Size effects on the magnetic properties of fine Fe-Cr particles

The magnetic and structural properties of Fe_1003−xCr_x ultrafine particles with x = 5–20 have been studied as a function of particle size. Particles with a size in the range of 80–360 Å were prepared by gas evaporation under argon atmosphere. The particles with smaller diameter had a high coercivity at low temperatures and showed a stronger temperature dependence of coercivity. The x = 20 particles with a size 80 Å had a coercivity about 2100 Oe at 10 K with a superparamagnetic blocking temperature about 150 K. Mössbauer spectra showed the presence of Fe-Cr, -Fe and Fe-oxide components in the bigger particles, and Fe-Cr and Fe-oxides in the smaller particles. The coercivity at low temperatures increased with decreasing particle size and this was attributed to the higher percentage of Fe-oxide on the surface of the smaller particles. This interpretation was further supported by the temperature dependence of coercivity of Fe–Cr particles sandwiched between two Ag films.     

鲸群优化的粒子滤波算法研究

针对标准的粒子滤波存在粒子贫化问题,提出了一种鲸群优化的粒子滤波算法.用粒子表征鲸鱼个体,模拟鲸鱼群体搜寻猎物的过程,引导粒子向高似然区域移动.将粒子滤波中粒子的状态值作为鲸鱼群的个体位置,将粒子的状态估计转化为对鲸鱼群的寻优;通过鲸群的螺旋运动方式优化粒子的重要性采样过程,使粒子分布更加合理,对鲸群算法中的全局最优值...     

Interaction effects in magnetic oxide nanoparticle systems

The interaction effects in magnetic nanoparticle system were studied through a Monte Carlo simulation. The results of simulations were compared with two different magnetic systems, namely, iron oxide polymer nanocomposites prepared by polymerization over core and nanocrystalline cobalt ferrite thin films prepared by sol-gel process. The size of the particles in the nanocomposites were estimated to be ∼15 nm with very little agglomeration. The low values of the coercivity obtained from the hysteresis measurements performed confirm that the system is superparamagnetic. SEM studies showed the cobalt ferrite films to have a nanocrystalline character, with particle sizes in the nanometer range. Hysteresis measurements performed on the thin films coated on silicon do not give evidence of the superparamagnetic transition up to room temperature and the coercivity is found to increase with decreasing film thickness. Comparison with simulations indicate that the nanocomposites behave like a strongly interacting array where exchange interactions lead to high blocking temperatures, whereas the films are representative of a semi-infinite array of magnetic clusters with weak interactions and thickness-dependent magnetic properties.     

Ferromagnetic properties of glucose coated Cu2O nanoparticles

Magnetic properties of glucose coated cuprous oxide nanoparticles of different sizes have been studied. Unlike bulk Cu₂O, which shows diamagnetic behavior, the nanoparticles show superparamagnetic behavior. A superparamagnetic blocking temperature of 21 K is observed for 5 nm particles. A magnetic hysteresis loop with a coercivity of 406 Oe is observed for these particles at 5 K. The magnetization and the coercivity increase with decreasing particle size. The superparamagnetic behavior, along with the increase in magnetization and coercivity with decreasing particle size, is due to the enhanced surface contributions to the magnetism.     

The scattering matrix of transparent particles of random shape in the geometrical optics approximation

A numerical model that allows one to calculate elements of the scattering matrix for transparent particles of random shape in the geometrical optics approximation is presented. It is shown that a deviation from sphericity, which, in particular, is modeled by a reduction of the number of triangular facets approximating a sphere, essentially affects the magnitude, position, and width of peaks of the photometric and polarimetric indicatrices. Thus, when 1500 facets were used for the approximation, the amplitude of the polarimetric peak associated with the first rainbow, which is located close to the scattering angle 160°, decreases by a factor of two. Calculations showed that, in the region of backscattering, for particles of an arbitrary shape, the linear polarization ?F ₁₂/F ₁₁ has no negative branch, which is well observed for spherical particles. In going from spherical to nonspherical particles, the backscattering peak also disappears. The indicatrices for particles of irregular shape that were calculated for small distances from the center of a particle noticeably differ from the indicatrices at infinity. Thus, when simulating multiple scattering in dense powderlike media, the use of particle scattering indicatrices that were calculated for infinite distances is incorrect even in the geometrical optics approximation.     

