Size-dependent second virial coefficients of quantum dots from quantitative cryogenic electron microscopy.

Autor: van Rijssel J; Van 't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute, Utrecht University , Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands., Peters VF, Meeldijk JD, Kortschot RJ, van Dijk-Moes RJ, Petukhov AV, Erné BH, Philipse AP
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of physical chemistry. B [J Phys Chem B] 2014 Sep 18; Vol. 118 (37), pp. 11000-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Sep 04.
DOI: 10.1021/jp5056182
Abstrakt: Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) is utilized to determine the second virial coefficient of osmotic pressure of PbSe quantum dots (QDs) dispersed in apolar liquid. Cryo-TEM images from vitrified samples provide snapshots of the equilibrium distribution of the particles. These snapshots yield radial distribution functions from which second virial coefficients are calculated, which agree with second virial coefficients determined with analytical centrifugation and small-angle X-ray scattering. The size dependence of the second virial coefficient points to an interparticle interaction that is proportional to the QD surface area. A plausible cause for this attraction is the interaction between the surface ions on adjacent QDs.
Databáze: MEDLINE