Electrical properties of nanoparticles pdf

Section 2 dielectric constant, they are usually charged and can be briefly describes some of the typical measurement techniques prevented from coalescing due to the repulsive electrostatic currently used for studying the mechanical properties of force. Schematic diagram of the framework of this review.

Table 1. Several of the common vdW energies and forces. As a result, the potential and the sphere radius, R1 and R2 are the radii of two spheres, concentration of the diffuse part of the layer is low enough to respectively,D is the distance between two surfaces, justify treating the ions as point charges.

Within this sources [29]: 1 the ionization or dissociation of surface layer, thermal diffusion is not strong enough to overcome the groups; 2 the adsorption or binding of ions from the solution electrostatic forces. In the diffusive outer layer, the ions are onto a previously uncharged surface; 3 when two dissimilar far enough from the solid surface and are subjected to weak surfaces are very close, charges can hop across from one electrostatic forces from the surface only, hence they remain surface to the other.

The surface charges are balanced by mobile. The idea which in turn causes an electrokinetic potential between the of the EDL was first formally proposed by Helmholtz, who surface and any point in the mass of the suspending liquid.

In reality, the thermal referred to as the surface potential. The magnitude of the motion of ions in the solution introduces a certain degree surface potential is influenced by the surface charge and the of chaos causing the ions to be spread out in the region of thickness of the double layer.

In potential drops off roughly linearly in the Stern layer and then that case, the analysis of the electronic environment near the exponentially through the diffuse layer, approaching zero at the surface is more complex and requires more detailed analyses imaginary boundary of the double layer.

The potential curve [33]. Gouy [35], Chapman [36] and Stern [37] put forward is useful because it can suggest the electrical force strength more accurate models for analysing the surface and electrolyte between particles and the critical distance within which this interfaces, making great contributions to the development of force comes into play.

The normal capillary force is owing to two actions: one is the pressure difference across the curved interface and the other is the action of the surface tension force exerted around the annulus of the meniscus. Butt and Kappl [44] gave the usual derivations and expressions for capillary forces between different geometries.

The origin of the lateral capillary forces is the overlap of the perturbations in the shape of a liquid surface due to the presence of attached particles [46]. The larger the interfacial deformation created by the particles, the stronger the capillary interaction between them.

The theories and expressions of lateral capillary forces for particles bound to interfaces, liquid films and biomembranes were included in a good review by Kralchevsky and Nagayama [46]. The lateral capillary forces are effective in controlling small colloidal particles and protein macromolecules confined in liquid films to form fine microstructures. Other forces—solvation, structural and hydration forces Apart from vdW forces and EDL forces, some other forces, Figure 3. Schematic model of EDL.

These forces where the Stern layer and the diffuse layer meet [38, 39]. The can be monotonically repulsive, monotonically attractive or common EDL model is shown in figure 3. The EDL interaction oscillatory and they can be much stronger than either the energy and the force between the bodies of different geometries vdW forces or EDL forces at small separations. Solvation, can be referred to [40].

Capillary force become ordered by the surfaces [56]. When the ordering occurs, an exponentially decaying oscillatory force with a Capillary force is mainly due to the formation of liquid menisci periodicity equal to the size of the confined liquid molecules, also termed the meniscus force , the significance of which was micelles or nanoparticles appears [56—58]. Solvation forces realized by Haines [41] and Fisher [42].

Capillary force can depend not only on the properties of the liquid medium be classified into two types: normal capillary force and lateral but also on the surface physicochemical properties, such capillary force [43]. A comprehensive review of the normal as hydrophilicity, roughness, crystalline state, homogeneity, capillary force was given by Butt and Kappl [44].

Denkov rigidity and surface micro-texture. These factors affect the et al [45] and Kralchevsky and Nagayama [46] contributed a lot structure of the confined liquids between two surfaces, which to the study of the structure of colloid nanoparticles due to the in turn affects the solvation force [29].

The hydration force is lateral capillary force. The physical mechanisms underlying It is also relevant to nanoparticle assembling or living cells self- the hydration force are still in discussion.

A well known assemble technologies [54, 55]. It can be attractive or repulsive depending the overlap of the ordered-solvent layers near the two mutually on whether the capillary bridge is concave or convex.

