Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology
Outline
1. Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.2 Economical Relevance
1.3 Definition
1.4 Historical Milestones
1.5 Properties of Nanoscale Matter
2. Preparation of Nanostructures
2.1 Approaches to Nanoscale Structures
2.2 Ball Milling
2.3 Photolithography
2.4 Gas Phase Processes
2.5 Liquid Phase Processes
3. Application Areas
3.1 Material Synthesis
3.2 Functional Coatings and Layers
3.3 MR Contrast Enhancement and Hyperthermia
3.4 Medical Therapy
3.5 Optical Imaging
3.6 Biosensors and -assays
Nanotechnology Material Science

Prof. Dr. T. Jstel Folie 1
1.1 Motivation
Many Application Areas, e.g. Chemistry, Electronic, Materials, Medicine, Photonic

World market for nanotechnology in percent
2001: 54 Bill. 2010: 220 Bill.

24%
23%
28%
22%
6%
3%
44%
9%
Nanoparticles and nanocomposites
Ultrathin layers 4%
37%
Analysis of nanostructures
Ultraprecise modification of surfaces

Quelle: DG Bank
Lateral Nanostructures
World market for nanoparticles in Mill. US$ by material
2000
Total 2005
SiO2
TiO2 Market for Nanoparticles grew from

493 Mio. US$ to 900 Mio. US$ in 2005
Al2O3 Biggest growth expected for SiO2
Other
Metals
0 150 300 450 600 750 900

Quelle: BCC 2002

World market for nanoparticles in Mill. US$ by application area
Electronics, 2000
Optoelectronics,
Magnetic
applications 2005
Biotechnology,
Pharmaceutics,
Cosmetics Applications with largest turn-over
CMP Slurries for Si wafers
Magnetic pigments
Energy,
Catalyst supports
Catalysis,
Mechanical UV protection pigments
engineering Biomarkers
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Quelle: BCC Inc. 2002

1.3 Definition
What is Nanotechnology?
Nano: Greek prefix which means dwarf
Nanotechnology can be defined as

1. Research and technology development at the atomic, molecular or macro-
molecular levels, in the length scale of approximately 1 -100 nanometer
2. Creating and using structures, devices and systems that have novel properties
and functions because of their small and/or intermediate size
3. Ability to control or manipulate on the atomic scale
(According to the NNI, USA (http://www.nano.org))

1.3 Definition
Nanoscale particles have an average particle size smaller than ~ 100 nm
0.1 nm 1 nm 10 nm 100 nm 1 m 10 m 100 m 1 mm 10 mm 100 mm

atoms nm-particles m-particles single crystals
1 125 70000 6*106 ~ atoms/molecules
Quantum- Quantum-
chemistry size effects Solid state chemistry/physics
40 nm
0-dim. Quantum dots luminescence marker

1-dim. Quantum wires field emission electrodes
2-dim. Quantum wells active layer in LEDs
3-dim. Bulk photonic crystals
1.3 Definition
Dimensions of structures in biochemistry and material science
Nanocosmos Microcosmos Macrocosmos
0.1 nm 1 nm 10 nm 100 nm 1 m 10 m 100 m 1 mm 10 mm 100 mm

3.5 Mrd. Years Procaryontic cells with nano machines
400 B.C. Demokrit: Reasoning about atoms and matter
1905 A.D. Albert Einstein: Calculate molecular diameter
1931 Max Knoll & Ernst Ruska: Electron microscope
1959 Richard Feynman: Theres Plenty of Room at the Bottom
1968 Alfred Y. Cho & John Arthur (Bell Labs): MBE (atomic layer
growth)
1974 Norio Taniguchi: Nanotechnology for fabrication methods below
1 m
1981 Gerd Binning & Heinrich Rohrer: Nobel Prize for Scanning
Tunneling Microscope
1985 Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto, Richard Smalley: Buckminster
fullerenes (Bucky balls)
1986 K. Eric Drexler: Engines of Creation
1989 M. Eigler: Writing with a STM tool

1991 Sumio Iigima (NEC): Carbon nanotubes
1993 Warren Robinett, R. Stanley Williams: Combination
of SEM and VR (virtual reality system)
1998 Cees Dekker et al.: Carbon nano tube transistor
1999 James M. Tour & Mark A. Read: Single molecule switch
2000 Eigler et al.: Construction of quantum corrals and
quantum mirrors
2001 Florian Bamberg: Soldering of nanotubes with e-beam
2004 Intel launches the Pentium IV Prescott processor
based on 90 nm technology
2006 Yi Lu et al.: Smart nanomaterials with DNA molecules

Nanoscale materials behave as surface matter
Au-Cluster (55 atoms)
n Atoms/Cluster Percentage surface atoms Cluster size

1 13 92 % 0.58 nm
2 55 76 % 1.4 nm
3 147 63 % 2.1 nm
4 309 52 % 2.8 nm
5 561 45 % 3.5 nm
7 1415 35 % 5 nm
9 2869 28 % 6.5 nm
Consequences for solid state chemistry catalysis optical properties

Reactivity + + -
Defect density + + -
Band gap -/+ - -/+

Nanoscale materials can show quantum confinement effects
Very small nanoparticle show strong confinement of excitons (weakly bound electron-hole
pairs) and thus dependence of absorption and luminescence on particle size
Absorption
Emission
Solid-State
Molecule
Compound
Decreasing particle size
CdSe Nanocrystals
Absorption and luminescence spectra Colour under UV-A Excitation
Emission intensity
Extinction
particle diameter
200 atoms 6200 atoms
Wavelength [nm]
Nanoscale luminescent materials are mostly less efficient than microscale materials
Surface defects (trap sites) Mott-Wannier exciton Semiconductor Exciton Bohr diameter
CuCl 13
ZnSe 84
CdS 56
CdSe 106
Radiationless CdTe 150
recombination GaAs 280
(heat)
Luminescence
Semiconductor particle
Excitation by UV
Result: Quenching of luminescence

