Method and device for imaging 1-D nanomaterials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10151703-B2
Application number	US-201514838386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A method for imaging one dimension nanomaterials is provided. Firstly, one dimension nanomaterials sample, an optical microscope with a liquid immersion objective and a liquid are provided. Secondly, the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is immersed in the liquid. Thirdly, the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is illuminated by an incident beam to generate resonance Rayleigh scattering. Forthly, the liquid immersion objective is immersed into the liquid to get a resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) image of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample. Fifthly, spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample are measured to obtain chirality of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for imaging one dimensional nanomaterials comprising steps of:
S1, providing one dimensional nanomaterials sample, an optical microscope with a liquid immersion objective, and a liquid; the one dimensional nanomaterials sample comprises carbon nanotubes horizontally aligned on a substrate, the carbon nanotubes are parallel to each other; the substrate is a Si substrate coated with a SiO 2 layer, the substrate has a thickness of 1000 nanometers, and the SiO 2 layer has a thickness of 100 nanometers;
S2, immersing the one dimensional nanomaterials sample in the liquid; the liquid is water, and the liquid immersion objective is water liquid immersion; the water is held in a container, the container comprises a side surface and a bottom surface, an angle between the side surface and the bottom surface can be in a range from 45 degrees to 90 degrees; the substrate is located on the bottom surface and immersed into the water, the side surface is a planar quartz window;
S3, illuminating the one dimensional nanomaterials sample by an incident beam to generate resonance Rayleigh scattering;
S4, immersing the liquid immersion objective into the liquid to get a resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) image of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample; and
S5, measuring spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample to obtain a chirality of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in step S3, the incident beam is orthogonal to the side surface and illuminates to the carbon nanotubes through the side surface.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the incident beam is a white light with a continuous spectrum.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the incident beam is filtered and focused before reaching the carbon nanotubes.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in step S4, a camera is connected to the optical microscope to record the RRS image of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in step S5, spectral information of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is obtained by a spectrometer.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the spectral information is Rayleigh scattering spectra, Raman scattering spectra, or fluorescence spectral information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein in step S5, the Rayleigh scattering spectra and the Raman scattering spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample are measured to obtain chiral indices of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the Raman scattering spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is obtained on the basis of the Rayleigh scattering spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample comprises steps of:
S51, measuring resonance Rayleigh scattering spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample;
S52, selecting excitation wavelength needed to produce Raman scattering by Rayleigh scattering spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample; and
S53, obtaining the Raman scattering of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the Raman spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is excited by a light source.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the incident beam is a white light with a continuous spectrum.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu wen-yun
• Yue Jing-Ying
• Lin xiao-yang
• Zhao Qing-Yu
• Jiang Kai-Li
• Fan Shou-Shan

Classifications

• G01N2021/4792

  Polarisation of scatter light · CPC title

• G01N21/6458

  Fluorescence microscopy (fluorescence microscopes per se G02B21/0076 and G02B21/16) · CPC title

• H01J2201/30469

  Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) · CPC title

• G02B21/33

  Immersion oils {, or microscope systems or objectives for use with immersion fluids} · CPC title

• B82B3/009

  Characterizing nanostructures, i.e. measuring and identifying electrical or mechanical constants · CPC title