Aerosol Catalysis on Nickel Nanoparticles

Nickel nanoparticles produced by spark discharges were used as aerosol catalyst for the formation of methane. The available surface area of the particles was determined using different methods. It was found that the surface area available for nitrogen adsorption and, therefore, for the methanation reaction remained virtually constant during restructuring of the agglomerates while the surface area based on the mobility was significantly reduced. In general, the reaction parameters such as activation energy and reaction rates agree well with the values for single nickel crystals and foils. At temperatures above 350°C the activation energy and the photoelectric activity of the particles decrease indicating the formation of graphite on the particle surface. Also the change of the work function points to the build up of multiple layers of graphite on the particle surface. The surprisingly low temperature for the surface deactivation may indicate an enhanced formation of carbon atoms at the surface.     

L-半胱氨酸修饰的金纳米粒子与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的荧光光谱研究

采用荧光猝灭光谱和同步荧光光谱研究了L-半胱氨酸修饰的金纳米粒子(Cys-GNPs)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)间的相互作用。根据荧光猝灭相关方程计算了Cys-GNPs与BSA相互作用的结合常数和结合位点数,探讨了其荧光猝灭机制为静态猝灭,并且根据热力学参数确定了二者间的作用力类型,推断出Cys-GNPs和BSA间主要靠疏水作用力结合。同步荧光光谱表明,二者的相互作用没有导致牛血清白蛋白的构象及色氨酸残基的微环境发生明显变化。     

埃洛石纳米管负载Ni纳米粒子的研究

以天然纳米管埃洛石为载体,以Sn-Pd胶体溶液作为活化剂,利用化学镀法在埃洛石的内表面镀金属Ni。利用XRD、TEM对合成的产物进行分析表征,表明在埃洛石纳米管的内腔沉积了颗粒连续、尺寸大小约为10nm的Ni粒子,而HRTEM分析表明Ni微粒为纳米晶体。良好分散性能的镍-埃洛石纳米复合材料将会在高效催化剂、润滑剂、传感器,高密度磁记录材料等领域有潜在的应用前景。     

Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles on Nanometre-Patterned Surface

The self-assembly processes of gold nanoparticles on nanometre-step-patterned Si surface and polished Si surface are investigated by the convective self-assembly method. The convective self-assembly method is used to deposit the colloids dispersed in benzene onto the substrates. The SEM results show that the configurations of the gold arrays depend on the surface morphology of the substrates. On the nanometre-step-patterned Si surface, the nanoparticles self assemble into parallel lines, and the distance between the neighbouring lines is around 35 nm. On the polished Si surface the nanoparticles form compact domains. In each domain the particles are closepacked in a two-dimensional hexagonal superlattice and are separated by uniform distances. The analysis shows that on the nanometre-step-patterned Si surface, the steps play critical roles in the self-assembly process of gold nanoparticles. The capillary force from the steps drives the particles to lines along the steps. Therefore, the particles tend to self-assemble into one-dimensional line structures when the solvent evaporates. For the polished Si substrate there is a little difference that the particles form two-dimensional hexagonal superlattices without the directional confinement.     

爆轰法合成碳包覆镍纳米颗粒的研究

 采用自制的负氧平衡复合炸药前驱体,在密闭容器中充氮气保护下爆轰合成了碳包覆镍纳米颗粒。利用X射线衍射、X射线荧光、透射电镜和拉曼光谱等技术,对爆炸产物的组成成分、结构形貌等进行了观测。结果表明,爆轰产物主要由具有面心立方结构的镍晶核和碳元素构成,此外还含有其它微量元素;合成的纳米颗粒呈球形或椭球形状,颗粒尺寸主要分布在10~25 nm范围,包覆的碳壳厚度约1~2 nm,核壳结构完备。结合观测结果,对爆轰法合成碳包覆纳米颗粒的形成机制进行了简单的讨论。     

