带电胶体粒子结晶过程的实验研究

利用带电单分散聚苯乙烯胶体粒子，通过自组装机理，制备了体积百分比为4.8%的具有多晶结构的胶体晶体，并用Kossel衍射技术和紫外可见分光光度计分别对晶体的生长过程进行了监测.通过对Kossel的图像分析检测不同阶段相应的晶格结构，发现胶体结晶过程晶体结构演变顺序为由液态—随机层结构—堆无序结构—面心立方孪晶结构到面心立方结构.定量地确定了结晶过程中晶体不同晶面的晶面间距和晶体的晶格常数，通过紫外可见分光光度计测量的晶体透射谱图，计算得到111晶面的晶面间距和晶体的晶格常数，与用Kossel衍射技术得到的结果相一致，还发现随样品放置时间的延长，衰减峰变窄和加深，并向短波方向移动，对应着晶体的晶格常数减小的现象. 关键词： 胶体晶体 自组织 Kossel环 聚苯乙烯粒子     

Influence of Gravity on Structure of Colloidal Crystal Using Simulated Microgravity

将重水(D2O)和水(H2O)以一定比例混合来匹配直径为110 nm的聚苯乙烯带电小球的密度,并利用Kossel衍射方法测量了胶体晶体的结构和晶格常数等参数．通过将密度匹配(g=0)和没有进行密度匹配(g=1)的实验结果的对比,发现重力将会使样品池中胶体晶体的晶格常数随高度的变低而变小．这一结果表明,在带电粒子胶体晶体的研究中有必要考虑重力的影响     

平板电极间胶体晶体在电场作用下的各向同性压缩

用直径 300 nm的聚苯乙烯微球配制不同浓度的胶体晶体溶液, 将其快速注入内表面镀有导电薄膜的玻璃样品池中, 形成 (111) 晶面平行于玻璃表面的面心立方单晶结构. 通过激光衍射Kossel线方法, 研究了不同体积分数的胶体晶体样品 及它们在均匀电场作用下晶体结构的变化. 实验发现, 随着电场强度的增加, 胶体晶体表现为各向同性的压缩. 胶体晶体在恒定电场下始终保持面心立方结构, 晶格常数随着电场强度的增加逐渐减小. 实验结果可用电场力、电流体力学作用力及颗粒间静电斥力共同解释: 电场力使带电微球克服静电斥力并沿电场反方向运动导致晶体压缩, 而由电场力作用引起的电流体力学液流产生的持续推力使垂直于电场平面上的胶体微球相互靠近. 本实验为天宫一号搭载科学实验的地基实验. 关键词： 胶体晶体 Kossel衍射 结构变化     

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.     

SiO2纳米微球表面结构在可见光波段的减反特性

研究了不同尺寸SiO2胶体微球形成纳米结构薄膜的光学传输特性和光子带隙。通过在玻璃基底上自组装透光的SiO2胶体微球形成胶体晶体薄膜, 依据布拉格定律,分析微球尺寸对胶体晶体光子带隙的影响。为实现可见光波段的全方位减反射,提出通过改变胶体粒径将胶体晶体带隙位置移动至紫外波段,理论计算得出当粒径为112 nm,占空比为0.45时能实现可见光波段0.5%的平均反射率。实验结果表明,玻璃基底在400~800 nm间的平均反射率从4.3%降低至0.7%,最小反射率达0.3%。通过控制微球粒径移动光子带隙位置,优化晶体结构参数实现了可见光波段的减反射,有效提高了光学组件对可见光的利用率。     

树脂锚定SiO2粒子构建减反射表面模拟

结合当前塑料基材表面构建减反射结构的现状和趋势,使用COMSOL Multiphysics软件在可见光谱范围内研究了中空二氧化硅粒子（HSP）和HSP-实心二氧化硅粒子混合对所构成的减反射表面的光学性能的影响。具体考察的因素包括：HSP的尺寸、空心度、粒子间距、树脂覆盖高度、入射角和排布方式等几何参数。结果表明,当采用半径为100 nm的HSP,且树脂覆盖粒子一半高度时,在六方格子排布的HSP间隙掺入小尺寸实心二氧化硅粒子,可在整个可见光谱范围内获得较低的反射率,涂层的平均反射率可低至0.24%。     

