Rational Development of Guanidinate and Amidinate Based Cerium and Ytterbium Complexes as Atomic Layer Deposition Precursors: Synthesis,Modeling, and Application

Owing to the limited availability of suitable precursors for vapor phase deposition of rare-earth containing thin-film materials, new or improved precursors are sought after. In this study, we explored new precursors for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of cerium (Ce) and ytterbium (Yb) containing thin films. A series of homoleptic tris-guanidinate and tris-amidinate complexes of cerium (Ce) and ytterbium (Yb) were synthesized and thoroughly characterized. The C-substituents on the N-C-N backbone (Me, NMe₂, NEt₂, where Me=methyl, Et=ethyl) and the N-substituents from symmetrical iso-propyl (iPr) to asymmetrical tertiary-butyl (tBu) and Et were systematically varied to study the influence of the substituents on the physicochemical properties of the resulting compounds. Single crystal structures of [Ce(dpdmg)₃] 1 and [Yb(dpdmg)₃] 6 (dpdmg=N,N'-diisopropyl-2-dimethylamido-guanidinate) highlight a monomeric nature in the solid-state with a distorted trigonal prismatic geometry. The thermogravimetric analysis shows that the complexes are volatile and emphasize that increasing asymmetry in the complexes lowers their melting points while reducing their thermal stability. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to study the reactivity of amidinates and guanidinates of Ce and Yb complexes towards oxygen (O₂) and water (H₂O). Signified by the DFT calculations, the guanidinates show an increased reactivity toward water compared to the amidinate complexes. Furthermore, the Ce complexes are more reactive compared to the Yb complexes, indicating even a reactivity towards oxygen potentially exploitable for ALD purposes. As a representative precursor, the highly reactive [Ce(dpdmg)₃] 1 was used for proof-of-principle ALD depositions of CeO₂ thin films using water as co-reactant. The self-limited ALD growth process could be confirmed at 160 °C with polycrystalline cubic CeO₂ films formed on Si(100) substrates. This study confirms that moving towards nitrogen-coordinated rare-earth complexes bearing the guanidinate and amidinate ligands can indeed be very appealing in terms of new precursors for ALD of rare earth based materials.     

Synergic Enhancement of High-density Polyethylene through Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene and Multi-flow Vibration Injection Molding: A Facile Fabrication with Potential Industrial Prospects

General-purpose plastics with high strength and toughness have been in great demand for structural engineering applications. To achieve the reinforcement and broaden the application scope of high-density polyethylene(HDPE), multi-flow vibration injection molding(MFVIM) and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE) are synergistically employed in this work. Herein, the MFVIM has better shear layer control ability and higher fabrication advantage for complex parts than other analogous novel injection molding technologies reported.The reinforcing effect of various filling times and UHMWPE contents as well as the corresponding microstructure evolution are investigated.When 5 wt% UHMWPE is added, MFVIM process with six flow times thickens the shear layer to the whole thickness. The tensile strength and modulus increase to 2.14 and 1.39 times, respectively, compared to neat HDPE on the premise of remaining 70% impact strength. Structural characterizations indicate that the enhancement is attributed to the improvement of shish-kebab content and lamellae compactness, as well as related to the corresponding size distributions of undissolved UHMWPE particles. This novel injection molding technology with great industrial prospects provides a facile and effective strategy to broaden the engineering applications of HDPE materials. Besides, excessive UHMWPE may impair the synergistic enhancement effect, which is also reasonably explained.     

柠檬酸辅助可控制备花状银粒子及其表面增强拉曼散射性能

以抗坏血酸为还原剂,柠檬酸为结构导向剂,一步还原硝酸银,合成了尺寸和形状可调的花状银颗粒。纳米粒子的粒径可在600～1 200 nm范围内调整,表面突起可达到10～25 nm。柠檬酸的化学性质在银纳米粒子合成多级花状银结构的过程中起着至关重要的作用。通过改变柠檬酸或抗坏血酸溶液的用量,银结构的各向异性形貌可以很容易地调节。以制备的多级花状银颗粒作为表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)基底,对浓度为10~(-10)mol·L~(-1)的罗丹明6G(R6G)仍具有较高的检测灵敏度。     

作为表面增强拉曼光谱基底的高度均匀Au纳米棒的构筑及对福美双的检测

采用种子生长法制备Au纳米棒(GNRs),随后进行组装和煅烧得到单层致密堆积的GNRs薄膜。在煅烧过程中,组装所需有机物在煅烧过程中分解,从而使得GNRs表面具有较高的清洁度。研究中发现,煅烧前后金纳米棒表面的间隙进一步提高,增强了其SERS(表面增强拉曼光谱)活性。为了研究其SERS活性,选择了2种探针分子以研究其灵敏度和均匀性,发现其具有较高的灵敏度和高的信号稳定性。随后将所制备的SERS基底成功用于检测超低浓度的农药分子。     

石墨烯能带中的重叠矩阵效应:Tight-Binding方法在模拟中的研究

采用紧束缚方法计算了石墨烯的价带(π)和导带(π*),考虑了非正交基矢下重叠矩阵效应,重叠积分参量s越小,导带越靠近费米面,而价带越远离费米面.在重叠积分参量s≤0.1时,基本保持了原子在实际空间中重叠所引起的能带的改变,太大(s=0.4)则会导致物理上失效.计算了石墨烯的能态密度,在费米面ε=0处(对应Dirac点)的能态密度为零,并且在Dirac点附近呈线性变化.     

