Fabrication of In2O3 Oxide Semiconductor Nano-Particles Using Apoferritin

2005 ◽  
Vol 873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuhiro Okuda ◽  
Ichiro Yamashita ◽  
Kenji Iwahori ◽  
Hideyuki Yoshimura

AbstractIn2O3 nanoparticles were fabricated in the cavity of the cage-shaped protein, apoferritin by utilizing a quick chemical reaction of indium oxide. Horse spleen apoferritin in the solution of indium ions buffered at pH 9.5 was incubated for 30 minutes. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation with aurothioglucose staining showed that cores were formed in the apoferritin cavity. The sizes of cores were regulated by the cavity size and their diameters were below 7nm. Energy dispersion X-ray analysis (EDX) indicated that indium was contained in the cores. The high-resolution TEM (HR-TEM) revealed that cores are single or poly crystalline and the lattice space was consistent with that of In2O3. These results confirmed that the In2O3 cores were successfully formed in the apoferritin cavity.

Author(s):  
R. Gronsky

The phenomenon of clustering in Al-Ag alloys has been extensively studied since the early work of Guinierl, wherein the pre-precipitation state was characterized as an assembly of spherical, ordered, silver-rich G.P. zones. Subsequent x-ray and TEM investigations yielded results in general agreement with this model. However, serious discrepancies were later revealed by the detailed x-ray diffraction - based computer simulations of Gragg and Cohen, i.e., the silver-rich clusters were instead octahedral in shape and fully disordered, atleast below 170°C. The object of the present investigation is to examine directly the structural characteristics of G.P. zones in Al-Ag by high resolution transmission electron microscopy.


1990 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai D. Nguyen ◽  
Ronald Gronsky ◽  
Jeffrey B. Kortright

AbstractMultilayer structures of W/C, WC/C, and Ru/C, of various periods were prepared and studied by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Comparison of the phases in the layered structures is made for as-prepared and annealed samples. Both as-prepared and annealed WC/C multilayers are predominantly amorphous, while the phases in the W/C depend on the periods. The 2 nm period W/C multilayer remains amorphous after annealing, and the longer periods recrystallize to form W2C. The layered microstructures of W/C and WC/C are stable on annealing at all periods, while the amorphous Ru-rich layers in the 2 nm period Ru/C multilayer agglomerate upon annealing to form elemental hexagonal Ru crystallites. Larger period Ru/C multilayers show stable layered structures, and indicate hexagonal Ru in the Ru-rich layers. X-ray measurements show that the multilayer periods expand on annealing for all metal-carbon multilayers studied.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.M. Cheng ◽  
Y.X. Tian ◽  
L.L. He

The orientation relationship (OR) and the interfacial structure between Nb solid solution (Nbss) precipitates and α-Nb5Si3 intermetallics have been investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The OR between Nbss and α-Nb5Si3 was determined by selected-area electron diffraction analyses as (222)Nb//(002)α and . High-resolution TEM images of the Nbss/α-Nb5Si3 interface were presented. Steps existed at the interface that acted as centers of stress concentration and released the distortion of lattices to decrease the interfacial energy. In addition, the interfacial models were proposed based on the observed OR to describe the atomic matching of the interface. The distribution of alloying elements at the Nbss/α-Nb5Si3 interface has also been investigated, and Hf was enriched at the interface to strengthen the grain boundary.


2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 1036-1039
Author(s):  
Jing Ling Ma ◽  
Jiu Ba Wen ◽  
Yan Fu Yan

The precipitates of Al-5Zn-0.02In-1Mg-0.05Ti-0.5Ce (wt %) anode alloy were studied by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray microanalysis, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction analyses in the present work. The results show that the alloy mainly contains hexagonal structure MgZn2 and tetragonal structure Al2CeZn2 precipitates. From high resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction, aluminium, Al2CeZn2 and MgZn2 phases have [0 1 -1]Al|| [1 -10]Al2CeZn2|| [-1 1 0 1]MgZn2orientation relation, and Al2CeZn2 and MgZn2 phases have the [0 2 -1]Al2CeZn2|| [0 1 -10]MgZn2orientation relation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Guan Wang ◽  
Michael Dudley ◽  
Zhou Xu ◽  
James. H. Edgar ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTA systematic study is presented of the heteroepitaxial growth of B12As2 on m-plane 15R-SiC. In contrast to previous studies of B12As2 on other substrates, including (100) Si, (110) Si, (111) Si and (0001) 6H-SiC, single crystalline and untwinned B12As2 was achieved on m-plane 15R-SiC. Observations of IBA on m-plane (1100)15R-SiC by synchrotron white beam x-ray topography (SWBXT) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) confirm the good quality of the films on the 15R-SiC substrates. The growth mechanism of IBA on m-plane 15R-SiC is discussed. This work demonstrates that m-plane 15R-SiC is potentially a good substrate choice to grow high quality B12As2 epilayers.


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