Methanol Electrooxidation on Smooth Platinum Modified with Ru：the Influence of Ru Coverage and Potentials on Oxidative Current and Products

Methanol oxidation on smooth Pt electrode modified with differ-ent coverage of Ru was studied using cyclic voltammetry and potential step combined with differential electrochemical mass spectroscopy. The current efficiency of formed CO2 was calcu-lated from faraday current and ion current of m/z = 44. The results show that Ru modified Pt electrode with the coverage of ca. 0.3 has the highest catalytic activity for methanol electroox-idation, i. e. faraday current and the current efficiency of CO2 at the low potentials reach to the maximum. In addition, Ru loses its co-catalytic properties at the high potentials.     

高效毛细管电泳安培检测的进展

本文对高效毛细管电泳电化学检测方法中的安培检测进行了评述，安培检测具有灵敏度高，选择的特点，安培检测根据毛细管内径的大小有离柱安培检测和柱端安培检测，近年来脉冲安培分析法、化学修饰电极也已被引入毛细管电泳电化学检测。     

Effect of Dibenzo-18-crown-6 on the Polymer Electrolyte/Lithium Anode Interface

Photocured polymer electrolytes, applied onto a porous polypropylene separator, with conduction by lithium cations (1 × 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ at 20°C) are designed. The polymer is formed from a 1 : 1 mixture of oligourethane dimethacrylate and polypropylene glycol monomethacrylate, which are capable of undergoing polymerization via double bonds in a liquid organic electrolyte (0.5 M LiClO₄) in a 1 : 1 mixture of propylene carbonate and dimethoxyethane. The polymer electrolyte comprises a polymer composition (20 wt %), a liquid electrolyte (78 wt %), and a photoinducer (2 wt %). Effect of insertion of dibenzo-18-crown-6 into the electrolyte on its electrochemical characteristics (on the electrolyte/Li interface) is investigated. Dependences of the bulk conductivity and exchange currents at the interface on the temperature and storage duration are studied at different crown ether contents.__________Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2005, pp. 646–650.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Yarmolenko, Efimov.     

Multistep Electrochemical Reactions Involving Transport of Intermediates between the Near-electrode Layer and the Bulk Solution: The Kinetics of Two-Step Processes in Conditions of Non-steady-state Diffusion

Results of numerical simulation of the kinetics of a two-stage electrochemical reaction with partial transport of intermediates between the near-electrode layer and the bulk solution in conditions of linear nonsteady-state diffusion of reactants are analyzed with use made of a theory of generalized variables. Dimensionless complexes (similitude criteria) that characterize the electrochemical reaction under consideration are obtained. Combinations of kinetic parameters of the first and second steps of the reaction, at which the reaction proceeds in a quasi-steady-state regime, are established. The conditions, at which rates of individual steps of electrochemical conversion are equal, are determined.     

配合物[Cu(PTA)(phen)2]·(PTA)·(H2O)4的合成、晶体结构及电化学性质

The title complex has been synthesized by using terephthalic acid (PTA), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) and copper monohydrate. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group C2/c with a=2.959 0(2) nm, b=1.466 4(10) nm, c=1.764 3(12) nm, β=105.593(11)°, V=7.372(9) nm³, Dc=1.489 g·cm^-3, Z=8, F(000)=3 416, R₁=0.043 6, wR₂= 0.151 9. The crystal structure shows that the copper atom is coordinated with four nitrogen atoms from two phens and one oxygen atom from one terephthalic acid, forming a distorted square-pyramid coordination geometry. The cyclic voltametric behavior of the complex is also reported. CCDC: 277047.     

Surface characteristics of titanium–silver alloys in artificial saliva

Titanium and its alloys are widely used in biomedical and dental fields because of their excellent corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. It is well known that titanium is protected from corrosion because of the stability of the passive film that controls and determines the corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of titanium and its alloys. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the electrochemical properties of titanium–silver alloys and the surface characteristics of passive film in artificial saliva. We designed titanium–silver alloys with silver contents ranging from 0 to 5 at.%, in 1% increments. These alloys were arc‐melted, homogenized, hot‐rolled to 2 mm thickness, and finally solution heat‐treated for 1 h and quenched. Potentiostatic testing was performed, and the open circuit potentials of the alloys were measured in artificial saliva, at 37 °C. The passive films of the titanium–silver alloys were analyzed via XPS. Titanium–silver alloys maintained low current density and showed stable passive region and also had high open circuit potential as compared with pure titanium. The open circuit potential of titanium–silver alloys increased as silver addition increased. With regard to the fraction of oxygen species, a component of over 80% was found to be comprised of oxide. Therefore, the titanium surface mainly consisted of titanium oxide and, on the titanium–silver alloys, this film was composed of TiO₂, Ti₂O₃, and TiO. As silver content increased, the TiO₂ fraction also increased, as did the thickness of the titanium oxide layer formed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electrochemical and spectral study of intramolecular charge transfer in dinuclear and polynuclear ladder complexes

