Solvent-free selective hydrogenation of o-chloronitrobenzene to o-chloroaniline over alumina supported Pt nanoparticles

A supported Pt/Al2O3 catalyst was prepared by immobilizing preformed colloidal Pt nanoparticles on Al2O3. The particle size and size distribution of Pt particles on Al2O3 remained the same as the colloidal nanoparticles. Selective hydrogenation of o-chloronitrobenzene to ochloroaniline was performed on the as-prepared Pt/Al2O3 nanocatalyst without using any solvent and 88.5% selectivity to o-chloroaniline at 98.2% conversion of o-chloronitrobenzene was achieved. Further catalytic experiments with metal cation modification showed that some metal cations could improve the activity in various degrees while maintaining the high selectivity. Especially, 99.8% selectivity to o-chloroaniline at ~100% conversion was attained with Sn4t.     

稀土金属合金纳米粒子制备及特性研究

采用直流等离子体电弧法在甲烷，氢氩气氛下制备了钐铁合金的多种纳米粉，在甲烷气氛下没有钐或铁的氧化物生成，反应生成Fe3C，在氢氩气氛下，有钐的氧化物存在，在纯甲烷气氛下制备的样品的矫顽力大，在氢氩氯氛下制备的纳米颗粒的饱和磁化强度和剩余磁化强度高，而且矫顽力也不低。     

Non-symmetric hybrids of noble metal-semiconductor: Interplay of nanoparticles and nanostructures in formation dynamics and plasmonic applications

Noble metal-semiconductor hybrids have been employed as fundamental structures in modern technologies. In these hybrids, their cooperative multiple functions attract much attention in recent years because of the interplay of nanoparticles and nanostructures. In this review, we summarize the interplay of nanoparticles and nanostructures in specific kinds of noble metal-semiconductor hybrids, termed as non-symmetric hybrids of noble metal-semiconductor. It particularly refers to metal nanoparticles (or semiconducting quantum dots) at 1-dimensinal (1D) and 2-dimensional (2D) semiconductor (or metal) nanostructures, in contrast to the core/shell and heterodimer nanostructures. First, we discuss the formation dynamics, especially in chemical growth and assembly as well as physical coating and deposition, of non-symmetric noble metal-semiconductor hybrids with nanoparticles on nanostructures. Second, we introduce the plasmon-related applications of these hybrids in heterogeneous catalysis, optoelectronic or photovoltaic devices, all-optical devices, and surface detection or modulation. This review not only provides a comprehensive understanding of the formation mechanisms of the non-symmetric metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures, but also may inspire new ideas of novel functional devices and applications based on these systems.     

Investigation of coupled cobalt–silver nanoparticle system by plan view TEM

We present a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigation of a coupled cobalt and silver nanoparticle system. A plan view in situ lift-out method for preparing samples for TEM using the focused ion beam (FIB) microscope was used. This technique is used to prepare high quality TEM samples with site specificity in a short time and with a high success rate. We demonstrate the ability of the plan view sample preparation technique to provide information about an ordered system of nanoparticles which could not be observed using standard FIB cross sectioning of the sample. High resolution TEM and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping of both cross sectional and plan view samples are presented, clearly showing the significant benefit of plan view TEM analysis for certain samples     

共沉淀法制备纳米级陶瓷粉体研究

本文介绍了共沉地制备纳米级陶瓷粉体原理，分析了微粒子晶核的形成与长大过程，报道了采用共沉淀法制备PZT压电陶瓷粉体的工艺流程及一些阶段性成果。     

SiGe合金氧化层中的纳米结构

在硅锗合金衬底上采用氧化等制膜方式生成零维和二维的纳米结构样品，用高精度椭偏仪（HPE）、卢瑟福背散射谱仪（RBS）和高分辩率扫描透射电子显微镜（HR-STEM）测量样品的纳米结构，并采用美国威思康新州立大学开发的Rump模拟软件对卢瑟福背散射谱（RBS）中的CHANNEL谱和RANDOM谱分别进行精细结构模拟，测量并计算出纳米氧化层与锗的纳米薄膜结构分布，并且反馈控制加工过程，优化硅锗半导体材料纳米结构样品的加工条件。在硅锗合金的氧化层表面中着次发现纳米锗量子点组成的纳米盖帽薄膜（2nm)，提出的生成硅锗纳米结构的优化加工条件的氧化时间和氧倾泄蝶恋花匹配公式的理论模式模型与实验结果拟合得很好。     

纳米半球壳结构光学调谐特性分析

利用离散偶极近似法,理论研究了颗粒几何结构参数和物理特性对金纳米半球壳颗粒消光特性的影响.结果表明,随着壳层厚度的增大,消光共振波长先发生蓝移而后再红移,共振波长转向时对应的壳层厚度随内核材料及外界环境介电常数和颗粒间距的增大而增大.利用等离激元杂化理论和相位延迟效应对该现象进行了解释.     

The effect of swelling agent on the pore characteristics of mesoporous hydroxyapatite nanoparticles

The effect of swelling agent on the physicochemical properties of mesoporous hydroxyapatite particles synthesized by self-assembly process has been investigated. Cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and 1-dodecanethiol were used as soft template and swelling agent respectively. The results of the field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), simultaneous thermal analysis (STA), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, small-angle X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) assessments revealed that in the case of low concentration, 1-dodecanethiol performed as swelling agent and caused an increase in the pore size. However, at higher concentrations it led to the formation of microemulsion and foamy structures. The optimum swelling agent: surfactant mass ratio in synthesis of mesoporous hydroxyapatite particles with high pore volume was determined to be around 2.1 in this study.     

Effect of nanoparticle (Pd, Pd/Pt, Ni) deposition on high temperature hydrogenation of Ti-V alloys in gaseous flow containing CO

The hydrogenation properties of Ti-V hydrides coated with nanoparticles have been studied in gaseous mixtures of argon and hydrogen with and without additions of 1% CO. Nanoparticles of Pd, Ni, and co-deposited Pd/Pt with particle sizes of ~30–60 nm were formed by electroless deposition on the hydride surfaces. The alloy resistance to CO could be significantly improved by particle deposition. Large amounts of hydrogen were absorbed in a CO-containing gas when Ni and Pd/Pt deposition had been applied, while pure Pd deposition had no positive effect. Ni was found to have a stronger effect than those of Pd/Pt and Pd, possibly because of the size effect of Ni nanoparticles.     

Ga-In liquid metal nanoparticles prepared by physical vapor deposition

Controlled synthesis and appropriate characterization of nanoscale particles of gallium-based liquid metals are critical to fulfilling their broad range of applications in the field of flexible, stretchable, and printable micro-/nanoelectronics. Herein, we report a new way to synthesize surfactant-free gallium-indium nanoparticles with controlled particle size on a variety of substrates through a facile physical vapor deposition method. It was found that with prolonged deposition time the liquid metal nanoparticles gradually grew from near-monodispersed small particles with a diameter of ～25 nm to bimodal distributed particles. A nucleation, growth, ripening and merging process was proposed to explain the observed evolution of particle size. Atomic force microscopy measurement indicates that the fabricated liquid metal nanoparticles demonstrate elastic deformation with a certain range of loads and the scanned particle size is dependent on the applied loads. We further investigated the gradual breaking process of the core-shell structured liquid metal nanoparticles, which was evidenced by multiple kinks on the force-separation curve. This work presents a new bottom-up approach to prepare nanoscale liquid metal particles and demonstrates that atomic force microscopy is a suitable technique to characterize the synthesized liquid metal nanoparticles.