钼硫碘纳米线结构特性和化学改性的理论研究

 采用第一性原理密度泛函理论研究了纳米线结构的钼硫碘材料. 结构的理论模拟结果显示, 钼硫碘纳米线机械性能很高, 且其形变过程中显示出一种特殊的磁滞现象. 形成能、投影态密度以及电荷密度的计算结果显示, 使用电负性接近硫的碳元素可对钼硫碘纳米线化学改性同时不失去其良好的结构性能和电子性能. 该结果为化学改性钼硫碘纳米线材料应用于催化提供了依据. 这些钼硫碘纳米线材料将在纳米电子学、纳米机械学、催化、纳米限域等研究中有潜在应用.     

利用表面修饰调制GaAs纳米线的电子结构

采用第一性原理的密度泛函方法,研究了利用表面修饰来调制GaAs纳米线的电子结构. 在计算中考虑了几种不同的表面钝化材料（H、F、Cl、Br 和I）对GaAs纳米线电子结构的影响. 计算结果表明,不同的原子修饰GaAs 纳米线时对其能带结构的调制主要取决于它们对纳米线表面态的饱和能力. 表面修饰不仅可以调节GaAs纳米线的能隙大小,而且也可以调制其能隙类型. GaAs纳米线的电子结构由表面效应和量子限制效应共同来决定. 使用不同材料修饰表面的GaAs纳米线的能隙随直径的变化幅度并不相同. 表面修饰为实现同种直径和同种结构的GaAs纳米线的能带工程提供了一种新的途径.     

利用表面修饰调制GaAs纳米线的电子结构

采用第一性原理的密度泛函方法,研究了利用表面修饰来调制GaAs纳米线的电子结构.在计算中考虑了几种不同的表面钝化材料(H、F、Cl、Br和I)对GaAs纳米线电子结构的影响.计算结果表明,不同的原子修饰GaAs纳米线时对其能带结构的调制主要取决于它们对纳米线表面态的饱和能力.表面修饰不仅可以调节GaAs纳米线的能隙大小,而且也可以调制其能隙类型.GaAs纳米线的电子结构由表面效应和量子限制效应共同来决定.使用不同材料修饰表面的GaAs纳米线的能隙随直径的变化幅度并不相同.表面修饰为实现同种直径和同种结构的GaAs纳米线的能带工程提供了一种新的途径.     

模板法制备枝状Pt纳米线

一维纳米材料的制备是近年来纳米材料的研究热点. 利用具有纳米尺度的孔洞阵列模板沉积各种材料构筑纳米线的方法具有制备简便和成本较低等优点[1,2]. 常用的模板有多孔阳极氧化铝(AAO)、多孔硅和聚合物等, 其中AAO模板具有耐高温, 绝缘性好, 孔洞分布均匀, 孔径、孔深大小可控等特点, 是模板法研究的热点. 通过模板法电化学沉积制备各种金属纳米线已有很多报道[3～8], 本研究小组也曾报道了模板法电化学沉积Au等纳米线的制备及性质[9～12], 但用该方法制备的金属纳米线都为单一的线状结构. 组成当代大规模集成电路的基本器件一般具有3个或3个以上的电极. 单一的线状结构纳米线, 不能满足纳米电子学对纳米材料和纳米器件性能研究的需要. 在纳米器件的特性研究和探索中, 枝状或Y形纳米结的制备有重要的意义, 它是纳米器件从理论到实用化的必备条件. Sui等[13]用模板法成功制备了枝状碳纳米管, 但用AAO模板制备枝状金属纳米线的研究至今还未见报道. 本文通过控制铝片的阳极氧化条件, 先制备出具有分枝状孔洞结构的AAO模板, 再用电化学法沉积金属Pt, 实现了枝状Pt纳米线的可控生长. 这对其它金属枝状纳米线的制备以及进一步掺杂、构筑纳米原型器件等具有显著的实用价值.     

