Electrical, dielectric and surface wetting properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/nylon-6 nanocomposites

This paper reports that the multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNT)/nylon-6 (PA6) nanocomposites with different MWCNT loadingshave been prepared by a simple melt-compounding method. Theelectrical, dielectric, and surface wetting properties of theCNT/PA6 composites have been studied. The temperature dependence ofthe conductivity of the CNT/PA6 composite with 10.0 wt{\%} CNTloading ($\sigma _{\rm RT} \sim 10^{-4}$ S/cm) are measured, andafterwards a charge-energy-limited tunnelling model (ln $\sigma (T)\sim T^{-1/2})$ is found. With increasing CNT weight percentage from0.0 to 10.0 wt%, the dielectric constant of the CNT/PA6composites enhances and the dielectric loss tangent increases twoorders of magnitude. In addition, water contact angles of theCNT/PA6 composites increase and the composites with CNT loadinglarger than 2.0 wt%even become hydrophobic. The obtainedresults indicate that the electrical and surface properties of thecomposites have been significantly enhanced by the embedded carbonnanotubes.     

二茂铁在高温热解乙二胺制备CN_x纳米管过程中的催化性能研究

采用高温热解法 ,以二茂铁 乙二胺有机溶剂为前驱液制备CNx 纳米管过程中 ,改变前驱液配比 ,对 86 0℃ ,不同二茂铁含量条件下制备出的CNx 纳米管进行了产量统计、形貌结构观察和拉曼光谱研究。结果显示 :随着前躯液中二茂铁含量的相对增大 ,不但CNx 纳米管产量随之增加 ,而且产物中“竹节状”结构纳米管相对“中空”结构纳米管的比重也增大 ;拉曼光谱结果进一步证实了由于“竹节状”结构CNx 纳米管的含量或比重增加所带来的纳米管样品整体或平均含氮量的升高而导致的样品结晶有序程度的降低。对单独钴粉和二茂铁催化条件下生成CNx 纳米管的形貌观察进一步证实 :二茂铁在热解法制备“竹节状”结构CNx 纳米管过程中的浮动催化作用显著 ,有利于实现含氮量较高、结构均匀的CNx 纳米管的可控制生长。     

微细管碳纳米管悬浮液强制对流换热实验研究

测量了水平微细圆管内蒸馏水和不同质量浓度的水基多壁碳纳米管纳米流体在低雷诺数下的强制对流换热特性。实验结果表明,与蒸馏水相比,纳米流体的对流换热系数显著提高,且随质量浓度和管内雷诺数的增大而增大;并且研究了流体管内流动阻力特性,得到的泊肃叶数f·Re值随着雷诺数的变化不明显,但纳米流体的f·Re值要明显小于纯水。     

PATP在Ag/TiO_2纳米管基底上的表面增强拉曼散射和光催化过程研究

表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)是一种超灵敏、高选择性的分析方法,越来越受到人们的关注。对巯基苯胺(PATP)由于其易吸附在大多数SERS基底表面,并可以产生极强的SERS信号,因此常被用作SERS的探针分子。二氧化钛(TiO_2)是一种目前常用的光催化剂,但是其催化效率仍有待提高。将贵金属与TiO_2复合是提高其催化效率的有效手段。本文采用电化学阳极氧化法制备了二氧化钛纳米管(TiO_2NTs),并采用光化学还原方法在表面沉积了贵金属银,制备了一种同时具有SERS和催化性能的双功能基底,即银纳米粒子修饰的二氧化钛纳米管(Ag/TiO_2NTs),研究了PATP分子在该基底上的光催化过程,并与在银镜基底上的光催化过程进行了比较。我们发现,Ag/TiO_2NTs基底上的PATP在催化过程中峰强度逐渐减弱,但没有新峰的出现;而在银镜基底上PATP的峰强度随光照时间却几乎没有变化,证明了PATP分子在Ag/TiO_2 NTs上的光催化降解过程。本文还对Ag/TiO_2NTs上PATP的催化过程进行了动力学分析,结果表明PATP在该基底表面的催化反应为一级反应。     

