硅烯量子点的等离激元激发

基于含时密度泛函理论, 研究了硅烯量子点的等离激元激发. 沿量子点所在的平面方向, 体系中有两个主要的等离激元共振带. 一个等离激元共振带位于2.0 eV附近, 另一个等离激元共振带位于7.0 eV附近. 由于离域化的π电子参与了两个等离激元共振带的激发, 沿激发方向随着矩形硅烯量子点边长的增加, 体系的两个等离激元共振带都发生红移. 硅烯量子点的等离激元激发还依赖于边界的构型. 此外, 由于六角形硅烯量子点的对称性较高,沿量子点所在平面的不同方向激发时, 体系的等离激元共振模式相同.     

氮掺杂六角石墨烯纳米结构的近红外等离激元研究

基于含时密度泛函理论研究了氮掺杂六角石墨烯纳米结构的近红外等离激元.沿一定的激发方向,边长为1 nm的氮掺杂六角石墨烯纳米结构在整个近红外光谱区都有强度较大的等离激元共振.参与这种近红外等离激元模式共振的电子在六角纳米结构的中心和边缘区域之间来回振荡.近红外等离激元共振模式的形成依赖于氮掺杂的位置和纳米结构的尺度大小.只有当氮掺杂在靠近边界区域时体系才会在近红外光谱区形成等离激元共振模式.对于边长小于1 nm的六角石墨烯纳米结构,氮掺杂后体系不能在近红外光谱区形成等离激元共振模式.     

等离激元表面晶格共振研究进展

当金属纳米粒子排列成有序阵列结构时,沿阵列平面内传播的衍射波与单粒子局域等离激元共振耦合,将导致等离激元共振急剧窄化,光谱宽度降至2 nm以下.与共振宽度在80 nm以上的常规单粒子共振相比,这种具有高品质因子的衍射耦合等离激元共振称为等离激元表面晶格共振.近年来,关于表面晶格共振研究已成为纳米光子学领域的研究热点,在发光、激光、光伏、通讯、存储以及传感等领域显示出巨大的应用前景.本文主要综述等离激元表面晶格共振的基本原理和性质,包括共振宽度、共振品质、电场增强,探讨了表面晶格共振的测试方法、影响因素以及纳米光学应用.     

疏水作用对光化学和光物理过程的影响 Ⅹ. 非平面分子2,2’-联萘在促簇性溶剂中的簇集和激基缔合物的形成

激基缔合物是由一个激发态分子和一个基态分子形成的复合物,组成激基缔合物的两个分子平面必须彼此平行呈夹心面包式构型^[1]。在某些情况下,两个芳香环在基态时就呈激基缔合物的构型并有很强的相互作用,形成基态复合物一二聚体^[2,3]。人们对平面结构的芳香化合物分子形成的激基缔合物已经进行了大量研究,并且注意到非平面的芳香化合物分子很难形成激基缔合物^[4]。     

过渡金属偶氮苯衍生物二阶非线性光学性质的密度泛函理论研究

采用含时密度泛函理论方法(TDDFT)计算了IB族过渡金属及第5周期的金属杂化偶氮苯生色团的二阶非线性光学极化率。研究了金属杂化偶氮苯生色团的电子激发跃迁。结果表明, 与金属离子络合后的杂化偶氮苯生色团, 二阶非线性光学极化率明显改变, 是金属的推拉电子效应的结果。IB族金属的在原有机偶氮苯共轭体系的电荷转移方向的强拉电子效应, 增大了电荷转移范围, 使二阶非线性光学极化率增大。与Nb络合的杂化生色团, 沿原电荷转移相反的方向拉动电荷, 电荷转移跃迁局限于金属离子附近, 未能产生大的激发跃迁偶极矩, 体系的二阶非线性光学响应因而降低。激发跃迁能量是另一个主要影响因素, 同一类跃迁中, 金属杂化生色团的跃迁能量越低, 其二阶非线性光学响应就越大。络合Rh的生色团与Nb杂化生色团类似, 电荷转移跃迁范围都比较小, 同时由于Rh与羧基结合时几乎垂直羧基平面, 电荷同时沿X, Y方向转移跃迁, 属于二维电荷转移类型。     

