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Advances in Magnetic Nanoparticles and Metal Clusters Jos Rivas Laboratory of Magnetism and Nanotechnology. Dept. of Applied Physics. University of Santiago de Compostela. E-15782 Santiago de Compostela. Spain Japan-Spain Joint W


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José Rivas

Laboratory of Magnetism and

  • Nanotechnology. Dept. of Applied
  • Physics. University of Santiago de
  • Compostela. E-15782 Santiago de
  • Compostela. Spain

Advances in Magnetic Nanoparticles and Metal Clusters

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“Japan-Spain Joint W orkshop on Nanoscience and New Materials “ April 2 0 th , 2 0 0 9 . Tokyo.

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Laboratory of Magnetism & Nanotechnology (NANOMAG) Research Technological I nstitute, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, SPAI N

Main Topic: Synthesis and Properties of Nanomaterials

  • Prof. M. A. López- Quintela

www.nanomag.org

(founded in 1989) Physical Chemistry Dpt. & Applied Physics Dept.

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The Magnetic Particles

…appear in many materials and are of interest in:

  • Metallurgy
  • Solid State Physics.
  • Catalysis.
  • Biology and Biomedicine
  • Mineralogy and Geology.
  • Environment
  • Artistic objects.

Technological interest in:

  • Storage media
  • Magnetic fluids: Ferrofluids
  • Electromagnetic compatibility.
  • Granular alloys
  • Composites.

… interest in fundamental

science.

  • Understanding of complex

mechanisms.

  • Quantum effects: Mesoscopic

systems

  • Magnetic disorder: Spin Glasses-

Clusters

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  • 1. Changing properties by size reduction
  • 2. Changing properties by interactions

(functionalization, nanocomposites, self- assembly, templated ordering,…) novel properties may appear

Preparation and properties of nanomaterials Main topic in our Lab

López-Quintela & Rivas COCIS, 1996

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1) Solid state reaction 2) Coprecipitation 3) Sol-gel techniques a) Processing of colloids (e.g. urea method) b) Processing of metal-organic compounds (e.g. metal alkoxides) c) Pechini and citrate gel methods 4) Microemulsions 5) Solvothermal synthesis 6) Chemical and electrochemical reduction 7) Thermal decomposition of organic and organometallic reagents 8) Block copolymers

Preparation methods used in our Lab

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Hydrophilic part Lypophilic part

SURFACTANT

WATER OIL SURFACTANT

courtesy of M.C. Buján-Núñez

Microemulsions

Schulman Nature, 1943 J.Colloid Sci. 1948

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  • Aerosol OT (AOT): sodium dodecylsulfosuccinate
  • Water
  • n-Heptane

d water Oil

W/O Microemulsion r/nm = 1.5 + 0.175 R R=[W]/[S] 1 5 10 20 d=2r (nm) 3.4 4.8 6.5 10 V (yL*) 21 58 140 520 Reactor pool

AOT Microemulsions

*yL : yocto Liter = 10-24 L

A

W

d

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A B A B A+B

  • +

MIXING EXCHANGE OF REAGENTS GROWTH REACTION & NUCLEATION

Separation or functionalization

Microemulsion Method

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Particle size: 9 nm ≈ droplet size Template Very monodisperse!

(self-assembly)

Pt NPs prepared in MEs

Rivadulla et al. J.Phys.Chem.B, 1997

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  • Cristallinity
  • Monodispersity
  • Stable dispersion
1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 Lin (Counts) 2 - T h e t a

4.1± 0.5 nm

Magnetite NPs prepared in MEs

Vidal et al. Colloids & Surfaces A, 2006

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1) Simple oxides: α-Fe2O3, Cr2O3, NiO,… 2) Perovskites and perovskite-type oxides: YBa2Cu3O7-x Ln2-xCexCuO4 (Ln= La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd,…) Ln1-xAxMO3 (Ln= La, Nd, Pr, Gd,…; A= Ca, Sr, Ag,…; M= Mn, Co, Ni, Fe) 3) Spinels: γ-Fe2O3, Fe3O4, MFe2-xCrxO3 (M= Mn2+,Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+,…) 4) Garnets: Y3Fe5O12, Y3Al5O12 5) Metallic/bimetallic and semiconductor NPs (nanodots): Fe, Co, Ni, Si, Ag, Au, Pt, FePt, Cu1-xAux,… 6) Core-shell NPs: magnetic core (Fe, Co, FePt, Fe3O4…) @ non-magnetic shell (Au, Ag, Cu, SiO2,...) Examples of NPs synthesized in our Lab

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2nd step:

SLOW shell reaction (C+D) in the presence of core nanoparticles (to favor heterogeneous nucleation) C+D Different shell thickness can be

  • btained by changing the reactant

concentrations (C, D) Example: Ag,Au,… Fe, Fe3O4,... Core – shell NPs

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Fe3O4 @ SiO2 nanoparticles Fe3O4 @ SiO2 @ Au nanoparticles

Core – shell nanoparticles

  • V. Salgueiriño-Maceira et al., Chem. Mater. 18 (2006) 2701

Fe3O4 coprecipitation method (FeCl3, FeSO4, NH4OH) SiO2 inner shell hydrolysis and condensation reactions (TEOS, NH4OH) Au outer shell chemical reduction of AuCl4

¯(aq) with sodium citrate

Fe3O4 @ SiO2 @ Au nanoparticles

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Theoretical final size: 9+ 1.8= 10.8nm

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55

σ = 11.5 + 1.8 nm

% Size (nm)

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200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

Absorbance Wavelength (nm)

Fe3O4 HAuCl4/Reductor (1-1) HAuCl4/Reductor (1-0.5) HAuCl4/Reductor (1-0.25) HAuCl4/Reductor (1-0.125)

Au-shell thickness Core – shell nanoparticles: Fe3O4@Au

Iglesias-Silva et al. J.Non-Crystalline Solids, 2007

UV-Vis

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however, not everything is like it appears…

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Pt clusters in microemulsions

Figure 2. Cross section analysis (at left) of the line in 52 x 52 nm2 STM image (right). Compare the island height (red pointers) with a typical Au(111) monoatomic step (green pointers).

