Carbon encapsulated Fe nanoparticles were successfully prepared via confined arc plasma method. The composition, morphology, microstructure, specific surface area and particle size of the product were characterized vi...Carbon encapsulated Fe nanoparticles were successfully prepared via confined arc plasma method. The composition, morphology, microstructure, specific surface area and particle size of the product were characterized via X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller N2 adsorption. The experiment results show that the carbon encapsulated Fe nanoparticles have clear core-shell structure. The core of the particles is body centered cubic Fe, and the shell is disorder carbons. The particles are in spherical or ellipsoidal shapes. The particle size of the nanocapsules ranges from 15 to 40 nm, with the average value of about 30 nm. The particle diameter of the core is 18 nm, the thickness of the shells is 6-8 nm, and the specific surface area is 24 m2/g.展开更多
In this work, we proposed a novel three-dimensional (3D) plasmonic nanostructure based on porous graphene/nickel foam (GNF) and gas-phase deposited Ag nanoparticles (NPs). Ag NPs with high density were directly deposi...In this work, we proposed a novel three-dimensional (3D) plasmonic nanostructure based on porous graphene/nickel foam (GNF) and gas-phase deposited Ag nanoparticles (NPs). Ag NPs with high density were directly deposited on the surface of 3D GNF by performing a novel cluster beam deposition approach. In comparison with traditional Ag substrate (SiO2/Ag), such hot-spots enriched 3D nanostructure showed extremely high electromag-netic field enhancement under incident light irradiation which could be used as a sensitive chemical sensor based on surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed nanostructure showed superior SERS performance in terms of Raman signal reproducibility and sensitivity for the probe molecules. 3D full-wave simulation showed that the enhanced SERS performance in this 3D hierarchical plasmonic nanostructure was mainly obtained from the hot-spots between Ag NPs and the near-field coupling between Ag NPs and GNF sca olds. This work can provide a novel assembled SERS substrate as a SERS-based chemical sensor in practical applications.展开更多
Ion beam methods for modification of nanohardness of surface nanolayers of the titanium alloy Ti6AI4V were applied. After deposition of carbon nanolayers by electron beam evaporation, the ion implantation of nitrogen ...Ion beam methods for modification of nanohardness of surface nanolayers of the titanium alloy Ti6AI4V were applied. After deposition of carbon nanolayers by electron beam evaporation, the ion implantation of nitrogen into samples was carried out. The chemical composition of the modified surface area was investigated by AES (auger electron spectroscopy). The nanohardness of resulted ion beam modified surface nanolayers were investigated by nanoindentation testing. The measured concentration profiles indicate the atomic mixing of carbon into the substrate. It was found that the modified samples had a markedly higher nanohardness than the unmodified samples. The increased nanohardness is attributed to the newly created phases in the surface area.展开更多
In this paper, we report a method to change the threshold voltage of SnO2 and In2O3 nanowire transistors by Ga^+ ion irradiation. Unlike the results in earlier reports, the threshold voltages of SnO2 and In2O3 nanowi...In this paper, we report a method to change the threshold voltage of SnO2 and In2O3 nanowire transistors by Ga^+ ion irradiation. Unlike the results in earlier reports, the threshold voltages of SnO2 and In2O3 nanowire field-effect transistors (FETs) shift in the negative gate voltage direction after Ga^+ ion irradiation. Smaller threshold voltages, achieved by Ga^+ ion irradiation, are required for high-performance and low-voltage operation. The threshold voltage shift can be attributed to the degradation of surface defects caused by Ga+ ion irradiation. After irradiation, the current on/off ratio declines slightly, but is still close to -106. The results indicate that Ga^+ ion beam irradiation plays a vital role in improving the performance of oxide nanowire FETs.展开更多
Nowadays,the electromagnetic properties of artificial photonic materials can be well-tuned via designs over their composition and geometries.However,engineering the properties of artificial materials at the nanoscale ...Nowadays,the electromagnetic properties of artificial photonic materials can be well-tuned via designs over their composition and geometries.However,engineering the properties of artificial materials at the nanoscale is challenging and costly.Here we demonstrate a facile and low-cost method for fabricating large-area silver nanoparticle metasurfaces(AgNPMSs)by using the vectorial holography-mediated growth technique.The AgNPMS,which can be regarded as a hologram device,possesses excellent chiroptical properties.The vectorial holographic technique may open avenues for fabricating novel chiroptical metamaterials with large degrees of freedom,which can be further used for beam steering,photocatalysis,biosensing,etc.展开更多
