层状溶致液晶中Ag纳米粒子的掺杂

通过在具有长程有序结构的有机溶致液晶内嵌入预制的、表面性质可调控的银纳米粒子, 得到了亲水与亲油介观空间内同时嵌入纳米粒子的无机/有机杂合体. 掺杂前后液晶结构的变化和杂合体稳定性用小角X射线散射和偏振光学显微镜等进行了表征. 结果表明, 表面活性剂双层膜与导入纳米粒子间的立体化学匹配及相互作用是影响杂合体稳定性的重要因素.     

层状溶致液晶中磁性纳米粒子掺杂的研究

选择非离子表面活性剂十二烷基(4)聚氧乙烯醚(C₁₂E₄)与H₂O构成的溶致液晶(LLC)层状模板, 掺杂油酸铵包覆的Fe₃O₄亲水性磁性纳米粒子, 构建稳定的有机/无机杂合体. 用透射电镜(TEM), X射线粉末衍射(XRD), 偏光显微镜(POM), 小角X射线散射(SAXS)和振动探针式磁强计(VSM)等对粒子及掺杂前后的层状液晶相结构变化进行表征. 结果表明, 粒子掺入使LLC模板的层间距产生了改变, 同时增强了体系有序性．通过对杂合体表征结果的分析, 阐述了模板与粒子间相互作用的机理.     

用溶致液晶模板合成与组装纳米材料*

总结了溶致液晶作模板合成与组装纳米材料的各种方法,特别分析了近来兴起的以溶致液晶为构建支架,以纳米粒子为构建单元制备无机/有机杂合体的特点,并对未来发展趋势作了展望.     

纳米材料掺杂液晶复合材料的研究进展

纳米材料与液晶材料是两种性能优异的功能材料,两者形成的复合材料除表现出各组分自身的性质外,由于相互作用会展现出新的特性,因而将二者进行复配成为当下研究热点。可应用于掺杂的纳米粒子分为金属纳米粒子、金属氧化物纳米粒子、碳纳米管等。本文论述了纳米材料掺杂液晶复合材料的研究进展,根据掺杂不同的纳米材料,考察了纳米材料在液晶分子中的分散排列,纳米材料对液晶的相转变温度的影响,以及对复合材料光电性能和导电性能的影响等。     

纳米粒子驱动受限环境下两嵌段共聚物/均聚物混合体系的自组装行为

采用含时金兹堡-朗道理论(time-dependent ginzburg-landau theory,简称TDGL)方法研究了纳米粒子(nanoparticles,简称NPs)掺杂的两嵌段共聚物/均聚物(AB/C)共混体系在球形受限下的自组装行为.在不同球形受限条件下,两嵌段共聚物/均聚物共混体系形成了多种丰富的形貌,如双螺旋结构、单螺旋结构、层状结构和洋葱环状结构等.当在以上前3种体系中掺杂纳米粒子后,体系结构发生了很大的变化.详细研究了纳米粒子的浓度和浸润强度对以上结构的影响.研究结果表明,通过调控纳米粒子的浓度和浸润性质,该共混体系实现了双螺旋结构→层状结构,单螺旋结构→双螺旋结构,层状结构→单螺旋结构等多种取向序的转变.对于洋葱环状结构,纳米粒子的加入对体系这一结构的影响不大.     

笼形倍半硅氧烷修饰的金纳米粒子对4-正戊基4'-氰基联苯液晶性能的影响

为有效降低液晶器件的开启电压,获得具有低功耗特性的液晶显示器件。本文采用巯基功能化的笼形倍半硅氧烷(POSS)作为修饰配体,硼氢化钠为还原剂,采用一步法还原氯金酸制备出粒径约为5 nm的金纳米粒子。将该金纳米粒子以不同质量分数掺杂到向列相液晶4-正戊基4'-氰基联苯(5CB)中,研究了其对液晶黏度、阈值电压、相变温度的影响。结果表明,POSS修饰的金纳米粒子可以使液晶材料5CB的黏度降低、阈值电压减小。该金纳米粒子的掺入,拓宽了液晶材料的相变温度范围。     

嵌段共聚物薄膜在电化学能源领域的应用

采取选择性掺杂方法,将新型两亲性液晶嵌段共聚物薄膜功能化为具有各向异性的锂离子导电材料.这类薄膜不仅具有同轴且垂直取向的一维离子导电通道,而且可以在大面积范围内形成规则的阵列,可以作为锂离子电池、燃料电池等电化学能源系统的新型电解质.另一方面,这类薄膜作为模板可制备周期性排列的纳米孔、纳米粒子、纳米线阵列,形成的有序纳米结构材料可作为锂离子电池的三维电极.     

