有機材料被視為二十一世紀前景看好的領域，而奈米科技要蓬勃發展的根基在於對奈米材料性質的徹底研究。本實驗係接續先前本實驗室在Alq3 有機奈米晶之的研究。
本實驗係利用氣相沈積法製作 Alq3 奈米晶，並透過控制工作壓力、工作溫度、基板溫度以及基板與蒸鍍源間距等參數來控制粒徑。透過掃瞄式電鏡可觀察到奈米顆粒的群體呈現螺旋狀交互連結的排列，而此種成長機制可合理地利用大氣科學及氣象學來解釋。透過X光繞射、穿透式電鏡和穿透光譜的量測可發現 Alq3 奈米晶呈現非晶態。透過示差掃瞄熱量分析可發現其相變化溫度及熔點因材料呈現奈米結構而有下降的趨勢。Alq3 奈米晶對空氣中水氣及氧氣的敏感度可由光激發光光譜的研究而獲得，而此結果顯示光激發光強度的衰減率隨粒徑變小而增快。
此外，奈米顆粒可經由退火而呈現部分結晶的狀態。更精確而言，奈米晶的形貌會因退火而轉變為奈米線，而此奈米線的半徑與奈米晶相仿，長度則超過一微米，與本實驗室先前的研究有明顯的不同，此項轉變提供製備奈米線的另一種製程。當非晶態的奈米顆粒轉變為具晶相之奈米線時，光激發光光譜顯示出有些許的藍移，而此結晶相可由穿透光譜來判定。

Organic materials are considered as a promising field in the 21st century. The vigorous development in nanoscience and nanotechnology is based on a complete research of a nanostructured materials. The present study is a succession to the previous work on Alq3 organic nanoparticles.
The size of Alq3 nanoparticles prepared by a vapor condensation can be altered by controlling working pressure, working temperature, substrate temperature, and distance between the boat and the substrate. The helix cross-linked morphology observed by SEM and the formation and growth mechanism could be explained by the principles of atmospheric science and meteorology. The amorphous structure of Alq3 nanoparticles was examined by XRD, TEM, and transmittance spectra. By DSC measurement the phase transition temperature and the melting point was found to decrease due to the nanosized structure. The moisture and oxygen sensitivity of Alq3 nanoparticles with different sizes were studied by photoluminescence spectra (PL). The result shows that the degradation rate increases as the particle size decreases.
Besides, the annealing process made the nanoparticles become partially crystallized. The morphology was changed into nanowires with a diameter close to the particle size and a length longer than 1 μm. This provides a new route to prepare nanowires of Alq3. The peaks of PL spectra showed a blue shift as the amorphous nanoparticles transformed into crystalline nanowires, and the crystalline phase can be identified by transmittance spectrum.

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