Reversible self-assembly of nanoparticles into ordered structures is essential for both fundamental study and practical applications. Although extensive work has been conducted, the demand for simple, cheap, reversible, and versatile ordering methods is still a central issue in current nanoscience and nanotechnology. Here we report a reversible and precise self-assembly of nanoparticles through...

The forces between a flat gold surface and a gold-coated silica sphere have been measured in water using an atomic force microscope. A long-range attractive interaction is observed which is ascribed to the van der Waals interaction between the two surfaces. The force data agree extremely well with recent, calculated values of the Hamaker function (including retardation) for gold/water/gold. The...

Quantum fluctuations give rise to van der Waals and Casimir forces that dominate the interaction between electrically neutral objects at sub-micron separations. Under the trend of miniaturization, such quantum electrodynamical effects are expected to play an important role in micro- and nano-mechanical devices. Nevertheless, utilization of Casimir forces on the chip level remains a major challe...

An explicit solution for the vibration of a carbon chain inside carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was obtained using continuum modeling of the van der Waals (vdW) interactions between them. The effect of the initial tensile force and the amplitude of the carbon chain as well as the radii of the CNTs on the vibration frequency were analyzed in detail, respectively. Our analytical results show that the vib...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been useful to investigate materials performance, processes, physical and surface properties at the nanometer scale. In addition to the standard AFM, which measures surface topography, many accessories have been developed to obtain specific additional information. In this chapter, we shall concentrate on atomic force spectroscopy (AFS), which derived from AFM a...

in this study at first , an azo dye, 2,7- naphthalenediol, 2-[(4-bromophenyl)azo (bpand) as a ligand has been synthesized by addition of p-bromoaniline to the modified montomorillonite k10 clay. this ligand was characterized using 1h-nmr, uv-vis and ir spectroscopies. subsequently, its interaction with calf thymus deoxyribonucleicacid ,ct-dna was investigated in 5 mm phosphate buffer solution, ...

Cribellar thread is the most primitive type of sticky prey capture thread found in aerial spider webs. Its outer surface is formed of thousands of fine fibrils that issue from a cribellum spinning field. The fibrils of primitive cribellar thread are cylindrical, whereas those of derived threads have nodes. Cribellar threads snag on insect setae but also adhere to smooth surfaces. A previous stu...

To study the effect of interlayer spacing of pillared graphene oxides (GOs) on CO2 uptake, we have obtained CO2 isotherms with respect to the interlayer distance of pillared graphene oxide by both experimental and simulation methods. Interlayer distances of GO were modulated by intercalation of three kinds of diaminoalkanes with a different number of carbon atoms (NH2(CH2) n NH2, n = 4, 8, and ...

As mechanical structures enter the nanoscale regime, the influence of van der Waals forces increases. Graphene is attractive for nanomechanical systems because its Young's modulus and strength are both intrinsically high, but the mechanical behaviour of graphene is also strongly influenced by the van der Waals force. For example, this force clamps graphene samples to substrates, and also holds ...

In chemical mechanical planarization, abrasive particles are pushed onto a wafer by a deformable pad. In addition to the pad–particle contact force, surface forces also act between the wafer and the particles. Experimental studies indicate the significance of slurry pH and particle size on the material removal rate MRR . In this work, a model for MRR, including the contact mechanics of multiple...