The origin of blue photoluminescence from nc-Si/SiO2 multilayers

Intensive blue photoluminescence (PL) was observed at room temperature from the nanocrystalline-Si/SiO$_{2}$ (nc-Si/SiO$_{2})$ multilayers (MLs) obtained by thermal annealing of SiO/SiO$_{2}$\,MLs for the first time. By controlling the size of nc-Si formed in SiO sublayer from 3.5 to 1.5 nm, the PL peak blueshifts from 457 to 411 nm. Combining the analysis of TEM, Raman and absorption measurement, this paper attributes the blue PL to multiple luminescent centres at the interface of nc-Si and SiO$_{2}$.     

Preparation, characterization and crystal structure of an intermolecular compound based on H3PMo12O40·nH2O and diethylamine

An intermolecular compound, H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀·5(CH₃CH₂)₂NH·H₂O, between the heteropolymolybdate -H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ and the organic substrate diethylamine, has been synthesized and characterized. Light yellow crystals of the title compound were crystallized from a mixed solvent of water and acetonitrile with formula H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀·5(CH₃CH₂)₂NH·H₂O. Spectroscopic data support the presence of a sizable electronic interaction between the organic substrate and the inorganic anion in the solid state. The single crystal x-ray structure analysis of the title compound revealed that it crystallized in the triclinic system, space group P with a = 12.0786(13), b = 12.102(5), c = 21.416(3) Å, = 94.87(2), = 94.755(9), = 113.81(2)°, V = 2830.3(13) ų, and Z = 2.     

Slight Structural Disorder in Bithiophene-based Random Terpolymers with Improved Power Conversion Efficiency for Polymer Solar Cells

A series of random terpolymers P2-P5 were designed and synthesized by randomly embedding 5 mol%, 10 mol%, 15 mol%and 25 mol% feed ratios of low cost 2,2-bithiophene as the third monomer to the famous donor-acceptor(D-A) type copolymer PTB7-Th(P1). All polymers showed similar molecular weight with number-average molecular weight(Mn) and weight-average molecular weight(Mw) in the range of(59-74) and(93-114) kg·mol~(-1), respectively, to ensure a fair comparison on the structure-property relationships.Compared with the control copolymer PTB7-Th, the random terpolymers exhibited enhanced absorption intensity in a wide range from400 nm to 650 nm in both solution and film as well as in polymer/PC71 BM blends. From grazing incident wide-angle X-ray diffraction(GIWAXS), compared with the regularly alternated copolymer PTB7-Th, the random terpolymers demonstrated mild structural disorder with reduced(100) lamellar stacking and slightly weakened(010) π-π stacking for the polymers as well as slightly reduced PC71 BM aggregation in polymer/PC71 BM blends. However, the measured hole mobility for terpolymers((1.20-3.73) × 104-cm2·V-1·s~(-1)) was evaluated to be comparable or even higher than 1.35 × 10~(-4) cm~2·V~(-1)·s-1 of the alternative copolymer. Enhanced average power conversion efficiency(PCE) from 7.35% to 8.11% and 7.79% to 8.37% was observed in both conventional and inverted device architectures from copolymer P1 to terpolymers P4, while further increasing the 2,2-bithiophene feed ratio decreased the PCE.     

Synthesis and crystal structures of quadruply carboxylate-bridged dimeric lanthanide(III) complexes of betaine

Three dimeric lanthanide(III) complexes, [Eu₂(bet)₈(H₂O)₄](CIO₄)₆ (1), [Tb₂(bet)₈(H₂O)₄](ClO₄)₆ (2), and [Eu₂(bet)₄(H₂O)₈] Cl₆·6H₂O (3) (bet = Me₃N⁺CH₂COO^–, trimethyl-aminoacetate), have been prepared and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Complex 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with a = 11.7807(8), b = 27.757(5), c = 11.7980(8) Å, = 99.500(4)°, V = 3805.1(8) ų, and Z = 2. Complex 2 is isomorphous to complex 1, crystallizing in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with a = 11.7769(14), b = 27.725(3), c = 11.795(5) Å, = 99.668(14)°, V = 3797(2) ų, and Z = 2. Complex 3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, with a = 12.5664(8), b = 17.8645(9), c = 22.2573(8) Å, V = 4996.6(4) ų and Z = 4. Both complexes 1 and 2 comprise quadruply carboxylate-O,O-bridged [M₂(bet)₄]⁶⁺ dimeric cores (M = Eu, Tb), and each metal ion is further coordinated by two terminal aqua ligands and two monodentate bet carboxylates to form a distorted square-antiprismatic coordination geometry. Complex 3 also has a [Eu₂(bet)₄]⁶⁺ core, in which two bet ligands act in the ¹:¹:₂ bridging fashion, and the other two bet ligands in the less common ²:¹:₂ bridging fashion, namely bridging-chelate mode. Each europium(III) ion in complex 3 is further coordinated by four water molecules to complete a monocapped square antiprism.     

