Intermolecular potential and second virial coefficient of the water-nitrogen complex

The authors construct a rigid-body (five-dimensional) potential energy surface for the water-nitrogen complex using the systematic intermolecular potential extrapolation routine. The intermolecular potential is then extrapolated to the limit of a complete basis set. An analytic fit of this surface is obtained, and, using this, the global minimum energy is found. The minimum is located in an arrangement in which N2 is near the H atom of H2O, almost collinear with the OH bond. The best estimate of the binding energy is 441 cm-1 (1 cm-1 approximately 1.986 43x10(-23) J). The extrapolated potential is then used to calculate the second cross virial coefficient over a wide temperature range (100-3000 K). These calculated second virial coefficients are generally consistent with experimental data, but for the most part the former have smaller uncertainties.     

金刚石附氢(100)面脱氢势垒的量子化学研究

采用MNDO（UHF）方法计算了金刚石（100）－（1×1）：2H双氢化表面和（100）－（2×1）：H单氢化表面的脱氢势垒，论证了决定金刚石附氢表面脱氢势垒大小的主要因素是气相－表面吸附氢原子间的相互排斥大小，得出（100）面两种表面结构脱氢势垒的理论预言值分别为71和59kJ·mol-1，均大于（111）面脱氢势垒的理论预言值42kJ·mol-1．揭示了在同等生长条件下金刚石（111）面可供成核和生长的反应基多于（100）面，与实验上得到的同等生长条件下（111）面的相对生长率大于（100）面的结论是一致的。     

Hydrogen plasma interaction with (100) diamond surfaces

Polycrystalline diamond films exhibiting (100) oriented surfaces have been subject to a low pressure hydrogen plasma for durations up to 20 h. The topography of spatially defined 20 × 20 μm areas of the samples were imaged by atomic force microscopy at intervals during the plasma exposure. The mean surface roughness of individual (100) crystallites decreased from ca. 2.4 nm to <1 nm over the period and was independent of the twist and tilt angles of the crystallite. Whilst small hillock growth features were etched completely by the plasma treatment, there was no evidence for etch pits evident in similar experiments carried out with (100) natural diamond. Very low lateral etch rates of the (100) crystallites of 28 ± 4 nm/h were measured for crystallites bounded by (111) planes. High resolution XPS analysis of the C(1s) and O(1s) transitions of the same samples showed that the surface graphitic phase, present in the as-prepared samples, was removed to below detectable limits. The surface oxygen content was reduced from around 9-10% to ca. 3% after prolonged plasma exposure. The C(1s) and O(1s) band contours revealed the presence of oxygen in the form of ether and carbonyl functional groups. The ether:carbonyl: areal density ratio on (100) crystallites decreased only slightly from 83:17 to 64:37 after 20 h of plasma treatment based on fitting of the O(1s) band envelope. Etching products arising from the plasma interaction with the diamond surface were not detected by either optical emission spectroscopy or mass spectrometry.     

IR photodissociation spectroscopy and theory of Au+(CO)n complexes: nonclassical carbonyls in the gas phase

Au+(CO)n complexes are produced in the gas phase via pulsed laser vaporization, expanded in a supersonic jet, and detected with a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Complexes up to n = 12 are observed, with mass channels corresponding to the n = 2 and n = 4 showing enhanced intensity. To investigate coordination and structure, individual complexes are mass-selected and probed with infrared photodissociation spectroscopy. Spectra in the carbonyl stretching region are measured for the n = 3-7 species, but no photodissociation is observed for n = 1, 2 due to the strong metal cation-ligand binding. The carbonyl stretch in these systems is blue-shifted 50-100 cm-1 with respect to the free CO vibration (2143 cm-1), providing evidence that these species are so-called "nonclassical" metal carbonyls. Theory at the MP2 and CCSD(T) levels provides structures for these complexes and predicted spectra to compare to the experiment. Excellent agreement is obtained between experiment and theory, establishing that the n = 3 complex is trigonal planar and the n = 4 complex is tetrahedral.     