Problem solution: Epitactical growth of a material with a higher band gap onto the surface
Top-down or Bottom-up
Material Science
millimeter
Top-
Down Bulk materials
micrometer
Material Science Biology

mmiaturisation
Thin films
Heterostructures Photonic crystals Tissue
Eucaryontic cells
selforganisation
Lithographic Procaryontic cells
nanometer
Wires (Bacteria)
Quantum Dots Molecular wires Ribosomes + viruses

Quantum Dots Macromolecules
Molecules Bottom-
up
picometer
Atoms

Methods to achieve nanostructures
Zero dimensional structures nanoparticles, quantum dots

Precipitation in confined structures
Physical treatment of targets
One dimensional structures tubes, wires

Electro deposition
Chemical Vapour Deposition
Two dimensional structures wells, layers

Chemical Vapour Deposition
Photolithography
Three dimensional structures photonic crystals, superlattices

Replacement reactions
Crystallisation of nanocrystals
DNA based assembly
Driving force for particle growth
Gibbs energy minimization by reducing the

surface/volume ratio
Surface energy increases quadratically,

but volume energy decreases cubically
Very small particles (rc) are highly reactive,

due to their high chemical potential
Comment
5 nm particles ~ 50% surface atoms
1 m particles ~ 0.6% surface atoms

Stabilisation of small colloidal particles
a) electrostatic b) thermodynamic c) static
+ + + ++ -+ ++ ++
+ +++ - - ++ +- +
+ +++ + - --+
+ +
+ + + -- - -+
++ + +++++ +++ -+ +++++ +
+
+ + + + + - - -- ++
+ + + - -+ +
+ ++ ++ + +
Surface charging Surface complexation Adsorption of polymer

(modification) molecules by the surface

b) Thermordynamic stabilisation of nanoparticles
L L L
L L L
L L L L
L (AX)n L L (AX)8n L + 4k L
L L L L
L L L
L L L
Ligandmolekle fest an der Oberflche gebunden

Energie-Bilanz bei der Verdopplung des Teilchenradius:
(AX)nLk (AX)8nL4k+ 4k L (free Ligands) Cleavage of the metal-ligand bond

required for particle growth
- Strong metal-ligand bond small cluster
- Weak metal-ligand bond large cluster
Cluster size scales with metal-ligand bond strength

2.2 Ball Milling
Top-down: Mechanical crushing of solids into nanocrystallites
L
Advantages
Inexpensive
Large scale process
Old well-established process
Down to 2 20 nm possible
Disadvantages
Irregular nanoparticles
Introduction of defects
Introduction of impurities from
balls and milling additives
A ball mill being used as part of a gold mining operation in Peru

2.2 Ball Milling
Top-down: Mechanical crushing of solids into nanocrystallites
L
Milling process
Dry
Dry + solid additive (salt)
Wet (slurry)
ZnO nanoscale particles

from a milling process
Dry milling salt added washed product

Top-down: Photochemical manufacturing of micro- and nanostructures for
integrated circuits
History of integrated circuit development

1947 Invention of the transistor
1961 First integrated circuit
1965 Moores law published
1975 Intel 8080 chip: 4500 transistors
1981 640 kByte ought to be enough for
anybody (Bill Gates)
1993 Pentium I: 3.1 Mio. transistors
1997 Pentium II: 7.5 Mio. transistors
250 nm line width
2000 180 nm line width
2002 130 nm structures
2005 45 nm technology
Top-down: Photolithography
Process
1. Photoresist layer deposition
by spin coating
2. Exposure to UV Radiation
3. Removal of photoresist
4. Etching of unprotected
areas
5. Doping by ion implantation
6. Repeat cycle to deposit
metal connector

Top-down: Photolithography
Schematic process flow
Evolution of the lithography process
Stepper [nm] Radiation source

Visible g-line 436 high-pressure Hg
Visible i-line 365 high-pressure Hg
High deep UV 248 KrF Excimer LASER
Deep UV 193 ArF Excimer LASER
Deep UV 157 F2 Excimer LASER
Extreme UV 13.7
Electron beam

Limititations of photolithography and miniaturisation of transistors
Technical limitations
Wavelength of radiation source
Focussing of radiation
Fundamental limitation
Typically a semiconductor of
1000 nm3 comprises one free
electron
Extrapolation of the present
development shows that single
electron transistors will be
reality at ~ 2020

Top-down: LASER-Ablation for the
synthesis of Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs)
The vaporization of a target at a fixed temperature

by a continuous CO2 laser beam ( = 10.6 m) is
shown in the bottom figure.
The power can be varied from 100 W to 1600 W.
The temperature of the target is measured with an
optical pyrometer.
These measurements are used to regulate the laser
power to maintain a constant vaporization temperature.
The gas, heated by the contact with the target, acts as a
local furnace and creates an extended hot zone, making
an external furnace unnecessary.
The gas is extracted through a silica pipe, and the solid
products formed are carried away by the gas flow
through the pipe and then collected on a filter.
Bottom-up: CNT growth synthesis by DC Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition
W. Milne, J. Robertson, K. Teo, Cambridge U. UK

