Photoinduced Luminescence Blinking and Bleaching in Individual Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes

The temporal evolution of photoluminescence in individual single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) under strong laser irradiation is studied and pronounced blinking and bleaching is observed, caused by photoinduced oxidation that subsequently quenches mobile excitons. The nanotubes are isolated with sodium cholate and spun onto either a glass or mica surface. Their bleaching behavior is investigated for variable laser intensities in air and argon atmosphere. The decay rate for luminescence bleaching generally increases with higher laser intensity, however saturating on mica substrates, which is attributed to limited availability of oxygen in the vicinity of the nanotubes. Step‐like events in the luminescence time traces corresponding to single oxidation events are analyzed regarding relative step height and suggest an exciton diffusion range of about 105 nm.     

X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopic chemical state quantification of mixed nickel metal,oxide and hydroxide systems

Quantitative chemical state X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis of mixed nickel metal, oxide, hydroxide and oxyhydroxide systems is challenging due to the complexity of the Ni 2p peak shapes resulting from multiplet splitting, shake‐up and plasmon loss structures. Quantification of mixed nickel chemical states and the qualitative determination of low concentrations of Ni(III) species are demonstrated via an approach based on standard spectra from quality reference samples (Ni, NiO, Ni(OH)₂, NiOOH), subtraction of these spectra, and data analysis that integrates information from the Ni 2p spectrum and the O 1s spectra. Quantification of a commercial nickel powder and a thin nickel oxide film grown at 1‐Torr O₂ and 300 °C for 20 min is demonstrated. The effect of uncertain relative sensitivity factors (e.g. Ni 2.67 ± 0.54) is discussed, as is the depth of measurement for thin film analysis based on calculated inelastic mean free paths. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Pulsed EPR spectrometer with injection-locked UCSB free-electron laser

We describe the first free-electron laser (FEL)-based pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) system designed to study spin dynamics and structure changes of proteins in aqueous solution with nano-second of time resolution. This novel approach opens up the possibility for high-power sub-THz and THz pulsed EPR spectroscopy.     

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ChemInform Abstract: A New n = 4 Layered Ruddlesden—Popper Phase K2.5Bi2.5Ti4O13 Showing Stoichiometric Hydration.

Polycrystalline K_2.5Bi_2.5Ti₄O₁₃ (I) is prepared by solid state reaction of KNO₃, Bi₂O₃, and TiO₂ (Al₂O₃ crucible, 750 °C, 16 h).