TiA1SiN nano-composite coatings with Silicon contents from 4.1 to 23.9 at.% were deposited on Silicon wafers. The nano- hardness, microstructure, and adhesion force of the coatings were deeply affected by Silicon cont...TiA1SiN nano-composite coatings with Silicon contents from 4.1 to 23.9 at.% were deposited on Silicon wafers. The nano- hardness, microstructure, and adhesion force of the coatings were deeply affected by Silicon contents. The TiA1SiN with 9.0 at.% Silicon has a maximum hardness of 40.9 GPa, a highest adhesion force of 67 N and a lowest friction coefficient of 0.5. Microstructures show that Silicon doping increases the hardness of coating due to solid solution hardening effect and grain boundary enhancement effect. The amorphous Si3N4 matrix, which contains (Ti,Al)N nano-crystals, is formed as the Silicon content is increased. The matrix contributes to the nano-hardness and helps to resist surface oxidization. Especially, the matrix induces low surface roughness and decreases the friction coefficient.展开更多
The fabrication technique of micro/nano-scale speckle patterns with focused ion beam (FIB) system is studied for digital image correlation (DIC) measurement under a scanning electron microscope (SEM).The speckle patte...The fabrication technique of micro/nano-scale speckle patterns with focused ion beam (FIB) system is studied for digital image correlation (DIC) measurement under a scanning electron microscope (SEM).The speckle patterns are fabricated by directly etching the counterpart of the specimen to the black part of a template.Mean intensity gradient is used to evaluate the quality of these SEM images of speckle patterns fabricated based on different templates to select an optimum template.The pattern size depending on the displacement measurement sensitivity is adjusted by altering the magnification of FIB according to the relation curve of the etching size versus magnification.The influencing factors including etching time and ion beam current are discussed.Rigid body translation tests and rotation tests are carried out under SEM to verify the reliability of the fabricated speckle patterns.The calculated values are in good agreement with the imposed ones.展开更多
基金Project(208151)supported by the Key Project of Ministry of Education,ChinaProject(1014RJZA035)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province,China
文摘Carbon encapsulated Fe nanoparticles were successfully prepared via confined arc plasma method. The composition, morphology, microstructure, specific surface area and particle size of the product were characterized via X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller N2 adsorption. The experiment results show that the carbon encapsulated Fe nanoparticles have clear core-shell structure. The core of the particles is body centered cubic Fe, and the shell is disorder carbons. The particles are in spherical or ellipsoidal shapes. The particle size of the nanocapsules ranges from 15 to 40 nm, with the average value of about 30 nm. The particle diameter of the core is 18 nm, the thickness of the shells is 6-8 nm, and the specific surface area is 24 m2/g.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11604161)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No.BK20160914)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (No.16KJB140009)the Foundation from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunication (No.NY216012)the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sk lodowska-Curie Grant (No.752102)
文摘In this work, we proposed a novel three-dimensional (3D) plasmonic nanostructure based on porous graphene/nickel foam (GNF) and gas-phase deposited Ag nanoparticles (NPs). Ag NPs with high density were directly deposited on the surface of 3D GNF by performing a novel cluster beam deposition approach. In comparison with traditional Ag substrate (SiO2/Ag), such hot-spots enriched 3D nanostructure showed extremely high electromag-netic field enhancement under incident light irradiation which could be used as a sensitive chemical sensor based on surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed nanostructure showed superior SERS performance in terms of Raman signal reproducibility and sensitivity for the probe molecules. 3D full-wave simulation showed that the enhanced SERS performance in this 3D hierarchical plasmonic nanostructure was mainly obtained from the hot-spots between Ag NPs and the near-field coupling between Ag NPs and GNF sca olds. This work can provide a novel assembled SERS substrate as a SERS-based chemical sensor in practical applications.