Size: 4.5 nm, i.e. ≈ Pt2869, but… it is only 2 or 3 Pt atoms high! Pt clusters !?

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STM picture of Ag CLUSTERS deposited onto Au(111)

2.5Å high!

Ag CLUSTERS

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Yellow clusters: EPR

typical paramagnetic response with g = 2.0 at room temperature

Ag5

Michalik et al. JACS, 1986

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(from mass spectra, UV-Vis spectra and DP voltammetry)

10 20 30 40 1 2 3 4 5 6

Bandgap/eV Natoms/cluster

  • ur data

blibliographic data EF/N

1/3 (EF=5.5eV)

Transition to a metallic behavior (emerging of the plasmon band) N≈100-200 atoms (1-2nm)

Bandgap similar to SC QDots! Band Gap Au clusters

SnO2TiO2 CdS GaP CdSe CdTe GaAs Si

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fluorescence

by changing the cluster size, fluorescence wavelength can also be tuned!

Au clusters fluorescence

Metal Cluster QDots (G.Ertl, Nobel Price in Chemistry, 2007)

Lifetime (ns)

  • Rel. Amplitude (%)

0,553 29,06 1,77 49,65 6,11 21,29

λem: 420 nm λex: 390 nm Au13-20 Confocal Microscopy Au3-5 λem: 520 nm λex: 460 nm

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New fascinating properties seem to emerge in this nanometer/sub- nanometer region: * Magnetic properties (new generation

  • f magnetic storage devices,…) .

*Fluorescent properties (biosensors, …) *Catalytic properties (water and alcohol decomposition: fuel cells,…) *Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (single molecule detection) *Quirality, Aromaticity

Cluster Properties

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  • Nanogap’s start up (April 2006)
  • Nanogap opens its laboratory and production facility (September

2006)

  • Nanogap takes part in the FP6 FLUOROMAG EU Project (November

2006)

  • Nanogap is invited to be part of ENTA as member and scientific advisor

(January 2007)

  • Nanogap becomes member of NanoSpain (March 2007)
  • Nanogap is invited as member and expert in AENOR’s GET 15 in

several ISO/CEN working groups. (March 2007)

  • Nanogap is invited to be part of NIA as member (April 2007)
  • Nanogap starts its scaling up process (June 2007)
  • Nanogap is invited to become a member of NanoCentral (October 2007)
  • Nanogap wins Spanish Ministry of Industry’s ENISA award

(November 2007)

  • Nanogap will open its first factory (March-June 2008)

Nanogap: a spin-out of the USC

…a very brief history

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Santiago de Com postela ( Spain)

Laboratory of Magnetism & Nanotechnology (NANOMAG) Research Technological Institute, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN

Financial support:

  • MEC (Spain) : MAT2005-07554-C02-01; NAN2006-28515-E; CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010
  • Xunta de Galicia (Spain): GRC 2006/81
  • European Union (FR6 Framework Program): FLUOROMAG

That’s all. Thanks for your attention

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International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory as an Example of International Cooperation

José Rivas INL

Director General

farivas@iinl.org

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The decision to create the INL 8 November 2003: Scientific and Technological Co-operation Agreement between the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain 19 November 2005: creation and the joint management of a Portuguese and Spanish Institute of R&D (Portuguese and Spanish International Research Laboratory) . 23 November 2006: Approval of the legal statutes, conferring an international character to the Institute 19 March 2007: Creation of a Commission to prepare the installation of the INL . 18 January, 2008: the President of the Government

  • f Spain and the Prime Minister of Portugal

inaugurated the INL with a symbolic “foundation stone”

The Idea

INL

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Subject:

Nanotecnology& Nanoscience

Researchers: ~ 200 Total Staff:

~ 400 people

Location: Braga Status: International Research Organization

The Idea

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INL have International legal framework INL is located in Braga, Portugal.

The Idea

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The Idea

1)NANOMEDICINE:

Drug Delivery systems, molecular diagnosis systems, cell therapy and tissue engineering

2) ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD CONTROL:

Nanotechnology applied to Food industry, food safety and environmental control

3) NANOELECTRONICS:

Nanofluidics, CNTs, Molecular electronics, Spintronics, Nanophotonics, NEMS and other Nanotechnologies to support the previous research areas

4) NANOMANIPULATION:

Molecular devices using biomolecules as building blocks for nanodevices.

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  • Project Design from Z+W Zander
  • Ground Leveling Tasks
  • First Tender
  • 25% of Construction activities completed
  • Expected date for initiate operations fall semester 2009

Personality, Infrastructures 2008

The future INL Campus

  • 47,000 m2 of ground.
  • Total Building area of 26,000 m2
  • Main Scientific Building of 22,700 m2
  • Social Building (3,300 m2)

MAIN ACTIONS YEAR 2008 Infrastructures

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Personality -Networking

International Networking

8 Collaboration Agreements signed

MPI for Biochemistry (Munich) and MPI of Microstructure Physics (Halle) negotiations have not finished yet. Negotiations with MIT are also in progress. **Negotiations with the Max Planck Society, in relation with a more ambitious MOU, were also maintained.

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Total site area: ca. 50,000 m2 Total buildings area: ca. 20,000 m2

  • Main scientific bdg: ca. 13,000

m2

  • Hostel
  • Science Alive building
  • Incubator

Personality – Future Plan 2008