Electric field-directed assembly of gold and platinum nanowires from an electrolysis process

Gold and platinum nanowires have been grown on a silicon dioxide surface between two microfabricated electrodes from an electrolysis process under an AC signal with a DC offset. In the process, the anode electrode acted as a sacrificing layer and oxidized to metal ions. The metal ions were reduced to particles and aligned along the electric field forming nanowires connected with the cathode. Greater than 10 V and 12 V DC offset were required for growing gold and platinum nanowires, respectively. Other factors affecting the growth of the nanowires include frequency of applied bias and gap between the electrodes.     

Size dependence of structural, electronic, elastic, and optical properties of selenium nanowires: a first-principles study

We have studied the structural, elastic, and optical properties of selenium nanowires, as well as bulk selenium, by performing first-principles density functional theory calculations. The nanowires are structurally similar to bulk trigonal Se, in that they consist of hexagonal arrays of helices, though there is a slight structural rearrangement in response to the finite size of the nanowires. These small structural changes result in Young's modulus decreasing slightly for progressively thinner nanowires. However, there is a significant effect on electronic structure and optical properties. The thinner the nanowire, the greater the band gap, and the greater the anisotropy in optical conductivity. The latter is due to the effects of finite size being much more marked for the case where the electric field is polarized perpendicular to the helical axis, than in the case where the polarization is parallel to c. For the case of bulk Se, we obtain good agreement with experimental data on the structure, elastic constants, and dielectric function.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Silver–Platinum Bimetallic Nanowires and Platinum Nanotubes

A galvanic replacement reaction was used to prepare silver–platinum bimetallic nanowires and platinum nanotubes. Silver nanowires, prepared by boiling aqueous silver nitrate with sodium citrate in the presence of small amount of sodium hydroxide, were used as the sacrificial template in the galvanic reaction to prepare silver–platinum bimetallic nanowires and ultimately hollow platinum nanotubes. The resulting nanomaterials are stable and can be isolated without core aggregation or decomposition. These new materials have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy.     

Ni 掺杂ZnO纳米线的电子结构与磁性

采用自旋极化密度泛函理论系统研究了Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线的电子结构、磁学和光学性质.磁学性质计算结果显示六种Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线的磁性耦合体系出现了铁磁(FM)、反铁磁(AFM)和顺磁(PM)二种不同的耦合状态.能量计算结果表明Ni原子在纳米线外表面沿[0001]方向替代Zn原子时能量最低,体系的AFM耦合相对稳定,AFM体系表现出金属性.态密度计算结果显示FM耦合在费米能级附近出现了明显的自旋极化现象,发生了强烈的Ni 3d和O 2p杂化效应,掺杂产生的磁矩主要来源于Ni 3d未成对轨道电子和部分O 2p轨道电子的贡献,FM耦合表现出半金属性.另外,光学性质计算结果显示Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线的远紫外吸收峰发生了红移现象,而380 nm附近的近紫外吸收峰发生了明显的蓝移现象,在整个紫外区都表现出了优异的发光性能.以上结果表明Ni掺杂ZnO纳米线是一种很有前途的磁光电子材料.     

Electronic transition and energy transfer processes in LaPO4-Ce3+/Tb3+ nanowires

Ce3+ and Tb3+ coactivated LaPO4 nanowires and micrometer rods were synthesized by hydrothermal methods. Their fluorescent spectra and dynamics were systematically studied and compared. The results indicated that the extinction coefficients of Ce3+ and Tb3+ in nanowires were higher than those in micrometer rods. The electronic transition rates of Ce3+ and Tb3+ in nanowires had little variation in contrast to those in micrometer rods, and the energy transfer rate and efficiency of Ce3+ --> Tb3+ in nanowires were reduced greatly. It is important to observe that the brightness for the 5D4-7F5 green emissions of Tb3+ via energy transfer of Ce3+ --> Tb3+ in nanowires increased several times that in micrometer rods. This was attributed to the decreased energy loss in the excited states, being higher than 5D4 due to the hindrance of the boundary.     