(FP5-EU-Program CARDECOM Partner)

Bottom-up: CNT growth synthesis by DC Plasma CVD
catalyst
Nickel catalyst
Nickel catalyst
catalyst
thin film nanoparticles
1 2 CNT
Substrate >500C Substrate CVD Substrate
1. Deposition of a catalyst film (Ni, Fe, Co)
2. Formation of catalyst nanoparticles at 500 - 900C (growth temp.): Catalyst film breaks
into nanoparticles
3. Plasma CVD: C-carrier (CH4, C2H2) provides C for tube growth, etchant (NH3, N2, H2 )
removes unwanted amorphous carbon

Bottom-up: CNTs grown by DC Plasma CVD
Source: Peter K. Bachmann

Philips Research Laboratories Aachen

Allotropic forms of elemental carbon

Carbon Nano Tubes: Structures and properties
n and m determine the chirality and thus

conductance, density, lattice structure, etc.
Metallic Semiconducting
(n,n) armchair (n,0) zigzag
(n,m) where n-m = 3x (n,m) where n-m 3x
band gap ~ 0.5 eV
Carbon Nano Tubes: Structures and properties

Carbon Nano Tubes: Physical properties
Average diameter of Single Wall Nano Tubes (SWNTs) 1.2 - 1.4 nm
Lattice parameter
(10,10) Armchair 16.78
(17,0) Zigzag 16.52
Density
(10,10) Armchair 1.33 g/cm3
(17,0) Zigzag 1.34 g/cm3
(12,6) Chiral 1.40 g/cm3
Optical band gap
For (n,m): n-m is divisible by 3 (metallic) 0 eV
For (n,m): n-m is not divisible by 3 (semi-cond.) ~ 0.5 eV
Electrical transport
Conductance quantization (12.9 k)-1
Resistivity 10-4 cm
Maximum current density 1013 A/m2
Thermal transport
Thermal conductivity ~ 2000 W/m.K
Elastic behavior
Young's modulus (SWNTs) ~ 1 TPa
Young's modulus (MWNTs) 1.28 TPa
Maximum tensile strength ~ 100 GPa
Carbon Nano Tubes: Application in Field Emission Displays (FEDs)
Standard field-emission displays

RGB Phosphors
Blue
Y2SiO5:Ce
Green
Y2SiO5:Tb
Red
Y2O3:Eu

Carbon Nano Tubes: Application in Field Emission Displays (FEDs)
glass phosphor
spacer
triode
concept
insulator carbon electrical glass metal

cathode contact gate
Source:
PixTech Inc.

Carbon Nano Tubes: Application in electron guns of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)

Bottom-up: Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)
Chemical process for depositing thin solid films of various materials onto a substrate
Deposition material: Diamond, metals, oxides, nitrides, borides, carbides

Substrate: Si, SiO2, Si3N4, Al2O3
Application areas
Coating of tools (W, Diamond)
Metal contacts on semiconductors (Cu, Ag) Gaseous (metal organic) precursor
Transparent conductors onto glass (ITO)
Insulation layers (SiO2)
Composite materials (Al) decomposition
Preparation of semiconductors
(Al,In,Ga)N
(Al,In,Ga)P
Ga(As,P)
Bottom-up: Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)
Advantages of CVD
Ease of control of layer thickness
Good layer homogeneity
Universal process
CVD parameters
Volatility of precursor
Ease of decomposition & volatility of fragments
Relative concentration
Catalyst on target surface (e.g. Ni or Co)
Crystallographic arrangement of surface
Process temperature
Gas pressure
..
Bottom-up: Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) of Platinum layers
Precursor: [PtII(hfac)2]0 hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate
Reductive thermal decomposition:

[PtII(hfac)2]0 + H2 Pt + 2 H2fac
Result

Bottom-up: Other CVD Methods
Decomposition due to Method

LASER beam Laser assisted CVD
(Microwave) plasma Plasma enhanced CVD
High temperature Thermal CVD, fluid bed CVD
..

Bottom-up: Sol-Gel Process

Advantages
Ease of production of large area coatings
Scalable
Precise composition control
Low temperature synthesis
High homogeneity
Tunable layer composition
Disadvantages
Sensitivity for atmosphere condition
Cost of raw materials
Use of toxic solvent system


MTMS = Methyltrimethoxysilane
Particle size vs. reaction temperature
0.6 M MTMS, 1 M NH3
Temperature Reaction rate Nucleation time Size Distribution

Bottom-up: Sol-Gel Process Stber Process
Photonic crystal out of SiO2 spheres (Opal) Reflection spectra = f(d111)
Braggs law: Bragg = 2neff.d111
n eff = n SiO 2 f + n air (1 f)

2 2
with
and d111 = (2/3)1/2 .D, f = filling ratio
Bottom-up: Synthesis of metal nanoparticles
Application of metal nanoparticles

Electronic materials, e.g. Ni
Magnetic materials, e.g. Fe
Catalysts, e.g. Pt
Explosives, e.g. Al
Powder metallurgy, e.g. Cr
Photographic films, e.g. Ag
Synthesis approach: Reduction of metal salts

a) In organic solvents (non noble metals)
Co2+ + 2 BH4- Co + H2 + B2H6 in Dyglyme
AlCl3 + 3 K Al + 3 KCl in Xylene
b) In water (noble metals, i.e. Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au)
6 HAuCl4 + HOC(COOH)(CH2COOH)2 + 24 OH- 6 Au + 24 Cl- + 6 CO2 + 19 H2O
Example: Manufacturing of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs)
Commercial Ni nanoscale powders
Ongoing improvement of small

high capacitance MLCCs require
a continuous reduction of
dielectric layer thickness
internal Ni electrode layer thickness (80 20 nm Ni particles)

