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量子点负表面能与界面能的观察

Observation of Negative Surface and Interface Energies of Quantum Dots

Jason J. Calvin, Amanda S. Brewer, Michelle F. Crook, Tierni M. Kaufman, A. Paul Alivisatos

AI总结:

本研究使用量热法发现带有有机配体涂层的胶体半导体量子点存在负表面能,且核/壳结构磷化铟/硫化锌纳米晶体具有热力学有利的界面能,挑战了传统纳米材料热力学假设。

摘要:

表面能是材料的基本属性,对于描述表面原子或分子占材料很大比例的纳米材料尤为重要。传统上,表面能被视为正值,因为表面原子或分子由于在表面具有较少的键或相互作用,其热力学稳定性低于材料内部的对应原子。使用量热法,我们证明了在某些典型的胶体半导体纳米晶体,即带有有机配体涂层的量子点中,表面能为负值。这意味着由于这些原子与覆盖其表面的表面活性剂分子或配体之间存在强键,表面原子的热力学稳定性高于内部原子。此外,我们将这项工作扩展到核/壳结构的磷化铟/硫化锌纳米晶体,并证明尽管这些材料存在较大的晶格失配,但它们之间的界面能在热力学上是非常有利的。这项工作挑战了许多指导胶体纳米材料热力学思考的假设,研究了许多技术相关的胶体纳米材料的基本稳定性,并为未来关于纳米晶体热力学的实验和理论工作铺平了道路。

英文摘要:

Surface energy is a fundamental property of materials and is particularly important in describing nanomaterials where atoms or molecules at the surface constitute a large fraction of the material. Traditionally, surface energy is considered to be a positive quantity, where atoms or molecules at the surface are less thermodynamically stable than their counterparts in the interior of the material because they have fewer bonds or interactions at the surface. Using calorimetric methods, we show that the surface energy is negative in some prototypical colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots with organic ligand coatings. This implies that the surface atoms are more thermodynamically stable than those on the interior due to the strong bonds between these atoms and surfactant molecules, or ligands, that coat their surface. In addition, we extend this work to core/shell indium phosphide/zinc sulfide nanocrystals and show that the interfacial energy between these materials is highly thermodynamically favorable in spite of their large lattice mismatch. This work challenges many of the assumptions that have guided thinking about colloidal nanomaterial thermodynamics, investigates the fundamental stability of many technologically relevant colloidal nanomaterials, and paves the way for future experimental and theoretical work on nanocrystal thermodynamics.

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