冷却速率对温敏聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺胶体结晶过程的影响

冷却速率对结晶过程具有重要的影响. 本文采用温敏poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) 胶体晶体体系实时观察了冷却速率对结晶晶粒尺寸的影响. 通过高倍透射明场观察和Bragg衍射观察研究连续冷却下的晶粒形核和生长实时演化过程, 发现随着冷却速率的增加, PNIPAM胶体晶体晶粒尺寸不断减少. 晶粒尺寸与冷却速率符合幂指数关系, 与金属体系具有相似的演化规律.     

Heterogeneous nucleation and microstructure formation in colloidal model systems with various interactions

Recent studies of crystal nucleation and further microstructure formation in colloidal model systems are reviewed. Homogeneous as well as different heterogeneous nucleation scenarios will be discussed. We focus on the crystallization process of one component colloidal model systems with hard sphere like interaction, long range electrostatic interaction and depletion force induced attractive interaction. Heterogeneous crystallization on flat and smooth substrates, on structured substrates, induced by different kind of seed particles as well as inoculation adding a larger amount of seeds will be presented.     

Effect of the stabilizing coating and the presence of free polymer on the rate of crystallization of colloidal systems

Visual observations and preliminary light scattering experiments on the crystallization process in various colloidal systems are reported. In the first place we studied the influence of the stabilizing coating of the colloidal particles on the rate of crystallization. The various coatings give rise to different ranges of the repulsive interaction. This is found to have a pronounced effect on the rate of crystallization. Furthermore we investigated the effect of free polymer added to the dispersion. It appears that addition of free polymer has a dramatic effect on the crystallization phenomena.     

有限尺寸胶体体系的二维结晶

从工业上的大尺寸晶体生长到实验室中受限小体系的结晶,结晶是普遍存在的物理现象,也一直是物理学中的重要研究课题.与大尺度结晶相变的研究相比,对于有限小尺度体系结晶过程的研究相对较少.本文通过设计具有吸引相互作用的胶体体系,在实验上研究了有限小尺寸胶体体系的二维结晶相变.通过计算和分析径向分布函数、泰森多边形以及取向序参量,发现有限小尺寸体系的结晶过程是从中央高密度区域开始,随着结晶的进行,周围液相减小而晶相增加,最后完全转变为晶态的过程.体系结晶速率呈现两个阶段:在结晶初期中央区域是高密度的亚稳态液体,会降低结晶自由能能垒,使得体系快速结晶;随后晶相长大,亚稳态液体消失,体系结晶速率变慢.此外,通过统计有序度参量的分布发现:在结晶过程中,序参量出现双峰分布,分别对应液相和晶相,与大尺度胶体体系的二维结晶行为一致,说明序参量分布的变化规律是二维结晶相变的重要特征.     

胶体晶体结晶过程与人造三维周期性集团点阵材料

胶体晶体结晶的物理过程和以胶体晶体为基的三维周期性集团点阵材料的制备是目前实验凝聚态物理的一个热点领域,文章对胶体粒在悬浮液中自组织有序化的物理机制、结构相变与形态的形成和以胶体晶体为基的人造三维周期性点材料作了介绍,无论是从实验上还是理论上看,对胶体体系中发生的自组织有序化的物理机制还有没有给出令人信服的证据和解释。而胶体晶体的制备为具有新异功能的三维周期性集团国材料设计开辟了一条新途径,因而在     

带电粒子形成胶体晶体的有效硬球模型判据的计算机模拟验证

在对胶体晶体的研究中,带电粒子胶体晶体的形成机理比硬球胶体晶体更加复杂,对其形成条件目前还缺少有效的判断依据. 有效硬球模型判据提出以有效直径作为判断参数. 为了验证该判据的有效性,利用布朗动力学模拟研究了不同有效直径下带电粒子胶体晶体的特性. 为了更加定量地研究单因素对带电胶体晶体形成的影响,取有效直径为2.8至0.8,并对一定的有效直径,研究了粒子几何直径和排斥力不同情况下的结晶行为. 在布朗动力学模拟过程中,采用径向分布函数和键序参数方法检测体系的结构变化,并分析所形成的晶体结构. 结果表明,在判断带电粒子胶体体系能否形成有序结构方面,有效硬球模型判据有一定的合理性. 但是,并不能将有效直径作为唯一的判别参数,而是需要综合其他参数的影响,这显示出该判据的片面性. 关键词： 布朗动力学模拟 带电胶体晶体 有效硬球模型     

Life at ultralow interfacial tension: wetting, waves and droplets in demixed colloid-polymer mixtures

