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Size Matters. Why small is different. Simon Brown MacDiarmid Institute and Department of Physics University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand NZIP Conference, Christchurch, July 2009. Silicon. Silicon. Diamond Structure Lowest energy configuration. The surface of Silicon (111). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Size Matters
Why small is different
Simon Brown
MacDiarmid Institute and Department of PhysicsUniversity of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandNZIP Conference, Christchurch, July 2009
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Silicon
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Silicon
• Diamond Structure• Lowest energy configuration
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The surface of Silicon (111)
• Model• But what happens to the dangling bonds?
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The best way of imaging surfaces
• Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)• UHV STM / AFM installed at UC, Jan 2009
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The surface of Silicon (111)
• Model• But what happens to the dangling bonds?
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The surface of Silicon (111)
• Image from Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM)• “Reconstruction” minimises energy
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The surface of Silicon (001)
• Image from Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM)
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The surface of Silicon (001)
• Image from Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM)
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Gold
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Gold – a close packed structure
• Face-centred cubic
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Surface of Gold
Paweł Kowalczyk (UC)
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Surface of Gold
Paweł Kowalczyk (UC)
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Surface of Gold (111)
• “Herringbone” reconstruction
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Nanoparticles
• Mostly surface!• Here: 42 / 55 atoms are on surface
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Size matters
• In small metal particles (e.g. Au)• Five-fold symmetry is forbidden in large crystals
• not space-filling
Small(<2nm)
Large(>4 nm)
CuboctahedronTruncated decahedronIcosahedron
Medium(~3nm)
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Structure of small gold clusters
• 2D versus 3D structures
Johansson et al, Phys. Rev. A 77, 053202 (2008)
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Gold
• Gold nanoparticles look red!
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Catalysis by Gold Nanoparticles
• Oxidation of CO: CO + O → CO2
Goodman et al, Top. Catal. 14, 71 (2001).
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Catalysis by Gold Nanoparticles
• Atomic arrangement on Au surface is critical• CO + O → CO2
Goodman et al, Top. Catal. 14, 71 (2001).
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Melting point changes
• Dramatic decrease at small sizes
S. L. Lai et al., PRL 77, 99 (1996)
Sn
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Surface melting
Shaun Hendy, IRL
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Its not all about the surface
• Quantum Effects
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Its not all about the surface
• New materials, new properties• Carbon nanotubes are
• Strongest material known• Highest conductivity known
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Some “new” phenomena for metal nanoparticles
• Coalescence• Bouncing
• Sometimes nanoparticles act more like liquids than solids
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How to make nanoparticles (“clusters”)
Cluster source: highly flexible e.g. Si for transistors, Cu for interconnects, Pd for hydrogen sensors Proof of concept with Sb, Bi – interesting electronic properties Change cluster size through temperature, gas type and pressure Change cluster velocity through gas flow rate
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Simple Nanodevices Made from Nanoparticles
Schmelzer et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 226802 (2002)
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Large metal particles do not coalesce
• (Obviously!)
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But liquid drops do…
Spreading of droplets of silicone oil on a highly wet-able substrate
Ristenpart et al, PRL 97, 064501 (2006)
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Metal nanoparticles coalesce
Convers, Natali et al (to be published)
“Frozen” by immediate exposure to air
Allowed to evolve in vacuum for 3 days
30nm Bi clusters
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Coalescence
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
x 104
-0.01
0
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
t (s)
G
/G0
P=210-7 Torr
P=410-7 Torr
P=410-6 Torr
Convers, Natali et al (to be published)
Increase inconductance
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Rayleigh Instability
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
x 104
-0.01
0
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
t (s)
G
/G0
P=210-7 Torr
P=410-7 Torr
P=410-6 Torr
Lord Rayleigh, On the instabilities of jets, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 10, 4 (1878)
Decrease inconductance
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Large balls bounce
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Liquid droplets also bounce….