Triton X-100六角液晶相中制备镁铝层状双金属氢氧化物纳米片及其药物载体应用

以Triton X-100 六角相溶致液晶作微反应器, 采用共沉淀法制备了镁铝层状双金属氢氧化物(LDHs)纳米薄片(L-LDHs). 以双氯芬酸钠(DS)为药物模型分子, 采用离子交换法制备了DS插层LDHs (DS/L-LDHs)纳米杂化物, 在37.0 ℃、pH=7.2的缓冲溶液中, 考察了纳米杂化物的药物释放性能, 并与传统溶液共沉淀法制备的镁铝LDHs (S-LDHs)纳米片状颗粒进行了对比. 采用粉末X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱、场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)和N₂吸附-脱附等技术对所制备的LDHs和DS/LDHs 样品的晶体结构、比表面积、形貌特征等进行了表征. 结果表明, L-LDHs比S-LDHs具有更低的片厚度, 更高的比表面积和药物负载量, 所形成的DS/L-LDHs纳米杂化物药物释放速率也明显低于DS/S-LSHs, 即L-LDHs更适于作药物载体. DS/L-LDHs纳米杂化物的药物释放过程符合准二级动力学方程, 受颗粒内部扩散过程控制. 溶致液晶模板法可实现LDHs的形貌可控制备, 为LDHs基功能材料的研发提供了新途径.     

层状溶致液晶中电沉积铂纳米线

以非离子表面活性剂四氧乙烯基正十二烷基醚与氯铂酸水溶液构建层状溶致液晶, 通过电沉积技术制备了金属铂纳米线. 分别采用偏光显微镜、小角X射线散射对液晶进行结构分析, 通过透射电镜和能量弥散X射线谱分析观测产物形貌并确定其组成. 结果表明, 相对于饱和甘汞电极, 沉积电势在0.05～0.20 V范围内, 金属铂沿表面活性剂双分子层膜生长, 反应前后液晶相的长程周期性结构无明显变化; 在0.10 V沉积电势下, 随反应时间从960 s延长至3840 s, 去除表面活性剂后沉积产物分别为层状纳米粒子、层状纳米线以及长度达十几微米且致密的纳米线. 讨论了层状液晶对沉积产物的结构导向作用.     

掺杂Cu的TiO2纳米粒子的制备、表征及其光催化活性

采用Sol-gel法制备了纯的和掺杂不同量Cu的TiO2纳米粒子,并用TG-DTA,XRD,XPS,UV-Vis和荧光光谱对样品进行了表征,考察焙烧温度和Cu含量对TiO2纳米粒子的性质及光催化活性的影响,初步探讨了Cu的掺杂对TiO2相变的作用机制及样品荧光光谱与光催化活性的关系.结果表明,Cu2+的掺杂对TiO2的相变有很大的促进作用,并使其光谱响应范围向可见光区拓展.Cu的掺杂未引起新的荧光现象,但适量Cu的掺杂能够降低TiO2纳米粒子的荧光强度.此外,在光催化降解苯酚的实验中,于500℃处理的掺杂Cu的TiO2纳米粒子的光催化活性较高,与表征结果一致.而掺杂不同量Cu的TiO2的光催化活性顺序与样品荧光光谱强度的顺序相反,即荧光光谱强度越低,其光催化活性越高.     

Doping silver nanoparticles in AOT lyotropic lamellar phases

The organic lyotropic liquid crystal with long-range structural order is used as template to assemble inorganic/organic hybrid by doping pre-fabricated Ag nanoparticles. The lamellar hybrid with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic particles doped simultaneously is realized for the first time. The change of template structure after doping and the stability origin of dual-doped system are characterized by small angle X-ray scattering and polarized optical microscopy. Results show that the interaction and space matching between surfactant bilayers and doped particles are key factors to obtain stable hybrid.     

A modeling approach to describe the adhesion of rough, asymmetric particles to surfaces

A combined theoretical and experimental study of the adhesion of alumina particles and polystyrene latex spheres to silicon dioxide surfaces was performed. A boundary element technique was used to model electrostatic interactions between micron-scale particles and planar surfaces when the particles and surfaces were in contact. This method allows quantitative evaluation of the effects of particle geometry and surface roughness on the electrostatic interaction. The electrostatic interactions are combined with a previously developed model for van der Waals forces in particle adhesion. The combined model accounts for the effects of particle and substrate geometry, surface roughness and asperity deformation on the adhesion force. Predictions from the combined model are compared with experimental measurements made with an atomic force microscope. Measurements are made in aqueous solutions of varying ionic strength and solution pH. While van der Waals forces are generally dominant when particles are in contact with surfaces, results obtained here indicate that electrostatic interactions contribute to the overall adhesion force in certain cases. Specifically, alumina particles with complex geometries were found to adhere to surfaces due to both electrostatic and van der Waals interactions, while polystyrene latex spheres were not affected by electrostatic forces when in contact with various surfaces.     

Computational study on the ring distortions of 1,4-dicyanobenzene in the gas phase and in the crystal

A molecular mechanics software enhanced to perform empirical energy calculations on crystals (KESSHOU) was further developed to handle intermolecular electrostatic interactions as well. The packing of the molecules of 1,4-dicyanobenzene and 1,4-diisocyanobenzene in the crystal was studied. The role of the van der Waals and the electrostatic interactions in the balance of nonbonded atom-atom interactions is analyzed. The packing forces are dominated by van der Waals forces. The electrostatic interactions have higher stabilizing contribution for the dicyano isomer than for the diisocyano form. The dependence of the results on the size of the crystal, the molecular mechanics force field (MM2 vs MM3), and the dielectric constant are also assessed. Ab initio MP2/6–311G** geometries of the isolated molecules are in accordance with the observed benzene ring distortions determined by electron diffraction.     

