扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜在矿物学研究中的应用现状及前景

作者介绍了扫描隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜的基本原理,并结合自己的工作总结了它们在矿物学研究中的应用情况。基于这两种显微镜的原理和特点,指出了其在未来矿物学研究中一些可能的应用领域,并认为它们有可能成为矿物学研究的强有力工具。     

Phase Transformations and Proton Promoted Dissolution of Hydrous Manganite (γ-MnOOH)

The objective of this study was to describe the proton promoted disproportion of synthetic manganite (γ-MnOOH) and to characterise the resulting phase transformations. The solution and remaining solid phase after disproportionation was analysed by techniques including atomic absorbance spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In suspensions with pH between 5 and 7, −log[H⁺] was monitored for 17 months and equilibrium constants were determined at 9, 12 and 17 months of reaction time for the following reaction (25 °C, 0.1 M (Na)NO₃):

An Atomic Force Microscopy Study on ＂Barkinite" Liptobiolith

利用原子力显微镜观察了树皮煤中两种主要显微组分树皮体和镜质体表面纳米结构特征,揭示了镜质组镜质体大分子团具有网状结构的特征,而类脂组树皮体大分子用具有纤维状、颗粒状和网络状排列结构,随演化程度的提高,树皮体大分子团结构的演化依次表现为纤维状→粒状→不规则网状→网状结构,镜质体则由结构松散的网状结构向高度定向排列的规则网状结构演化.利用AFM的横切面分析工具定量分析了显微组分表面的大分子结构排列,为显微组分分子结构演化和成烃机理研究提供了重要的科学依据.     

物理法改色前后优质淡水珍珠的超微结构特征研究

利用原子力显微镜（AFM）、场发射高分辨率扫描电子显微镜（FESEM）和场发射高分辨率透射电子显微镜（HRTEM）对物理法改色前后的优质淡水珍珠表面进行了细致的观察。通过对比分析珍珠在微米级至纳米级的范围内微结构及超微结构特征的变化,证明珍珠质层是天然的纳米材料;改色前后珍珠的红外光谱分析及XRD分析对物理法改色珍珠机理是由于微量MnCO3在γ射线辐照下氧化成Mn2O3或MnO2所致的说法给予否定;由红外光谱测试结果可知物理法改色珍珠呈色机理与珍珠中有机物的辐照化学变化有关,并且物理法改色珍珠伴色的呈色机理与珍珠的文石纳米粒径效应亦无明显的相关性。     

An AFM Observation on Fossil Cytoplasm

Fossil cytoplasm is a new research topic of interest in paleobotany. Atomic force microscope （AFM） is a new technology applied widely in physics and biology; however, it is rarely used in paleontology. Here we applied AFM for the first time to study fossil cytoplasm. The results indicate that the fossil cytoplasm is heterogeneous and full of ultrastructures, just like extant cytoplasm, and that the application of AFM, especially in combination with other techniques, can reveal the subcellular details of fossil plants with more confidence.     

树皮煤的原子力显微镜研究

利用原子力显微镜观察了树皮煤中两种主要显微组分树皮体和镜质体表面纳米结构特征,揭示了镜质组镜质体大分子团具有网状结构的特征,而类脂组树皮体大分子团具有纤维状、颗粒状和网络状排列结构,随演化程度的提高,树皮体大分子团结构的演化依次表现为纤维状-→粒状-→不规则网状-→网状结构,镜质体则由结构松散的网状结构向高度定向排列的规则网状结构演化。利用AFM的横切面分析工具定量分析了显微组分表面的大分子结构排列,为显微组分分子结构演化和成烃机理研究提供了重要的科学依据。     

广西合浦优质白色海水珍珠表面超微结构特征研究

利用场发射高分辨率扫描电子显微镜（FESEM）、原子力显微镜（AFM）和场发射高分辨率透射电子显微镜（HRTEM）对广西合浦所产的具伴色和不具伴色的优质白色海水珍珠表面进行了系统的观察。通过对比分析珍珠在微米级至纳米级范围内微结构及超微结构特征的变化,证明了珍珠质层是天然的纳米材料,组成文石晶层的3μm文石小晶片是由10～60 nm的纳米文石小晶粒组成,珍珠伴色与其表面生长机理纹规则与否相关。     

Reactions leading to the formation and breakdown of stilpnomelane in the Otago Schist, New Zealand