金/铜纳米异质界面的电荷转移等离激元调控

金属纳米结构由于其独特的局域表面等离激元共振现象而倍受关注,对催化、传感、纳米医学以及光学器件等具有重要意义.电荷转移等离激元共振强烈依赖于纳米单元间的导电结点,可产生频率连续可调的共振光吸收和光散射,为获得高度局域化的增强光磁场和光热效应提供了可能.然而,受制于已有构筑手段和有限的结构种类,相关研究仍处于初级阶段.针对此,本工作发展了一种十分简单、有效的Au/Cu纳米异质结点调控策略,利用廉价易得的天然DNA分子在金纳米粒子“种子”表面发生非特异性吸附,有效控制铜在金表面发生异相成核时的相间接触面积,得到导电结点宽度连续可调的电荷转移纳米粒子二聚体.实验光谱和理论模拟显示,结点宽度、铜和金纳米粒子的尺寸是决定电荷转移等离激元性质的重要参数,其分别可由DNA吸附量、Cu²⁺加入量和金纳米粒子尺寸加以控制,进而实现共振波长在可见至近红外区的宽广调节.通过与其它吸附分子对比证明了DNA吸附调控模式的独特性.这种具有可调控导电结点的双金属纳米异质界面为实现电荷转移等离激元共振与催化和传感等功能的集成以及相关应用探索奠定了重要基础.     

[Ni(NN)(SS)]混配配合物的合成与性质

多硫 1,2-二硫醇烯配合物如 [M(dmit)2]n－、 [M(dddt)2]n－、 [M(pddt)2]n－等作为分子导体已有广泛的研究 [1,2]。多硫 1, 2-二硫醇烯 [M(NN)(SS)]型混配配合物,既含有可作为电子给体的 1,2-二硫醇烯配体,又含有可作为电子受体的二亚胺（ diimine）配体,由于分子内的配体到配体的电荷转移（ LLCT）作用,使得电中性的平面型分子中,两种配体处于极化状态,其新奇的分子结构,以及由此而来的光电磁等性质,也格外引人关注 [3]。文献报道这类配合物在适当的激发波长作用下可被光氧化并发出强光 [4]。另一方面,由于配体与配体间的…     

α,ω-二元醇二苯甲酸酯与质子的激基复合物的荧光光谱

本文研究了α,ω-二元醇二苯甲酸酯与三氟乙酸之间的相互作用。通过吸收光谱证明它们在基态时并未形成电荷转移复合物,而在激发态时则有相互作用形成激基复合物。又通过同位素效应。改变酸的种类、加入缓冲液等办法,证明激基复合物是由激发的α,ω-二乙醇二苯甲酸酯与氢质子形成的。更有趣的是α,ω-二元醇二苯甲酸酯不但可以与一个质子相互作用形成激基复合物,而且可以与两个质子相互作用形成三分子激基复合物。这一结论是根据实验数据满足形成三分子激基复合物的条件而获得的。     

苯胺引发丙烯腈光聚合的机理研究

苯胺引发丙烯腈(AN)光聚合是通过电荷转移经激基复合物机理进行的。形成激基复合物途径有两条,一是苯胺和AN分子在基态形成的电行转移复合物受光激发;二是苯胺的激发单线态与基态AN分子相互作用。形成的激基复合物再经质子转移产生两个自由基引发聚合。     

陷阱态对Ag-TiO2光诱导界面电荷转移的影响:电化学、光电化学和光谱表征(英文)