Two approaching surfaces creates a force [59—61]. The hydration equations are important to understand the capillary forces, force could determine the behaviours of many diverse systems, i. DLVO theory for many adhesion phenomena [46]. Capillary condensation is the condensation of vapour into capillaries or fine pores even The DLVO Derjaguin—Landau—Verwey—Overbeek theory for vapour pressures below the saturation vapour pressure.

Figure 4 [73], surface forces were not included. In these models, shows the schematic plot of the DLVO interaction potential the displacement and the contact area are equal to zero when energyE of model nanoparticles diameter: nm and no external force is applied. However, as the size of the object surface potential: 20—40 mV which are dispersed in aqueous is decreased to the nanoscale, the surface forces play a major salt solutions.

It can be seen that a strong long-range repulsion with a high Modern theories of the adhesion mechanics of two contacting energy barrier is present for highly charged surfaces in dilute solid surfaces are based on the Johnson—Kendall—Roberts electrolyte i.

The JKR theory is applicable to easily deformable, increased, a small secondary minimum in the potential energy large bodies with high surface energies.

Strong, short-range curve appears. Colloid particles may undergo a reversible adhesion forces dominate the surface interaction; the effect of flocculation due to the secondary minimum because of its weak adhesion is included within the contact zone. In contrast, the energy barrier [33], resulting in slow particle aggregation for DMT theory better describes very small and hard bodies with the surface with a low charge density.

Below a certain surface low surface energies [76]. In this case, the adhesion is caused charge or above a certain electrolyte concentration known by the presence of weak, long-range attractive forces outside as the critical coagulation concentration , the energy barrier the contact zone. Tabor [76] introduced a nondimensional falls below the zero axis and particles then coagulate rapidly.

A summary be taken into account rather than regarded as point particles. Carpick et al [80] expected from the DLVO theory are due to the existence provided a simple analytic equation to determine the value of a Stern-layer or non-DLVO forces, e. The expansion of the JKR theory by Maugis and Pollock [81] leads to the additional description of plastic deformation. Table 2 summarizes the relations between the 2.

Contact, adhesion and deformation theories of contact radius, deformation and the adhesion force for two nanoparticles spheres contacting each other according to the three mostly In traditional contact theories for two objects in contact with used theories. Schematic diagram of the basic working principle of AFM. The molecular dynamics MD simulation method scanner, scanning and feedback systems, a four quadrant provides an opportunity to understand the atomistic processes photoelectric detector and the computer.

Briefly, the sharp in the contact region. Luan and Robbins [84] researched the tip scans over the sample and the deflection of the cantilever contact between two nanocylinders by MD simulations and is quantified through a laser beam reflected off the backside found that the atomic-scale surface roughness produced by of the cantilever and received by the photoelectric detector.

Contact areas and stresses may be changed by a factor scanning, the topographic image of the sample surface can of two, whereas friction and lateral contact stiffness by an be obtained by plotting the height of a sample stage on order of magnitude. Also Miesbauer et al [85] analysed the the piezoscanner, which is controlled by a feedback system.

These curves can provide was even smaller. Cheng and Robbin [86] investigated the valuable information on some of the important properties nanoscale contact with MD simulations to test the adaptability of nanoparticles, such as hardness, elastic modulus and the of continuum contact mechanics at the nanoscale; the results adhesion between nanoparticle and substrate.

The lateral force suggested that the continuum contact models could be applied is closely related to the torsional deflection of the cantilever; to the case where the forces averaged over the areas containing an accurate value can be obtained after careful calibration of many atoms.

More details about its concise expression, is still widely applied in the mechanical the basics of AFM can be seen in [93, 96]. Particle tracking velocimetry PTV mechanical properties [88] and understanding the molecular PTV is an image-based velocimetry method of measuring origins of friction and adhesion [89—91]. Fluorescent particles are usually used 3. Main techniques for studying nanoparticles as tracers within a defined area where those particles are illuminated; then pictures of these particles are taken.

The The research methods frequently used in studying the motion trajectories of the particles can be reconstructed by mechanical properties of nanoparticles will be briefly locating them in those pictures and the velocities of the introduced as follows: particles can be calculated correspondingly.