Reduction of Ni2+ in solution
2 Ni2+ + N2H4 + 4 OH- 2 Ni0 + N2 + 4 H2O Hydrazine = Reducing agent
Result
Particles with Random shape and size and a broad broad size distribution
Advanced precipitation processes

- Application of an additive (dispersant, complex agent)
- Heterogeneous nucleation (seed)

Guideline for the reducing agent
Metal E0 [V] vs. SHE Reducing agent Conditions_____

Au, Pd, Pt, Ag > + 0.7 organic acids, ROH, polyols > 70C
Rh, Ir, Hg aldehyds, sugars < 50C
hydrazine, H2SO3, H3PO2 ambient temp.
NaBH4, boranes, hydrated e- ambient temp.
Cu, Re, Ru < + 0.7 > 0.0 polyols > 120C

aldehydes, sugars (Fehling sol.!) > 70C
hydrazine, hydrogen < 70C
NaBH4 ambient temp.
Cd, Co, Ni, Fe < 0.0 > - 0.6 polyols >180C

In, Sn, Mo, W hydrazine, hydroxylamine 70 100C
NaBH4, boranes, hydrated e- ambient temp.
Cr, Mn, Ta, Y < - 0.6 NaBH4, boranes T, P > ambient

hydrated e- ambient temp.
Bottom-up: Sol-Gel Process Stber Process
Particle size vs. TEOS concentration
H2O/EtOH = 0.2, 0.7 M NH3, 22C
TEOS Concentration Particle size

How to control metal particle size?
Processing parameter
Temperature, pressure, concentration, pH, ultrasound application,
Seed (heterogeneous nucleation)
Type and concentration of applied seed
Complex agent
Complex stability
Redox potential of Ag+ as function of the presence of a complexing agents
Redox system -log KB E0 [V] vs. SHE

Ag+ + e- Ag0 - + 0.799
[Ag(NH3)2]+ + e- Ag0 + 2 NH3 7.2 + 0.38
[Ag(SO3)2]3- + e- Ag0 + 2 SO32- 8.7 + 0.29
[Ag(S2O3)2]3- + e- Ag0 + 2 S2O32- 13.4 + 0.01
[AgI4]3- + e- Ag0 + 4 I- 15.0 - 0.09
[Ag(CN)3]2- + e- Ag0 + 3 CN- 22.2 - 0.51
Heterogeneous nucleation
a) Ag+ + e- Ag0(seed)
b) Ag0(seed) + Ni2+ + 2e- Ni0 (nanoscale particle)
dm = A.[Seed]-1/3

Heterogeneous nucleation
Seed E0 [V] vs. SHE Ni particle size [nm]

Cu +0.34 282
Ag +0.80 170
Pt +1.18 90
Au +1.50 60
Bottom-up: Synthesis of metal nanoparticles Ag nanorods
Formation mechanism of seed-mediated growth for Ag and Au rods
a) Ag- or Au-salt + NaBH4 + citrate seed
b) seed + metal salt + ascorbic acid + CTAB nanorods

(CTAB = Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide)
Chemical Role
NaBH4 strong reducing agent
Citrate capping agent
Ascorbic acid weak reducing agent
CTAB rod like template
Decreasing the seed concentration increases the aspect ratio

and the color (absorption edge) of nanorods
Aspect ratio increases from 1:1 to 1:10 (left graphs)

Polyol method
Synthesis pathway
1. Dissolve soluble metal salts, e.g. acetates in pure

alcohol (reducing agent) with a rather high boiling point
2. Boil for several hours
3. Separate by centrifugation
4. Wash by alcohol
boiling point > 120C
Au, Pt, Pd, Ag, Rh, Hg, Ir, Cu, Re, Ru, Cd, Co, Ni, Fe, In,
e.g. ethylen glycol Sn, Mo, W, ...

Bottom-up: Synthesis of phosphate nanoparticles
Synthesis in alcohols (van Veggel)

1. LnCl3 and trisalkylphosphate in methanol
2. Addition of H3PO4
3. Addition of trioctylamine to deprotonate phosphoric acid
Formation of LnPO4 nanoscale particles with alkyl phosphate capping
Synthesis in highly boiling polyols (Haase)

1. Ln(ac)3 in ethylen glycol
2. Addition of trioctylphosphinoxide
3. Addition of Na2HPO4
4. Boiling
Formation of LnPO4 nanoscale
particles with TOPO capping

Synthesis in water (Merikhi, Bachmann, Jstel et al.)

1. Ln(ac)3 in acidic water
2. Addition of complexing agent
3. Addition of an excess of citric acid
4. Addition of H2PO4-
5. Enhance pH to 9 10 and temper at 80 - 90C
Formation of LnPO4 nanoscale

particles with citric acid capping

Example: Colloidal YPO4:Tb3+ nanoscale particles in aequous solution
Particle size distribution by dynamic light Emission and excitation spectrum

scattering (Malvern Nanosizer) YPO4:10%Tb
1,0 Emission spectrum max = 544 nm
Excitation spectrum
0,8
Relative intensity
d50 = 4.8 nm 0,6
0,4
0,2
0,0
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Wavelength [nm]

Example: Colloidal YPO4:Eu3+ nanoscale particles in aequous solution
Particle size distribution by dynamic light Emission and excitation spectrum

scattering (Malvern Nanosizer)
YPO4:5%Eu
1,0 Emission spectrum max = 615 nm
Excitation spectrum
0,8
Relative intensity
d50 = ca. 3.6 nm 0,6
0,4
0,2
0,0
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Wavelength [nm]

