Plasma assisted preparation of cobalt catalysts by sol–gel method for methane combustion

Novel cobalt catalysts were prepared by sol–gel method, and enhanced by plasma treatment, for methane catalytic combustion. These samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelactron spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravimetrical analysis, N₂ Adsorption–desorption, temperature-programmed reduction and hydrogen–oxygen titration technologies. The XPS characterizations suggested that plasma treatment was favorable for the enrichment of surface cobalt, with a value of surface cobalt from 2.2% to 8.5% in mole. The specific surface area of the glow plasma assised sample (Co-Plas-Solgel-2) increased to 320 m²/g comparing with 305 m²/g of the conventional sample (Co-Solgel-1). The ignition temperature (T_10%) of Co-Plas-Solgel-2 catalyst was about 50 °C lower than that of Co-Solgel-1, and its CH₄ conversion was two times higher than that of Co-Solgel-1 during the whole range of catalytic combustion activity test (340–520 °C). With a better dispersion and more active sites, the plasma assisted sample exhibited significant enhancement in catalytic performances.     

优序理论与平面分拆

Let λ∈N_0~k satisfying λ_1λ_2…λ_k for natural number set N_0. An orderideal λ determined by λ is defined to be {(i,j):1jλ_i,1ik}N~2. A planepartition (reverse) π of shape λ is an order- reversing (preserving) map from λto N-0. If P is any set of plane partitions, the generating function (abbrev.asGF) of P is the polynomial or fromal power series , where |π|denotethe weight of π. The enumeration theory of plane partitions is an active fieldof combinatorics. There are several approaches which have been successfully     

Structure-related infrared optical properties of BaTiO3 thin films grown on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates

BaTiO₃ thin films with different thickness have been grown on Pt/Ti/SiO₂/Si substrates by a modified sol-gel method. X-ray diffraction analyses show that the BaTiO₃ thin films are polycrystalline. The crystalline quality of the films is improved with increasing thickness. The infrared optical properties of the BaTiO₃ thin films have been investigated using an infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry in the wave number range of 800-4000 cm⁻¹ (2.5-12.5 μm). By fitting the measured pseudodielectric functions with a three-phase model (Air/BaTiO₃/Pt), and a derived classical dispersion relation for the thin films, the optical constants and thicknesses of the thin films have been simultaneously obtained. The refractive index of the BaTiO₃ thin films increases and on the other hand, the extinction coefficient does not change with increasing thickness in the entirely measured wave number range. The dependence of the refractive index on the film thickness has been discussed in detail and was mainly due to both the crystalline quality of the films and packing density. Finally, the absorption coefficient was calculated in the infrared region for applications in the pyroelectric IR detectors.     

优序理论与平面分析(Ⅱ)

Let RE_λ(q) denote the GF for reverse plane partitions of shape λ with part restiction (i.e., the parts in ith row do not exceed n_i). Combining domination method with the techniques of combinatorial computation, we obtain the follo wing determinant expression.     

Electrochromism by polarization of semiconducting ionic materials

Electrochromic effects are observed by employing a single mixed ionic and electronic conducting layer in-between two transparent electronic leads. Besides the simplicity of the arrangement, the advantage is the displacement of ions only within one phase rather than across phase boundaries as required by conventional devices. The applied voltage controls the compositions at the two interfaces according to Nernst's law independent of ions being majority or minority charge carriers. Appropriate materials are intrinsic conductors in the unpolarized transparent state which become n-type and p-type conducting at the negative and positive electrode side, respectively. Several materials have been investigated, such as lithiated tungsten oxide and lithium/tantalum co-doped tungsten oxide. Paper presented at the 1st Euroconference on Solid State Ionics, Zakynthos, Greece, 11–18 September 1994.     

Photon correlation spectra of poly(phenylmethyl siloxane) under high pressures

We report polarized photon correlation measurements of bulk poly(phenylmethyl siloxane) (PPMS) with a molecular weight of about 2500 at different pressures from 1 to 1750 bar and temperatures between 269 and 308 K. In the Frequency range accessible by present-day digital correlators, the time correlation function can measure a slow q²-dependent diffusional process due to local concentration fluctuations and a fast α-mode structural relaxation process. The mean characteristic times of the two processes approach each other at low temperatures and high pressures, in contrast to the behavior of the α- and β-relaxation times. We should be cautious in relating the mean characteristic times for the structural relaxation process obtained by different experimental techniques, such as Brillouin scattering and photon correlation spectroscopy, because of the differnces in the probe emphasis and the extremely broad frequency distribution of such relaxation processes.