纳米碳管的电化学贮锂性能

用透射电镜、高分辨透射电镜、X射线衍射和拉曼光谱表征了用催化热解法制备的纳米碳管的结构,研究了纳米碳管的电化学嵌脱锂性能。以纳米级铁粉为催化剂热解乙炔气得到的纳米碳管石墨化程度较低,结构中存在褶皱的石墨层、乱层石墨和微孔等缺陷,具有国交高的贮锂容量,初始容量为640mAh/g,但循环稳定性较差。而以纳米级氧化铁粉为催化剂热解乙烯得到的纳米碳管结构比较规则,循环稳定性较好,但贮锂容量较低,初始容量为282mAh/g。讨论了纳米碳管的结构对其温度特性和不同电流密度下的充放电容易的影响。     

An improved planar-gate triode with CNTs field emitters by electrophoretic deposition

An improved planar-gate triode with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) field emitters has been successfully fabricated by conventional photolithography, screen printing and electrophoretic deposition (EPD). In this structure, cathode electrodes and ITO arrays linked with gate electrodes were interdigitated and paralleled on the same plane although the gate electrodes and cathode electrodes were isolated by dielectric layer, a so-called improved planar-gate triode structure. An electrophoretic process was developed to selectively deposit CNTs field emitters onto cathode electrodes in the CNTs suspension by an applied voltage between the gate electrodes and cathode electrodes. The optical microscopy and FESEM image showed that the CNTs emitters with the uniform packing density were selectively defined onto the cathode electrodes. In addition, field emission characteristics of an improved planar-gate triode with CNTs field emitters were investigated. The experiment results indicated that the turn-on voltage of this triode structure at current density of 1 μA/cm² was approximately 55 V. The anode current and gate current came to 396 μA and 325 μA, at gate voltage and anode voltage of 100 V and 4000 V, respectively and at the anode-cathode spacing of 2000 μm. The emission image became brighter and the luminous image with dot matrix on the anode plate obviously increased with the increase of the gate voltage. Moreover, the emission current fluctuation was smaller than 5% for 11 h, which indicated that the improved planar-gate triode has a good field emission performance and long lifetime.     

基于自组装膜的光纤错位型氨气传感器

演示了一种基于单壁碳纳米管（SWCNTs）-聚合物自组装复合膜的光纤错位型氨气传感器。通过层层自组装技术在高Q谐振器上涂覆薄膜,薄膜上存在大量的游离羧基以及较大的比表面积,这提供了光与薄膜之间的强相互作用,以及对氨气的高吸附性和选择性。光谱随氨气浓度影响的有效折射率而变化。在(10～37) ×10⁻⁶的低浓度范围内,光谱变化与氨气浓度差之比即灵敏度为13.25 pm/10⁻⁶,检测极限为3.77 ×10⁻⁶并且具有良好的线性。这项工作研制为低浓度和高选择性氨气传感器提供了一种有效的方法。     

Production of palladium nanoparticles supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes by gamma irradiation

Palladium nanoparticles were produced and supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) by gamma irradiation. A solution with a specific ratio of 2:1 of water-isopropanol was prepared and mixed with palladium chloride and the surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The gamma radiolysis of water ultimately produces Pd metallic particles that serve as nucleation seeds. Isopropanol is used as an ion scavenger to balance the reaction, and the coalescence of the metal nanoparticles was controlled by the addition of SDS as a stabilizer. The size and distribution of nanoparticles on the carbon nanotubes (CNT) were studied at different surfactant concentrations and radiation doses. SEM, STEM and XPS were used for morphological, chemical and structural characterization of the nanostructure. Nanoparticles obtained for doses between 10 and 40 kGy, ranged in size 5-30 nm. The smaller nanoparticles were obtained at the higher doses and vice versa. Histograms of particle size distributions at different doses are presented.