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Nanofluids: A New Class of Materials Produced from Nanoparticle Assemblies

✍ Scribed by R. Jagannathan; G. C. Irvin Jr.


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
987 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
1616-301X

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✦ Synopsis


We present evidence of a novel nanostructured fluid, a nanofluid, composed of molecular clusters of a polar organic dye and surfactant. These are not nanoparticles dispersed in a solvent; there are no solvent molecules present. These materials, which are solids under ambient conditions, are non-reactively precipitated from a compressed CO 2 solution, resulting in a liquid-like material, which we call a nanofluid. The precipitated dye±surfactant clusters are 1±4 nm in size. This nanofluid exhibits intense luminescent signatures, which are significantly blue-shifted with respect to the dye powder or a solution of it. The X-ray diffraction pattern did not show any structure in the low-angle regime. The fluorinated surfactant is highly soluble in compressed CO 2 . The polar dye does not dissolve in compressed CO 2 but is solubilized by electrostatic interactions with the surfactant head groups. We believe that the ultrafast and controlled precipitation from compressed CO 2 preserves the electrostatic coupling and promotes a structured molecular cluster. Additionally, we demonstrate the formation of organic nanoparticles using this controlled precipitation process from compressed CO 2 .


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