Mixtures of colloids and polymers display a rich phase behavior, involving colloidal gas (rich in polymer, poor in colloid), colloidal liquid (poor in polymer, rich in colloid) and colloidal crystal phases (poor in polymer, highly ordered colloids). Recently, the colloidal gas-colloidal liquid interface received considerable attention as well. Due to the colloidal length scale the interfacial tension is much lower than in the atomic or molecular analog (nN/m instead of mN/m). This ultra-low interfacial tension has pronounced effects on the kinetics of phase separation, the colloidal gas-liquid profile near a single wall and the thermally induced fluctuations of the interface. The amplitudes of these thermally excited capillary waves are restrained by the interfacial tension and are for that reason of the order of the particle diameter. Therefore, in molecular systems, the capillary waves can only be seen indirectly in scattering experiments. In colloidal systems, however, the wave amplitudes are on a (sub) micrometer scale. This fact enables the direct observation of capillary waves in both real space and real time using confocal scanning laser microscopy. Moreover, the real space technique enables us to demonstrate the strong influence of interface fluctuations on droplet coalescence and droplet break up.     

沉降对带电胶体粒子结晶过程的影响

采用密度匹配法(重水与水按一定比例混合),以及反射光谱法,研究了重力沉降作用对直径为98 nm的带电胶体粒子结晶过程的影响. 结果表明,重力沉降在晶体生长的初期提高了晶体生长速率,而后期降低了晶体生长速率,这是由于在晶体生长初期,沉降作用可使更多的粒子结合到晶体结构中,而当晶体尺寸进一步增加,其沉降速率也相应地增大,晶相与液相间的摩擦阻力导致一部分颗粒从胶体晶体上脱落. 总的来说,重力沉降在初期加剧了晶体的生长,后期阻碍了晶体的生长. 另外,在微重力环境下形成的胶体晶体比在重力环境下形成的胶体晶体更加完整紧密.     

不同衬底条件下石墨烯结构形核过程的晶体相场法研究

利用可描述气-固转变的三模晶体相场模型,在原子尺度上研究了不同衬底条件下石墨烯结构的形核过程.结果表明:无论衬底存在与否,气态原子均是先聚集为无定形过渡态团簇,随着气态原子的不断堆积和固相团簇中原子位置的不断调整,过渡态团簇逐渐转变为有序的石墨烯晶核,在此过程中,五元环结构具有重要的过渡作用;石墨烯在结构匹配较好的衬底(如面心立方(face-centered cubic,FCC)结构(111)和(110))上生长时,可形成几乎没有结构缺陷单晶石墨烯岛;在无衬底或结构匹配性较差的衬底(如FCC结构(100)面)上生长时,形成的石墨烯岛结构缺陷和晶界较多,不利于高质量石墨烯的制备.     

Abrupt topological transitions in the hysteresis curves of ferromagnetic metalattices

When a metal is confined to the interstices of an inert colloidal crystal, the intrinsic order parameter(s) of electronic and magnetic phenomena within the metal interact with the structural order parameter of the surrounding (and confining) colloidal crystal. If the magnetic stiffness length is comparable to the colloidal lattice constant, the interplay of competing interactions stabilizes multiple topologically distinct magnetic phases separated by sharp transitions in the hysteresis curves. The colloidal confinement also induces substantial coercivity in metals that are perfectly soft in the bulk.     

功率超声在结晶过程中应用的进展

功率超声在结晶过程中的应用研究促进了结晶技术的发展,丰富了功率超声学和相关学科相互交叉的学术内容。以实例陈述了超声强化溶液结晶过程在化工、食品和制药行业中的应用,从熔融结晶和电结晶两方面阐述了超声改善金属结晶,综述了高分子材料和生物大分子等聚合物结晶过程中超声波的应用,总结了超声波对纳米晶型材料制备和性能的影响,着重说明了功率超声在食品冷冻中冰结晶过程的研究现状和发展方向。最后,总结了超声对结晶的强化机理。     

体材料结晶能力的理论预测

引入评价晶体材料缺陷的残缺度及描述晶面表面势场的结晶势两个概念,针对Ni,Cu,Al,Ar单质在不同温度条件下的再结晶过程进行了大量的分子动力学模拟,发现残缺度随结晶势的增大而单调地减小,即结晶势越大则形成单晶体能力越强.由于结晶势能够唯一地确定结晶能力并且其计算简单,因此可从理论上快速方便地预测材料形成单晶体的能力. 关键词： 单晶 结晶 分子动力学 材料设计     

Raman scattering enhancement using crystallographic surface of a colloidal crystal

Deposition of coinage metals on a crystallographic surface of a colloidal crystal is proposed with the aim of fabricating metal surfaces with a regular relief on a scale of 200–300 nm to get strong surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The approach is implemented through thin gold-film deposition on a surface of a crystal consisting of silica globules. Mitoxantrone molecules, a DNA intercalator, were used to prove high SERS efficiency of the structures proposed. As compared to other SERS-active substrates, metal-dielectric colloidal crystal structures possess well-defined surface parameters (globule diameter and film thickness), high stability and reproducibility. These advantages are important for systematic analysis of SERS mechanisms in mesoscopic structures and its application in single-molecule detection.     