与掺杂浓度相关的ZnS∶Mn纳米粒子的发光性质

采用溶胶法制备了Mn掺杂的ZnS纳米粒子,探讨了掺杂离子浓度对ZnS∶Mn纳米粒子的晶体结构和发光性质的影响。通过X射线衍射（XRD）对样品的结构进行了表征,结果表明：所制备的ZnS∶Mn纳米粒子为立方闪锌矿结构,其在Mn离子的掺杂浓度达到6%时不发生分相,但随着掺杂浓度的增加,纳米粒子的平均粒径会减小。光致发光光谱和荧光光谱的结果表明：通过改变掺杂离子的浓度可实现对ZnS∶Mn纳米粒子590 nm附近荧光发射波长的调节。此外,研究了温度对纳米粒子形貌和发光性质的影响。高分辨透射电子显微镜（HRTEM）观察发现,经过50℃陈化1 h后的ZnS∶Mn样品的平均粒径增大约为20 nm,且加热陈化有利于ZnS∶Mn纳米粒子中Mn2＋在590 nm处产生荧光。     

ZnS:Mn2+/聚苯乙烯核壳及ZnS:Mn2+中空球的制备和光谱性质

采用超声化学沉积法制备了ZnS:Mn2+/聚苯乙烯核壳结构和ZnS:Mn2+空心球.产物分别用透射电镜、X射线衍射仪和光致发光谱进行了表征.透射电镜结果表明,在聚苯乙烯胶体微球表面覆盖了平均尺寸为9nm的ZnS:Mn2+纳米颗粒,X射线衍射结果进一步验证了这个结论.将核壳粒子在500℃灼烧除去PS核后,可以得到空心的ZnS:Mn2+微球,Mn2+的发射谱的峰位在540nm,与体相材料相比,蓝移了45nm,这可能是由于壳层结构引起Mn-O八面体畸变,进而导致能带结构变化引起的.     

溶胶凝胶软石印法制备Zn_2SiO_4∶Mn图案化薄膜及其发光性能的研究

采用溶胶 凝胶法制备了Zn2SiO4∶Mn薄膜并结合毛细管微模板技术实现了薄膜的图案化,利用X射线衍射(XRD),原子力显微镜,光学显微镜,发光光谱等手段对Zn2SiO4∶Mn的结晶过程、发光性质进行了研究。XRD结果表明,溶胶 凝胶法合成的样品在800℃时已开始结晶,在1000℃时可得到纯相的Zn2SiO4∶Mn,这比传统的固相法的烧结温度低150℃。Zn2SiO4∶Mn薄膜的激发光谱在220nm和280nm之间有一个强的吸收峰,峰值位于248nm,发射光谱的最大值位于522nm,为绿光发射。从原子力显微镜照片可知组成薄膜的粒子比较均匀,其平均直径为220nm。我们获得了四种图案化宽度,分别是5,10,20,50μm。光学显微镜的结果表明,图案薄膜烧结后相对于烧结前有10%～20%的收缩。     

基于黑色层纳米薄膜的可重构可见光滤波器

基于铁电材料的介电可调特性,提出一种新颖的基于黑色层纳米薄膜的可重构可见光滤波器,并比较了它与一维光子晶体滤波器反射光谱的可重构特性.实验结果表明,利用黑色层吸收非相干散射光可显著提高反射颜色对比度.当钛酸钡(BTO)薄膜的厚度从100 nm变为140 nm时,反射光谱的峰值波长由383.7 nm移动至501.2 nm,纳米薄膜的反射颜色从紫色变为蓝绿色.反射光谱的测试结果与有限元的模拟结果一致性良好.计算结果表明,当BTO薄膜的厚度为170 nm时,在21.8V直流驱动电压下,其折射率由2.4变化至2.0,反射峰值波长由595.3 nm移动至513.9 nm.     