由HRuCo_3(CO)_(12)制备的催化剂上CO加氢反应中含氧产物分布与表面酰基的关系

由HRuCo_3(CO)_(12)制备的催化剂在CO加氢反应中,若在初始阶段或温度较低的条件下,含氧产物大部分是甲醇;若增加反应时间或提高反应温度,C_2含氧化合物则是主要产物。原位红外光谱揭示了甲酰基和乙酰基分别是形成甲醇和C_2含氧化合物的中间体,而且乙酰基来自甲酰基与甲基的相互工作用。     

Selective attachment of benzaldehyde on Si(100)-2 x 1: structure, selectivity, and mechanism

The interaction of benzaldehyde with the Si(100) surface has been investigated as a model system for understanding the interaction of conjugated pi-electron systems with semiconductor surfaces. Vibrational features of chemisorbed benzaldehyde unambiguously demonstrate that the carbonyl group directly interacts with the Si surface dangling bonds, evidenced in the disappearance of the C=O stretching mode around 1713 cm(-1) coupled with the retention of all vibrational signatures of its phenyl ring. X-ray photoemission spectroscopy shows that both C 1s and O 1s binding energies of the carbonyl group display large downshifts by 1.9 and 1.3 eV, respectively. Vibrational and electronic results show that the covalent attachment of benzaldehyde on Si(100) occurs in a highly selective manner through the direct interaction of both C and O atoms of the carbonyl group with a Si=Si dimer to form a four-membered Si-C-O-Si ring at the interface, leaving a nearly unperturbed phenyl ring protruding into vacuum. This conclusion is further confirmed by the observation of a predominant protrusion for benzaldehyde adsorbed on Si(100)-2 x 1 in scanning tunneling microscopy experiments, consistent with the predication of density-functional theory calculation.     

Cycloadditions on diamond (100) 2 x 1: observation of lowered electron affinity due to hydrocarbon adsorption

The adsorption of allyl alcohol, acrylic acid, and allyl chloride, as well as unsaturated organic molecules such as acetylene and 1,3 butadiene, on reconstructed diamond (100) 2 x 1 have been investigated using high-resolution electron energy loss (HREELS) spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation spectroscopy. The cycloadditions of these organic molecules produce chemically adsorbed adlayers with varying degree of coverages on the clean diamond. The organic adsorbed surface has a lowered electron affinity and shows a secondary electron yield that varies between 12 and 40% of the yield obtained from a fully hydrogenated diamond surface. The diamond surface can be functionalized with hydroxyl, carboxylic, and chlorine functionalities by the adsorption of these allyl organics. The [2 + 2] adduct of acetylene on the diamond (100) 2 x 1 surface can be observed. 1,3-butadiene attains a higher coverage as well as forms a thermally more stable adlayer on the diamond surface compared to the other organic molecules, due to its ability to undergo [4 + 2] cycloaddition.     

Gas-phase IR spectroscopy of anionic iron carbonyl clusters

The first gas-phase vibrational spectra are presented for several anionic iron carbonyl clusters, ranging in size from Fe(CO)4- to Fe5(CO)14- in the CO-stretching region (1600-2100 cm-1). The experimental spectra provide some immediate structural information about the clusters in the form of low-wavenumber (1750-1850 cm-1) bands marking the presence of bridging carbonyl ligands (mu2-COs). Supporting DFT calculations are presented for the smaller clusters (<3 Fe atoms) and give good agreement with the experimental data, allowing structural assignments for these cases. The Fe2(CO)7- spectrum suggests a structure lacking bridging carbonyl ligands, in agreement with the DFT results. For the case of Fe2(CO)8-, there are two possible structures based on the calculations, both with and without bridging carbonyls. The presence of a low-frequency band ( approximately 1770 cm-1) in the experimental spectrum conclusively demonstrates the existence of the bridged form. The ramifications of these data for metal-metal bonding in the clusters are also considered.     