Colorimetric Biosensors Based on DNAzyme-Assembled Gold Nanoparticles

Taking advantage of recent developments in the field of metallic nanoparticle-based colorimetric DNA detection and in the field of in vitro selection of functional DNA/RNA that can recognize a wide range of analytes, we have designed highly sensitive and selective colorimetric biosensors for many analytes of choice. As an example of the sensor design strategy, a highly sensitive and selective colorimetric lead biosensor based on DNAzyme-directed assembly of gold nanoparticles is reviewed. The DNAzyme consists of an enzyme and a substrate strand, which can be used to assemble DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles. The aggregation brings gold nanoparticles together, resulting in a blue-colored nanoparticle assembly. In the presence of lead, the DNAzyme catalyzes specific hydrolytic cleavage of the substrate strand, which disrupts the formation of the nanoparticle assembly, resulting in red-colored individual nanoparticles. The application of the sensor in lead detection in leaded paint is also demonstrated. In perspective, the use of allosteric DNA/RNAzymes to expand the range of the nanoparticle-based sensor design method is described.     

金纳米粒子上CdS纳米半导体材料的制备

利用电极表面组装金纳米粒子为模板,通过循环扫描电化学沉积CdS,在电极表面构筑CdS@Au的核-壳纳米结构。结果表明,在实验条件下所得的CdS均属六方相,但CdS的型貌强烈依赖于电化学沉积扫描电位。金纳米粒子表面的CdS包裹层导致其表面等离子体共振红移,这与金属粒子周围介质折射系数的改变以及粒子内部电荷密度分布的变化密切相关。     

基于金纳米粒子比色法检测全氟辛烷磺酸

全氟辛烷磺酸(perfluorooctanesulfonate,PFOS)具有遗传毒性、生物蓄积性和持久性,且难以降解,因此对其进行分析研究具有十分重要的意义。实验发现,PFOS能使巯基乙胺包被的正电金纳米粒子发生聚集,引起体系吸收信号及颜色改变,据此建立了检测PFOS的紫外-可见分光光度法及比色法。线性方程为A=-0.346+0.049c,相关系数为0.992 4,线性范围0.8～8.0 μmol·L-1,检出限为80 nmol·L-1。研究表明：金纳米粒子在524 nm有特征吸收峰,在650 nm处有较宽吸收峰,PFOS的加入会使金纳米粒子524 nm吸收峰降低,650 nm吸收峰增强,随着PFOS浓度增大,体系颜色由酒红色向红紫色变化。表征了体系的扫描电镜显微成像(SEM)及紫外吸收光谱,考察了金纳米粒子的聚集情况,实验缓冲体系选用pH 5.0的HAc-NaAc缓冲溶液。本方法具有简单、快速等特点,可通过肉眼观察颜色变化来实现对环境污染物PFOS的检测。本方法用于实际水样中PFOS的检测,RSD≤4.4％。     

基于金纳米粒子比色法检测全氟辛烷磺酸

全氟辛烷磺酸(perfluorooctanesulfonate, PFOS)具有遗传毒性、生物蓄积性和持久性, 且难以降解, 因此对其进行分析研究具有十分重要的意义。实验发现, PFOS能使巯基乙胺包被的正电金纳米粒子发生聚集, 引起体系吸收信号及颜色改变, 据此建立了检测PFOS的紫外-可见分光光度法及比色法。线性方程为A=-0.346+0.049c, 相关系数为0.992 4, 线性范围0.8～8.0 μmol·L-1, 检出限为80 nmol·L-1。研究表明: 金纳米粒子在524 nm有特征吸收峰, 在650 nm处有较宽吸收峰, PFOS的加入会使金纳米粒子524 nm吸收峰降低, 650 nm吸收峰增强, 随着PFOS浓度增大, 体系颜色由酒红色向红紫色变化。表征了体系的扫描电镜显微成像(SEM)及紫外吸收光谱, 考察了金纳米粒子的聚集情况, 实验缓冲体系选用pH 5.0的HAc-NaAc缓冲溶液。本方法具有简单、快速等特点, 可通过肉眼观察颜色变化来实现对环境污染物PFOS的检测。本方法用于实际水样中PFOS的检测, RSD≤4.4％。     