Two-dimensional small particles coupled by dipolar interactions

We study the effect of the dipolar coupling on the magnetic properties of two small interacting ferromagnetic particles. Each particle is a two-dimensional array of Ising spins with a central spin surrounded by a variable number of shells. The coupling between spins inside each particle is ferromagnetic and the dipolar interaction between the particles is determined as a function of the number of shells, temperature, and distance between their centers. We investigate the system by mean-field approximation and Monte Carlo simulations. The dipolar interaction is calculated in two ways, one assuming effective spins in the centers of the particles, and the other directly computing the interactions among all the pairs of spins, one in each particle. We show that the difference in the corresponding dipolar energies is a power law on the distance with exponent 5. We calculate the magnetization and susceptibility as a function of temperature, number of shells and distance between the particles’ centers. We show that the critical temperature increases with the number of spins in each particle, and it is more noticeable in the mean-field calculations than in the Monte Carlo simulations.     

Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Particle-Particle Interaction in Steady Poiseuille Flow

The moving behaviour of two- and three-particles in a pressure-driven flow is studied by the lattice Boltzmann simulation in two dimensions. The time-dependent values, including particles＇ radial positions, translational velocities, angular velocities, and the x-directional distance between the particles are analysed extensively. The effect of flow Reynolds number on particle motion is also investigated numerically. The simulation results show that the leading particle equilibrium position is closer to the channel centre while the trailing particle equilibrium position is closer to the channel wall. If Reynolds number Re is less than 85.30, the larger flow Reynolds number results in the smaller x-directional equilibrium distance, otherwise the x-directional distance increases almost linearly with the increase of time and the particles separate finally. The simulation results are helpful to understand the particle-particle interaction in suspensions with swarms of particles.     

Effects of particle size of silica aerogel on its nano-porous structure and thermal behaviors under both ambient and high temperatures

Silica aerogel as the most commonly used aerogel has attracted increasing attention from both academia and industries due to its extraordinary performances and potentials. Through this study, influences of the particle size (38–880 μm) on its nano-porous structure and thermal behaviors were addressed based on a series of experimental tests under both ambient and high temperatures (i.e., 1000 °C). It was known from the experimental results that the fractional densities of samples with particle sizes of 270–880 μm were similar, which were about 40% of the sample with a particle size of 38 μm. The ratio of densification was found decrease to about 10–40% when heating time increased from 10 to 90 min. For those samples with 150 μm or finer particles, SiC crystal with 70.8 nm particles was generated, and the pore shape was slit in the silica aerogel. The Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area, cumulative pore volume, and average pore diameter of those heated samples with over 75 μm diameter were about 40%, 20%, and 50% of those unheated (virgin) samples, respectively. Virgin samples showed 18% lower thermal conductivity for 75 μm particles compared to that of 38 μm, while for the heated samples, 38 μm particles showed a 28% lower thermal conductivity than that with 880 μm. Mixture of silica aerogel and other inorganic material particles are recommended for high-temperature applications, while the silica aerogel with different-sized particles are observed better for applications under ambient temperature.     

Resonant light absorption and plasmon tunability of lateral triangular Au nanoprisms array

Optical characteristics and electric field distribution of triangular Au nanoprism in a unit and units array under polarized light irradiation were systematically studied by numerical simulation with finite difference time domain method. It is found that the plasmonic properties of the triangular nanoprism are dominated by the electric polarization rather than the wave propagation. The triangular nanoprism presents similar optical response with a strong dipole band under different wave propagations if the electric polarization vectors are parallel to the triangular cross section. The lateral triangular Au nanoprisms array possesses a large tunability of the plasmonic properties contributed from the combined influence of inter-particle distance, particles size, polarization angle and even environmental medium. From the plasmon band shift versus the refractive index, ultra-high local surface plasmon resonance sensitivity (509.96 nm/RIU, figure of $\text{merit}=5.55$) is reached at $\sim 850\text{nm}$, making this array promising for biochemical sensing applications.     

