Ag-Al纳米球二聚体的光学性质研究

金属纳米材料因其表面等离子体共振特性而备受关注。异质结构的金属纳米材料的光学特性相比于同质结构因其材料的不同破坏了原有结构的对称性,对称性的破坏将引起光学性质的改变,相邻两个颗粒之间的相互作用会产生Fano共振。Fano共振是由异质纳米结构的表面等离子体共振耦合引起的,通过合理地调控表面等离子体共振的耦合,将进一步调控Fano共振的强度同时促使异质结构的电场增强特性和辐射特性得到进一步优化。受金银等贵金属的带间跃迁影响,金属铝纳米材料成为研究紫外-近紫外光区的表面等离子体共振研究最佳选择。采用有限时域差分方法研究了Ag-Al纳米球二聚体的光学特性。研究了Ag和Al纳米球组成的二聚体的吸收光谱与入射光偏振方向、纳米球半径、颗粒间距和介质折射率等几何结构及物理参数的关系,并深入讨论了二聚体的局域场分布规律;讨论了获取更高效的Fano共振光谱的方法。由于材料的对称性被破坏,异质二聚体的光学性质与同质二聚体明显不同,Ag-Al异质纳米球二聚体呈现出在紫外和可见光区的双Fano共振现象。Ag-Al二聚体表面等离子体互相耦合引起Fano共振从而导致表面等离子体的共振抑制和增强。研究结果对在紫外-可见光区的表面等离子体应用、纳米光学器件的设计与开发及基于表面等离子体共振的表面增强光谱、生物传感和检测研究等有一定参考价值。     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯-氯化银复合纳米微球的制备及其摩擦学性能

采用原位种子乳液聚合法合成了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯 氯化银(PMMA AgCl)核壳结构复合纳米微球,通过透射电镜(TEM),红外光谱(IR),热分析(TG DTA)和X射线粉末衍射(XRD)等测试手段对其结构及性能进行了表征.在四球试验机上对其摩擦学行为进行了考察,研究结果表明,PMMA AgCl核壳结构复合纳米微球用作润滑油添加剂具有良好的抗磨性能,能显著提高基础油的失效负荷.     

锆酸钡/聚合物复合中空纳米球的水热合成

采用聚合物辅助水热合成方法, 在强碱条件下加入PAA和PVA的混合液,实现了聚合物/锆酸钡复合中空纳米球的软化学一步合成, 而且球壳为有机-无机复合材料, 有望用于吸附分离、催化剂载体、轻质陶瓷和涂料等方面.     

Silica Nanospheres Coated Silver Islands as an Effective Opto-Plasmonic SERS Active Platform for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers

The in vitro diagnostics of cancer are not represented well yet, but the need for early-stage detection is undeniable. In recent decades, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has emerged as an efficient, adaptable, and unique technique for the detection of cancer molecules in their early stages. Herein, we demonstrate an opto-plasmonic hybrid structure for sensitive detection of the prostate cancer biomarker sarcosine using silica nanospheres coated silver nano-islands as a facile and efficient SERS active substrate. The SERS active platform has been developed via thin (5–15 nm) deposition of silver islands using a simple and cost-effective Radio Frequency (RF) sputtering technique followed by the synthesis and decoration of silica nanospheres (~500 nm) synthesized via Stober’s method. It is anticipated that the coupling of Whispering Gallery Modes and photonic nano-jets in SiO₂ nanospheres induce Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) in Ag nano-islands, which is responsible for the SERS enhancement. The as-fabricated SERS active platform shows a linear response in the physiological range (10 nM to 100 μM) and an extremely low limit of detection (LOD) of 1.76 nM with a correlation coefficient of 0.98 and enhancement factor ~2 × 10⁷. The findings suggest that our fabricated SERS platform could be potentially used for the rapid detection of bio-chemical traces with high sensitivity.     

MoS2 decorated lignin-derived hierarchical mesoporous carbon hybrid nanospheres with exceptional Li-ion battery cycle stability

We developed a feasible self-assembly and carbonization method to prepare lignin-derived porous carbon nanosphere (PCN) and its efficient embedment of MoS₂ without any additives. The obtained hybrid nanocomposite provides a possible route to develop high performance Li-ion battery from natural biomass or organizational structures.     