金纳米粒子的放射增敏效应研究

系统阐述了与金纳米粒子(GNPs) 放射增敏效应相关实验的方法与结果、影响GNPs 放射增敏的因素、GNPs 放射增敏的细胞和动物实验表现及其相关机制。同时结合相关实验,分析和比较了15 nm 柠檬酸钠包被的GNPs 的放射增敏效应,发现GNPs 在高LET 的碳离子束和低LET 的X射线辐照下对Hela细胞的杀伤力随其浓度的增加而增大;在50% 的细胞存活率下,当GNPs 的质量浓度为7.5 g/mL时,其X射线的剂量减少率和碳离子的相对生物学效应值(RBE) 的增加率达到了最大,分别为65.3% 和43.6%,同时GNPs 共培养细胞24 和48 h 后,未出现细胞周期同步化的现象。This paper describes the methods and results of the previous experiments, the experimental phenomena of the cell and animal tests and the relative mechanisms on the radiosensitizing effect of GNPs. Together with our experiments, the radiosensitizing effects of 15 nm citrate-capped GNPs and related mechanisms are analyzed and compared, finding that Hela cell killing of GNPs increase along with their concentration after exposure to high- and low-LET radiation such as carbon ions and X-rays. In addition, the percentages of dose reduction of the X-rays and RBE increment of the carbon ions reached their maximums 65.3% and 43.6%, respectively,at 50% survival level when Hela cells were pre-treated with 7.5 g/mL GNPs. Moreover, Hela cells showed no cell-cycle synchronization after 24 and 48 h exposure to GNPs.     

金纳米颗粒的紫外、蓝紫光波段光致荧光特性

采用电化学方法制备出粒径在20～30 nm的悬浮胶体金纳米颗粒。研究了金纳米颗粒的荧光发射光谱特性。在377和459 nm观察到两个荧光发射峰,分别位于紫外和蓝紫光波段,对应的敏感激发波长为220 nm。减小激发光强度或降低金纳米颗粒的粒子数密度都会使377 nm处的荧光发射峰强度减弱。位于459 nm处的荧光发射峰对激发光强度和颗粒数密度变化更为敏感,并且在激发光强度降低到一定阈值或粒子数密度高于一定阈值后消失。随着激发光强度的增加,位于377和459 nm处的两发射峰强度逐渐靠近,其比值逼近于1。实验结果与随机分布介质的自组织散射式谐振腔理论符合得较好。这表明胶体金纳米颗粒中存在循环多重散射,并由此引发了蓝光及紫外波段的荧光增强,这在光存储和全色显示等方面具有潜在的应用前景。     

壳聚糖与甲基橙探针试剂的相互作用

以吸收光谱法研究了在pH=2.0.壳聚糖(CTS)与甲基橙(MO)的相互作用机理.结果表明,CTS与光谱探针MO主要是通过静电作用形成CTS-MO复合物,考察了MO/CTS摩尔比对反应体系的影响,实验测得CTS与MO的最大结合数NE为6.17×103,理论模型预测最大结合数Nc为6.13×103,实验值与理论值一致,验证了壳聚糖与光谱探针试剂相互作用的理论模型的合理性.     

金复合纳米微粒的消光特性

基于Mie光散射理论,研究了金壳介质芯的金复合纳米球壳微粒在光散射与吸收中的消光特性.对微粒增大时的多极子特性以及内半径变动时共振峰的移动作了计算和分析,证实了共振峰位置随内外半径比增大而增大的规律.还对纯金纳米微粒的多极子特性作了计算,并讨论了总消光效率中散射和吸收各自的贡献.     

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Gold Nanoparticles

Diffusion dynamics of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) was studied by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The fluorescence was studied by exciting the particles by green laser (532 nm), which is far from longitudinal plasmon band of nanorods. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer were used to characterize the gold nanoparticles. Despite their low quantum yields, GNPs possess the native fluorescence. The excellent antiphotobleaching behavior of gold nanorods leads to prospects of using FCS for its detailed studies. Using FCS, dynamic information can be extracted from the fluorescence fluctuations in the system by autocorrelation function. Maximum entropy method (MEMFCS) was used to identify the number of distinct components present in the system. The particle sizes obtained from FCS were found to be higher (by few orders of magnitude) compared to TEM analysis. This might be due to the possible contributions from cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) capping in the system.     