Ordered packing of soft discoidal system

A novel mesoscopic simulation method is adopted to study the ordered packing of the anisotropic disklike particles with a soft repulsive interaction, which possesses a modified anisotropic conservative force type used in dissipative particle dynamics. We examine the influence of the shape of the particles, the angular width of the repulsion, and the strength of the repulsion on the packing structures. Specifically, an ordered hexagonal columnar structure is obtained in our simulations. Our study demonstrates that an anisotropic repulsive potential between soft discoidal particles is sufficient to produce a relatively ordered hexagonal columnar structure.     

Unusual halogen-bonded complex FBrdelta+...delta+BrF and hydrogen-bonded complex FBrdelta+...delta+HF formed by interactions between two positively charged atoms of different polar molecules

Using ab initio calculations, the authors' predicted for the first time that the halogen-bonded complex FBrdelta+...delta+BrF and hydrogen-bonded complex FBrdelta+...delta+HF formed by the interactions between two positively charged atoms of different polar molecules can be stable in gas phase. It shows that halogen bond or hydrogen bond not only exists between oppositely charged atoms but also between like-charged atoms. That the attraction arising from the special halogen bond or hydrogen bond can exceed the electrostatic repulsion between two contact positively charged atoms stabilizes the complex. Of course, from the point of view of physics they can consider the interactions in FBrdelta+...delta+BrF and FBrdelta+...delta+HF as mainly the sum of the long range molecular interactions, namely, electrostatic, induction, and dispersion with some short-range repulsion. They found that the intermolecular electron correlation contribution representing dispersion interaction plays a crucial role in the stabilities of seemingly repulsive complexes FBrdelta+...delta+BrF and FBrdelta+...delta+HF.     

Dissipative particle dynamics simulation study on the binary mixture phase separation coupled with polymerization

The influence of polymerization on the phase separation of binary immiscible mixtures has been investigated by the dissipative particle dynamics simulations in two dimensions. During polymerization, the bulk viscosity increases, which consequently slows down the spinodal decomposition process. The domain size growth is monitored in the simulations. The absence of 23 exponent for inertial hydrodynamic mechanism clearly reflects the suppressing effect of polymerization on the phase separation. Due to the increasing viscosity, the individual phase may be trapped in a metastable stage instead of the lamellar morphology identified for symmetric mixtures. Moreover, the polymerization induced phase separation in the binary miscible mixture has been studied. The domain growth is strongly dependent on the polymerization probability, which is naturally related to the activation energy for polymerization. The observed complex phase separation behavior is attributed to the interplay between the increasing thermodynamic driving force for phase separation and the increasing viscosity that suppresses phase separation as the polymerization proceeds.     

三乙四胺六乙酸钆单核配合物的合成及晶体结构

在水溶液中合成了三乙四胺六乙酸(H₆ttha)钆单核配合物(NH₄)₂[Gd(Httha)]·6H₂O,获得了单晶,并测定了其结构.晶体属单斜晶系,P2₁/c空间群.晶胞参数a=1.0400(4)nm,b=1.2761(4)nm,c=2.3132(4)nm,β=90.89(3)°,V=3.070(2)nm³,Z=4,D_c=1.709g/cm³.R₁=0.0394,F(000)=1612.配合物是单核分子,每个钆离子与来自同一个三乙四胺六乙酸的4个氮原子和5个羧基氧原子配位,配位数为9,形成单帽四方反棱柱型配位多面体.     

低聚乙烯链在碳纳米管侧壁上的图案化吸附

碳纳米管（CNTs）自1991年被发现以来,已经在各个领域,尤其是在材料领域被深入研究．CNT作为添加剂与高分子形成的复合材料已被大量的制备并报道．实验室制备的CNTs中,含有5-7缺陷对的CNTs占很大一部分．Chico等引入5-7缺陷对将不同的CNTs连接起来形成类二极管的异质结．目前,对含有异质结的CNTs的研究大都停留在CNTs本身的结构与电学性质的研究上．而在材料领域对其与高分子形成复合材料的研究非常少．用理论的方法从原子角度来研究含有异质结的CNTs／高分子复合材料具有实际意义．