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ME 4875/MTE 575 - C16 Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Lecture 3 - Atomic Structure and Bonding

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Atomic Structure and Bonding

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• It’s important to know about atomic structure and bonding to understand

how properties change at the nanoscale

• What are materials composed of?
• Where are these components in a materials?
• How are they held together?
• What accounts for the different properties of materials?
• Goals:

– Qualitative picture of electrons, atoms, binding between atoms, behavior of atoms and electrons in materials (mostly modern physics and chemistry) – Give you enough background to read papers about nanomaterials

Basic Structure of Atoms

Alpha particles are He2+ (two protons and two neutrons)

Uniform distribution of charge

• Positively charged nucleus containing positively charged protons and

neutral neutrons (both very heavy)

• Negatively charged electrons moving around the nucleus
• Discovery of the electron (1896, J. J. Thompson)
• Discovery of atomic nucleus (1911, Rutherford)

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Wave-Particle Duality of Electrons

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• mass-energy equivalence, 𝐹 = 𝑛𝑑2
• photoelectric effect 𝐹 = ℎ𝑔 =

ℎ𝑑 𝜇

• de Broglie relationship 𝜇 =

ℎ 𝑛𝑓𝑤

• wavelength of the electrons in a 200 kV TEM is 2.5 pm (2.5 x 10-12 m)

𝑛𝑑2 = ℎ𝑑 𝜇 𝜇 = ℎ 𝑛𝑑

(1905, Einstein) (1905, Einstein) (1924)

Electron Diffraction

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• Typical electron wavelength is comparable to atomic spacing in

crystal, leading to diffraction

constructive interference destructive interference 2𝑒 𝑡𝑗𝑜𝜄 = 𝑜𝜇

Isolated Atoms

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• Bohr Model - electron ‘orbits’
• 2𝜌𝑠 = 𝑜𝜇 =

𝑜ℎ 𝑛𝑓𝑤 → 𝑠 = 𝑜ℎ 2𝜌𝑛𝑓𝑤

• 𝑛𝑓𝑤2

𝑠

=

𝑎𝑙𝑓2 𝑠2 → 𝑤 = 𝑎𝑙𝑓2 𝑠𝑛𝑓

• 𝐹 =

1 2 𝑛𝑓𝑤2 − 𝑎𝑙𝑓2 𝑠

= −

𝑎𝑙𝑓2 2𝑠

• 𝐹 = −

4𝜌2𝑎2 𝑙𝑓2 2𝑛𝑓 2ℎ2𝑜2

nucleus (+) electron (-)

(1913) (each orbit has integer number of wavelengths) (centripetal force = electrostatic force) (total energy = kinetic energy + electrical potential energy) (Final result: energies of orbits are quantized)

E n=3 n=2 n=1 Evac = 0

Isolated Atoms

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• Schrödinger equation
• Solutions are ‘orbitals’ with quantum numbers n, l, m, s

– n is principal quantum number (which shell) – l is angular momentum quantum number l = 0, 1, 2,…. (n-1) (which shape) – m is magnetic quantum number m = 0, ±1, ±2,… ±l (which orientation) – s is spin quantum number ± ½ (two electrons can occupy each orbital)

• Tells us how many electrons can be in each shell (1s2, 2s2, 2p6, etc.)

s (l=0) p (l=1) d (l=2) f (l=3)

(1926)

Bonds between Atoms

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1s22s22p63s1 1s22s22p63s23p5 1s22s22p6 1s22s22p63s23p6

Ionic Bond (transferred electrons) to make “complete” shells

Gives two oppositely charged ions, which then have an electrostatic attraction (a bond)

Bonds between Atoms

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• Covalent Bond (shared electrons) to make “complete” shells
• Electrons are localized between the ion cores

O + O O2 1s22s22p4 1s22s22p6

The positive ion cores of each atom are attracted electrostatically to the shared electrons, resulting in a bond.

Bonds between Atoms

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Metallic Bonding (shared delocalized electrons)

Bonds between Atoms

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• permanent dipoles (Keesom Force)

permanent/induced dipoles (Debye Force) instantaneous induced dipoles (London Force)

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Van der Waals Bond (attraction between dipoles)

Bonds between Atoms

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• What happens to the atomic orbitals when bonds are

formed between atoms?

s (l=0) p (l=1) d (l=2) f (l=3) Atomic Orbitals:

Molecular Orbitals

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Bonding Antibonding

Here, sign means phase, not charge

• When two atomic orbitals combine

(by overlapping in space), they form two molecular orbitals with different energies

• Linear combination of atomic orbitals

(approximate)

Molecular Orbitals

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Bonding Antibonding

Solids (Giant Molecules)

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• What happens when more than two atoms combine into a molecule?
• The final number of molecular orbitals is equal to the number of atoms

E Single Atom Two Atoms Four Atoms Many Atoms (Solid)

Bonding Antibonding

Electronic Energy Band Band Gap Core Electrons Outer Electrons (approximate picture)

Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators

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E Metal Semiconductor Insulator 0 K > 0 K

thermal energy

Next Class

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• Next class, we’ll look at crystal structures (how atoms are

arranged in a solid)

• For students who are waiting for the registrar to add them

to the course and do not have access to myWPI, please go to Prof. Rao’s website nanoenergy.wpi.edu, then click on “ME 4875/MTE 575 Content” tab to access the course materials.

Project Topics (Reminder)

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1. Solar Cells 2. Batteries 3. Structural Materials 4. Thermoelectrics 5. Computing (transistors) 6. Memory (magnetic, flash, etc) 7. Drug delivery/Nanomedicine 8. Biological Sensing

Due tonight by 11:59 pm on myWPI

9. Chemical Sensing 10. Catalysis 11. Energetic Materials 12. Piezoelectrics 13. Robotics 14. Photonics 15. Coatings

How to Rank Topics

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• Fill out your preferences on myWPI -

– ‘Course Materials’ > ’Project Resources’

• Rank topics from 1-15, with your most preferred topic as # 1 (rate all)
• Be adventurous
• Preferences due by midnight today
• TA will match preferences to form the groups
• Groups and presentation day will be announced on Friday, Jan 22