在β-NaGdF_4∶Tb~(3+)纳米晶中~5D_3→~5D_4的多声子弛豫与局域态密度

实验研究了从体材料到纳米晶(NCs)系统中涉及大能隙(5 800 cm-1)的多声子弛豫(MR)。在MR非线性理论框架下,用单频近似声子谱分析了β-Na Gd F4∶Tb3+NCs中Tb3+:5D3→5D4的MR速率与温度的关系。在12~312 K范围内,实验数据与理论曲线符合得很好。结果表明,MR的产生主要是能量较大的光学声子起作用。在Rayleigh极限下,假设Tb3+发射体位于一个纳米球的中心,使用Green张量方法计算了自发衰减速率Гrad。在纳米球内没有发现局域态密度(LDOS)的明显改变。然而,当R35 nm时,在Chew理论的基础上获得在球外LDOS的一个新的高斯分布。     

Fine structural analysis,formation of interfacial particle films,and accurate estimation of orientation in polyguanamine derivatives with a high refractive index

Precise analyses of the molecular arrangement of three‐dimensional crystals, two‐dimensional molecular films, and interfacial particle layers of polyguanamine derivatives with a high refractive index have been performed. The high refractive index of the polyguanamine derivatives is not due to the chemical structure of the molecule, but is based on the packing of molecular chains or the refraction of transmitted light due to the difference in electron density between the crystalline and amorphous regions. A highly crystalline polymer has been produced by polycondensation of guanamine derivatives bearing a triazine ring and phenyl rings. The packing models of molecular chains in the three‐dimensional crystal have been determined using wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction measurements and reciprocal lattice analysis. Highly hydrophobic polyguanamine derivatives undergo a transition from monolayer to single particle layer at the air/water interface. The π‐conjugated molecular plane in the two‐dimensional films is densely stacked. Multiparticle layers are formed with a highly ordered layered structure. Polymer nanoparticles are formed by the integration of units of the collapsed polymer monolayer folded along the height direction. Since this folding occurs within the amorphous region, formation of fine particles with a high refractive index and their integrated films with densely packed π‐conjugated planes is feasible. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2015 , 53, 999–1009     

Plasmonic tuning of aluminum doped zinc oxide nanostructures by atomic layer deposition

Currently there is a strong interest in plasmonic materials operating in the near‐infrared (NIR), however, conventional metals such as gold and silver possess high optical losses in this region. In this work we demonstrate localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) with low loss in the NIR region by utilizing atomic layer deposition to deposit thin films of aluminium doped zinc oxide onto silicon nanopillars created via nanopshere lithography. The deposited films have excellent conformality and the LSPRs can be tuned from the mid‐infrared to the NIR by controlling the doping concentration, deposition temperature and nanostructure morphology. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Structure control classification and optimization model of hollow carbon nanosphere core polymer particle based on improved differential evolution support vector machine

The structure of core polymer particle is an important index of efficiency in hollow carbon nanosphere. How to control and optimize the structure of core polymer particle has been investigated using pattern recognition method in this research. A novel method of pattern recognition material design based on differential evolution support vector machine was proposed. The control model was established and software was adopted to carry out a digital simulation for the model. Using the model, we found the control criteria and optimized conditions for pore structure of composite polymer. Then, the results are compared to other classification methodologies. Experimental results show this model has higher classification accuracy in most of data sets. Experimental and dynamics results show that the properties of hollow carbon nanosphere have been greatly improved.     

Two‐Dimensionally Ordered Plasmonic and Magnetic Nanostructures on Transferable Electron‐Transparent Substrates

Discovery of new plasmonic behaviors from nanostructured materials can be greatly accelerated by the ability to prepare and characterize their near‐field behaviors with high resolution in a rapid manner. Here, an efficient and cost‐effective way is reported to make 2D periodic nanostructures on electron‐transparent substrates for rapid characterization by transmission electron microscopy. By combining nanosphere lithography with a substrate float‐off technique, large areas of electron‐transparent periodic nanostructures can be achieved. For this study, the synthesis of plasmonic nanostructures of Ag, magnetic nanostructures of Co, and bimetallic nanostructures of Ag–Co are investigated. Characterization of the materials by a combination of transmission electron microscopy, far‐field optical spectroscopy, and magnetization measurements reveals that this new approach can yield useful nanostructures on transparent, flexible, and transferable substrates with desirable plasmonic and/or magnetic properties.