YPO4:Pr and LuPO4:Pr as 235 nm emitter YPO4:Pr (30 nm particles)
LuPO4:Pr (5 nm particles)
Further examples: GdPO4:Pr, LaPO4:Pr, YPO4:Ln (Ln = Ce, Gd, Nd)

Bottom-up: Synthesis of phosphate nanoparticles using rod like template
YPO4:Bi Nanorods YPO4:Ce Nanorods
Application areas
Precursor for phosphor syntheses
Precoatings of lamp glass
Phosphors for UV emitting discharge lamps

Synthesis pathways to Y2O3:Eu powder
1. Ceramic method
Y2O3 + Eu2O3 (Y1-xEux)2O3
2. Precipitation methods
a) Oxalate route (non-homogeneous precipitation)
2(1-x) Y3+ + 2x Eu3+ + 3 C2O42- (Y1-xEux)2(C2O4)3
(Y1-xEux)2(C2O4)3 (Y1-xEux)2O3 + 3 CO2 + 3 CO
b) Hydroxide route (homogeneous precipitation)

H2N-CO-NH2 + H2O 2 NH3 + CO2
NH3 + H2O NH4+ + OH-
(1-x) Y3+ + x Eu3+ + 3 OH- (Y1-xEux)OH3
2 (Y1-xEux)OH3 (Y1-xEux)2O3 + 3 H2O

Synthesis of Y2O3:Eu nanoscale powder
Hydroxide precursor
Emission and excitation spectrum
1,0 Emission spectrum
Excitation spectrum
0,8
Relative intensity
0,6
0,4
Y2O3:Eu phosphor 0,2
0,0
300 400 500 600 700 800
Sample TJ0602
Results W avelength [nm]
200 nm particles
Narrow particle size distribution
Homogeneous particle morphology
Quantum efficiency > 65%

Synthesis of (Y,Gd)2O3:Eu nanoscale powder
Homogeneous particle morphology homogeneous layer morphology
(Y,Gd)2O3 particle diameter ~ 200 500 nm

Thin and dense layer, e.g. as a reflector layer

Synthesis of homogeneous (Y,Gd)BO3:RE powder for PDPs
a) Synthesis of a insoluble precursor LnB(OH)4CO3

0.6 - 7.0 m particles
b) Conversion into the phosphor by annealing
Blue LnBO3:Ce, LnBO3:Tm
Green LnBO3:Tb, LnBO3:Er
Red LnBO3:Eu, LnBO3:Sm
Precursor route
LnBO3:Eu (solid state synthesis) Precursor LnB(OH)4CO3 Phosphor LnBO3

Synthesis of optically transparent ceramics
Optical transmission: I/I0 = (1-R)2 exp(-x)

R: reflectivity, : absorption coefficient, x: sample thickness
= a + Sim + Sop
a: electronic absorption, Sim: impurity scattering, Sop: optical anisotropy scattering
Requirements for transparency: optically isotropic host lattice, no pores or second phases
polishing
preparation of ceramic binder addition, pressing thermal processing: binder
precursor powder of green bodies (uniaxial) burn out + sintering

Synthesis of Y3Al5O12:Ce (cubic) powder for ceramic processing
1. Ceramic method
3 Y2O3 + 5 Al2O3 + Flux (BaF2) 2 Y3Al5O12 m-particles
2. Homogeneous precipitation of hydroxycarbonates + surfactants, e.g. sodium

dodecylsulfate
Reduction in particle size and improvement of homogeneity nm-particles
method according to method according to

Konoshima Chemical D. Uhlich, Diploma thesis (2004)
Synthesis of transparent Y3Al5O12:Ce Yellow phosphor for LEDs
1. Precipitation of nanopowder
Al(t-BuO)3 + Y(NO3)3 in ethyl acetate
2. Sintering: 1000C in air
3. Pellets pressing (PVA binder) in SiC pit
4. Microwave treatment (400 W, 35 min.) + polishing
microwave sintered 1400C, 4h

Application areas
Nanoparticle coatings
Pigmentation of display phosphors,
e.g. applied in CRTs or PDPs
Protective coatings onto -scale pigments and
-scale phosphors
Dielectric coatings onto electroluminescence phosphors (EL)
Nanoparticle layers
Colour filter, e.g. onto incandescent lamps (Philips Blue Vision)
Interference filter onto display glass + light bulbs
Transparent converter layer in LEDs
Lamp production: Improvement of layer morphology and adhesion

Coating materials
Requirements
(photo)chemical and thermal stability
high transparency
Protective materials Band gap [eV] PZC [pH]

LaPO4 8.7 7.8
SiO2 8.4 2-3
MgO 8.0 12.0
-Al2O3 7.5 9.0 -Fe2O3 Nanoparticles
Y2O3 5.6 9.1
La2O3 5.5 10.5
C (diamond) DLC 5.4 ?
SnO2 3.6 4.5
ZnO 3.4 10.5
Colour filter
-Fe2O3 rot 1.9 6.7
CoAl2O4 blau ? 9 - 10
Protective MgO coating on BaMgAl10O17:Eu (BAM) Blue Phosphor for PDPs
Process
Mg(NO3)2 + urea + BAM in H2O
Homogeneous pH value enhancement: H2N-CO-NH2 + H2O 2 NH3 + CO2
NH3 + H2O NH4+ + OH-
Mg2+ + 2 OH- Mg(OH)2
Sintering at 600C: Mg(OH)2 MgO + H2O MgO nm particles onto BAM particles
SEM image BaMgAl10O17:Eu SEM image BaMgAl10O17:Eu (MgO)

