重力对金纳米颗粒在生物膜表面吸附影响的荧光研究

纳米颗粒在生物膜表面的吸附行为是纳米生物技术领域的重要问题.采用正、倒置实验,通过荧光显微镜定量研究了重力对金纳米颗粒在支撑磷脂膜表面吸附的影响.研究发现,颗粒尺寸决定其在顶或底层支撑膜表面吸附的差异性.吸附量的差异与颗粒的沉淀速率和扩散速率之比的对数呈线性关系.粒径小于14 nm时,不考虑重力在吸附时的影响;粒径大于176 nm时,重力在吸附中占主导地位.为药物载体研究和理解颗粒-生物膜相互作用提供参考.     

重力场下生物膜表面的金纳米棒吸附

纳米颗粒在生物膜表面的吸附对其生物医学应用至关重要.在本研究中,采用正置与倒置石英电子微天平及耗散系数测量实验,表征了不同溶液高度的支撑膜表面金纳米棒的吸附动力学.发现金棒在重力场下产生溶液浓度不均性.长宽比增大能够提高金棒的流体力学尺寸,延缓金棒的不均再分布过程,从而维持不同溶液高度生物膜表面吸附量的一致.同时,由于浓度不均程度差异,短棒、中棒、长棒在不同溶液高度的吸附量排序关系也是变化的.在溶液底层短棒的吸附量最大,在溶液顶层中棒的吸附量最大.研究深化考察了调控纳米颗粒在生物膜表面吸附的物理因素,为纳米材料的医学应用提供了参考.     

金纳米粒子降低吸附态细菌叶绿素a荧光量子效率的机理研究

本文通过比较细菌叶绿素a(BChl a)吸附于Au纳米颗粒表面前后吸收光谱、荧光光谱、绝对量子产率和荧光寿命的变化,研究金纳米颗粒表面对吸附态细菌叶绿素a(BChl a)自发荧光辐射过程的影响。结果表明,BChl a吸附到Au纳米颗粒表面后,单体和二聚体BChl a吸收峰位均红移约3nm;BChl a单体发射的荧光峰位置从784nm红移到791nm,BChl a二聚体发射的荧光峰位置从684nm红移到689nm,二者荧光均发生淬灭;荧光量子效率降低;荧光寿命在误差范围内保持不变。原因可能来自两个方面:(1)BChl a吸附到Au导电表面后使得与自发辐射跃迁速率相关的光子能态密度变小,从而使BChl a自发辐射速率降低;(2)BChl a与纳米Au颗粒表面间的无辐射能量转移导致吸附态BChl a非辐射速率增大。     

铝纳米颗粒的热物性及相变行为的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法模拟了纳米金属铝在粒径为0.8-3.2 nm 时的熔点、密度和声子热导率的变化, 研究了粒径为1.6 nm的铝纳米颗粒的密度、比热和声子热导率随温度的变化. 采用原子嵌入势较好地模拟了纳米金属铝的热物性及相变行为, 根据能量-温度曲线和比热容-温度曲线对铝纳米颗粒的相变温度进行了研究, 并利用表面能理论、尺寸效应理论对铝纳米颗粒熔点的变化进行了分析. 随着纳米粒径的不断增大, 铝纳米颗粒的熔点呈递增状态, 当粒径在2.2-3.2 nm时, 熔点的增幅减缓, 但仍处于递增趋势. 随着纳米粒径的增大, 铝纳米颗粒的密度呈单调递减, 热导率则呈线性单调递增, 且热导率的变化情况符合声子理论. 随着温度的升高, 粒径为1.6 nm的铝纳米颗粒的密度、热导率均减小. 该模拟从微观原子角度对纳米材料的热物性进行了研究, 对设计基于铝纳米颗粒的相变材料具有指导意义.     

疏水性纳米颗粒提高水分蒸发速率的研究

本文结合实验测试和理论分析探究疏水性纳米颗粒的添加对去离子水蒸发速率的影响。采用表面化学修饰法得到不同粒径疏水性纳米颗粒,两步法制备纳米流体并用称重法测定其蒸发速率。研究结果表明疏水性纳米颗粒的添加提高了水的蒸发速率,并且颗粒粒径越小、质量分数越高,效果越明显,其中添加质量分数为0.02%的13 nm Al_2O_3疏水性颗粒使水蒸发速率提高了15%。在实验基础上,建立了纳米流体蒸发速率的半经验理论模型,并对其影响因素进行了分析。     

