海藻酸锌纤维热降解法制备氧化锌纳米结构

采用天然高分子海藻酸钠为原料, 以氯化锌水溶液为凝固浴, 通过湿法纺丝技术成功制备了海藻酸锌(Alg-Zn)纤维.通过在空气中不同温度下对所得海藻酸锌纤维进行热处理, 得到了多种ZnO纳米结构. 利用热失重分析(TG)、X射线衍射(XRD)、电子能量损失谱(EELS)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)等手段对产物的组成、形貌和微观结构进行了详细表征. 结果表明, 焙烧温度和时间对所得ZnO纳米结构的尺寸和形貌具有重要影响; 800 ℃下热处理24 h以上可以得到直径约为120 nm的ZnO纳米棒. 通过仔细考察不同热处理时间得到的ZnO纳米结构, 提出了在焙烧条件下ZnO纳米棒的生长机理.     

Charge ordering modulations in a Bi_0.4Ca_0.6MnO₃ film with a thickness of 110 nm

The low temperature sample stage in a transmission electron microscope is used to investigate the charge ordering behaviours in a Bi 0.4 Ca 0.6 MnO 3 film with a thickness of 110 nm at 103 K.Six different types of superlattice structures are observed using the selected-area electron diffraction(SAED) technique,while three of them match well with the modulation stripes in high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) images.It is found that the modulation periodicity and direction are completely different in the region close to the Bi 0.4 Ca 0.6 MnO 3 /SrTiO 3 interface from those in the region a little further from the Bi 0.4 Ca 0.6 MnO 3 /SrTiO 3 interface,and the possible reasons for this are discussed.Based on the experimental results,structural models are proposed for these localized modulated structures.     

Charge ordering modulations in a Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 film with a thickness of 110 nm

The low temperature sample stage in a transmission electron microscope is used to investigate the charge ordering behaviours in a Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 film with a thickness of 110 nm at 103 K. Six different types of superlattice structures are observed using the selected-area electron diffraction （SAED） technique, while three of them match well with the modulation stripes in high-resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM） images. It is found that the modulation periodicity and direction are completely different in the region close to the Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3/SrTiO3 interface from those in the region a little further from the Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3/SrTiO3 interface, and the possible reasons for this are discussed. Based on the experimental results, structural models are proposed for these localized modulated structures.     

Defects in GaN Films Grown on Si（111） Substrates by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition

We report the transmission-electron microscopy study of the defects in wurtzitic GaN films grown on Si(111) substrates with AlN buffer layers by the metal-organic chemical vapour deposition method. The In0.1 Ga0.9N/GaN multiple quantum well (MQW) reduced the dislocation density by obstructing the mixed and screw dislocations passing through the MQW. No evident reduction of the edge dislocations density by the MQW was observed. It was found that dislocations with screw component can be located at the boundaries of sub-grains slightly in-plane misoriented.     

Microstructure and photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles with an average diameter of about 10 nm are fabricated using a sintering method. The degradation of methyl orange indicates that the photocatalytic efficiency is greatly enhanced, which is measured to be 62.81%. Transmission electron microscopy is used to investigate the microstructure of TiO 2 nanoparticles in order to correlate their photocatalytic properties. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy examinations show that all the nanoparticles belong to the anatase phase, and pure edge dislocations exist in some nanoparticles. The great enhancement of photocatalytic efficiency is attributed to two factors, the quantum size effect and the surface defects in the nanoparticles.     

A new modulated structure in α-Fe_2O_3 nanowires

A new modulated structure consisting of periodic （1120） stacking faults （SFs） in the α-Fe2O3 nanowires （NWs） formed by the thermal oxidation of Fe foils is reported, using a combination of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM） observations and HRTEM image simulations. The periodicity of the modulated structure is 1.53 nm, which is ten times （3500） interplanar spacing and can be described by a shift of every ten （3500） planes with 1/2 the interplanar spacing of the （1120） plane. An atomic model for the Fe203 structure is proposed to simulate the modulated structure. HRTEM simulation results confirm that the modulated structure in α-Fe2O3 NWs is caused by SFs.     

高分辨率电子能量损失谱在材料科学中的应用

简要介绍了FEI Titan80-300STEM扫描透射电镜中装配的Wien-filter型能量单色器(monochromator).文章特别指出,装配有能量单色器的FEI Titan80-300STEM扫描透射电镜,可以直接给出高能量分辨率(~0.1eV)的电子能量损失谱.利用高分辨电子能量损失谱,在高能损失区,对于K或L能级自然宽度(natural width of energylevel)小于0.5eV的元素,可以获得更细致的的近限精细结构(energy-loss near-edge structure),更有利于解析其电子结构;在低能损失区,可以用于精确地确定半导体材料的带隙(bandgap)以及p型掺杂引起的带隙能的变化.