Semi‐pelitic rocks ranging in grade from the prehnite–pumpellyite to the greenschist facies from south‐eastern Otago, New Zealand, have been investigated in order to evaluate the reactions leading to formation and breakdown of stilpnomelane. Detrital grains of mica and chlorite along with fine‐grained authigenic illite and chlorite occur in lower‐grade rocks with compactional fabric parallel to bedding. At higher grades, detrital grains have undergone dissolution, and metamorphic phyllosilicates have crystallized with preferred orientation (sub)parallel to bedding, leading to slaty cleavage. Stilpnomelane is found in metapelites of the pumpellyite–actinolite facies and the chlorite zone of the greenschist facies, but only rarely in the biotite zone of the greenschist facies. Illite or phengite is ubiquitous, whereas chlorite occurs only rarely with stilpnomelane upgrade of the pumpellyite‐out isograd. Chemical and textural relationships suggest that stilpnomelane formed from chlorite, phengite, quartz, K‐feldspar and iron oxides. Stilpnomelane was produced by grain‐boundary replacement of chlorite and by precipitation from solution, overprinting earlier textures. Some relict 14 Å chlorite layers are observed by TEM to be in the process of transforming to 12 Å stilpnomelane layers. The AEM analyses show that Fe is strongly partitioned over Mg into stilpnomelane relative to chlorite (K_D≈2.5) and into chlorite relative to phengite (K_D≈1.9). Modified A′FM diagrams, projected from the measured phengite composition rather than from ideal KAl₃Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂, are used to elucidate reactions among chlorite, stilpnomelane, phengite and biotite. In addition to pressure, temperature and bulk rock composition, the stilpnomelane‐in isograd is controlled by variations in K, Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺, O/OH and H₂O contents, and the locus of the isograd is expected to vary in rocks of different oxidation states and permeabilities. Biotite, quartz and less phengitic muscovite form from stilpnomelane, chlorite and phengite in the biotite zone. Projection of bulk rock compositions from phengite, NaAlO₂, SiO₂ and H₂O reveals that they lie close to the polyhedra defined by the A′FM minerals and albite. Other extended A′FM diagrams, such as one projected from phengite, NaAlO₂, CaAl₂O₄, SiO₂ and H₂O, may prove useful in the evaluation of other low‐grade assemblages.     

Comparison of the surface structure of the tetrahedral sheets of muscovite and phlogopite by AFM

 The surface structure of the tetrahedral sheet of dioctahedral mica muscovite was compared to that of the tetrahedral sheet of trioctahedral mica phlogopite using atomic force microscopy (AFM). AFM revealed distinct structural differences between the tetrahedral sheet surfaces of the two micas. The hexagonal ring in the AFM image of muscovite elongates in the [3 1 0] direction, and the groove runs perpendicular to the [3 1 0] direction. On the phlogopite surface, the hexagonal ring contracts slightly in the a axis direction, but the groove is not apparent. These results were consistent with the bulk structure data of the two micas determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The degree of surface relaxation was much larger in muscovite than in phlogopite. In muscovite, the interlayer K reduces the amount of tetrahedral rotation that actually occurs, since the interlayer K is too large for its hexagonal hole after full tetrahedral rotation. Thus, it is naturally expected that muscovite will show more tetrahedral rotation after removal of the interlayer K. It is also expected that muscovite will show more tilting of SiO₄ tetrahedra after cleaving, since an attractive force between the hydrogen in the OH group and the lower basal oxygen should be in operation, due to the decreased distance between them following interlayer K removal. Received: 14 March 2000 / Accepted: 29 July 2000     

AFM observations and simulations of jarosite growth at the molecular scale: probing the basis for the incorporation of foreign ions into jarosite as a storage mineral

 The growth of K-jarosite was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and molecular simulations. SEM micrographs show crystals with almost quadratic and, to a minor extent, triangular faces. These were identified to be {0 1 2} and (0 0 1) faces, respectively, using an X-ray single-crystal diffractometer. These results are in agreement with molecular simulations that show that the dipole-free {0 1 2} face is the most stable surface, followed by the (0 0 1) surface, that can lower its dipole moment perpendicular to the surface during relaxation. On the {0 1 2} face, the most stable step directions were identified. From these, an idealized equilibrium growth island can be constructed when the corner energies are minimized by the successive removal of corner ions until a stoichiometric growth island is obtained. Such an equilibrium growth island is the basis for developing a spiral growth model that explains the mechanism of spiral formation as observed using AFM. Furthermore, reactive sites that are potential candidates for the incorporation of foreign ions can be located. Received: 2 January 2001 / Accepted: 30 April 2001