scholarly journals Nonlinear Mechanooptical Transmittance Controlled by a Rotating TiO2 Thin Solid Film with Embedded Bimetallic Au-Pt Nanoparticles

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Piña-Díaz ◽  
M. Trejo-Valdez ◽  
S. Morales-Bonilla ◽  
C. R. Torres-San Miguel ◽  
C. L. Martínez-González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser System ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Pt Nanoparticles ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Thin Solid Film ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Two Wave Mixing ◽  
Solid Film

The modification in the third-order nonlinear optical behavior exhibited by a titanium dioxide thin solid film with embedded Gold-Platinum nanoparticles was induced by nanosecond optical pulses. A Nd:YAG laser system was employed for the experiments explored by a vectorial two-wave mixing method with the sample in rotation. The nanostructures were prepared by a sol-gel technique. Transmission Electron Microscopy studies and ultraviolet-optical spectroscopy measurements were undertaken. The evolution of the optical transmittance exhibited by the sample in rotation controlled by a servomechanism was observed. Potential applications for developing mechanooptical functions based on third-order optical nonlinearities were contemplated.

Investigation of Phase Transformation and Structure Evolution of Electrospun Copper Oxide Nanofibers during Thermal Annealing

2011 ◽  
Vol 471-472 ◽  
pp. 792-797
Author(s):  
Dariush Jafar Khadem ◽  
Zahira Yaakob ◽  
Samaneh Shahgaldi ◽  
Wan Ramli Wan Daud ◽  
Edy Herianto Majlan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Gravimetric Analysis ◽  
Effective Parameters ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Electrospinning Method ◽  
Potential Applications

One-dimensional nanostructures, like nanofibers, nanobelts, nanotubes, nanorods have been regarded as a new class of nanomaterials that have been attracted as the most promising building blocks for verity applications in the last few years. As one type of important structures with intensive research efforts have been devoted to the production and investigation of the metal oxides. Metal oxide nanofibers have different potential to play an essential role in a series of application such as optics, nanoelectronics, catalysts, sensors, storage, optoelectonics, and full cell. Copper oxide nanostructures is a promising semiconductor material with potential applications in photochemical, electrochemical, electrochromic especially in water splitting, catalysts, and fabrication of photovoltaic devices. In this paper electrospinning method via sol-gel was used to fabricate copper oxide nanofibers. Copper oxide nanofibers with different morphology were synthesized by different calcinations temperature. In this paper, effective parameters such as voltage, concentration of precursor and different calcinations temperature were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Brunauer Emmett and Teller (BET).

Ferroelectric properties of SOL-GEL derived thin solid film of barium titanate on ITO-glass

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 221-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Q. Han ◽  
C. H. Kam ◽  
S. D. Cheng ◽  
Y. Zhou ◽  
H. X. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Barium Titanate ◽  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Thin Solid Film ◽  
Ito Glass ◽  
Solid Film

Effect of Calcinations on Morphology of Electrospun Copper and Copper Oxide Nanofibers

2011 ◽  
Vol 52-54 ◽  
pp. 1884-1889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariush Jafar Khadem ◽  
Zahira Yaakob ◽  
Samaneh Shahgaldi ◽  
Wan Ramli Wan Daud ◽  
Edy Herianto Majlan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Gravimetric Analysis ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Oxide Nanostructures ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Electrospinning Method ◽  
Potential Applications

Metal and Metal oxide nanofibers have different potential to play an essential role in a series of application, among them copper and copper oxide nanostructures is a promising semiconductor material with potential applications in many field. In this paper, electrospinning method via sol-gel was used to fabricate copper and copper oxide nanofibers. Synthesize of copper and copper oxide nanofibers and also effect of calcinations temperature on morphology investigated by thermal gravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Brunauer Emmett and Teller (BET).

scholarly journals Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Magnetic Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2Composites

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rijing Wang ◽  
Xiaohong Wang ◽  
Xiaoguang Xi ◽  
Ruanbing Hu ◽  
Guohua Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Separation And Purification ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Magnetic Composites ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Structure And Morphology ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Ft Ir