Based on these, deep insight into some of the complex and low-velocity 3. AFM techniques flows in a region can be acquired. Currently, there are mainly two the vertical force as well as lateral force between a sharp different PTV methods, i.

The basic principle is that a beam of electrons passes through a very thin sample and, after interacting with the atoms in the sample, some unscattered electrons reach a fluorescent screen to form Figure 6. Relative displacements and deformations of the an image. The image is shown in varied darkness indicating particle-AFM tip system during the indentation process.

Left: the the material density in different parts of the specimen. The AFM tip just touches the particle without deformation of the image is magnified and can be studied directly from the screen particle. Active rather than individual particles.

Spinks in [82]. Since then, protocols of calculating the mechanical characteristics e. Typically, quantitative Computational simulations are usually considered as very computation of the elastic modulus of nanoparticles requires useful complementary tools to experimental studies on the the measurement of indentation h by converting AFM force- mechanical properties of nanoparticles [].

Among many displacement curves into force-indentation curves instead of different kinds of computation methods, MD simulation is measuring the contact area radius [21]. The latter is hard an important aspect which could model the time evolution to obtain directly. The external load P applied through the of the physical motions of interacting atoms or molecules cantilever its spring constant denoted as k to the tip can be [, ].

The indentation depth numerically solved to get their positions and velocities and h of the tip into the sample surface is: finally to describe the thermodynamic behaviours of the system. The relative displacements field. Since there is 4. In this case, equation 1 can be rewritten as 4. About ten years ago, nanoindentation was employed by slope of the loading region on the curves with contact theories.

Summary of the hardness and elastic modulus of different particles with the size of several hundreds of nanometres or smaller. Typical related results and the variety of nanoparticles have been measured by compressing underlying mechanisms can be divided as the following three or bending particles primarily with AFM, as summarized in categories.

For instance, the compressive moduli of the polystyrene nanoparticles diameter: nm were found to be slightly less than those of the corresponding bulk materials due to the presence of hydrated ionic functional groups [21].

In contrast, the work conducted by Paik et al [22] showed that the elastic modulus of polypropylene PP nanoparticles was higher than that of the bulk material. The experimental work done by Ramos et al [] indicated that the hardness and elastic modulus of six-fold symmetry gold nanoparticles were higher than the bulk phase due to the formation of stacking faults and dislocations Figure 7.

High-resolution TEM images of a silver nanoparticle in specific crystallographic directions. Mordehai and before and after compression: a before compression twin Nix et al [, ] performed nanoindentation and highlighted ; b at the initial stage of compression an edge compression tests combined with theoretical simulation to dislocation highlighted ; c at a stage of further compression two additional dislocations shown in the inset ; d after the removal of reveal the deformation behaviours of single-crystal gold the compression no dislocation observed [].

The particle strength under indentation increased with the lateral dimension of the particle due to the competition between the generation [] suggested the size dependence of the bulk moduli of dislocations beneath the indenter and their drainage of several semiconductor nanoclusters correlated with the from the particle [].

Under compression with a flat strong interaction with the passivant. In situ TEM nanoindentation with the increasing radial diameter. They proposed that experiments showed the direct evidence of the presence of the increase in the modulus was attributed to the effects dislocations in metal nanoparticles during deformation but of the surface stress, the oxidation layer and the surface they disappeared during the unloading process, as shown roughness [], or the surface tension effect [].

MD in figure 7 []. They proposed that the mechanical properties of individual nanoparticles is very dislocations or line defects inside the particle are the main complex; many influencing factors could affect the finally factors resisting high pressures.

Furthermore, atomistic measured results. These factors include the uniform simulation conducted by Zhang et al [] confirmed dispersion of nanoparticles on an ideally hard substrate, that the superhard silicon nanoparticles resulted from the precise locating of particles and the proper application the nucleation and movement of dislocations. Apart of loads onto the particles, as well as the measurement from dislocations or defects, the changes of the lattice of the minimum particle deformation, etc.