高超声速平板边界层流动显示的试验研究

本文在高超声速脉冲式风洞内对基于纳米示踪的平面激光散射技术(nano-based planar laser scattering, NPLS)的应用进行了探索, 并在此基础上对平板边界层流动结构的精细测量进行了研究. 试验来流Ma=7.3, 总压4.8 MPa, 总温680 K. 通过时序的分析和调试, 对各分系统实现了高精度的同步控制; 定量的粒子注入及混合, 实现了粒子的均匀撒播, 对主流获得了均匀的显示效果; 对于边界层流动, 获得了精细的瞬态流动结构图像, 显示了层流到湍流的转捩过程, 并分析了其时空演化特性.     

微液滴在不同能量表面上润湿状态的分子动力学模拟

微小液滴在不同能量表面上的润湿状态对于准确预测非均相核化速率和揭示界面效应影响液滴增长微观机理具有重要意义. 通过分子动力学模拟, 研究了纳米级液滴在不同能量表面上的铺展过程和润湿形态. 结果表明, 固液界面自由能随固液作用强度增加而增加, 并呈现不同液滴铺展速率和润湿特性. 固液作用强度小于1.6的低能表面呈现疏水特征, 继续增强固液作用强度时表面变为亲水, 而固液作用强度大于3.5的高能表面上液体呈完全润湿特征. 受微尺度条件下非连续、非对称作用力影响, 微液滴气液界面存在明显波动, 呈现与宏观液滴不同的界面特征. 统计意义下, 微小液滴在不同能量表面上铺展后仍可以形成特定接触角, 该接触角随固液作用强度增加而线性减小, 模拟结果与经典润湿理论计算获得的结果呈现相似变化趋势. 模拟结果从分子尺度为核化理论中的毛细假设提供了理论支持, 揭示了液滴气液界面和接触角的波动现象, 为核化速率理论预测结果和实验测定结果之间的差异提供了定性解释.     

低As压退火对GaAs(001)表面形貌与重构的影响

在低As压条件下退火处理原子级平坦的GaAs(001) βup 2(2×4)重构表面. 利用扫描隧道显微镜对表面进行研究, 发现随着低As压退火时间的延长, 表面形貌与表面重构的演变同步进行. 表面形貌经历了从有序平坦转变为无序平坦, 然后逐渐恢复到有序平坦状态的过程. 表面重构则由βup 2(2×4)重构逐渐转变为(2×6)重构, 然后再转变为锯齿状的(2×6)重构, 并且表面形貌与表面重构的演变存在一定的相互关系.     

O(1D)和CD4反应的准经典轨线

在新的全域势能面上, 用准经典轨线方法细致地研究了O(¹D)+CD₄多通道化学反应的动力学．这个势能面是用交换不变多项式方法基于MRC+Q/aug-cc-pVTZ从头算点拟合得到的．通过计算得到了产物OD+CD₃、D+CD₂OD/CD₃O和D₂+DCOD/D₂CO的分支比、平动能分布以及角度分布,结果显示理论与实验吻合得较好, 从而说明了这个反应的同位素取代效应很小． 研究表明,O(¹D)+CD₄反应是经过陷入的抽取机理发生的： 最初主要通过D原子的抽取,并不是之前人们认为的直接C-D键的插入形成CD3OD中间物后再进而解离成各个产物通道．     

基于非同步替代光谱定标的地表下垫面影响分析

对760nm附近的氧气吸收带,选用植被、枯萎植被、人工地物、沙地和雪地五种典型地表类型,基于模拟数据进行非同步替代光谱定标方法的误差分析,比较不同地表类型得到的光谱定标准确度,为高光谱成像仪的非同步替代光谱定标提供定标图像选择策略.结果表明:运用两种光谱匹配方法——光谱角度匹配和欧氏距离法得到的定标误差基本一致;730~800nm的地表反射率曲线标准差在0.05nm以内时,定标误差集中在±0.5nm范围内;人工地物类型中个别地物如橄榄绿光泽涂料和植被大面积覆盖的图像数据不适合用于非同步替代光谱定标.