A simple sol-gel method was used to prepare magnetic Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2composites with core-shell structure. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been applied to investigate the structure and morphology of the resultant composites. The obtained composites showed excellent magnetism and higher photodegradation ability than pure TiO2. The photocatalytic mechanism was also discussed. The magnetic composites should be extended to various potential applications, such as photodegradation, catalysis, separation, and purification processes.

scholarly journals Rhodamine B Doped ZnO Monodisperse Microcapsules: Droplet-Based Synthesis, Dynamics and Self-Organization of ZnO Nanoparticles and Dye Molecules

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2351
Author(s):  
Najla Ghifari ◽  
Bertrand Cinquin ◽  
Adil Chahboun ◽  
Abdel I. El Abed
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Rhodamine B ◽  
Zno Nanoparticles ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Dye Molecules ◽  
Whispering Gallery ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Monodisperse Microcapsules

In the present work, droplet-based microfluidics and sol-gel techniques were combined to synthesize highly monodisperse zinc oxide (ZnO) microspheres, which can be doped easily and precisely with dyes, such as rhodamine B (RhB), and whose size can be finely tuned in the 10–30 μm range. The as-synthesized microparticles were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and confocal microscopy. The results reveal that the microspheres exhibit an excellent size monodispersity, hollow feature, and a porous shell with a thickness of about 0.6 μm, in good agreement with our calculations. We show in particular by means of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis that the electric charges carried by ZnO nanoparticles primary units play a crucial role not just in the formation and structure of the synthesized ZnO microcapsules, but also in the confinement of dye molecules inside the microcapsules despite a demonstrated porosity of their shell in regards to the solvent (oil). Our results enable also the measurement of the diffusion coefficient of RhB molecules inside the microcapsules (DRhB=3.8×10−8 cm2/s), which is found two order of magnitude smaller than the literature value. We attribute such feature to a strong interaction between dye molecules and the electrical charges carried by ZnO nanoparticles. These results are important for potential applications in micro-thermometry (as shown recently in our previous study), photovoltaics, or photonics such as whispering gallery mode resonances.

Experimental study of filling carbon nanotubes with nucleic acids

2004 ◽  
Vol 820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daxiang Cui ◽  
Cengiz S. Ozkan ◽  
Yong Kong ◽  
Huajian Gao
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Confocal Microscopy ◽  
Pt Nanoparticles ◽  
Dna Molecules ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Encapsulation Process ◽  
Target Molecules ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

AbstractEncapsulation of DNA molecules inside carbon nanotubes (CNT) in water were performed under the conditions of 400K and 3Bar. Double stranded DNAs of 2kb and 400bp in length, and single stranded oligonucleotides of 60bp in length were selected as target molecules. Au and Pt nanoparticles and fluorescent dye Cy3 were used as tags. Agarose gel electrophoresis was used to remove DNA molecules attached on the outside walls of CNTs. Laser confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were employed to confirm the encapsulation process. The results demonstrated that DNA molecules attached to the outside of CNTs can be removed by electrophoresis. Confocal microscopy and HR-TEM observations as well as EDX analysis confirmed that the Cy3-labelled DNA molecules, Au-labelled oligonucleotides and Pt-labelled DNA fragments can indeed be encapsulated inside CNTs. These experimental results support our earlier molecular dynamics simulations on encapsulating oligonucleotides inside CNTs. The DNA-CNT hybrids could be further explored for potential applications in bio-nanotechnology.

scholarly journals Chaotic Signatures Exhibited by Plasmonic Effects in Au Nanoparticles with Cells

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (21) ◽  
pp. 4728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilario Martines-Arano ◽  
Blanca Estela García-Pérez ◽  
Mónica Araceli Vidales-Hurtado ◽  
Martín Trejo-Valdez ◽  
Luis Héctor Hernández-Gómez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Au Nanoparticles ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Laser Pulses ◽  
Localized Surface Plasmon ◽  
Nanosecond Laser ◽  
Ito Glass ◽  
Two Wave Mixing ◽  
Solid Film ◽  
High Level ◽  
Mixing Techniques