In addition, strain and the bond energies of nanoparticles to the many uncertainties during measuring and calculating compressive stress were proposed as another cause for the the mechanical properties of nanoparticles with AFM, strengthening and weakening of the mechanical properties e. Furthermore, first-principles calibration and the calculation models, should be electronic-structure calculations made by Cherian et al considered [].

AFM images of a nanoparticle on the substrate a before and b after manipulation; c the dependence of the friction force of polystyrene particles on the silicon surface on the particle radius R [24]. Adhesion and friction of nanoparticles of nanoparticles [91]. For instance, the frictional anisotropies for molybdenum oxide MoO nanoparticles were investigated The adhesion and the friction of nanoparticles play important by Sheehan and Lieber [].

In this nm and a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite HOPG case, characterizing the adhesion and friction behaviours of surface was obtained by Ritter et al [23]. More recently, nanoparticles has attracted significant research interest over the interfacial friction between antimony Sb nanoparticles the past decade [84, —].

So far, AFM has been proved and a HOPG surface was successfully measured through to be a powerful tool to measure the adhesion and friction pushing nanoparticles with the AFM tip by Dietzel et al []. The AFM tip itself In addition, the adhesion forces between nanoparticles with can also be thought of as a nanoparticle; then the adhesion force as well as the friction force can be easily obtained by the different sizes and the surface were measured by Guo et al [24].

However, the use of AFM is In the most general case, the adhesion force is a practically limited by the tip material and its geometric shape. The the force between a surface and a colloid particle was directly adhesive contact between elastic surfaces is usually described measured with AFM by Ducker et al in [70]. Hence, the colloidal theories can be applied extremely well, even at the submicron probe technique is more effective for studying the adhesion scale [82, 85, —].

A chemical method was used by Vakarelski et al tip and a gold surface by Landman et al [] showed good to place individual gold nanoparticles 20—40 nm on the tip agreements with the JKR theory for both the mean positions of an AFM cantilever to measure the adhesion force between of atoms and the stress distribution.

Individual nanoparticles nanoparticles and mica []. Ceria nanoparticles 50 nm in with varying size from about 50 to nm were manipulated diameter were attached on the AFM tip with epoxy glue by on a silicon surface using AFM by Guo et al [24].

The results Ong and Sokolov [] to measure the adhesion force between showed that the friction forces between the particles and the nanoparticles and a flat silica surface. Other various methods substrate were proportional to the two third power of the radius, include measuring the adhesion force of the tip against a film which was in agreement with the Hertzian theory, as shown in of nanoparticles [, —] and manufacturing a tip with figure 8. The situations where the continuum contact theories a certain curvature by thermal oxidation, etc [, ].

The adhesion between particles in aqueous media was found to be mainly influenced by the electrostatic force [, ], solvent force and structure force [—]. For small particles of nanoscale size, more subtle effects beyond continuum theories have been observed.

Static and kinetic frictions and their ratios for particles with radii of Ever since when the frictional and a hydroxylated surface, respectively. The hydroxylated surface, respectively. The square and the circle represent the ratio of Ff -kinetic and Ff -kinetic for particles with R of nanoscopic friction is proportional to the true contact area, The triangle and the rhombus represent those for [—].

The friction between the AFM tip and the substrate has been measured as a function was found that the adhesion of the particles to the substrate was of many parameters, such as the externally applied load strongly reduced by the presence of hydrophobic interfaces. The method using the AFM tip to control the lateral Sitti and Hashimoto [, ] proposed an AFM-based manipulation of nanoparticles provides a powerful tool to force-controlled pushing system for the manipulation and measure the interfacial friction of nanoparticles with arbitrary assembly of nanoparticles.

Interaction forces among the AFM materials and sizes. Polymer latex spheres 50— nm in probe tip, the nanoparticle and the substrate, including the vdW radius were manufactured by Ritter et al [23] on a HOPG force, capillary force, electrostatic force, repulsive contact surface; the threshold force needed to overcome the static force and frictional force were analysed []; several modes friction of a single latex sphere was found to depend on the of particle motion including sliding, rolling and rotation were sphere size, being in accordance with the JKR and DMT theories.