在基于金属-半导体异质结构的等离激元介导化学反应中,了解其中的电荷转移和复合机制进而调控界面、提高界面电荷分离,对于提高等离激元催化反应效率至关重要。但电化学体系中固液界面上的等离激元光电催化反应是一个多过程、多时间尺度、多影响因素的复杂体系,光生载流子在界面间传递机制的研究仍面临着巨大的挑战。由于光电化学信号的产生和变化包含了诸多体相和界面过程,因此光电化学方法是探究等离激元催化反应过程中的界面电荷转移机制的有效手段之一。本文合成了TiO₂和Ag-TiO₂纳米粒子,以光电化学方法作为主要研究手段,并结合电化学和各种谱学表征手段,探究了电极陷阱态对界面电荷转移机制的影响。结果表明,在Ag负载在TiO₂表面后,电极的陷阱态显著增加。结合XPS以及PL光谱,陷阱态增加可主要归咎于表面羟基。陷阱态的增加导致了荧光的猝灭和光电响应的减弱,但增加的陷阱态复合过程也延长了载流子的寿命。陷阱态的调控必然会影响界面电荷转移,从而改变热载流子的数量和寿命,进而调控后续Ag界面上的等离激元反应。在反应位点位于金属的基于金属-半导体复合体系的...     

Cryogenic Correlative Single‐Particle Photoluminescence Spectroscopy and Electron Tomography for Investigation of Nanomaterials

Cryogenic single‐particle photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy has been used with great success to directly observe the heterogeneous photophysical states present in a population of luminescent particles. Cryogenic electron tomography provides complementary nanometer scale structural information to PL spectroscopy, but the two techniques have not been correlated due to technical challenges. Here, we present a method for correlating single‐particle information from these two powerful microscopy modalities. We simultaneously observe PL brightness, emission spectrum, and in‐plane excitation dipole orientation of CdSSe/ZnS quantum dots suspended in vitreous ice. Stable and fluctuating emitters were observed, as well as a surprising splitting of the PL spectrum into two bands with an average energy separation of 80 meV. In some cases, the onset of the splitting corresponded to changes in the in‐plane excitation dipole orientation. These dynamics were assigned to structures of individual quantum dots and the excitation dipoles were visualized in the context of structural features.     

Surface Plasmon Assisted Directional Rayleigh Scattering

The origin of the Rayleigh scattering ring effect has been experimentally examined on a quantum dot/metal film system, in which CdTe quantum dots embedded in PVP are spin-coated on a thin Au film. On the basis of the angle-dependent, optical measurements under different excitation schemes (i.e., wavelength and polarization), we demonstrate that sur-face plasmon assisted directional radiation is responsible for such an effect. Moreover, an interesting phase-shift behavior is addressed.     

Selection rules for probing biexcitons and electron spin transitions in isotropic quantum dot ensembles

Three-dimensional rotational averages are evaluated for third-order nonlinear spectroscopic measurements of quantum dots. Photon echo, transient grating, and transient absorption are explicitly considered. It is shown that (a) biexciton formation can be suppressed relative to other contributions to nonlinear spectroscopies for isotropic nanocrystal ensembles by choice of polarizations for the excitation pulses; (b) circularly polarized excitation light can differentiate between exciton spin states in nonlinear optical experiments; and (c) electron spin state flip kinetics can be probed directly in an isotropic quantum dot system by using certain sequences of linear cross-polarized pulses.     

柠檬酸盐稳定的水溶性CdSe量子点的合成及表征

以柠檬酸三钠为稳定剂在水溶液中合成了水溶性CdSe量子点,用X射线粉末衍射、透射电镜、紫外-可见吸收光谱和荧光发射光谱对CdSe量子点的结构、形貌及其荧光性质进行了表征.结果表明合成的CdSe量子点为立方闪锌矿结构,呈球形,分散性良好,平均尺寸约为2.6nm,具有窄且对称的荧光发射光谱,半峰宽为45nm.     

Single-particle and collective excitations in quantum wires made up of vertically stacked quantum dots: zero magnetic field