Colloidal Crystals of NaYF4 Upconversion Nanocrystals Studied by Small‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering (SAXS)

Spherical NaYF₄ upconversion nanocrystals with mean radii of about 5 and 11 nm are observed to form colloidal crystals, i.e., 3D assemblies of the particles with long‐range order. The colloidal crystals of the larger particles form directly in solution when dispersions of the particles in toluene are stored at room temperature for several weeks. Crystallization of the smaller particles takes place when their dispersions in hexane are slowly dried at elevated temperatures. The formation and the structure of the colloidal crystals are studied by small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS). SAXS measurements show that the smaller as well as the larger particles assemble into a face‐centered cubic lattice with unit cell dimensions of a = 18.7 nm and a = 35.5 nm, respectively. The SAXS data also show that the particles in the colloidal crystals still bear a layer of oleic acid on their surfaces. The thickness of this layer is 1.5–1.8 nm, as determined by comparing the unit cell dimensions of the colloidal crystals with the mean particle sizes. The latter could be very precisely determined from the distinct oscillations observed in the SAXS data of dilute colloidal dispersions of the nanocrystals.     

Gravitational sedimentation effect of colloidal silica crystals in binary systems of titanium dioxide and silica particles

Colloidal crystals can be formed of silica particles while those of titania particles are not known under the normal gravitational field, because of their high specific gravity. We found by the Kikuchi--Kossel diffraction technique that, when silica particles (diameter: D?=?170?nm; density: ρ?=?2.2?g cm^?3) are mixed with titania particles (D?=?127?nm; ρ?=?3.9?g cm^?3), colloidal crystals are formed. Colloidal crystals started out with body-centred-cubic structure and changed to face-centred-cubic structures after about 60 days. Transitions began from the bottom of the container. Thus, the transitions are considered to be due to gravitational sedimentation. It is significant that the crystal growth process, which has not been observed in one-component dispersions of the silica particles, was found using titania particles with a wide range of the practical applicability.     

Aggregation of colloidal particles with a finite interparticle attraction energy

Aggregation of colloidal particles with a finite attraction energy was investigated with computer simulations and with gold particles coated with a surfactant. Computer simulations were carried out with the Shih-Aksay-Kikuchi (SAK) model, which incorporates a finite nearest-neighbor attraction energy-E into the diffusion-limited-cluster-aggregation (DLCA) model. Both the computer simulations and the experiments showed that (i) with a finite interparticle attraction energy, aggregates can still remain fractal, and (ii) the fractal dimension remains unchanged at large interparticle attraction energies and increases when the interparticle attraction energy is smaller than 4k _B T whereT is the temperature andK _B is the Boltzmann constant. The agreement between the simulations and the experimental results suggests that the reversible aggregation process in a colloidal system can be represented by the SAK model.     

Crystal Shape Characterisation of Dry Samples using Microscopic and Dynamic Image Analysis

A standard method to determine particle shape and size is by image analysis. This paper addresses microscopic image analysis (semi‐automated) investigations of two different organic crystalline chemicals generated by batch cooling crystallisation. The results generated from microscopic image analysis were compared with data obtained by dynamic image analysis (automated) because very few contributions are available in the open literature. The chemical systems were polymorphic L‐glutamic acid which crystallises into α (prismatic) or β (needle) form and the non‐polymorphic mono sodium glutamate which crystallises into needles. The images from these techniques were processed to generate information on crystal shape and size. It has been observed that shape effects can distort the size obtained in size characterization studies. In this study, comparisons were made of processing time, number of crystals and accuracy between microscopic and dynamic image analysis. For representative microscopic image analysis, 5000 crystals were analysed in an average of eight hours while several hundred thousand crystals were processed using dynamic image analysis within 15 minutes. Using the parameters D₁₀, D₅₀, D₉₀, span and aspect ratio for statistical comparison, it was found that the results obtained for D₅₀ by the two techniques were comparable and in accordance with other measurements (laser diffraction spectroscopy and ultrasonic attenuation spectroscopy) even though these non‐spherical particles had different orientations during measurement by the two methods. However, substantial differences in span of the distribution and aspect ratio were returned by the two techniques.     