基于紫外LED阵列光催化降解抗生素的研究

抗生素的大量使用对生态环境造成巨大的影响,光催化技术具有操作简单且无二次污染等特点被广泛应用于污染物的降解。在光催化降解抗生素过程中,光源对其降解效率至关重要,与传统的汞灯催化光源相比,紫外LED技术具有更高的能源效率及更低的功耗,使光催化工艺发生了巨大的变化。首先建立基于紫外LED阵列的光催化平台,采用光栅光谱仪和紫外照度计对LED阵列光源光谱特性及装置内光场分布进行测量分析。结果显示紫外LED光源波长介于265～295 nm之间,其主波长为275 nm,由于光场叠加效果,光照强度随着装置径向位置距离的增大而明显增大,装置轴向位置光照强度分布较为均匀;其次通过三维超景深显微镜、UV-Vis光谱测量技术对P25型光催化剂的粒子结构进行表征分析,同时使用半导体求导公式对TiO₂粉末进行禁带分析,结果显示TiO₂为球形,由于空气中相对湿度过大,水在TiO₂微粒表面的润湿性加强了微粒间的粘附力,因此有团聚现象产生,其禁带宽度为3.1 eV;最后以紫外LED阵列和高压汞灯为催化光源,P25型TiO₂为催化剂分别对甲基橙、磺胺类抗生素进行光催化降解,使用紫外-可见光分光光度计测量降解过程中的吸收光谱曲线,进而对抗生素降解率进行分析。结果表明,甲基橙和磺胺二甲嘧啶在紫外LED阵列为光源条件下均能够被降解,分别经过160和240 min的催化降解过程后,降解率分别达到70%和36%,符合一级动力学方程,经计算LED阵列光源与汞灯对甲基橙的降解动力学常数分别为-0.007 5和-0.113 5 min-1,对磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解动力学常数分别为-0.001 9和-0.019 4 min-1。因此对甲基橙和磺胺二甲嘧啶进行降解时,汞灯降解速率高于紫外LED阵列;由于紫外LED阵列和汞灯系统在催化降解污染物过程中功率和其与反应器中轴线距离不同,对两种光源的抗生素降解效率建立评价方法,即对紫外LED和汞灯以单位功率为标准进行距离降解效率分析,对于甲基橙,汞灯在单位功率下的距离降解效率高于紫外LED,但对于抗生素,紫外LED阵列的距离降解效率明显高于汞灯。依据以上各类光谱分析和应用结果,紫外LED阵列是一种有竞争力的光催化应用替代光源,此技术的广泛应用为抗生素的降解提供新途径。     

Laser plasma shockwave cleaning of SiO2 particles on gold film

A Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm) induces optical breakdown of the airborne above the gold-coated K9 glass surface and the created shockwave removes the SiO₂ particles contaminated on the gold films. The laser cleaning efficiency has been characterized by optical microscopy, dark field imaging, ultraviolet-visible-near infrared spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and the Image-pro software. The relationships between removal ratio and particle position and laser gap distance have been studied in the case of single pulse laser cleaning. The results show that the 1064 nm laser induced plasma shockwave can effectively remove the SiO₂ particles. The removal ratio can reach above 90%. The effects of particle position and laser gap distance on the cleaning efficiency are simulated for the single pulse laser cleaning. The simulated results are consistent with the experimental ones.     

Simulation of the relationship between porosity and tortuosity in porous media with cubic particles

Tortuosity is an important parameter used in areas such as vascular medicine,neurobiology,and the field of soil permeability and diffusion to express the mass transport in porous media.It is a function of the porosity and the shape and distribution of particles.In this paper,the tortuosity of cubic particles is calculated.With the assumption that the porous medium is homogeneous,the problem is converted to the micro-level over a unit cell,and geometry models of flow paths are proposed.In three-dimensional(3D) cells,the flow paths are too complicated to define.Hence,the 3D models are converted to two-dimensional(2D) models to simplify the calculation process.It is noticed that the path in the 2D model is shorter than that in the 3D model.As a result,triangular particles and the interaction are also taken into consideration to account for the longer distance respectively.We have proposed quadrate particle and interaction(QI) and quadrate and triangular particle(QT) models with cubic particles.Both models have shown good agreement with the experimental data.It is also found that they can predict the toruosities of some kinds of porous media,like freshwater sediment and Negev chalk.     

磁性颗粒复合体磁渗流区矫顽力异常的研究

制备了MnZn铁氧体/SiO₂颗粒复合体.研究了磁性颗粒复合体的有效磁导率μ、 比磁化强度σ以及矫顽力H_c随磁性颗粒含量的变化.研究发现，在MnZn铁氧体体积百分含 量为90%—98%的区域，复合体的有效磁导率μ的变化速率发生突变，出现磁渗流现象，从实验得到的体系磁渗流阈值V_c=97.9%.在磁渗流区，矫顽力表现出异常行为.结果表明 ，这种异常行为与复合体微观结构有着密切关系.在磁渗流前，矫顽力H_c的变化主要来 源于磁 关键词： 颗粒复合体 磁渗流 矫顽力     

Particle size effects on magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnets prepared by a sol–gel method

We present detailed measurements of field—and temperature—dependence of magnetization in nanocrystalline YIG (Y₃Fe₅O₁₂) particles. The fine powders were prepared using sol–gel method. Samples with particle sizes ranging from 45 to 450 nm were obtained. We observe that the saturation magnetization decreases as the particle size is reduced due to enhancement of the surface spin effects. Below a critical diameter D_s≅190 nm, the particles become single domains and the coercive forces reaches a maximum at diameters close to the critical value. As the particle size decreases the coercivity diminishes and at D_p≃35 nm diameters the upper limit of superparamagnetic behavior is reached. A quantitative comparison of temperature and particle size dependence of coercivity shows a satisfactory agreement that is expected for an assembly of randomly oriented particles.     