Strong attraction among the fully hydrophilic {Mo72Fe30} macroanions

We report the study on the unique driving forces of the self-assembly of fully hydrophilic, soluble {Mo72Fe30} macroanions into single-layer, vesicle-like "blackberry" structures in water and mixed solvents. The hydrophobic interaction that is responsible for the vesicle formation of amphiphilic surfactants does not contribute to the current blackberry formation because of the absence of hydrophobic moiety. The hydrogen bond, van der Waals force, and chemical interaction only play minor roles. Laser light scattering and conductance measurements on a series of {Mo72Fe30}/ethanol/H2O solutions show that a certain amount of negative charges are necessary for the self-assembly, clearly indicating the existence of long-range attraction between macroanions, presumably due to the small counterions in between. The experimental results suggest that the charges on macroanions play a dual effect: short-range electrostatic repulsion and long-range "like-charge attraction", which is the major source of attractive force between hydrophilic macroanions, while van der Waals force, hydrogen bonds, and temporary inter-{Mo72Fe30} Fe-O-Fe chemical linking may also have minor contributions.     

掺杂聚合物对溶致液晶结构的影响

利用聚合物大分子作构建组分,将其掺杂到不同类型表面活性剂构成的溶致液晶中,考察对液晶相结构的影响．利用小角X射线散射及偏光显微镜对聚合物掺杂前后液晶的结构进行表征,并讨论了聚合物与液晶模板间的相互作用．对阴离子型表面活性剂琥珀酸二异辛酯磺酸钠(AOT)／水液晶体系,聚合物的嵌入使层间距d增大;而对非离子表面活性剂十二烷基聚氧乙烯醚(C12EO4)／水体系,除小分子量的聚乙二醇PEG400外,其它聚合物嵌入使d减小,表明聚合物分子类型、大小及浓度对溶致液晶的结构参数甚至组装方式有不同的影响机制．     

New one-pot technique to introduce charged nanoparticles into a lyotropic liquid crystal matrix

We present a new method to incorporate hydrophilic charged nanoparticles into the lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) template. This method is based on the effect of the polymer-induced phase separation (PIPS) and consists of two steps. In the first step, the nanoparticles are mixed with a surfactant micellar solution. In the second step, upon addition of polymer, phase separation is induced and the LLC phase doped with the nanoparticles is formed. Columnar hexagonal and lamellar LLC templates are obtained with the PIPS method. The ordering of the LLC phase can be controlled by the amount of polymer added to induce phase separation. The method works both for the system of nonionic surfactants and polymers and ionic surfactants and polyelectrolytes. We demonstrate that the PIPS method enables the fabrication of the LLC templates doped with positively or negatively charged nanoparticles as well as with a mixture of oppositely charged nanoparticles in arbitrary proportions.     

Van der Waals Emulsions: Emulsions Stabilized by Surface‐Inactive,Hydrophilic Particles via van der Waals Attraction

Surface‐inactive, highly hydrophilic particles are utilized to effectively and reversibly stabilize oil‐in‐water emulsions. This is a result of attractive van der Waals forces between particles and oil droplets in water, which are sufficient to trap the particles in close proximity to oil–water interfaces when repulsive forces between particles and oil droplets are suppressed. The emulsifying efficiency of the highly hydrophilic particles is determined by van der Waals attraction between particle monolayer shells and oil droplets enclosed therein and is inversely proportional to the particle size, while their stabilizing efficiency is determined by van der Waals attraction between single particles and oil droplets, which is proportional to the particle size. This differentiation in mechanism between emulsification and stabilization will significantly advance our knowledge of emulsions, thus enabling better control and design of emulsion‐based technologies in practice.     

Van der Waals Emulsions: Emulsions Stabilized by Surface‐Inactive,Hydrophilic Particles via van der Waals Attraction

Surface‐inactive, highly hydrophilic particles are utilized to effectively and reversibly stabilize oil‐in‐water emulsions. This is a result of attractive van der Waals forces between particles and oil droplets in water, which are sufficient to trap the particles in close proximity to oil–water interfaces when repulsive forces between particles and oil droplets are suppressed. The emulsifying efficiency of the highly hydrophilic particles is determined by van der Waals attraction between particle monolayer shells and oil droplets enclosed therein and is inversely proportional to the particle size, while their stabilizing efficiency is determined by van der Waals attraction between single particles and oil droplets, which is proportional to the particle size. This differentiation in mechanism between emulsification and stabilization will significantly advance our knowledge of emulsions, thus enabling better control and design of emulsion‐based technologies in practice.     

The model of hydrophobic attraction in the framework of classical DLVO forces

The present article focuses on the analysis of experimental data and interpreting of the influence of water depletion near hydrophobic particles and nanobubbles formed on their surface or in the space between them on van der Waals and electrostatic components of interparticle interaction. It is shown that the difference between simplified and more detailed models of DLVO forces explains the nature and main characteristics of hydrophobic attraction.