained from the EELS data', but EELS maps are only reported for LC2/LC4/LC7 and SC7 (Section 'Composition and Bi distribution'). If actual grain Bi content differs from nominal, the conclusion that SC series shows minimal lattice expansion could be affected.
domain assumption Vegard's law holds for Cu1-xBix solid solutions across the studied composition range.
Used to interpret lattice expansion as Bi incorporation and to estimate residual Bi after heating (Sections 'Crystal structure', 'Thermal stability', 'Conclusions'). The LC series data are consistent with Vegard's law, but the law is not independently established for this system at these compositions.
domain assumption Bi segregated at grain boundaries is amorphous and contributes no Bragg reflections.
Invoked to explain why SC2 and SC4 show little lattice expansion despite nominal Bi content (Section 'Crystal structure'). No HRTEM or diffuse scattering evidence is provided to confirm this amorphicity.
domain assumption The lattice parameter changes during heating are caused exclusively by thermal expansion and Bi diffusion, with no other contributions (e.g., defect annealing, strain relaxation).
In the fast heating experiment, the increase to 3.64154(6) Å at 400 °C is attributed solely to thermal expansion (Section 'Thermal stability, fast heating'); possible partial Bi reincorporation from melted Bi is dismissed without direct evidence.
domain assumption Single-NW EELS measurements are representative of the entire sample.
Only one or a few NWs were mapped per sample; the authors argue SPXRD corroborates, but the grain-boundary versus lattice Bi distribution in SC2/SC4 is not directly verified.

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Bi-doped copper (Cu1-xBix) nanowires (NWs), promising candidates for spintronic applications due to their potential for a giant spin Hall effect (SHE), were synthesized and their structural properties and thermal stability were investigated. Using template-assisted electrodeposition, Cu1-xBix nanowires with varying bismuth (Bi) content (x=0, 2, 4, and 7%) and different crystalline domain sizes were fabricated. Structural analysis by advanced electron microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques revealed the influence of synthesis conditions on the resulting NW crystal structure and microstructure, including Bi localization (within the lattice or in the grain boundaries), crystallite domain dimensions, and lattice distortions. While NWs with larger crystalline domains allow homogeneous Bi incorporation into the Cu lattice, NWs with smaller crystalline domains exhibit noticeable Bi accumulation at grain boundaries. The thermal stability of the NWs was examined using variable temperature X-ray diffraction and total scattering. Upon heating, lattice distortions consistent with Bi diffusion out of the Cu lattice were observed, with subsequent crystallization of rhombohedral metallic Bi upon cooling. These findings establish a foundation for optimizing the SHE performance of Cu1-xBix nanowires for spintronic devices by correlating synthesis parameters with microstructural features and thermal behavior.

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