Scaling law for the fluid-solid phase transition in Yukawa systems (dusty plasmas)

Yukawa systems serve as models for plasmas and colloidal suspensions of charged particles. The state of these systems is determined by two dimensionless parameters: k = a/λ _D , which is the ratio of the mean interparticle distance to the Debye length λ _D , and Γ = Z _d ² e ²/aT _d , which is the ratio of the Coulomb potential energy to the particle temperature T _d (Z _d is the charge of each particle). We propose an empirical scaling law for the critical coupling parameter Γ _c needed for crystallization in Yukawa systems. The dependence of Γ _c on k is in good agreement with recent molecular dynamics simulations.     

Spin Canting in γ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles

Dispersions of γ-Fe₂O₃ particles in a polymer were investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy with a longitudinal magnetic field of 60 kOe. Spin canting effects as a function of the mean particle size varying from 3 to 10 nm, the interparticle distance, and the temperature are reported.     

NaREO2 (RE= Lu，Y) 的制备及其结构的研究

用高温固相法制备了NaLuO2和NaYO2晶体粉体.制备纯相的NaLuO2粉体晶体困难，而制备纯相NaYO2粉体晶体相对容易.为了测定NaLuO2产物中含少量Lu2O3不纯相的量，用X射线衍射绝标法确定了样品中这两者的重量比和谱峰比的关系，得到了绝标法常数kLu2O3关键词： 2')" href="#">NaLuO2 2')" href="#">NaYO2 2O3')" href="#">Lu2O3 XRD定量分析 稀土发光     

旋涂法快速制备双层二元胶体微球有序薄膜

以较大粒径的聚苯乙烯或SiO₂胶体微球的单层有序薄膜作基膜,较小粒径的SiO₂微球作第二层,用分步旋涂法快速制备了二元双层胶体微球复合有序薄膜.膜中小粒径微球与大粒径微球的粒径比γ=020—056,大粒径与小粒径微球的排列方式可表示为LS_x（x=1,2,…,13）.旋涂速度、旋涂时间、微球悬浮介质的黏度、悬浮液中微球的数密度、旋涂衬底的可润湿性等因素均会影响旋涂组装胶粒薄膜的质量.在旋涂衬底能够被胶体微球悬浮介质完全润湿的前提下,适宜的胶体微球数密度、旋涂速度、旋涂时间是旋涂组装有序薄膜的必要条件. 关键词： 复合有序薄膜 分步旋涂 胶体微球模板     

Formation of superconductivity through interparticle interactions in ferrimagnetic-like Sn nanoparticle assemblies

We report on the observation of the development of superconductivity through interparticle interactions in 3, 5, 7, and 23 nm ferrimagnetic-like Sn nanoparticle assemblies. The Sn nanoparticles are fabricated using the gas condensation method. Each sample consists of a macroscopic amount of individual Sn nanoparticles without a capping molecule. Ferrimagnetism is found but no sign of superconductivity can be detected when the 3 nm particles are very loosely assembled. A reduction in the mean particle moment results when the packing fraction of the assembly is increased. Superconductivity occurs when a critical packing fraction is reached. Beyond this, the superconducting transition temperature T _C continues to increase and noticeably exceeds that of the bulk T _C. The enhancement of superconductivity by interparticle interactions has also been observed in 5, 7, and 23 nm particle assemblies, with the effect becoming less significant in larger particles. We attribute these observations to the transfer of electrons between the surface and the core regions of the nanoparticles triggered by finite size effects and interparticle interactions.