Targeted deposition of Au aerosol nanoparticles on vertical nanowires for the creation of nanotrees

Complex tree-like nanostructures with controlled morphology are becoming increasingly important for the development of nanoscale devices. The position of branches on III–V semiconductor nanotrees is determined by the distribution of Au seed particles. Here we report the dependence of the distribution of Au aerosol nanoparticles on nanowires on parameters including distance between wires, particle size, wire length, wire diameter, III–V material and particle charge. It was observed that different wire lengths and separation distances as well as different particle polarities have a significant effect on the resulting particle distribution while different wire diameters, particle diameters, materials and deposition voltages do not.     

Magnetic anisotropy and magnetization dynamics of Fe nanoparticles embedded in Cr and Ag matrices

Static and dynamical magnetic properties of Fe nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in non-magnetic (Ag) and antiferromagnetic (Cr) matrices with a volume filling fraction (VFF) of 10% have been investigated. In both Fe@Ag and Fe@Cr nanocomposites, the Fe NPs have a narrow size distribution, with a mean particle diameter around 2 nm. In both samples, the saturation magnetization reaches that of Fe bulk bcc, suggesting the absence of alloying with the matrices. The coercivity at 5 K is much larger in Fe@Cr than in Fe@Ag as a result of the strong interaction between the Fe NPs and the Cr matrix. Temperature-dependent magnetization and ac-susceptibility measurements point out further evidence of the enhanced interparticle interaction in the Fe@Cr system. While the behaviour of Fe@Ag indicates the presence of weakly interacting magnetic monodomain particles with a wide distribution of blocking temperatures, Fe@Cr behaves like a superspin glass produced by the magnetic interactions between NPs.     

半导体粒子CdS的光学性质研究

采用DDA(discrete dipole approximation)方法对用于光催化制氢的半导体粒子的光学性质进行了研究,讨论了形状、尺寸等因素对放置在水中的CdS吸收效率的影响,选取的粒子形状有球形,圆柱形,正四面体,正三棱柱,长方体,正六角棱柱,发现粒子形状对局部表面等离子体共振峰的数目和共振波长有重要影响,而...     

An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy

The tendency of particles to aggregate depends on particle-particle and particle-fluid interactions. These interactions can be characterized but it requires accurate 3D measurements of particle distributions. We introduce the application of an off-axis digital holographic microscopy for measuring distributions of dense micrometer (2 μm) particles in a liquid solution. We demonstrate that digital holographic microscopy is capable of recording the instantaneous 3D position of particles in a flow volume. A new reconstruction method that aids identification of particle images was used in this work. About 62% of the expected number of particles within the interrogated flow volume was detected. Based on the 3D position of individual particles, the tendency of particle to aggregate is investigated. Results show that relatively few particles (around 5–10 of a cohort of 1500) were aggregates. This number did not change significantly with time.     

Multi-performance characterization analysis of diameter and taper angle on alumina ceramic via using pulsed ultraviolet laser percussion drilling method

This paper presents the optimal conditions for the ultraviolet laser percussion drilling of alumina materials intended for use in heat sinks. The Taguchi method and grey relational analysis, along with the consideration of multiple quality characteristics, were applied for determining the optimal parameters. The entrance diameter and taper angle of the drilled hole were affected by the material processing parameters, including laser power, pulse duration, focal plane position, and number of pulses. The Taguchi method and grey relational analysis were used for assessing the effects of the operational parameters on multiple performance characteristics. Nine experiments based on an orthogonal array were performed. According to the results, the optimal process parameters were as follows: laser energy density, 3.82 J/cm²; focal plane position, 0.1 mm; number of pulses, 20 shots; and single pulse duration, 3 ms. Analysis of the grey relational grade revealed that the focal plane position was the most dominant parameter.     

Role of anisotropy and interactions in magnetic nanoparticle systems

Magnetic nanoparticle systems are characterized by several competing effects like anisotropy, an inherent disorder, the long range dipolar and the short range exchange interactions due to clustering effects. The sensitivity of the observed static and dynamical properties of these systems like the blocking temperature, the hysteresis and the susceptibility, to the methods of preparation, annealing and the resulting morphology is a manifestation of this. However, given the complexity of the system, it is often difficult to isolate the effects which might be dominant in a particular sample, which has a direct bearing on the desired applications. In this paper we report the effects of anisotropy, interactions and particle concentration on the temperature dependent remanence and coercivity through a numerical simulation on an array of single domain magnetic particles which incorporates all the above mentioned factors. Our results show that it is possible to distinguish between purely anisotropic systems and interacting systems with these measurements. In confirmation of our simulation results we also present the experimental results on the remanence and coercivity of nanomagnetic nickel ferrite composites.