Density functional theory study of geometrical structures and electronic properties of silica nanowires

Silica nanowires are expected to possess structural diversity like bulk silica. We modeled three silica nanowires based on the side-shared two-membered rings, spiro-united two-membered rings, and three-membered rings, respectively. By performing density functional theory calculations, we studied their geometrical structures and electronic properties with and without the presence of external electric field. It is found that the stability of silica nanowires increases with length and diameter. As indicated by calculated large HOMO-LUMO gaps, silica nanowires are expected to be good insulating materials. The energy gaps, however, gradually decrease with applied electronic field and finally close, resulting in the breakdown of the insulating nanowires. Moreover, it is shown that the breakdown threshold remarkably increases with the nanowire diameter. These significant findings from the present calculations for the simplest silica nanowires will provide relevant insight into the structures and properties of much more complicated real silica nanowires.     

Stability of Gold and Platinum Nanowires on Graphite Edges

The stability of coinage and noble metal nanowires supported on graphite steps is examined by density functional theory. In particular, we study the stability of supported gold and platinum wires and compare their chemical properties with those of surfaces and bare wires. A substantially stronger bond with graphite was found for platinum wires due to unfilled antibonding states, which are occupied in the case of gold. This difference has direct consequences for the adsorption of hydrogen. This reaction can occur either on the wire or directly on graphite steps. In the case of gold, the reaction is favoured on steps, while on platinum wires, it has no thermodynamical preferences. Our results suggest that, in early stages of wire formation, hydrogen could desorb gold from graphite, but not platinum.     

Ultrathin platinum nanowire catalysts for direct C-N coupling of carbonyls with aromatic nitro compounds under 1 bar of hydrogen

Traditionally important in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and synthetic dye industries, C-N coupling has proved useful for the preparation of a number of valuable organic compounds. Here, a new method for the direct one-pot reductive C-N coupling from carbonyl and aromatic nitro compounds is described. Employing ultrathin platinum nanowires as the catalyst and hydrogen as the reducing agent, N-alkylamines were achieved in high yields. Debenzylation products were not detected after prolonged reaction times. Time-dependent analysis, ReactIR spectroscopy and DFT calculations revealed that the C-N coupling proceeded through a different mechanism than traditional "reductive amination." N-Alkylamines were directly obtained by intermolecular dehydration over platinum nanowires under a hydrogen atmosphere, instead of intramolecular water elimination and imine hydrogenation.     

Self-assembled nanostructures with tridentate cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes

Self-assembly of positively charged and charge-neutral tridentate cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes leads to nanowires and the drop-cast film containing these nanowires behaves as a n-type semiconductor.     

Protein-sheathed SWNT as a versatile scaffold for nanoparticle assembly and superstructured nanowires

One dimensional (1D) nanostructures have many possible applications in electronic, optical, and sensing devices associated with their nanosized lateral dimensions. In this regard, a general and bottom-up strategy to synthesize 1D nanoparticle arrays and conductive nanowires with a facile structural/compositional control is highly desired. We herein report a protein-sheathed single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) that satisfies the criteria for an ideal template to assemble micron-long gold nanoparticle (AuNP) linear arrays with high structural rigidity. The resulting AuNP array has minimized inter-particle gaps, which is especially useful to template the overgrowth of Ag, Pd, and Pd/Ag metals into continuous nanowires (Au@M, M=Ag, Pd, Ag/ Pd). Our method successfully overcomes the incompatibility between carbon and metal materials, and the resulting superstructured metal nanowires have a tunable diameter below 100 nm and a shape closely replicating a SWNT. The Ag nanowires are composed of coalesced Au@Ag coreshell nanoparticles, while the Pd and Pd/Ag nanowires are made of very fine Pd nanocrystallites around the AuNP cores. These unique structural features are pivotal to various applications including surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), electrocatalysis, and gas sensors.     

