Anomalous aggregation growth of palladium nanosphere with SPR band in visible range

The morphology and properties of nanostructures are significantly influenced by the chemical coordination during their growth procedure. Using small molecule N-vinyl pyrolidone as stabilizer, this paper introduces a new strategy for synthesis of palladium nanospheres, which has a novel surface plasmon resonance band in the visible range. An aggregation growth mode was observed in the growth process. More specifically, the growth rate increases with increasing concentration of stabilizer. The absorption in visible region suggests new optical applications for these Pd nanospheres, such as photocatalysis, photothermal heating and surface enhanced Raman scattering.     

Formation and photoluminescence properties of boron nanocones

This paper reports that a simple chemical vapour deposition method has been adopted to fabricate large scale, high density boron nanocones with thermal evaporation of B/B2O3 powders precursors in an Ar/H2 gas mixture at the synthesis temperature of 1000-1200℃. The lengths of boron nanocones are several micrometres, and the diameters of nanocone tops are in a range of 50-100 nm. transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction indicate that the nanocones are single crystalline α-tetragonal boron. The vapour liquid solid mechanism is the main formation mechanism of boron nanocones. One broad photolumineseence emission peak at the central wavelength of about 650 nm is observed under the 532 nm light excitation. Boron nanocones with good photoluminescence properties are promising candidates for applications in optical emitting devices.     

Tuning field emission properties of boron nanocones with catalyst concentration

Single crystalline boron nanocones are prepared by using a simple spin spread method in which Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles are pre-manipulated on Si(111) to form catalyst patterns of different densities.The density of boron nanocones can be tuned by changing the concentration of catalyst nanoparticles.High-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis shows that the boron nanocone has a β-tetragonal structure with good crystallization.The field emission behaviour is optimal when the spacing distance is close to the nanocone length,which indicates that this simple spin spread method has great potential applications in electron emission nanodevices.     

Highly dispersed Pd nanoparticles on chemically modified graphene with aminophenyl groups for formic acid oxidation

A novel electrode material based on chemically modified graphene (CMG) with aminophenyl groups is covalently functionalized by a nucleophilic ring-opening reaction between the epoxy groups of graphene oxide and the aminophenyl groups of p-phenylenediamine. Palladium nanoparticles with an average diameter of 4.2 nm are deposited on the CMG by a liquid-phase borohydride reduction. The electrocatalytic activity and stability of the Pd/CMG composite towards formic acid oxidation are found to be higher than those of reduced graphene oxide and commercial carbon materials such as Vulcan XC-72 supported Pd electrocatalysts.     

Preparation of few-layer graphene-capped boron nanowires and their field emission properties

Large-area boron nanowire(BNW) films were fabricated on the Si(111) substrate by chemical vapor deposition(CVD). The average diameter of the BNWs is about 20 nm, with lengths of 5–10 μm. Then, graphene-capped boron nanowires(GC-BNWs) were obtained by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition(MPCVD). Characterization by scanning electron microscopy indicates that few-layer graphene covers the surface of the boron nanowires. Field emission measurements of the BNWs and GC-BNW films show that the GC-BNW films have a lower turn-on electric field than the BNW films.     

原位生长技术制备石墨烯强化铜基复合材料

利用等离子增强化学气相沉积方法,在铜粉表面原位生长了站立石墨烯,用于制备石墨烯强化铜基复合材料.研究表明,石墨烯包覆在铜粉外表面,微观尺度实现了两者的均匀混合;生长的初期阶段,碳、氢等离子基团可将铜粉表面的氧化层还原,有助于铜粉-石墨烯之间形成良好的界面;石墨烯的成核是一个生长/刻蚀相互竞争的过程,其尺寸可受制备温度调控.利用放电等离子烧结方法将粉末压制成型,测试结果显示,添加石墨烯样品的电阻率降低了一个数量级,维氏硬度和屈服强度分别提高了15.6%和28.8%.     

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering properties of highly ordered self-assemblies of gold nanorods with different aspect ratios

Gold nanorods with aspect ratios of from 1 (particles) to 31.6 were synthesized by the seed-mediated method and packed in a highly ordered structure on a large scale on silicon substrates through capillary force induced self-assembly behaviour during solvent evaporation.The gold nanorod surface exhibits a strong enhancing effect on Raman scattering spectroscopy.The enhancement of Raman scattering for two model molecules (2-naphthalenethiol and rhodamine 6G) is about 5-6 orders of magnitude.By changing the aspect ratio of the Au nanorods,we found that the enhancement factors decreased with the increase of aspect ratios.The observed Raman scattering enhancement is strong and should be ascribed to the surface plasmon coupling between closely packed nanorods,which may result in huge local electromagnetic field enhancements in those confined junctions.     

高温液相还原法制备钴纳米晶及其二维有序阵列

由于小尺寸效应,纳米晶具有独特的电、磁、光学和结构性质,因而在材料领域具有广阔的应用前景,例如,利用磁性金属和半导体纳米晶对尺寸敏感的特性进行超高密度信息磁存储及微电子技术的应用研究．但表面原子的巨大剩余成键能力使其倾向于相互团聚并长大,只有实现纳     

功能纳米结构的组装和物性调控

功能纳米结构的组装与物性调控是纳米电子器件前沿基础研究领域的重要问题.本文对我们实验室在纳米自组装结构和物性调控方面的主要研究进展进行介绍.对扫描隧道显微镜（STM）的成像机制和针尖功能化问题进行了研究和探讨.选用不同的策略和方法来实现功能分子在金属单晶基底上的可控自组装,形成各种自组装有序结构,通过磁性分子吸附构型的改变来实现对金属表面上单分子自旋态的量子调控.     

TEM study on hollow and prepared from porous Cu20 nanoparticles solution phase

In this paper, hollow and porous Cu2O nanoparticles were prepared by adjusting the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium （CTAB） concentration in the solution-phase reaction. Structural investigations reveal that Cu2Onanoparticles can be either well-defined hollow nanoboxes or porous nanocubes depending on the synthesis conditions. The transmission electron microscopy （TEM） observations demonstrated that the nanoparticles in general are composed of small grains coherently growing along certain preferred orientations.