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Deposition of Colloidal Particles during the Evaporation of Sessile Drops: Dilute Colloidal Dispersions
The deposition of colloidal silica particles during the evaporation of sessile drops on a smooth substrate has been modeled by the simultaneous solution of the Navier–Stokes equations, the convective-diffusive equation for particles, and the diffusion equation for evaporated vapor in the gas phase. Isothermal conditions were assumed. A mapping was created to show the conditions for various deposition patterns for very dilute suspensions. Based on values of the Peclet (Pe) number and Damkholer numbers (Da and Da −1 ), the effects of adsorption and desorption were discussed according to the map. Simulations were also done for suspensions with a high particle concentration to form a solid phase during the evaporation by using a packing criterion. The simulations predicted the height and width of the ring deposit near the contact line, and the results compared favorably to experimental particle deposition patterns.
Imprinting Chirality onto the Electronic States of Colloidal Perovskite Nanoplatelets
The direct synthesis of chiroptical organic–inorganic methylammonium lead bromide perovskite nanoplatelets that are passivated by R- or S-phenylethylammonium ligands is discussed. The circular dichroism spectra can be divided into two components: (1) a region associated with a charge transfer transition between the ligand and the nanoplatelet, 300–350 nm, and (2) a region corresponding to the excitonic absorption maximum of the perovskite, 400–450 nm. The temperature- and concentration-dependent circular dichroism spectra suggest that the chiro-optical response arises from chiral imprinting by the ligand on the electronic states of the quantum-confined perovskite rather than chiral ligand-induced stereoselective aggregation.
Structural characterization of solid lipoproteic colloid gels by ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering and the relation with sodium release
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Growth of arrays of oriented epitaxial platinum nanoparticles with controlled size and shape by natural colloidal lithography
Here, we developed a method for production of arrays of platinum nanocrystals of controlled size and shape using templates from ordered silica bead monolayers. Silica beads with nominal sizes of 150 and 450 nm were self-assembl into monolayers over strontium titanate single crystal substrates. The monolayers were used as shadow masks for platinum metal deposition on the substrate using the three-step evaporation technique. Produced arrays of epitaxial platinum islands were transformed into nanocrystals by annealing in a quartz tube in nitrogen flow. The shape of particles is determined by the substrate crystallography, while the size of the particles and their spacing are controlled by the size of the silica beads in the mono- layer mask. As a proof of concept, arrays of platinum nanocrystals of cubooctahedral shape were prepared on (100) strontium titanate substrates. We also characterized the nanocrystal arrays by atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques.
High-Performance Flexible Bismuth Telluride Thin Film from Solution Processed Colloidal Nanoplates
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Enabling New Classes of Templated Materials through Mesoporous Carbon Colloidal Crystals
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Tunable Amorphous Photonic Materials with Pigmentary Colloidal Nanostructures
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Facile Colloidal Lithography on Rough and Non-planar Surfaces for Asymmetric Patterning
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Structural analysis of palladium-decorated gold nanoparticles as colloidal bimetallic catalysts.
Bimetallic palladium-decorated gold nanoparticle (Pd/Au NP) catalysts are significantly more active than palladium-only catalysts, but the mechanism for enhancement is not completely clear for most reactions, like the aqueous-phase hydrodechlorination of trichloroethene. In this study, we conducted X-ray absorption spectroscopy on carbon-supported Pd/Au NPs to obtain information about the local atomic environment (i.e., oxidation states, coordination numbers, and bond distances) of the two metals under different treatment conditions. The as-synthesized NPs were confirmed to have a Pd-shell/Au-core nanostructure, in which the Pd was found as surface ensembles. Upon exposure to room temperature in air, a portion of the Pd, but not the Au, was oxidized. In comparison, nearly the entire surface of monometallic Pd NPs was oxidized, suggesting that Au in Pd/Au NPs imparts oxidation resistance to Pd atoms. The surface Pd was found randomly distributed, presumably as a PdAu surface alloy, after reduction at 300 C. X-ray absorption spectroscopy provides direct evidence for the Pd-shell/Au-core structure of Pd/Au NPs, and suggests that metallic Pd in the Pd/Au NPs is a source for higher catalytic activity for aqueous-phase trichloroethene hydrodechlorination.
Teaching old precursors new tricks: Fast room temperature synthesis of surfactant-free colloidal platinum nanoparticles
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Correlating structural properties to sodium release of model solid lipoproteic colloids
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High-resolution of particle contacts via fluorophore exclusion in deep-imaging of jammed colloidal packings
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