Nafion/硫堇/铂纳米线复合电极的葡萄糖电催化活性

利用吸附在玻碳基底Nafion膜的负电性磺酸基与正电荷硫堇（Thi）相互作用,将电子媒介体固定电极表面,通过铂纳米线（PtNW）与硫堇间的键合作用及铂纳米线强吸附效应把葡萄糖氧化酶（GOD）固定于玻碳基底上,制得高灵敏电流型葡萄糖生物传感电极. 通过循环伏安法考察了电极的电化学特性,研究了该铂纳米线生物传感电极的葡萄糖电催化性能. 结果表明,该传感电极对葡萄糖有良好的电催化活性,线性响应范围1.0 × 10^-5 ~ 6.0 × 10^-3 mol·L^-1,检测限3.0 × 10^-6 mol·L^-1. 该传感电极制备简单、灵敏度高、重现性好.     

Pt/Pd/C catalysts with ultra low platinum content for oxygen reduction reaction

The activity of Pt/Pd/C ETEK catalysts of the core-shell type with an ultralow content of platinum (0.5–15 μg cm^?2) based on a commercial palladium catalyst is shown to exceed the activity of commercial Pt/C ETEK catalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction. The activity sharply increases with the decrease in the platinum content down to values corresponding to monolayer and submonolayer of platinum on palladium. This dependence wasn’t observed for the same amounts of platinum deposited on the carbon support Vulcan XC-72. This makes it possible to conclude that the most probable factor responsible for the high catalytic activity of Pt/Pd/C ETEK is the effect of palladium on the electronic properties of platinum rather than the effect of structural modification of the platinum deposit induced by the decrease in the platinum amount deposited on a foreign metal or a carbon support.     

Microwave spectroscopy of platinum monofluoride and platinum monochloride in the X 2Π(3/2) states

Platinum monofluoride (PtF) and platinum monochloride (PtCl) were detected in the gas phase using a source-modulated microwave spectrometer. The PtF and PtCl radicals were generated in a free space cell using the sputtering reaction from a platinum sheet placed on the inner surface of a stainless steel cathode through a dc glow discharge plasma of CF(4) and Cl(2), respectively, diluted with Ar. Rotational transitions were measured in the region between 150 and 313 GHz. Rotational, centrifugal distortion, and several fine- and hyperfine-structure constants were determined by a least-squares analysis. The observed fine-structure spectral patterns indicate that both PtF and PtCl radicals have the (2)Π(3/2) electronic ground states, while the related cyanide PtCN and hydride PtH radicals have the (2)Δ(5/2) electronic ground states.     

Fabricating and aligning pi-conjugated polymer-functionalized DNA nanowires: atomic force microscopic and scanning near-field optical microscopic studies

We report a simple method to functionalize DNA with pi-conjugated polymer, forming highly aligned and integrated arrays of pi-conjugated polymer nanowires of a few nanometers diameter. pi-conjugated polymer, polyphenazasiline, having alkylammonium salts on the N atom (PPhenaz-TMA), synthesized in this study can be directly attached to DNA, which can be organized along stretched and aligned DNA molecules on surfaces as a template. Furthermore, PPhenaz-TMA/DNA nanowires were stretched and aligned on surfaces, even when PPhenaz-TMA/DNA complexes formed in solutions. The resulting PPhenaz-TMA/DNA nanowires could be easily converted to oxidized states or metallic nanowires by using adequate oxidant or metal salts. The direct visualization of PPhenaz-TMA/DNA nanowires and its structural changes have been studied by atomic force microscopy and scanning near-field optical microscopy.     

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.     

Atomically Dispersed Pt on Screw-like Pd/Au Core-shell Nanowires for Enhanced Electrocatalysis

Engineering noble metal nanostructures at the atomic level can significantly optimize their electrocatalytic performance and remarkably reduce their usage. We report the synthesis of atomically dispersed Pt on screw-like Pd/Au nanowires by using ultrafine Pd nanowires as seeds. Au can selectively grow on the surface of Pd nanowires by an island growth pattern to fabricate surface defect sites to load atomically dispersed Pt, which can be confirmed by X-ray absorption fine structure measurements and aberration corrected HRTEM images. The nanowires with 2.74 at % Pt exhibit superior HER properties in acidic solution with an overpotential of 20.6 mV at 10 mA cm⁻² and enhanced alkaline ORR performance with a mass activity over 15 times greater than the commercial platinum/carbon (Pt/C) catalysts.