金纳米流体的电场可调光学性质

利用多次还原法制备了不同粒径的金纳米颗粒,SEM和粒度分析表明其平均粒径分别为11 nm,35 nm和58 nm.进一步通过表面活性剂辅助的液相转移法制备出不同粒径的油基金纳米流体,测试了金纳米流体在电场作用下的光学性质.结果表明金纳米流体在电场作用下表现出明显的双折射现象,且随电场强度的变化双折射具有可调节性.金颗粒粒径和浓度对折射率有明显影响,在实验采用的浓度范围内,折射率随金颗粒浓度和粒径的增加而减小.最后,利用电流变液结构转变机理对金纳米流体的电致双折射进行了分析. 关键词： 纳米流体 双折射 电流变液     

CS-QT-TPP纳米颗粒的动态光散射分析

本文利用CS与TPP的交联作用包覆QT制备CS-QT-TPP纳米颗粒,并以动态光散射研究QT浓度、CS分子量及CS/TPP重量比对所得纳米颗粒粒径与Zeta电位的影响。结果表明,QT浓度由0.15mg/mL升至0.45mg/mL时粒径增大,而继续升至0.75mg/mL时粒径稍微减小;CS分子量越高,粒径越小;而CS/TPP重量比对粒径则无明显影响。CS-QT-TPP纳米颗粒粒径介于711~759nm之间。CS分子量较低时表面电位较小,而QT浓度与CS/TPP重量比则对Zeta电位无明显影响,CS-QT-TPP纳米颗粒表面均带正电,介于25.7~39.8mV之间。因此,QT浓度为0.75mg/mL、CS高分子量为380kDa及CS/TPP重量比为3/1时制备CS-QT-TPP纳米颗粒最佳。     

金纳米颗粒调控量子点激子自发辐射速率

将InAs/GaAs量子点样品薄膜置于覆盖有直径为50 nm的金(Au)纳米颗粒的硅衬底上,可以调控量子点激子的自发辐射速率.实验发现,当量子点浸润层距离Au纳米颗粒表面15—35 nm时,激子自发辐射速率受到抑制,且距离为19 nm时抑制作用最大,导致量子点激子的自发辐射速率减小到没有Au纳米颗粒时自发辐射速率的10^-3.基于经典的偶极辐射模型模拟计算的激子自发辐射速率与实验结果一致.     

硅片表面纳米颗粒剥离及其成分检测方法研究

硅片表面纳米级污染颗粒的检测与去除是集成电路制造(Integrated Circuit, IC)的关键环节.本文主要对纳秒级脉冲激光作用至硅片表面后纳米颗粒的动力学过程及颗粒成分在线检测方法进行了研究.搭建了双脉冲激光测量实验系统,并通过实验对300 nm Cu颗粒进行了双脉冲激光实验观测,通过分析表征颗粒运动轨迹的击穿光谱特征,从实验上观测到了清洗激光作用后颗粒沿垂直硅片表面向上的运动轨迹.在综合考虑空气碰撞阻力、颗粒重力的影响下,建立了激光清洗后颗粒的运动模型,并与实验相结合求解了运动模型参数,计算获得了清洗激光作用后颗粒的初始速度和激光作用时间内颗粒的平均加速度.本文为激光诱导晶圆表面纳米颗粒去吸附以及激光至纳米颗粒动力学过程研究提供了一种模型方法,也为集成电路污染源在线检测提供了一种重要方法.     

不同晶粒尺寸SnO2纳米粒子的拉曼光谱研究

对晶粒尺寸在4-80 nm范围的纯SnO2纳米颗粒进行了拉曼散射研究.除了SnO2 本征拉曼振动峰外,还有几个新的拉曼振动峰和波长在700 nm左右的一个发光很强而且峰宽很大的荧光峰被观察到.结果所示,当纳米颗粒尺寸减小时,纳米SnO2 颗粒的体相特征拉曼峰变弱,而由缺陷,表面和颗粒尺寸引起的相关效应呈强势.晶粒尺寸在20 nm左右是引起体相拉曼光谱变化的临界尺寸. 晶粒尺寸在20 nm以下,其体相拉曼峰的发生宽化和峰位移动, 以及分别出现在位于571 cm-1 的表面振动峰,位于351 cm-1 处的界面峰和与表面吸附水分子及氢氧基团的N系列拉曼峰是纳米SnO颗粒的主要特征.这些结果反映了纳米颗粒的微结构变化与颗粒尺寸和表面效应以及它们之间相互作用的信息.     

Concurrent Detection of Protein Adsorption on Mixed Nanoparticles by Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation

In mixtures of nanoparticles of various sizes or compositions, monitoring protein partitioning on their surfaces provides important information about particle–protein interactions during competitive adsorption. Utilizing the size‐resolving capability of differential centrifugal sedimentation, the adsorption of bovine serum albumin on multisize gold nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 20 to 100 nm or gold, silver, and silica nanoparticles with similar diameter can be concurrently observed. This method can be used to gain insight into nanoparticle–protein interactions based on analyses of curvature and relative abundance.     

