Thermal and Optical Properties of CdS Nanoparticles in Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Monomers 英文参考文献.docVIP

Materials 2010, 3, 2069-2086; doi:10.3390/ma3032069 OPEN ACCESS materials ISSN 1996-1944 /journal/materials Article Thermal and Optical Properties of CdS Nanoparticles in Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Monomers Hooi Ling Lee 1,*, Issam Ahmed Mohammed 2,*, Mohammed Belmahi 3,*, Mohamed Badreddine Assouar 3, Hervé Rinnert 3 and Marc Alnot 3 1 Nanoscience Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia 2 School of Industrial Technology, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia 3 Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS, Nancy Université, Université P. Verlaine Metz, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques B.P. 239 F-54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex, France; E-Mails: badreddine.assouar@lpmi.uhp-nancy.fr (M.B.A.); herve.rinnert@lpm.u-nancy.fr (H.R.); marc.alnot@lpm.u-nancy.fr (M.A.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: hooiling78@ (H.L.L); issam@usm.my (I.A.M); mohammed.belmahi@lpmi.uhp-nancy.fr (M.B.); Tel.: + 33 383 68 49 24; Fax: + 33-383-273498. Received: 10 December 2009; in revised form: 15 February 2010 / Accepted: 17 March 2010 / Published: 19 March 2010 Abstract: Two new mesogenic monomers, namely 3,3’-dimethoxy-4,4’- di(hydroxyhexoxy)-N-benzylidene-o-Tolidine (Ia) and 4,4’-di(6-hydroxyhexoxy)-N- benzylidene-o-Tolidine (IIa), were reacted with cadmium sulfide (CdS) via an in situ chemical precipitation method in ethanol to produce CdS nanocomposites. A series of different mass compositions of CdS with Ia and IIa ranging from 0.1:1.0 to 1.0:1.0 (w/w) were prepared and characterized using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Polarizing Optical Microscopy (POM) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy (PL). XRD showed that the broad peaks are ascribed