Jayaratne and Mason, Proc. Roy. Soc. London. Ser. A, 280, 545 (1964)
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…. but they also wet surfaces
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Clusters partially wet surfaces
• Bismuth on SiOx
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations – Nanoparticle Bouncing
Awasthi et al, PRL 97, 186103 (2006)
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Nanoparticle Bouncing
Awasthi et al, PRL 97, 186103 (2006); PRB 76, 115437 (2007)
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Nanoparticle Bouncing
Awasthi et al, PRL 97, 186103 (2006); PRB 76, 115437 (2007)
Elastic Sticking
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Nanoparticle Bouncing
Awasthi et al, PRL 97, 186103 (2006); PRB 76, 115437 (2007)
Elastic Bouncing
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Nanoparticle Bouncing
Awasthi et al, PRL 97, 186103 (2006); PRB 76, 115437 (2007)
Plastic Sticking
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Nanoparticle Bouncing
Awasthi et al, PRL 97, 186103 (2006); PRB 76, 115437 (2007)
Plastic Bouncing
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Templated devices
30nm Sb clusters
Partridge et al, Nanotechnology 15, 1382 (2004)
• Bouncing of clusters off flat surfaces governs cluster assembly
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No Lift-off lithography
Reichel et al, Appl. Phys. Lett, 89, 213105 (2006).
30nm Bi clusters
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Metal Oxide Sensors: SnO2
• Metal Oxides are usually semiconductors
• Metal oxides can be used for many types of gas sensors
Lassesson et al, Nanotechnology 19, 015502 (2008).
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SnO2 Sensors: H2
1.0E+05
1.0E+06
1.0E+07
1.0E+08
1.0E+09
1.0E+10
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
time [minutes]
resi
stan
ce [
Oh
m]
5000ppm
1000ppm
500ppm
200ppm
100ppm
• 6nm Sn clusters• oxidised: 200ºC, 18hrs• doped with 1nm Pd
T=80ºC
Lassesson et al, Nanotechnology 19, 015502 (2008).
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Response Mechanism
• Metal Oxides are commonly n-type semiconductors • Electrons carry the current
A
H HH H
H H H H
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Response Mechanism
• A reducing gas reacts with surface
H H H HH H H H
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Response Mechanism
• Surface defects (donors) are created
++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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Response Mechanism
• Surface defects (donors) are created• Additional electrons are released into the wire • The current increases
++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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SnO2 Sensors: H2
Lassesson et al, Nanotechnology 19, 015502 (2008).
0
200
400
600
800
0 4 8 12
cluster coverage [ML]
Res
po
nse
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/G0]
++ ++++ ++++ ++ ++
++ +++ +++ ++++++++
++ +
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New nanoparticle products• >800 products in market place already
• Source: Woodrow Wilson Centre, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies• http://www.nanotechproject.org/inventories/consumer/
• Mostly “low tech”• Sunscreens, cosmetics, nappies, washing machines, fuel additives• FOE report: 100 nanoproducts in Food and packaging
• We are unaware of most of them
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New hazards
• Long carbon nanotubes work like asbestos in the lungs
• Silver nanoparticles are toxic
• Nanoparticles can cause DNA damage
• Sunscreens cause photo-catalytic damage to colour-steel roofing*
• Very many unknowns
* Barker and Branch, Progress in Organic Coatings 62, 313 (2008)
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New Uncertainties
• All new technologies have risks• In this case we don’t know what they are• Risk Assessment protocols yet to be developed
• Problem: Incredible number of unknowns• Do nanoparticles penetrate the skin, lungs? • What do they do inside the body?
• Huge number of challenges• Example: Regulation
• Same materials, different sizes• 50,000 types of carbon nanotube
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New Uncertainties
• All new technologies have risks• In this case we don’t know what they are• Risk Assessment protocols yet to be developed
• Problem: Incredible number of unknowns• Do nanoparticles penetrate the skin, lungs? • What do they do inside the body?
• Huge number of challenges• Example: Regulation
• Same materials, different sizes• 50,000 types of carbon nanotube
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Size really does matter• Nanoparticles and nanowires are mainly surface
• Properties are very different to bulk materials• New Science
• Surface reconstructions• New “crystal” structures• Catalysis
• New Technology• Sensors• Catalysts• Transistors
• New Hazards• Penetration of skin and lungs• Carcinogens• Business risks