Effect of the primary particle morphology on the micromechanical properties of nanostructured alumina agglomerates
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- 作者：Carsten Schilde (1) c.schilde@tu-bs.de
Bastian Westphal (1)
Arno Kwade (1) - 关键词：Nanoparticles – ; Agglomerates – ; Nanoindentation – ; Micromechanical properties – ; Particle morphology
- 刊名：Journal of Nanoparticle Research
- 出版时间：March 2012
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：77_13880764
- 类别：med
- 卷：14
- 期：3
- 页码：DOI: 10.1007/s11051-
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
Depending on the application of nanoparticles, certain characteristics of the product quality such as size, morphology, abrasion resistance, specific surface, dispersibility and tendency to agglomeration are important. These characteristics are a function of the physicochemical properties, i.e. the micromechanical properties of the nanostructured material. The micromechanical properties of these nanostructured agglomerates such as the maximum indentation force, the plastic and elastic deformation energy and the strength give information on the product properties, e.g. the efficiency of a dispersion process of the agglomerates, and can be measured by nanoindentation. In this study a Berkovich indenter tip was used for the characterisation of model aggregates out of sol–gel produced silica and precipitated alumina agglomerates with different primary particle morphologies (dimension of 15–40 nm). In general, the effect of the primary particle morphology and the presence or absence of solid bonds can be characterised by the measurement of the micromechanical properties via nanoindentation. The micromechanical behaviour of aggregates containing solid bonds is strongly affected by the elastic–plastic deformation behaviour of the solid bonds and the breakage of solid bonds. Moreover, varying the primary particle morphology for similar particle material and approximately isotropic agglomerate behaviour the particle–particle interactions within the agglomerates can be described by the elementar breaking stress according to the formula of Rumpf.