Protective La2O3 coating on BaSi2O5:Pb (BSP) UV-A Phosphor for tanning lamps
Application problem Lamp with BaSi2O5:Pb

44
42 Lamp with La2O3 coated BaSi2O5:Pb
BSP has a low PZC and thus shows 40
UV-A output [W]

fast Hg+ take-up in fluorescent lamps, which
38
36
results in strong light output decrease 34
32
30
Solution 28
0 100 200 300 400 500
Coating by a high PZC material as Operation time [h]
e.g. La2O3 or Al2O3 11
10
La2O3
Point of zero charge [pH]

9
Coating process 8
Neutral to alkaline suspension pH 7 - 10 7
Stabilisation of La3+ required, 6
e.g. by complexation with EDTA 4

BSP
3
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
3+
Surface concentration La [%]

SEM images TEM images

Protectice SiO2 coating on (Ca,Sr)S:Eu Red LED phosphor
Application problem
(Ca,Sr)S:Eu is highly sensitive towards H2O and CO2
(Ca,Sr)S:Eu is highly refractive (n > 2.0)
Coating process
Si(OEt)4 + 2 H2O SiO2 + 4 EtOH
Hydrolysis of TEOS in EtOH
SiO2 coated (Ca,Sr)S:Eu

Coating reduces diffusion of H2O and CO2
to the particle surface
Coating is nano structured which results
in refractive index gradient layer
(anti-reflective surface)
Moth eye coating
Pigmentation of ZnS:Ag by CoAl2O4
Co-prezipitation of Co2+ and Al3+ by Hydrolysis of Co(CH3COO)2 und

Al(CH3COO)3 in aqueous solution:
Co2+ + Al3+ + 5 OH- Co(OH)2 + Al(OH)3
Sintering: Hydroxides CoAl2O4

Interference layers
Anti-reflective coatings (light outcoupling)

stacks of layers (high and low index of
refraction) Lamp glass
monolayer of monodisperse spherical
particles

Interference layers
Moth eye coatings (light incoupling) Fraunhofer Institute Freiburg
Solar cells with enhanced efficiency
Porous refractive gradient layer

Periodic surface structure
Luminescent screen in fluorescent lamps
Desired lamp Radiation from
Glass tube spectrum Hg discharge cap
Luminescent Excited Electrode

screen Hg Atom Electrons
Luminescent
Hg discharge UV radiation visible light
screen
Purification Disinfection Illumination

Nanoparticle filler (5 50 nm Al2O3 or Ca2P2O7)
Effect of alon-c filler

Improves adhesion
Improves lamp lifetime (reduces Hg take-up)
Reduces initial light output
due to absorption of 185 and 254 nm line
Reflection spectra
100,0
Alternative high band gap materials BaMgAl10 O 17

80,0
Y2O3
Reflection [%]
MgO 60,0
Alon-c (Degussa )
AlPO4 40,0
MgAl2O4
AEMgAl10O17 (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba)
20,0
0,0
150 200 250 300 350 400
Scattering power depends on particle size distribution! W avelength [nm]

Precoating layers (20 - 50 nm Al2O3 or Y2O3)
Schematic build-up of a luminescent screen in fluorescent lamps
185 + 254 nm visible light

1. Luminescent material + filler
Hg*/+
2. Precoating
3. Glass substrate
Functions of pre-coating layer

Protection of glass from Hg discharge
Backscattering of transmitted UV photons GE: Star-coating
Today: Nanoparticles of Al2O3 (alon-c)

3.3 MR Contrast
4. Anwendungsgebiete
Enhancement and Hyperthermia
Improvement of diagnostic methods, e.g. 1H NMR (tomography)
E
Physics
Protons (1H+) have a spin h
T1 E = h = B0
I = 1/2 2
mI = +1/2 and mI = -1/2
energy separation E by a magnetic field B
monitored are T1 spin-lattice relaxation rates
Requirements on materials for MR contrast enhancement Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

Single-domain magnetic nano particles, e g. -Fe2O3,
Fe3O4, Fe, CrO2
Paramagnetic compounds, e.g. Gd-complexes or
Gd3+ in nano vesicles
~ 10 nm, spherical morphology
Diagnostic advantages
Higher image resolution 1 m
Little impact by external magnetic fields
Coupling of imaging with therapy
3.3 MR Contrast
Improvement of diagnostic methods, e.g. 1H NMR (tomography)
Physics: Gd3+ comprising MR contrast enhancement pharmaceuticals

Association of Gd3+ ([Xe]4f7 S = 7/2) cations to the the 1H nuclei (H2O) results in accelerated
relaxation of protons due to magnetic interaction
Approaches
a) Application of Gd3+ complexes with coordination
sites accessible towards H2O molecules, e.g. [Gd(DTPA)]
b) Application of Gd3+ comprising vesicles, e.g. Gd2HoN@C80(OH)n

(Shinohara et al. have reported a significant increase
(>20) in the 1H MR T1 spin-lattice relaxation rate)

3.3 MR Contrast
Hyperthermia - Thermal cancer therapy
Idea
Cancer cell death induced by strong
magnetic AC field or LASER irradiation
Method
Surface modification of magnetic nanoparticles
(Fe2O3, FePt, or Au) to achieve selective up-take into
cancer cells (antigen-antibody approach)
Inject into blood or cancer tissue
Apply AC field (oscillation) or LASER radiation
(absorption) to heat up cancer cells
Cell death for T > 44C
1 m