We report on the theoretical investigation of the elementary electronic excitations in a quantum wire made up of vertically stacked self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots. The length scales (of a few nanometers) involved in the experimental setups prompt us to consider an infinitely periodic system of two-dimensionally confined (InAs) quantum dot layers separated by GaAs spacers. The resultant quantum wire is characterized by a two-dimensional harmonic confining potential in the x-y plane and a periodic (Kronig-Penney) potential along the z (or the growth) direction within the tight-binding approximation. Since the wells and barriers are formed from two different materials, we employ the Bastard's boundary conditions in order to determine the eigenfunctions along the z direction. These wave functions are then used to generate the Wannier functions, which, in turn, constitute the legitimate Bloch functions that govern the electron dynamics along the direction of periodicity. Thus, the Bloch functions and the Hermite functions together characterize the whole system. We then make use of the Bohm-Pines' (full) random-phase approximation in order to derive a general nonlocal, dynamic dielectric function. Thus, developed theoretical framework is then specified to work within a (lowest miniband and) two-subband model that enables us to scrutinize the single-particle as well as collective responses of the system. We compute and discuss the behavior of the eigenfunctions, band-widths, density of states, Fermi energy, single-particle and collective excitations, and finally size up the importance of studying the inverse dielectric function in relation with the quantum transport phenomena. It is remarkable to notice how the variation in the barrier- and well-widths can allow us to tailor the excitation spectrum in the desired energy range. Given the advantage of the vertically stacked quantum dots over the planar ones and the foreseen applications in the single-electron devices and in the quantum computation, it is quite interesting and important to explore the electronic, optical, and transport phenomena in such systems.     

Spectroscopic investigation of defect-state emission in CdSe quantum dots

CdSe quantum dots are the most studied Cd-based quantum dots with their high quantum yield, high photostability, narrow emission band, and easy synthesis procedure. They are frequently used to develop light emitting diode (LED) due to their unique photophysical properties; however, their narrow emission band causes a challenge to design white LEDs because white light emission requires emission in multiple wavelengths with broad emission bands. Here in this study, we developed CdSe quantum dots with a narrow band-edge emission band and broad defect-state emission band through a modified two-phase synthesis method. Our results revealed that defect-state emission is directly linked to the surface of quantum dots and can be excited through exciting surfactant around the quantum dot. The effect of surfactant on emission properties of CdSe quantum dots diminished upon growing a shell around CdSe quantum dots; as a result, surface-dependent defect-state emission cannot be observed in gradient heterogeneous alloyed CdS_xSe_1-x quantum dots.     

Multifunctional silicene/CeO2 heterojunctions: Desirable electronic material and promising water-splitting photocatalyst

The first-principles calculations demonstrate that covalently bonded (cb) heterojunction and van der Waals (vdW) heterojunction can coexist in silicene/CeO₂ heterojunctions, due to the different stacking patterns. Especially, the cb heterojunction with band gap of 1.97 eV, forms a type-II heterojunction, exhibits good redox performance and has high-effective optical absorption spectra, thus it is a promising photocatalyst for overall water splitting. Besides, for the vdW heterojunction, the Dirac cone of silicene is well kept on CeO₂ semiconducting substrate, with a considerable energy gap of 0.43 eV, which can be an ideal material in building silicene-based electronic device. These results may open a new gateway in both of nanoelectronic device and energy conversion for silicene/CeO₂ nanocomposites.     

Electron Energy Spectroscopic Mapping of Surface Plasmon by Parallel Scanning Method

In this work, electron energy spectroscopic mapping of surface plasmon of Ag nanostructures on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is reported. Benefitting from the angular dispersive feature of the present scanning probe electron energy spectrometer, a multi-channel detection mode is developed. By scanning along one direction, the two-dimensional intensity distribution of Ag surface plasmon excitation due to the collision of electron emitted from the tip can be obtained in parallel. The spectroscopic spatial resolution is determined to be around 80 nm.     

Band-edge ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy of core/shell CdSe/CdS rods: assessing electron delocalization by effective mass calculations

CdSe/CdS dot/rods nanocrystals show interesting physical properties related to the band-alignment at the hetero-interface, which controls the band-edge electron delocalization over the rods. Here the differential transmission spectra of CdSe/CdS nanorod samples with different core sizes have been measured using excitation resonant to the core transition. The photo bleaching ratio between dot and rod transitions increases with the dot size, indicating a trend towards electron localization. This trend has been further quantified by performing effective mass calculations in which the conduction band misalignment was varied in order to reproduce the observed bleaching feature ratio. The best agreement was found for negligible conduction band misalignment for small dots of around 2.3 nm in diameter, and about -0.1 eV misalignment was estimated for the larger dots, above 3.5 nm in diameter. This shows that the band misalignment might be dependent on the geometry of the system, and we argue that this might be related to different strain developed at the hetero-interface.