Resonant Modes of L-Shaped Gold Nanoparticles

We analyze the electric field modes excited in resonant L-shaped gold nanoparticles using a finite-difference time domain method. Compared to a single gold nanorod, both the odd and even modes of the L-shaped nanoparticles can be excited due to the symmetry breaking. The nanoparticles with equal and unequal arms have different dependence of field enhancement and mode on the incident polarization.     

金纳米粒子的电化学合成及光谱表征

采用电化学方法合成各种形状的金纳米粒子,生成的金纳米粒子形貌与施加电流有关,通过匀速递增电流电解的方法,可制备得到哑铃形,球形以及棒状金纳米粒子,采用恒电流电解方法主要获得球形及哑铃形纳米粒子。利用透射电镜、紫外-可见光谱及拉曼光谱对金纳米粒子进行相关表征。紫外-可见光谱研究发现金纳米棒出现位于近红外区间的吸收峰(985 nm),由此推测棒的长径比约为6。以结晶紫为探针分子,研究了金纳米粒子的表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)效应,并分析得出其平躺的吸附模式。根据形貌表征的结果推断了纳米粒子的生长机理。     

纳米金的SP-ICP-MS表征及测定

纳米技术的不断发展需要更强大的纳米粒子表征技术。单颗粒电感耦合等离子体质谱(SP-ICP-MS)是近年来发展起来的纳米粒子检测新技术,能够快速的向研究人员提供关于纳米粒子尺寸、尺寸分布、粒子数目浓度和元素组成等信息,而且对样品干扰小。本工作探讨了SP-ICP-MS检测技术中影响金纳米粒子(Gold nanoparticles, AuNPs)测定的因素：包括仪器参数的优化,如驻留时间(Dwell time);样品基质的影响,包括含盐、含碳基质;以及溶液中溶解的被分析元素等。测得仪器对金纳米粒子的检测限是23 nm。通过加标回收的方式,测定了实际水样太湖水、东丽湖水中金纳米粒子,加标回收率分别为97.7%和84.4%。最后,对SP-ICP-MS纳米粒子检测的现存问题进行了几点思考。     

牛血红蛋白与纳米雄黄相互作用的光谱研究

采用紫外-可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱研究牛血红蛋白(bovine hemoglobin,简称BHb)与纳米雄黄的相互作用。从紫外-可见吸收光谱可观察到,随着纳米雄黄浓度的增加,牛血红蛋白406 nm附近的特征Soret吸收带红移至413 nm,且强度逐渐降低。强度的降低表明纳米雄黄可能使部分血红素辅基逐渐从它们的键腔中脱离出来。特征峰位的红移推测为纳米雄黄中的砷结合了血红蛋白中的氧,诱导血红蛋白脱氧,变成脱氧血红蛋白,其构象由R态转变成T态。由荧光光谱研究可以得出随着纳米雄黄浓度的增加,牛血红蛋白338 nm处的荧光强度逐渐减弱,Stern-Volmer方程分析表明,纳米雄黄静态猝灭牛血红蛋白的内源荧光。紫外-可见吸收光谱与荧光光谱的计算结果均表明,牛血红蛋白与纳米雄黄的结合常数k的数量级达到109。     

Gold Nanoparticles Obtained by Bio-precipitation from Gold(III) Solutions

The use of metal nanoparticles has shown to be very important in recent industrial applications. Currently gold nanoparticles are being produced by physical methods such as evaporation. Biological processes may be an alternative to physical methods for the production of gold nanoparticles. Alfalfa biomass has shown to be effective at passively binding and reducing gold from solutions containing gold(III) ions and resulting in the formation of gold(0) nanoparticles. High resolution microscopy has shown that five different types of gold particles are present after reaction with gold(III) ions with alfalfa biomass. These particles include: fcc tetrahedral, hexagonal platelet, icosahedral multiple twinned, decahedral multiple twinned, and irregular shaped particles. Further analysis on the frequency of distribution has shown that icosahedral and irregular particles are more frequently formed. In addition, the larger particles observed may be formed through the coalescence of smaller particles. Through modification of the chemical parameters, more uniform particle size distribution may be obtained by the alfalfa bio-reduction of gold(III) from solution.