3.4 Medical Therapy
Drug delivery
Motivation
a) A major problem in pharmaceutical research is the formulation of the active
ingredients. Substances have to be transported to the target cells (and only there) and
release or activate the drug there in the desired concentration over time.
Nanoparticle can function as a protective shell to prevent the immune system to destroy
the drug, function as an envelope to ensure the correct delivery to the target cells or act
as an ingredient deposit.
b) Nanoparticles and nanocrystalline materials are already commercialized as
antimicrobial and antifungal agents. The health care industry needs for improved
1 m bacteria in the face of growing antibiotic resistance.
protection against
Some examples
Radiation therapy
Photodynamic therapy
Ag has antibiotic properties and is being used to made into crystalline nanoparticles,
which increase solubility and potency

3.4 Medical Therapy
Radiative cancer therapy
1. Irradiation by x-rays
Application of keV to few MeV radiation
Problems:
Low cross-section of absorbing material requires relatively high dose
No healthy/diseased tissue contrast
2. Application of radionuclides
212Bi + 208Tl (half life ~ 1 h, 13.3 h for 123I, 7 h for 212At)
To achieve high specificity to cancer cells, the radionuclide cations are chelated by
organic moieties, e.g. edta, which is conjugated to an antibody with high specificity to
cancer cells
Problems:
Toxicity of the agents
Short half-life of useful radionuclides

3.4 Medical Therapy
Radiative cancer therapy
Radiation therapy by application of radionuclides
Leu CH2- Am3+

Antibody
-particles + -radiation
cancer cell membrane
Coupling towards nanoparticle occurs e.g. by the application of the biotine-avidine system
References
Photogen Inc., US 6331286
Light Sciences Limited Partnership, WO 99/52565
5.3.4
Photodynamic
Medical Therapy
Therapy
Photodynamic cancer therapy
Principle
Administration of a photosensitive drug
to an affected area (e.g. cancer tissue)
Subsequent irradiation with light
Light sources (50 mW/cm2, 600 800 nm)
LASER
AlInGaP LEDs
Low-pressure discharge lamps
Structure of a porphyrin sensitiser
Application areas
Skin cancer treatment: Basal cell cancer, melanoma
Blood cancer treatment: Leukemia
Rheumatoid arthritis
Bio stimulation: Wound healing
Cosmetic skin treatment: Stain removal

3.4 Medical Therapy
Photodynamic cancer therapy
Idea: Application of UV-C or VUV emitting nanoscale materials
YPO4:Me 511 keV photons

Leu TOPO --- nanoparticle
UV V
Antibody
VU
-C
cancer cell membrane
Excitation of the nanoscale material

Internally: Doping with a (positron emitting) radionuclide
Externally: Irradiation by x-rays, e.g. 511 keV (large contrast!)
Reference
Philips, EP 03047566

3.4 Medical Therapy
Site selective delivery of pharmaceuticals
Vehicles
C60 or C70 surface modified by antigen moieties
Polymeric nanoparticles, e.g. as delivery system
for influenza virus glyco proteins
(Source: http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/pharma/pub_farm_stat.htm)
Dendrimer conjugates
Controlled release of pharmaceuticals by

Biochemistry
Heat
Radiation

3.5 Optical Imaging
Principle of the application of nanoscale particles for contrast enhancement
Core-shell nanoscale particles, e.g. CdS coated by ZnS, are modified by bio molecules
antigen-antibody reaction
X
IgG
MDA cell line MDA cell line

(without QDs) with QD-antimucin1

3.5 Optical Imaging
Applied materials for optical contrast enhancement
Fluorescent dyes Quantum dots
Core
Shell
Hydrophilic
TEM image of
Coating an inorganic
Organic fluorophores, e.g. Fluoresceine Quantum Dot
Properties
Broadband exc. + +
Narrow band emission - +
Multicolor
Disadvantages + +
Photochemical stability - +
Need of hydrophilic core shell
Thermal stability
Increase -
of particle size (>15 nm) +
Potentially toxic
3.5 Optical Imaging
Bioconjugation
a) Assembly of DNA-modified quantum dots by

DNA hybridization results in color change
b) Linkage to proteins, e.g. via histidin (His)

Chemical reaction between boron acid
and imidazol:

3.5 Optical Imaging
Nanoscale rare earth ortho-phosphates
Advantages
narrow band emission
many different colors
up conversion Dy3+ Tb3+ Eu3+ Tm3+
high photo stability

Colloidal solutions of (Y,Gd)PO4:RE
high chemical stability
small size (1 10 nm) upon UV-A excitation
non or minor toxicity expected
Working principle h1 Activator RE3+
h2
ET
3.5 Optical Imaging
Nanoscale rare earth ortho-phosphates Emission spectra
1,0 YPO4-Eu
Optical properties YPO4-Tb

YPO4-Dy
Line emitters 0,8 YPO4-Tm
Relative intensity
Emission spectra are independent of 0,6
particle size
0,4
Several emission lines can be combined 0,2

e.g. Tb3+ with Eu3+
0,0
Slow decay (1 10 ms), i.e. easy 300 400 500 600 700 800
discrimination from fluorescence of organic matrix Wavelength [nm]
Chemical properties
High photo stability
Low solubility product: KL= c(Ln3+)*c(PO43-) ~ 10-30 mol2/l2
Particle size (1 - 10 nm) comparable to organic dyes
Buffer effect: PO43- HPO42- H2PO4-