Scaling in colloidal crystallization

Summary The process of colloidal crystallization has already been separately investigated by light scattering mearurements of the crystalline order (Bragg peaks) and of long-ranged density fluctuations (small-angle scattering). We present the firstsimultaneous small- and large-angle light scattering experiment. Our measurements have been performed on hard-sphere colloids of different particle densities. We show results for the temporal evolution of crystallization and find two distinct regimes: homogeneous nucleation and diffusion- or reaction-limited growth at early times, followed by ripening of the Lifshitz-Slyozov or Lifshitz-Allen-Cahn type. To our preliminary experience, we can already state that the results are always consistent in both partial experiments. Paper presented at the I International Conference on Scaling Concepts and Complex Fluids, Copanello, Italy, July 4–8, 1994. With deep regret we have to announce that Prof. Klaus Sch?tzel, who inspired and guided the work presented here, has died in October 1994.     

Determination of the colloidal crystal nucleation rate density

Colloidal suspensions of charged latex microspheres in water exhibit liquid-like or crystalline ordering depending on particle interaction and concentration. By virtue of large particle spacing and slow dynamics, colloidal systems offer a unique opportunity to study interfacial structure and dynamics. This paper presents the first reported experimental study of the nucleation rate density, c, of an nonequilibrium (supercooled) colloidal liquid to colloidal crystal first order phase transition. Local and global observations of colloidal crystals growing from a metastable colloidal liquid were used to determine c. Microscopic local observations revealed homogeneous nucleation and constant interface velocity growth of quasispherical crystallites in the bulk and heterogeneous nucleation of a crystalline sheet with lower growth velocity at the cell wall. Complementary global observations of the recrystallization transition made by measuring the time dependence of the suspension transparency (the fraction of transmitted laser light) determined c by fitting this curve to a model based on an extension of Avrami's theory of crystallization.     

无损伤超光滑LBO晶体表面抛光方法研究

传统的抛光LBO晶体的方法是选用金刚石抛光粉在沥青抛光盘上抛光。沥青盘易于变形不容易修整,金刚石粉特别硬容易损伤抛光晶体表面。抛光过程中,抛光盘和抛光粉的选择是非常重要的,直接影响到抛光效率和最终的表面质量。新的抛光LBO晶体的方法,其抛光过程是一个化学机械过程,抛光盘、抛光粉和抛光材料相互作用。选用两种抛光盘(培纶和聚氨酯盘),三种较软的抛光磨料(CeO2,Al2O3和SiO2胶体),并在LBO晶体的(001)面进行抛光实验。用原子力显微镜测量和分析了表面粗糙度。结果表明,使用聚氨酯盘和SiO2胶体能够获得无损伤超光滑的LBO晶体表面,其表面粗糙度的RMS为0.3nm。     

Laser-induced synthesis of metal–carbon materials for implementing surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Metal–carbon materials exhibiting surface-enhanced Raman scattering have been synthesized by laser irradiation of colloidal systems consisting of carbon and noble metal nanoparticles. The dependence of the Raman scattering intensity on the material composition and laser irradiation conditions has been investigated. The possibility of recording the Raman spectrum of organic dye rhodamine 6G, deposited in amount of 10^–6 M on the substrate obtained from a colloidal solution is demonstrated.     

Photonic properties of strongly correlated colloidal liquids

The optical and structural properties of dense colloidal suspensions in the presence of long-range electrostatic repulsion are determined from both light and small-angle neutron scattering experiments. Short-range structural order induces an enhancement of the scattering strength while at the same time the total transmission shows strong wavelength dependence, reminiscent of a photonic crystal. Interestingly, the interplay between diffusive scattering and local order leads to negative values of the scattering anisotropy parameter. The tunable optical properties of these liquids furthermore suggest potential applications such as transparency switches or filters.     

Applied electric field to fabricate colloidal crystals with the photonic band-gap in communication waveband

The macropore silica colloidal crystal templates were assembled orderly in a capillary glass tube by an applied electric field method to control silica deposition. In order to achieve the photonic band gap (PBG) of colloidal crystal in optical communication waveband, the diameter of silica microspheres is selected by Bragg diffraction formula. An experiment was designed to test the bandgap of the silica crystal templates. This paper discusses the formation process and the close-packed fashion of the silica colloidal crystal templates was discussed. The surface morphology of the templates was also analyzed. The results showed that the close-packed fashion of silica array templates was face-centered cubic (FCC) structure. The agreement is very good between the experimental data and the theoretical calculation.