The evolution of the optical absorptive effects exhibited by plasmonic nanoparticles was systematically analyzed by electronic signals modulated by a Rössler attractor system. A sol-gel approach was employed for the preparation of the studied Au nanoparticles embedded in a TiO2 thin solid film. The inclusion of the nanoparticles in an inhomogeneous biological sample integrated by human cells deposited in an ITO glass substrate was evaluated with a high level of sensitivity using an opto-electronic chaotic circuit. The optical response of the nanoparticles was determined using nanosecond laser pulses in order to guarantee the sensing performance of the system. It was shown that high-intensity irradiances at a wavelength of 532 nm could promote a change in the absorption band of the localized surface plasmon resonance associated with an increase in the nanoparticle density of the film. Moreover, it was revealed that interferometrically-controlled energy transfer mechanisms can be useful for thermo-plasmonic functions and sharp selective optical damage induced by the vectorial nature of light. Immediate applications of two-wave mixing techniques, together with chaotic effects, can be contemplated in the development of nanostructured sensors and laser-induced controlled explosions, with potential applications for biomedical photo-thermal processes.

scholarly journals Navigation of Silver/Carbon Nanoantennas in Organic Fluids Explored by a Two-Wave Mixing

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1886
Author(s):  
Geselle García-Beltrán ◽  
Cecilia Mercado-Zúñiga ◽  
Christopher René Torres-SanMiguel ◽  
Martín Trejo-Valdez ◽  
Isaela Villalpando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Ag Nanoparticles ◽  
Laser System ◽  
Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Logic Gates ◽  
Wave Mixing ◽  
Optical Logic ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Nanosecond Pulses ◽  
Two Wave Mixing

Within this work are analyzed third-order nonlinear optical properties with a potential influence on the dynamic mechanics exhibited by metal/carbon nanofluids. The nanofluids were integrated by multiwall carbon nanotubes decorated with Ag nanoparticles suspended in ethanol or in acetone. Optical third-order nonlinearities were experimentally explored by vectorial two-wave mixing experiments with a Nd-YAG laser system emitting nanosecond pulses at a 532 nm wavelength. An optically induced birefringence in the metal/organic samples seems to be responsible for a significant modification in density and compressibility modulus in the nanosystems. The measured nonlinear refractive index was associated with a thermal process together with changes in density, compressibility modulus and speed of sound in the samples. Nanofluid diffusivity was studied to characterize the dynamic concentration gradients related to the precipitation of nanostructures in the liquid solutions. The evolution of the nanoparticle density suspended in the nanofluids was considered as a temporal-resolved probabilistic system. It is stated that the incorporation of Ag nanoparticles in carbon nanotubes produces strong mechanical changes in carbon-based nanofluids. According to numerical simulations and optical evaluations, immediate applications for developing dynamic nanoantennas optical logic gates and quantum-controlled metal/carbon systems can be contemplated.

Microstructure of laser-irradiated, conducting Kapton polyimide

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 502-503
Author(s):  
D. L. Callahan ◽  
Z. Ball ◽  
H. M. Phillips ◽  
R. Sauerbrey
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Utility ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Considerable Debate ◽  
Potential Applications

Ultraviolet laser-irradiation can be used to induce an insulator-to-conductor phase transition on the surface of Kapton polyimide. Such structures have potential applications as resistors or conductors for VLSI applications as well as general utility electrodes. Although the percolative nature of the phase transformation has been well-established, there has been little definitive work on the mechanism or extent of transformation. In particular, there has been considerable debate about whether or not the transition is primarily photothermal in nature, as we propose, or photochemical. In this study, cross-sectional optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy are utilized to characterize the nature of microstructural changes associated with the laser-induced pyrolysis of polyimide.Laser-modified polyimide samples initially 12 μm thick were prepared in cross-section by standard ultramicrotomy. Resulting contraction in parallel to the film surface has led to distortions in apparent magnification. The scale bars shown are calibrated for the direction normal to the film surface only.

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