3.5 Optical Imaging
Nanoscale rare earth ortho-phosphates
Optical imaging in-vivo

Excitation and emission in the
IR-A range (700 900 nm)
Pr3+, Nd3+, Yb3+, (Eu3+), Cr3+, Fe3+
Applications Lipid
Visualization of nano structures in cells
ion channels, ribosome,
OMR: Simultaneous optical and magnetic diagnostic
Gd3+ doped nano scale particles
NIR Window
From Chance, Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1998. 838: 29-45, with the addition of lipid data from
Conway et al., Am J Clin Nutr, 1984. 40: 1123-30, scaled appropriately
3.5 Optical Imaging
In-vitro optical imaging on chips
Application: Visualization of protein (BSA)-micro structures (BSA = blood serum albumin)
Coating of a Si waver by biotin(B)-BSA
Blocking of free Si-Sites by BSA
Hybridisation with avidin labeled nano scale particles,

e.g. Gd2O3:Eu

Definition
Biosensor
A device that uses specific biochemical reactions mediated by isolated enzymes,
immunosystems, tissues, organelles or whole cells to detect chemical compounds,
usually by electrical, thermal or optical signals.
Bioassay
A bioassay is a procedure for determining the concentration, purity, or biological activity of
a substance by measuring the biological response that it produces compared to a standard
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Hormones (steroids)
Proteins (polypeptides)
Immune globulins IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD, IgE immunoassays (antibody-antigen reaction)
Determination of
a single analyt Single analyt assays
several analyts Multi analyt assays

Application areas
Biosensors
Glucose in blood
Cancer markers in blood
Penicillin in fungi bioreactors
Urea in urine
Environmental sensors
Detection of gaseous molecules
NO
CO
ethylene (plant stress signal)
cis-3-hexen-ol (plant odorous substance)
-pyrene, 3-carene, 2-methoxyphenol (early fire detection by electro antennographic
detector (antenna of thejewel beetle)
F
Detection of poisonous substances in soil CN
2,4-Dinitrophenol F C O N N C
Pentachlorphenol CN
F H
FCCP
Principle of operation
Immobilisation Detection Amplification
Signal
Analyte receptor transducer signal processor
Analyte
The substances to be measured
Small molecules: Sugars, urea, cholesterol, glutamic acid, phosphate, ..
Macro molecules: Nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), poly peptides (protein, antibody, enzyme)
Receptor
A sensing element that responds to the substances being measured
The interaction must be highly selective Enzyme, Antibody, Nucleic acids, Cells
Principle of operation
Immobilisation Detection Amplification
Signal
Analyte receptor transducer signal processor
Transducer
A device that converts the physical or chemical changes due to analyte receptor reaction to
another form of physical signal (in general, electronic signals) whose magnitude is
proportional to the amount of the analyte
Electrochemical detection Potentiometric, Voltammetric, Conductimetric
Optical detection Fluorescence, Absorbance, Light scattering, Refractive index
Electrical detection Field effect transistor (FET)
Mechanical, Thermal, Piezoelectric, Surface acoustic waves, Magnetical, .
Performance factors
Sensitivity
Minimum amount of analyte that are able to be detected above the background
Units: Concentration, number of analyte, density, weight
Specificity/Selectivity
The ability to discriminate between substrates. This is function of biological
component, principle, although sometimes the operation of the transducer contributes to
selectivity
Molecular recognition
Separation scheme
Signal overlap
Speed/Response Time
Sample preparation + Biological/Chemical reaction + Signal Processing
Bench process : hours to weeks
Chip process: minutes to hours
Ultra-high temporal resolution, 10 ns, for real-time measurement of molecular kinetics
Moreover: Accuracy, Simplicity, Cost, Lift time,

Examples
Conversion of bio molecules by an enzyme bound to a surface (e.g. polyaniline)
Enzyme Reaction
GOD glucose + O2 gluconic acid + H2O2
Urease (NH2)2CO + H2O 2 NH3 + CO2
Catalase H2O2 H2O + O2
Trypsin polypeptide amino acids
Amylase starch glucose
Uricase uric acid + H2O NH3 + CO2
H2O
H2O2
Polyaniline Glucose
surface oxidase Glucose + O2 + H2O
Gluconic acid + H2O2

Biosensing of macromolecules
Steps Markers/Report molecules

(1) Immobilization of primary probes (1) Enzymes
(2) Mixing/incubation of the mixtures (2) Fluorescence tags
(3) Washing the non-specific bindings
nanoparticles
(4) Signal transduction
fluorescent dyes
Molecular recognition (3) Radioactive tags
(1) Watson-Crick base pairing ATTGGC (target) + TAACCG (probe) ATTGGC
(2) Antibody-antigen binding Ab + Ag Ab-Ag TAACCG
Nanowire nanosensor
Binding of chemical or biological species to the surface of a nanowire will result in depletion
or accumulation of carriers.
The change in carrier concentration due to binding can be directly monitored by measuring
the nanowire conductance.
A solid state FET, whose conductance

is modulated by an applied gate, is
transformed into a nanosensor by
modifying the silicon oxide surface.
The conductance of modified Si-NWs
increases stepwise with discrete changes
in pH from 2 to 9. Changes in the surface
charge can chemically-gate the Si-NW.
Multi analyte nanoparticle release bioassay
Detector
I
Flow reactor with detection cell

Detector
I

Detector
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Ultraprecise modification of surfaces

TiO2 Market for Nanoparticles grew from

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Nanotechnology can be defined as

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Surface energy increases quadratically,

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