文摘Ion beam methods for modification of nanohardness of surface nanolayers of the titanium alloy Ti6AI4V were applied. After deposition of carbon nanolayers by electron beam evaporation, the ion implantation of nitrogen into samples was carried out. The chemical composition of the modified surface area was investigated by AES (auger electron spectroscopy). The nanohardness of resulted ion beam modified surface nanolayers were investigated by nanoindentation testing. The measured concentration profiles indicate the atomic mixing of carbon into the substrate. It was found that the modified samples had a markedly higher nanohardness than the unmodified samples. The increased nanohardness is attributed to the newly created phases in the surface area.
文摘In this paper, we report a method to change the threshold voltage of SnO2 and In2O3 nanowire transistors by Ga^+ ion irradiation. Unlike the results in earlier reports, the threshold voltages of SnO2 and In2O3 nanowire field-effect transistors (FETs) shift in the negative gate voltage direction after Ga^+ ion irradiation. Smaller threshold voltages, achieved by Ga^+ ion irradiation, are required for high-performance and low-voltage operation. The threshold voltage shift can be attributed to the degradation of surface defects caused by Ga+ ion irradiation. After irradiation, the current on/off ratio declines slightly, but is still close to -106. The results indicate that Ga^+ ion beam irradiation plays a vital role in improving the performance of oxide nanowire FETs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62075093 and 61805113)the Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program(2017ZT07C071)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2017A030313034 and 2018A030310224)Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(JCYJ20170817111349280,JCYJ20180305180635082,and GJHZ20180928155207206)。
文摘Nowadays,the electromagnetic properties of artificial photonic materials can be well-tuned via designs over their composition and geometries.However,engineering the properties of artificial materials at the nanoscale is challenging and costly.Here we demonstrate a facile and low-cost method for fabricating large-area silver nanoparticle metasurfaces(AgNPMSs)by using the vectorial holography-mediated growth technique.The AgNPMS,which can be regarded as a hologram device,possesses excellent chiroptical properties.The vectorial holographic technique may open avenues for fabricating novel chiroptical metamaterials with large degrees of freedom,which can be further used for beam steering,photocatalysis,biosensing,etc.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51105222)the State Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB934101)+1 种基金the Science Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Tribology at Tsinghua University SKLT12A01Beijing Research Program(Grant No.100322002)
文摘TiA1SiN nano-composite coatings with Silicon contents from 4.1 to 23.9 at.% were deposited on Silicon wafers. The nano- hardness, microstructure, and adhesion force of the coatings were deeply affected by Silicon contents. The TiA1SiN with 9.0 at.% Silicon has a maximum hardness of 40.9 GPa, a highest adhesion force of 67 N and a lowest friction coefficient of 0.5. Microstructures show that Silicon doping increases the hardness of coating due to solid solution hardening effect and grain boundary enhancement effect. The amorphous Si3N4 matrix, which contains (Ti,Al)N nano-crystals, is formed as the Silicon content is increased. The matrix contributes to the nano-hardness and helps to resist surface oxidization. Especially, the matrix induces low surface roughness and decreases the friction coefficient.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos.2010CB631005 and 2011CB606105)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.90916010 and 11172151)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20090002110048)
文摘The fabrication technique of micro/nano-scale speckle patterns with focused ion beam (FIB) system is studied for digital image correlation (DIC) measurement under a scanning electron microscope (SEM).The speckle patterns are fabricated by directly etching the counterpart of the specimen to the black part of a template.Mean intensity gradient is used to evaluate the quality of these SEM images of speckle patterns fabricated based on different templates to select an optimum template.The pattern size depending on the displacement measurement sensitivity is adjusted by altering the magnification of FIB according to the relation curve of the etching size versus magnification.The influencing factors including etching time and ion beam current are discussed.Rigid body translation tests and rotation tests are carried out under SEM to verify the reliability of the fabricated speckle patterns.The calculated values are in good agreement with the imposed ones.