Size Effects in the Catalytic Activity of Unsupported Metallic Nanoparticles

The influence of the size of nanoparticles on their catalytic activity was investigated for two systems on unsupported, i.e. gasborne nanoparticles. For the oxidation of hydrogen on Pt nanoparticle agglomerates, transport processes had to be taken into account to extract the real nanoparticle size effects. The results indicate an optimum particle size for the catalytic activity below 5nm which points clearly toward a real volume effect. In the case of the methanation reaction on gasborne Ni nanoparticles, no transport limitations were observed and the product concentration was directly proportional to the activity of the primary particles. We found an activity maximum for particles of about 19nm in diameter. This size is too large to be attributed to a real nanoparticle size effect induced by the electronic band structure. Therefore, we concluded that the particle size influences the adsorption behavior of the carbon monoxide molecules. In fact, it is known that intermediate adsorption enthalpies may favor dissociation processes, which is an essential step for the reaction, as manifested in the so called volcano-shaped curve. Then, in addition to the material dependence of the adsorption, we would also encounter a direct size dependence in the case of methanation on gasborne Ni nanoparticles.     

Adsorption kinetics of alkanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles at the hexane–water interface

The pendant drop technique was used to characterize the adsorption behavior of n-dodecane-1-thiol and n-hexane-1-thiol-capped gold nanoparticles at the hexane–water interface. The adsorption process was studied by analyzing the dynamic interfacial tension versus nanoparticle concentration, both at early times and at later stages (i.e., immediately after the interface between the fluids is made and once equilibrium has been established). A series of gold colloids were made using nanoparticles ranging in size from 1.60 to 2.85 nm dissolved in hexane for the interfacial tension analysis. Following free diffusion of nanoparticles from the bulk hexane phase, adsorption leads to ordering and rearrangement of the nanoparticles at the interface and formation of a dense monolayer. With increasing interfacial coverage, the diffusion-controlled adsorption for the nanoparticles at the interface was found to change to an interaction-controlled assembly and the presence of an adsorption barrier was experimentally verified. At the same bulk concentration, different sizes of n-dodecane-1-thiol nanoparticles showed different absorption behavior at the interface, in agreement with the findings of Kutuzov et al. (Phys Chem Chem Phys 9:6351–6358, 2007). The experiments additionally demonstrated the important role played by the capping agent. At the same concentration, gold nanoparticles stabilized by n-hexane-1-thiol exhibited greater surface activity than gold nanoparticles of the same size stabilized by n-dodecane-1-thiol. These findings contribute to the design of useful supra-colloidal structures by the self-assembly of alkane-thiol-capped gold nanoparticles at liquid–liquid interfaces.     

Bridging the pressure and materials gaps: high pressure sum frequency generation study on supported Pd nanoparticles

Infrared-visible sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy is applied for the first time to monitor CO stretching vibrations on alumina supported Pd nanoparticles in a pressure range from 10(-7) to 200 mbar. The adsorption behavior of Pd aggregates with 3 and 6 nm mean size is dominated by surface defects and two different adsorption sites (twofold bridging and on-top) were identified. The CO adsorption site occupancy on Pd nanocrystals is mainly governed by the gas phase pressure while the structure of the particles and their temperature have a smaller influence.     

Effects of ultrasonic conditions on the interfacial property and emulsifying property of cellulose nanoparticles from ginkgo seed shells

Cellulose microparticles from ginkgo seed shells were treated by ultrasonic treatments within the selected output powders (150–600 W) and durations (10–60 min) to produce cellulose nanoparticles. The main aim of this study was to investigate effects of ultrasonic conditions on the interfacial property and emulsifying property of those cellulose nanoparticles. Compared to ultrasonic output powers, ultrasonic durations showed the greater influence on morphology and physical properties of cellulose nanoparticles. Atomic force microscopy revealed that noodle-like cellulose particles with 1100 nm in length gradually became the short rod-like nanoparticles with 300 nm in length with increasing of ultrasonic duration from 10 min to 60 min. Moreover, results of contact angles indicated that ultrasound could significantly improve hydrophobicity of cellulose nanoparticles. The interfacial shear rheology showed that although all cellulose nanoparticles exhibited the similar interface adsorption behavior which showed the initial lag-phase of adsorption, followed by the interface saturation, the time of this initial lag-phase was affected by ultrasonic conditions. The increase of ultrasonic duration and ultrasonic power could shorten the time of this initial lag-phase, suggesting the resulting cellulose nanoparticles easier adsorption at the O/W interface. It was probably attributed to its small size and high hydrophobicity induced by intense ultrasonic treatments. Meanwhile, the cellulose nanoparticles with small size and higher hydrophobicity exhibited the better emulsifying ability to stabilize oil-in-water emulsions due to the formation of the viscoelastic interfacial film. This study improved understanding about changes in interfacial and emulsifying properties of cellulose nanoparticles caused by ultrasonic treatments.     