Redox properties of vanadium ions in SBA-15-supported vanadium oxide: an FTIR spectroscopic study

The state of vanadium ions in VxOy/SBA-15 (2.7 wt % V) was studied with FTIR spectroscopy using CO and NO as probe molecules. Neither CO (at 85 K) nor NO (at RT) adsorb on the oxidized sample because of the coordinative saturation of V5+ ions and the covalent character of the V5+=O bond. After treatment of the sample in 50 kPa H2 at 673 K, the V5+ ions are reduced to two different types of V3+ sites, as manifested by carbonyl bands at 2189 and 2177 cm-1. In the presence of O2 at 85 K, thus formed V3+ ions are partly oxidized to V4+ sites showing carbonylic bands at 2202 and 2190 cm-1. When the reduced sample is exposed to O2 at room temperature, the V3+ ions are fully oxidized to V5+. The adsorption of NO on the reduced VxOy/SBA-15 shows that the V3+ and V4+ ions possess two effective coordinative vacancies and as a result can adsorb two NO molecules forming the respective V3+(NO)2 and V4+(NO)2 dinitrosyls. The introduction of O2 to the VxOy/SBA-15-NO system leads to reoxidation of the V3+ and V4+ ions to V5+ and formation of bridged (1639 cm-1) and bidentate (1573 cm-1) surface nitrates. After coadsorption of CO and NO on the reduced sample the formation of surface mixed carbonyl-nitrosyls (2108 and 1723 cm-1) was observed for the first time.     

聚醚氨酯的红外酰胺Ⅰ.谱带分析

通过对聚醚氨酯红外光谱酰胺-Ⅰ谱带的二级微商及傅里埃自解卷积处理,发现了位于1715cm~(-1)的新组分并可归属于无序的相间界面。应用差减光谱及曲线拟合对热处理试样的光谱谱带进行分析表明聚醚氨酯的加热/冷却过程是与可逆的无序/有序化过程及微相混合/分离过程有关的。新发现的1715cm(-1)组分强度的变化与无序/有序化过程是一致的。     

Probing the interaction of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) with platinum nanocrystals by UV-Raman and FTIR

The vibrational spectra of platinum nanoparticles (2.4-9 nm) capped with poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) were investigated by deep UV-Raman and FTIR spectroscopy and compared with those of pure PVP. Raman spectra of PVP/Pt show selective enhancement of C=O, C-N, and CH2 vibrational modes attributed to the pyrrolidone ring. Selective enhancement of ring vibrations is attributed both to the resonance Raman effect and SERS chemical enhancement. A red shift of the PVP carbonyl frequency on the order of 60 cm-1 indicates the formation of strong >C=O-Pt bonds. It is concluded that PVP adheres to the nanoparticles through a charge-transfer interaction between the pyrrolidone rings and surface Pt atoms. Heating the Pt nanoparticles under reducing conditions initiates the decomposition of the capping agent, PVP, at a temperature 100 degrees C below that of pure PVP. Under oxidizing conditions, both PVP/Pt and PVP degrade to form amorphous carbon.     

Study of the Interface Microstructures of CVD Diamond Films by TEM

 The characteristics of the interface microstructures between a CVD diamond film and the silicon substrate have been studied by transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy. The investigations are performed on plan-view TEM specimens which were intentionally thinned only from the film surface side allowing the overall microstructural features of the interface to be studied. A prominent interfacial layer with amorphous-like features has been directly observed for CVD diamond films that shows a highly twinned defective diamond surface morphology. Similar interfacial layers have also been observed on films with a <100> growth texture but having the {100} crystal faces randomly oriented on the silicon substrate. These interfacial layers have been unambiguously identified as diamond phase carbon by both electron diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy. For the CVD diamond films that exhibit heteroepitaxial growth features, with the {100} crystal faces aligned crystallographically on the silicon substrate, such an interfacial layer was not observed. This is consistent with the expectation that the epitaxial growth of CVD diamond films requires diamond crystals to directly nucleate and grow on the substrate surface or on an epitaxial interface layer that has a small lattice misfit to both the substrate and the thin film material.     

