The scattering properties of ZnO nanospheres with four different particle diameters of 10, 50, 100, and 200 nm suspended in water are investigated theoretical and experimentally in the spectral range of the entire vis...The scattering properties of ZnO nanospheres with four different particle diameters of 10, 50, 100, and 200 nm suspended in water are investigated theoretical and experimentally in the spectral range of the entire visible range and part of the near-infrared region. The scattering properties of ZnO nanospheres suspended in water are described by employing three main parameters： the angular distribution of the scattering intensity I, the scattering extinction coefficient ascat, and the scattering cross section ascat. The results indicate that （i） at a certain wavelength, the angular distribution of the scattering intensity appears as an obviously forward- propagating feature, and the forward-scattering intensity is dominant gradually when the particle diameter in- creases from 10 to 200 nm, and （ii） the scattering extinction coefficient and cross section can be determined by using the measured transmittance changes of a pure water sample and a given ZnO sample; they all are shown to be dependent on the particle size and incident wavelength. The experimental results of four different scattering samples agree well with the theoretical predictions within the given wavelength range.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41666004,41576033,and 61465009)the Graduate Student Innovation Foundation of Jiangxi Province(No.YC2015-S331)
文摘The scattering properties of ZnO nanospheres with four different particle diameters of 10, 50, 100, and 200 nm suspended in water are investigated theoretical and experimentally in the spectral range of the entire visible range and part of the near-infrared region. The scattering properties of ZnO nanospheres suspended in water are described by employing three main parameters： the angular distribution of the scattering intensity I, the scattering extinction coefficient ascat, and the scattering cross section ascat. The results indicate that （i） at a certain wavelength, the angular distribution of the scattering intensity appears as an obviously forward- propagating feature, and the forward-scattering intensity is dominant gradually when the particle diameter in- creases from 10 to 200 nm, and （ii） the scattering extinction coefficient and cross section can be determined by using the measured transmittance changes of a pure water sample and a given ZnO sample; they all are shown to be dependent on the particle size and incident wavelength. The experimental results of four different scattering samples agree well with the theoretical predictions within the given wavelength range.