Competitive adsorption of polymers on metal nanoparticles

We investigate the effect of system properties and adsorption sequence on competitive adsorption of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS) on narrowly polydispersed cobalt (Co) nanoparticles (D ∼ 27 nm). The adsorbed layer composition is studied using thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). We find that adsorbed layers of PS are completely displaced by PMMA when the solvent is a common good solvent. An adsorbed layer of only PMMA is also obtained through competitive adsorption from a common good solvent. However, in a selective solvent that is poor for PS, sequential adsorption leads to the formation of mixed layers.     

Surface modification with EDTA molecule: A feasible method to enhance the adsorption property of ZnO

Surface-functionalized zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized with ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) as a modification agent, which were used as adsorbents in the adsorption of Cu²⁺ at certain conditions. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results show that the average size of ZnO particles is about 45 nm, and it exhibits hexagonal wurtzite structure. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra reveal that the EDTA species are chemically bonded on the surface of ZnO. Compared with bare ZnO particles, the functionalized ZnO nanoparticles have a better activity in the Cu²⁺ adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacity of functionalized ZnO nanoparticles is 20.97 mg/g, while it is 17.93 mg/g for the bare ZnO. The adsorption isotherm of bare ZnO particles is in accordance with the Freundlich model, and the chemical adsorption is in a dominant position in the adsorption process of Cu²⁺ on functionalized ZnO particles.     

Injection of synthesized FePt nanoparticles in hole-patterns for bit patterned media

FePt nanoparticles of uniform sizes, compositions, and crystal structures can be obtained by chemical synthesis. Additionally, the nanoparticles can be well dispersed by the adsorption of a surfactant on the nanoparticle surface. Previously, the immobilization of FePt nanoparticles on a thermal oxide Si substrate was carried out by chemical synthesis, utilizing the Pt-S bonding between the -SH functional group in (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane, MPTMS and Pt in FePt nanoparticles. However, controlling FePt nanoparticle arrays by this synthesis method was very difficult. In the present study, we attempted to control the distortion of the arrangement of FePt nanoparticles using an MPTMS layer modified with a silane coupling reaction and a geometrical structure prepared by ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL). In this study, the hole-patterns used for the geometrical structure on Si(1 0 0) were 200 nm wide, 40 nm deep, and had a 500 nm pitch. The 5.6 nm FePt nanoparticles were used to coat the hole-patterns by using a picoliter pipette. An XHR-SEM image clearly revealed that the FePt nanoparticles were successfully arranged as a single layer with an average pitch of 10.0 nm by Pt-S bonding in the hole-patterns on Si(1 0 0).     

Self-organized growth of nanoparticles on a surface patterned by a buried dislocation network

The self-organized growth of Co nanoparticles is achieved at room temperature on an inhomogenously strained Ag(001) surface arising from an underlying square misfit dislocation network of 10 nm periodicity buried at the interface between a 5 nm-thick Ag film and a MgO(001) substrate. This is revealed by in situ grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering. Simulations of the data performed in the distorted wave Born approximation framework demonstrate that the Co clusters grow above the dislocation crossing lines. This is confirmed by molecular dynamic simulations indicating preferential Co adsorption on tensile sites.     

The colloidal stability and core-shell structure of magnetite nanoparticles coated with alginate

The adsorption of alginate (Alg) onto the surface of in water dispersed Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles and zeta potential of alginate-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles have been investigated to optimize the colloidal stability of Alg-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. The adsorption amount of Alg increased with the decrease of adsorption pH. The zeta potential of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles shifted to a lower value after adsorption of Alg. The lower adsorption pH was the lower zeta potential of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles became. The Alg-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles were found to be stabilized by steric and electrostatic repulsions. Those prepared at pH 6 were not stable around pH 5, and those prepared at pH 4 became unstable at pH below 3.5. Alg of M_w 45 kDa was a little bit more adsorbed onto nanoparticles surface than that of M_w 24 kDa. An average Fe₃O₄ core size of 9.3 ± 1.7 nm was found by transmission electronic microscopy. An average hydrodynamic diameter of 30-150 nm was measured by photon correlation spectroscopy. However, an average core size of 10 nm and an average hydrodynamic diameter of 38 nm were estimated from the magnetization curve of the concentrated magnetic fluids (MFs). The maximum available saturation magnetization of MFs was about 3.5 kA/m.