HMS和NaY固载酒石酸钛配合物的研究

利用化学键合和“瓶中造船”方法,成功地将酒石酸钛配合物接枝到HMS(heragonal mesoporous silicas)上或包络合于微孔NaY内.FT-IR表征表明酒石酸钛在HMS上是通过与载体表面羟基发生交换作用而被固载的;在NaY载体上则是通过包络合被封装在载体的超笼内.UV-Vis可见漫反射表征表明两类固载型催化剂有着相似的钛配位环境.在催化肉桂醇环氧化反应中,HMS键合型催化剂的反应转化率比NaY包络型催化剂的高;但后者在环氧化选择性上要高于前者.回收样品的重复使用实验结果表明,两类固载型催化剂在重复使用过程中均存在不同程度的失活.     

Diamond formation by reduction of carbon dioxide at low temperatures

This Communication reports a low-temperature diamond synthesis technique, in which diamonds (10-250 mum) can form at a temperature as low as 440 degrees C by reduction of dense CO2 with metallic Na. The X-ray diffraction pattern of a powder sample shows three reflection peaks, indexed with 111, 220, and 311, corresponding unambiguously to cubic diamond. The Raman spectrum of the product exhibits an intense first-order peak at 1332 cm-1, which is the characteristic signature of the cubic diamond, indicating the formation of well-crystallized diamond. Carbon dioxide is a nontoxic low-energy molecule, abundant on earth. This novel reduction method could allow studies of large-size diamond growth using CO2 as the carbon source.     

FTIR spectra of plasticized grafted natural rubber-LiCF3SO3 electrolytes

Chemical modification of natural rubber (NR) has frequently been attempted to improve the performance in specific application. 30% poly(methyl metacrylate) (PMMA) grafted into NR (MG30) has been explored as a potential candidate for polymer electrolytes. The complexation effect of salt and plasticizer in polymer host electrolytes had been investigated using FTIR. The carbonyl stretch of MG30 locates at 1729 cm-1, with the addition of lithium trimethanesulfonate (LiCF3SO3) salt, new band evolves at lower frequency region at 1643-1645 cm-1. The nondegenerate vibrational mode of nus(SO3) of salted electrolytes appearing at 1031-1034 cm-1 comes from 'free' trimethanesulfonate anions and the 1040-1046 cm-1 absorption from the monodentate ion paired with triflates. These indicate MG30-salt interaction. When MG30 and ethylene carbonate (EC) formed film, the CH3 asymmetric bend of MG30 appearing at 1447cm-1 is shifted to 1449 cm-1 in the EC-polymer complex. The CO stretching at 1729 cm-1 also shifted to 1728 cm-1. Hence, the EC-MG30 system is complexed to each other. EC-LiCF3SO3 interactions are indicated by the shifting of CO bending band of EC from 718 cm-1 being shifted to 720 cm-1 in the complex. In Li+-EC interaction where the ring breathing region at 897 cm-1 in EC has shifted to 899 cm-1 in EC-salt spectrum. The band appearing at 1643-1645 cm-1 due to the coordination of Li+<--O-C is still under observation and new peaks at 1779 and 1809 cm-1 are responsible to the carbonyl stretches of EC in plasticized salt-polymer electrolytes.     

Characterization of parallel and antiparallel G-tetraplex structures by vibrational spectroscopy

A series of G-rich oligonucleotides able to form tetraplexes has been studied by FTIR spectroscopy. Characteristic markers of the formation of guanine tetrads are given. Moreover, we propose a new marker discriminating between parallel and antiparallel tetraplexes: the position of the C6O6 guanine carbonyl stretching vibration. In intermolecular parallel tetrameric structures formed by four separate strands this absorption is observed at 1693 cm-1 while for antiparallel tetrameric structures, either intramolecular or formed by dimerization of hairpins, this vibrational mode is observed at 1682 cm-1. These shifts to higher wavenumbers, when compared to the position of a free guanine C6O6 carbonyl stretching vibration observed at 1666 cm-1(Deltanu=27 cm-1 for parallel tetraplexes and Deltanu=16 cm-1 for antiparallel tetraplexes) reflect different strand orientations in the structures. This marker has been used to evidence the possibility of an antiparallel-parallel tetraplex reorganization for Oxytricha nova d(G4T4G4) and d((G4T4)3G4) and human d(G3T2AG3) telomeric sequences induced by Na+/K+ or Na+/Ca2+ ion exchange. Formation of the guanine tetrads, characterization of the phosphate geometries and of the sugar conformations have also been obtained by FTIR for the different tetraplexes.     

