Structure and magnetic properties of CoNiP nanowire arrays embedded in AAO template

Ternary CoNiP nanowire (NW) arrays have been synthesized by electrochemical deposition inside the nanochannels of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. The CoNiP NWs deposited at room temperature present soft magnetic properties, with both parallel and perpendicular coercivities less than 500 Oe. In contrast, as the electrolyte temperature (T-elc) increases from 323 to 343 K, the NWs exhibit hard magnetic properties with coercivities in the range of 1000-2500 Oe. This dramatic increase in coercivities can be attributed to the domain wall pinning that is related to the formation of Ni and Co nanocrystallites and the increase of P content. The parallel coercivity (i.e. the applied field perpendicular to the membrane surface) maximum as high as 2500 Oe with squareness ratio up to 0.8 is achieved at the electrolyte temperature of 328 K. It has been demonstrated that the parallel coercivity of CoNiP NWs can be tuned in a wide range of 200-2500 Oe by controlling the electrolyte temperature, providing an easy way to control magnetic properties and thereby for their integration with magnetic-micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Surface-enhanced resonant Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) of single-walled carbon nanotubes absorbed on the Ag-coated anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) surface

In this paper, we developed a new kind of substrate, the silver-coated anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), to investigate the characters of surface-enhanced resonant Raman scattering (SERRS) of the dilute single-walled carbon nanotubes. Homogeneous Ag-coated AAO substrate was obtained by decomposing the AgNO3 on the surface of AAO. single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were directly grown onto this substrate through floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition method (CVD). SERRS of SWNTs was carried out using several different wavelength lasers. The bands coming from metallic SWNTs were significantly enhanced. The two SERRS mechanisms, the "electromagnetic" and "chemical" mechanism, were mainly responsible for the experiment results. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

稀土发光材料M_2O_3:RE~(3+)（M＝Y，Gd:RE＝Eu，Tb）体系的AAO模板组装

AAO模板具有高度有序的纳米孔阵列，其孔径可以在5一200nm范围内调节，利用AAO模板进行纳米组装已成为纳米结构材料组装的重要技术之一。目前，采用该技术已经制备出了金属、半导体、碳、导电高分子以及其它材料构成的纳米管、纳米线、纳米纤维、电缆等纳米结构单元和有序纳米阵列材料，同时，研究了它们的光、电、磁和催化等特性及其在光学材料、铿电池的电极材料、垂直磁性记录材料和光催化剂等方面的潜在应用。然而，有关稀土发光材料的AAO模板合成及其性质还鲜见报道。本论文采用二次阳极氧化技术制备出了具有高度有序纳米阵列孔的AAO模板。采用溶胶一凝胶法和水热法对稀土发光材料M2O3:RE3+（M＝Y,Gd; RE＝Eu，Tb）体系进行了AAO组装，得到了纳米线、纳米管及其纳米线阵列。对AAO模板和组装样品的形貌、结构和光谱性质进行了表征，得到了一些令人感兴趣的研究结果，其主要的结果和结论总结如下：（1）采用二次阳极氧化法制备出了孔径约为5Onm、35nm和2Onm等系列高度有序纳米阵列孔的基体铝支持的AAO模板和独立支撑的AAO模板。（2）XRD测试结果表明：退火后的基体铝片，其331晶面优先结晶生长，这有利于高度有序纳米阵列孔AAO模板的制备。使用这些退火后的铝片，通过二次阳极氧化法制备的高度有序纳米阵列孔AAO膜为非晶态，并且在退火后转变为γ-Al2O3。（3）未退火的基体铝支持的AAO模板，在350一600nm范围内发出较强的蓝光，其峰值波长位于435nm。该蓝光发射带经过程序控温慢慢退火后完全消失，这说明它产生于缺陷发光中心。（4）采用溶胶一凝胶法，利用AAO模板首次合成出了（YO.96RE0.05）O3（RE＝Eu，Tb）纳米线及其阵列，并通过SEM、EDX、TEM、SAED、XRD和PL分析测试加以确认。x-射线衍射（XRD）和选区电子衍射（SAED）的结果证明，这些纳米线主要是由立方相的RE2O3（RE＝Y或Gd）多晶材料组成的。光谱测试结果表明，同体相材料相比，Eu3＋的，D0一7F2跃迁发射峰和Tb3＋的5D4一7FJ（J=6，5，4，3）跃迁发射峰出现了宽化，这种现象可能是纳米颗粒的表面界面效应所引起的非均匀宽化造成的。（5）首次观察到利用溶胶一凝胶法组装的一部分M2O3:RE3＋（M＝Y，Gd；RE＝Eu，Tb）样品，沿着AAO模板阵列孔壁的边沿所形成的网状结构，并初步地探讨了其形成的机理。（6）对于M2O3:RE3＋（M=Y，Gd；RE＝Eu，Tb）体系，仅仅依靠毛细作用是难以充分地将溶胶前驱液组装进从O模板的阵列孔中。（7）首次利用水热合成法，在中性条件介质下，将（Y，Gd）2O3:Eu3+样品充分地组装进了AAO模板的纳米孔道中，这说明水热产生的高压可以作为AAO模板组 装样品的驱动力。（8）以M2O3: RE3+（M＝Y，Gd；RE＝Eu，Tb）溶胶或氢氧化物沉淀作为前驱物，分别在酸性和碱性条件下，进行了从0模板水热合成组装。实验结果表明，AAO模板被部分地损坏。但在碱性条件下的高压釜中，却得到了单晶纳米管、纳米片和纳米棒。

利用AAO模板合成纳米材料

AAO模板具有高度有序的纳米孔阵列 ,其孔径在 5～ 2 0 0nm范围内可调控 ,已被用于制备金属、非金属、半导体、导电高分子等纳米粒子阵列、纳米电缆、纳米“三明治”结构、纳米管和纳米线等纳米材料。这些纳米材料在光、磁、电和催化等方面不仅具有重要的理论研究价值而且具有潜在的应用前景。本文综述了AAO模板纳米阵列孔的有序化、孔径的调控、组装技巧和合成的纳米材料的性质及应用

Synthesis and photoluminescence of the Y2O3 : Eu3+ phosphor nanowires in AAO template

The monodisperse array and nanowires Of Y2O3:Eu3+ phosphor were synthesized using anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template by sol-gel method. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images indicated that Y2O3:Eu3+ nanowires are parallelly arranged, all of which are in uniform diameter of about 50 nm. The high-magnification SEM image showed that each nanowire is composed of a lot of agglutinating particles. The patterns of selected-area electron diffraction confirmed that Y2O3:EU3+ nanowires mainly consist of polycrystalline materials. Excitation and emission spectra Of Y2O3:E U3+/AAO composite films were measured. The characteristic red emission peak of EU3+ ion attributed to D-5(0)-->F-7(2) transition in Y2O3:EU3+/AAO nanowires broadened its halfwidth.