Self-Organized Monolayer of Nanosized Ceria Colloids Stabilized by Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)
| Autor: | Li-Ping You, Chun-Hua Yan, Ya-Wen Zhang, Rui Si |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Materials science
Butylamine Inorganic chemistry Infrared spectroscopy chemistry.chemical_element Surfaces Coatings and Films Cerium Chemical engineering Nanocrystal chemistry Dynamic light scattering Transmission electron microscopy Monolayer Materials Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry High-resolution transmission electron microscopy |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110:5994-6000 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5207 1520-6106 |
| Popis: | Four nanometer colloidal ceria nanocrystals in a fluorite cubic structure have been synthesized via an alcohothermal treatment at 180 degrees C for 24 h from Ce(NO(3))(3)*6H(2)O in ethanol, using various alkylamines including triethylamine, butylamine, and hexadecylamine as the bases and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) as the stabilizer. They were characterized by multiple measurements of X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), ultraviolet visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and infrared spectroscopy (IR). The introduction of PVP could effectively stabilize the cerium nuclei against self-aggregation and finally lead to the formation of the CeO(2) colloids. As compared with that of their precipitated counterparts, the UV-vis spectra showed a blue-shifted absorption edge for the as-obtained colloidal nanocrystals, revealing that their surfaces were well-passivated by PVP. Four types of self-organized monolayer patterns (i.e., isolated particles, short chainlike (pseudo-1-D aggregated), pearl necklace-like (1-D aggregated), and dendritic (pseudo-2-D aggregated) alignments) appeared for the as-obtained colloidal particles on the copper TEM grids, due to the delicate balance of the attractive and repulsive forces between the PVP-passivated CeO(2) nanocrystals during the irreversible evaporation of the solvent from various colloidal solutions under ambient conditions. The type of alkylamine and the concentration of PVP were confirmed to be the crucial factors determining the oriented-aggregation dimensionality of the CeO(2) colloids. Possible interparticle interaction modes have been suggested to explain such complex self-organization patterns exhibited by the as-obtained CeO(2) nanocrystals. |
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