Movement of nanoparticles showed finite friction and increased linearly with the interfacial areas, while other particles experienced a state of frictionless Various forces such as gravitational buoyancy forces, sliding. The transition from static to kinetic friction was also surface forces, viscous flow forces and the forces due to investigated in another of their work and a hysteretic character Brownian motion result in the movement of nanoparticles in the force domain was found [].

Polystyrene nanospheres in the media in different ways [—]. The results indicated that the ratios between the imaging techniques. Fortunately, the rapid development of kinetic friction Ff -kinetic and the static friction force Ff -kinetic measurement technology provides opportunities for tracking were in the range of 0. Moreover, the ratio did not change individual nanoparticles or even single molecules. Up to now, whether the particles were located in different areas of the several methods have been used for making high-resolution surface, the tip normal force was varied or even the surface measurements of the motion of single nanoparticles.

Among was modified [24]. The particle trajectories in a water droplet during the evaporation process []. To be more specific, inorganic nanoparticles during fluid evaporation was observed studies based on two typical methods will be emphasized in using a TEM by Zheng et al [].

The observation of the the following parts. A system for observing nanoparticles was of the liquid was made using an environmental TEM by Dai developed by Xu et al [] using a high-resolution et al []. By using this system, the velocity profile and environment. The with a combination of functions are needed for quantitative Marangoni flow in a droplet manifested with fluorescent analyses in future works. Applications relevant to the mechanical surface temperature gradient changed, as shown in figure 10 properties of nanoparticles [].

The nanoparticle—wall collision experiments showed the nanoparticles adsorbed on the solid surface after collision 5. Nanoparticles in lubrication in liquid were much easier to be removed than those deposited on dry surfaces []. The reason for this observation was that The mechanical properties of nanoparticles play a major role the particles might be adsorbed at the secondary minimum of in influencing the tribological properties of lubricated systems the particle—wall interaction when the collision occurred in with nanoparticles.

The effects of the mechanical properties water, rather than at the primary minimum for the particles of nanoparticles as lubricant additives on the tribological deposited on dry surfaces, as described in the DLVO theory properties differ in various materials. The lubricating mentioned earlier. From a general point of view, the combined effects confined geometries where external loads and rotations could of rolling, sliding and the formation of a third body layer and be applied was developed by Lei et al [].

With this system, tribofilms are the main reasons for the increased lubricating it has been found that the velocities of free particles were behaviour after adding nanoparticles [12], as briefly described much larger 20 times than the rotating speed, providing in the following parts.

More discussions on this point will be however, the occurrence of this effect is strongly given in the latter part of this review. Spherically shaped and and provide deeper understanding of the roles of particles mechanically stable nanoparticles without significant in specific applications. The movement behaviours of a agglomeration are favourable for their rolling in the single MoS2 nanoparticle in a dynamic contact were directly contact area between tribopairs [].

As far as observed with in situ TEM by Lahouij et al []; the the intrinsic mechanical properties of nanoparticles are results showed that either a rolling or a sliding process of the concerned, whether the initial spherical shape of the fullerenes could be possible during shearing. Summary of lubrication properties of nanoparticles of different materials as additives.

A size []. Sliding friction usually occurs because these would give less of a probability for the when the particle is not very spherical in shape and has particles to mechanically deform or indent into the surface low adhesion to the tribopair surfaces [].

Besides, [14, ]. July-August; 7 4 : absorption spectrum with respect to the bulk value nm of the ZnONPs, due to the quantum confinement effect, which is in good agreement with the previous report. The band gap energy can be determined by substituting the value of the absorption peak at a given wavelength above equation.

ZnONPs have advantages because of its physical, chemical properties, its usage and in expensive precipitation method; a white colour of ZnO powder was obtained. The XRD patterns are used for phase identifications and structure depending on the peaks present.

The XRD analysis showed the sample prepared in the reaction temperature. The particle size would be adjusted by controlling the reaction temperature. The energy band gap of nanoparticles was synthesized ZnONPs with the absorption peak around 3. The nm. The sharp bands By the result of characterization analysis, the ZnO of zinc colloids were observed at , and nanoparticles prepared by precipitation method nm , which proves that the zinc ion is efficiently would be suitable for semiconductor oxide layer in reduced NaOH.

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