Nano-tribological study on a super-hydrophobic film formed on rough aluminium substrates

A novel super-hydrophobic stearic acid (STA) film with a water contact angle of 166^o was prepared by chemical adsorption on aluminum wafer coated with polyethyleneimine (PEI) film. The micro-tribological behavior of the super-hydrophobic STA monolayer was compared with that of the polished and PEI-coated Al surfaces. The effect of relative humidity on the adhesion and friction was investigated as well. It was found that the STA monolayer showed decreased friction, while the adhesive force was greatly decreased by increasing the surface roughness of the Al wafer to reduce the contact area between the atomic force microscope (AFM) tip and the sample surface to be tested. Thus the friction and adhesion of the Al wafer was effectively decreased by generating the STA monolayer, which indicated that it could be feasible and rational to prepare a surface with good adhesion resistance and lubricity by properly controlling the surface morphology and the chemical composition. Both the adhesion and friction decreased as the relative humidity was lowered from 65% to 10%, though the decrease extent became insignificant for the STA monolayer. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50375151, 50323007, 10225209) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJCX-SW-L2)     

TiN和Ti1-xSixNy薄膜的微观结构分析

使用x射线衍射(XRD)、x射线光电子谱(XPS)、高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)和原子力显微镜(AFM)多种观测手段分析了TiN薄膜和Ti1-xSixNy纳米复合薄膜的微观结构.实验分析证明Ti1-xSixNy薄膜是由直径为3-5nm的纳米晶TiN和非晶Si3N4相构成,并且Ti1-xSixNy薄膜的表面粗糙度小于相同条件下制备的TiN薄膜,在Ti1-xSixNy薄膜体系的自由能中引入界面能的概念,在此基础上分析了体系中TiN晶粒的取向问题.     

走近纳米科技

 纳米科技于20世纪70年代兴起,进入21世纪越来越被大家耳熟。纳米科技在促进科技进步,提高社会文明程度,改善人类生存质量,更新对物质世界的认知及观念上扮演了举足轻重的角色。纳米是长度单位。一纳米为一米的十亿分之一,如果你的拇指指甲盖宽14毫米,这个比例就相当于拇指指甲盖宽度与地球直径间的比例。纳米科技所接触、研究、开发的是100纳米～0.1纳米范围内物质的性质和应用。一个分子或一个原子大小的数量级大致在10纳米。因此,纳米科技也可以说是在分子水平上观察、分析、研究物质的物理、化学性质并加以开发利用。     

纳米KMn8O16粉体的室温固相合成与表征

室温或近室温固相反应要求绿色化、清洁化[1,2]。我们以KMnO4和MnCl2·4H2O为原料,用室温固相氧化还原反应制备氧化锰粉体时,得到了一种对H2O2分解具有较高催化活性的纳米KMn8O16粉体,用XRD、SEM、IR等技术对其进行了表征,发现研磨时间对粉体性能有显著影响。1　实验部分1 1　粉体的制备按摩尔比(2∶3)准确称取一定量的分析纯KMnO4和MnCl2·4H2O,分别置于玛瑙研钵中充分研细,再混合研磨,固相反应立即发生,体系颜色逐渐加深,并有刺激性气体产生,充分研磨后70℃恒温12h,固相产物依次经水洗至中性、醇洗、抽滤,真空干燥得黑色粉…     

Self-assembly of Carboxyl Functionalized Polystyrene Nanospheres into Close-packed Monolayers via Chemical Adsorption

The polyacrylic acid functionalized polystyrene nanospheres were synthesized and self-assembled into irregular, densely packed monolayers in non-aqueous media. The polymer nanoparticles were chemically adhered to substrates. The morphologies of the resulting films were investigated. The impact of the volume fraction of alcohol in the mixed solvents on the particle adsorption and fabrication of nanosphere assembled films was examined.     

Studies on Synthesis and properties of Mg-Al-nitrate Layered Ouble Hydroxides

A positive Mg-Al-nitrate layered double hydroxides(LDHs) has been synthesized using a non-steady coprecipitation method.The shape.size,chemical composition,electrical property and anion exchange property of the positve nanoparticle were studied by SEM,XRD,FTIR,chemical analysis,spectroanalysis and meaxsuring of electrophoretic mobilities.Preliminary results show the positive nanoparticle is a promising precursor of polymer/LDHs nanocomposite.     

ZrO2纳米粉等离子喷涂层组织与性能

用纳米结构粉末做喂料进行喷涂，缩短了颗粒熔化时间，在有限的飞行时间内，颗粒熔化效果更好，从而制备的涂层孔隙率更小，表面更平整。用ZrO2纳米结构喂料制备了等离子喷涂层，研究了功率、粒度、氧化钇含量等工艺参数条件下涂层的微观组织、孔隙率、相组成及抗热震性能。经X衍射分析表明，原始粉末由m-ZrO2,t-ZrO2,c-ZrO2构成，单斜相的含量为11％，主要由四方相和立方相构成。     

Nanoporous Structure in Low-Dielectric Films with Positronium Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy

We investigate nano-porous structures in thin low-dielectric films, i.e. the pore sizes, distributions, and interconnectivity, by using depth profiled positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). It is found that PALS has good sensitivity to probe both interconnected and closed pores in the range from 0.3nm to 3Onto, even in the film buried beneath a diffusion barrier. A series of low dielectric constant films of organosilicon-silsequioxane with different weight percentages of porogen have been comparatively investigated. The PALS technique can be used to distinguish the open porosity from the closed one, to determine the pore size, and to detect the percolation threshold with the increasing porosity that represents the transition from closed pores to interconnected pores.Furthermore, the pore percolation length can be derived.     

Structure and Photoluminescence of Nano-ZnO Films Grown on a Si （100） Substrate by Oxygen- and Argon-Plasma-Assisted Thermal Evaporation of Metallic Zn

Nano-ZnO thin films were prepared by oxygen- and argon-plasma-assisted thermal evaporation of metallic Zn at low temperature, followed by low-temperature annealing at 300℃ to 500℃ in oxygen ambient. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the nano-ZnO films have a polycrystalline hexagonal wurtzite structure. Raman scattering spectra demonstrate the existence of interface layers between Zn and ZnO. Upon annealing at 400℃ for i h, the interface mode disappears, and photoluminescence spectra show a very strong ultraviolet emission peak around 381 nm. The temperature-dependent PL spectra indicate that the UV band is due to free-exciton emission.