纳米银与基体P(AMPS-MMA)的相互作用研究

在无引发剂和还原剂的条件下超声辐射双原位合成出纳米银/2-丙烯酰氨基-2-甲基丙磺酸与甲基丙烯酸甲酯共聚物[P(AMPS-MMA)]复合物.TEM表明,纳米银粒子的粒径5~15nm,均匀地分散在聚合物基体中;UV-Vis表明,超声时间影响纳米银的粒径大小及粒径分布;FT-IR、UV-Vis和荧光光谱表明纳米银与基体P(AMPS-MMA)之间存在一定的化学作用力;XPS证明了纳米银与基体P(AMPS-MMA)的作用力为纳米银与聚合物中酯基氧原子之间通过配位作用形成的化学作用力.     

Diamond surface conductivity under atmospheric conditions: theoretical approach

The electron transfer from an H-terminated diamond (100)-2 x 1 surface to a neutral or acidic water adlayer has been theoretically investigated, using quantum mechanical DFT calculations under periodic boundary conditions. A surface conductivity of p-type was found to be induced by the acidic environment. An electron transfer of 1.8 electrons per surface unit cell was observed to take place from the upper part of the diamond valence band to the lowest unoccupied molecular level of the aqueous adlayer that contains one H(3)O(+) ion. The result is a hole delocalized over the whole diamond model slab. Also, a pronounced weakening of the H(3)O(+) bonds by the interaction with the diamond surface is observed.     

Effect of coadsorbed dopants on diamond initial growth processes: CH3 adsorption

An investigation based on an ultrasoft pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) method, using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) under periodic boundary conditions, has been performed in order to investigate how the presence of a neighboring dopant is affecting the CH 3 adsorption reaction (regarded to be an initial growth process). For this study, both the (100) and (111) diamond surface orientations have been considered, and various dopants in two different hydrogenated forms AH X (A = N, B, S, P, or C; X = 0 or 1 for S, X = 1 or 2 for N, B, and P, and X = 2 or 3 for C) were especially scrutinized. For most of the cases studied, the presence of a coadsorbed dopant was found to disfavor CH 3 adsorption with an efficiency that depends on the surface orientation as well as dopant type and position. The NH 2, PH 2, and SH species have the strongest effect in counteracting the CH 3 adsorption to the diamond (111) surface. This is also the situation with the dopants adsorbed on either of two specific surface sites (out of three positions studied) on the diamond (100)-2 x 1 surface. The main reasons for these observations are induced steric hindrances between the two coadsorbates. The BH 2 species, adsorbed to the third type of surface site on diamond (100), has been found to affect the adsorption reaction by formation of a C surf-B bond prior to CH 3 adsorption. The dopants in their radical forms are generally shown to always strongly disfavor the CH 3 adsorption reaction by formation of a C surf-X bond prior to adsorption. However, the NH radical will only form this new bond with the radical surface C site when it is adsorbed to position 3 on the surface.     

Predicting facile epoxidation of the diamond (100) surface by dioxiranes and subsequent ring-opening reactions with nucleophiles

By means of density functional theory coupled with effective cluster models, we have theoretically predicted the viability of epoxidation of the diamond (100) surface by organic dioxiranes. In addition, subsequent ring-opening reactions of the as-formed epoxide surface species with some nucleophiles, including water, ammonia, and alcohol, have also been explored. The facile epoxidation of diamond (100) by dioxiranes presents a new alternative for oxidation of the diamond (100) surface. More importantly, the as-formed epoxide-like surface species would be a useful springboard for further functionalizations of the diamond surface given the well-known abundant chemistry of organic epoxides. Therefore, this approach provides another new route to chemical functionalization of the diamond surface, which is potentially useful for leading to the improvement of diamond behavior and constructing new hybrid diamond-based materials for wide potential applications in many fields. In perspective, implications for other theoretical work are also discussed.