The potentials of electrochemical oxidation and reduction of the polynuclear ladder complexes Cp(CO)LM-η ¹, η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₂L (M = Fe or W(CO); L = PPh₃ or CO), μ-(C≡ C)[C₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹, η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃]₂, and MeSi[C₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹, η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃]₃ were measured, and the mechanism of these processes is proposed. The change in the electron density at the atom of one metal (Fe or W) is transferred along the σ-and σ-bond chain in the cyclopentadienyl bridge to the atom of another metal (Mn) and, on the contrary, the perturbing effect of the substituent is somewhat weakened. Published In Russian In Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, Pp. 761–765, May, 2006.     

Redox properties of N2S2-type nickel complexes with aromatic ligands. Crystal structure of [1,2-C6H4(SMe)NH2]2Ni2+(MeCN)2·2ClO4–

The redox properties of six chelate N₂S₂-type Ni(ii) complexes containing two aromatic NS or one N₂S₂ ligands, such as 2-aminothiophenol, 2-aminothiophenolate anion, 2-amidothiophenolate dianion, 2-amidothioanisole, 2,2"-diaminodiphenyl disulfide dianion, and 8-quinolinethiolate anion, were studied by cyclic voltammetry at a glassy-carbon electrode in DMF. Some free ligands were also studied for comparison. A new Ni^II complex with the 2,2"-diamidodiphenyl disulfide dianion was synthesized. The crystal and molecular structures including the square planar Ni(N₂S₂) center with two MeCN molecules as additional axial ligands were established for the Ni^II complex with 2-aminothioanisole [1,2-C₆H₄(SMe)NH₂]₂Ni²⁺(MeCN)₂·2ClO₄ ^– using X-ray diffraction. The most part of the studied compounds are irreversibly oxidized and reduced; however, bis(2-amidothiophenolato)nickel(iv) and bis(8-quinolinethiolato)nickel(ii) show a quasi-reversible behavior in the reduction region. The electrochemically generated anionic form of the 8-thioquinoline complex is rapidly alkylated in the presence of BuⁿBr or BuⁿI to form, probably, the corresponding butylnickel(iii) complex.     

单加成环丙烷富勒烯膦酸酯衍生物的合成与电化学性能

在Mn(OAc)₃•2H₂O催化下, C₆₀分别和亚甲基二膦酸四乙酯、氰基亚甲基膦酸二乙酯或乙氧羰基亚甲基膦酸二乙酯在氯苯中回流, 生成3个单加成环丙烷富勒烯膦酸衍生物C₆₀C(R)PO(OEt)₂ [1, R＝PO(OEt)₂; 2, R＝COOEt; 3, R＝CN]. 与以前报道的Bingel反应法相比, 该方法副产物少并且缩短了反应时间. 采用循环伏安法发现1, 2的还原电位相对于C₆₀发生负移, 而3的还原电位相对于C₆₀却正移40 mV, 表明引入象氰基一样具有很强吸电子能力的取代基团, 可以改善富勒烯球的电化学性能, 合成电子接受能力较强的富勒烯衍生物.     

纳米ZnO修饰电极的制备及其对血红蛋白, 细胞色素c的直接电化学研究

A novel electrochemical method as a sensitive and convenient technique for the determination of heme proteins based on their interaction with ZnO nanorods was developed. A ZnO nanorod modified glassy carbon electrode (ZnO/GCE) was prepared and the electrochemical behaviors of heme proteins, such as hemoglobin (HB) and cytochrome c (Cyt-c), on this modified electrode have been studied. The results showed that both HB and Cyt-c could be oxidized on the modified electrode and the oxidation currents were linear to the concentrations of the analytes in aqueous solutions. In addition, the results of flow injection analysis (FIA) further suggested the high stability and reproducibility of the ZnO nanorod modified electrode. So this method can be applied to the determination of HB and Cyt-c in biological systems.