Optical characteristics of an afterglow extracted from an inductively coupled plasma

An inductively coupled plasma is extracted into a quartz vacuum chamber through an orifice to observe optical characteristics of the extracted afterglow. The Mach disk, the barrel shock and the zone of silence, which are familiar in supersonic molecular beam experiments with neutral gases, are clearly observed. Axial profiles of the emission of various lines are measured with a photodiode array spectrometer. Intensities of ionic lines as well as atomic lines are stronger at the Mach disk than in the zone of silence. The location of the Mach disk with varying chamber presure is in conformity with an experimental equation obtained in supersonic molecular beam experiments.     

Sobolev圆盘代数的不变子空间

本文研究了Sobolev圆盘代数R(D)上的乘法算子M_z的不变子空间,完全刻画了余维有限的不变子空间的结构．     

Direct acetylation followed by solid-phase disk extraction and GC-ITDMS for the determination of trace phenols in water

Summary A rapid, accurate and sensitive method is described for the analysis of phenolic compounds, including phenol, alkylphenols, halogenated phenols and nitrophenols in tap, ground and river water samples. The method consists in direct acetylation of the aqueous phenols with acetic anhydride, extraction of the phenol acetates with a C₁₈ disk and analysis by gas chromatography with an ion-trap detector mass spectrometer. Using this method, the sample preparation time was approximately 1.5 h for six 1-L water samples, and recoveries for most of the phenolic compounds studied were more than 80% at concentration levels of 0.1 and 1.0g L^–1. The detection limits were in the range 2 to 15 ng L^–1 for phenol, alkylphenols and halogenated phenols, and 25 to 50 ng L^–1 for nitrophenols.     

Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Black AD-100 and AD-100 Promoted with Pyropolymer of Cobalt Tetra(p-methoxyphenyl)porphyrin

Carbon black AD-100: initial, activated, and promoted with pyropolymer of cobalt tetra(p-methoxyphenyl)porphyrin is characterized by a complex of electrochemical (floating electrode, rotating disk electrode, rotating ring-disk electrode, electrochemical impedance) and structural (standard porosimetry, BET) methods of investigation. Procedures for the AD-100 activation and promotion and the preparation of thin layers of the material to be studied and deposited on disk electrodes are described. The effect of the activation and promotion of carbon black on the surface and electrocatalytic activity of materials under study in the reduction of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide is shown. The ratio of constants of oxygen reduction directly to water and through intermediate formation of hydrogen peroxide is determined. A path for the oxygen reduction is discussed.     

Sonovoltammetric Elucidation of Electron Transfer Rates: The Oxidation of Dimethyl‐p‐phenylenediamine in Aqueous Solution

The electrochemical oxidation of dimethyl‐p‐phenylenediamine (DMPD) in aqueous solution (pH 7 phosphate buffer) has been studied under conventional hydrodynamic and microelectrode voltammetric conditions and found to undergo a two‐electron electrochemically reversible oxidation. Upon the application of ultrasound to the system an observed shoulder emerges in the oxidation wave. This effect has been attributed to the resolution of the two‐electron transfer processes occurring: the first a relatively fast electron transfer (0.1 cm s^?1) followed by a second slower (10^?3 cm s^?1) electron transfer: under the very high mass transport rates induced by insonation an overpotential develops for the second electron transfer so leading to the observed voltammetric resolution. The range of mass transport conditions accessible via sonication allows the estimation of the two rate constants reported.     

Nanostructured catalysts for cathodes of oxygen-hydrogen fuel cells

Bimetallic catalysts platinum-cobalt, platinum-chromium, and platinum-tungsten, deposited onto highly dispersed carbon black from complex cluster-type compounds of corresponding metals with a 1: 1 atomic ratio of metals are developed. The catalysts are characterized by methods of x-ray diffraction analysis and energy dispersive analysis of x-rays. The procedure involving use of a thin-film rotating disk electrode is employed to probe kinetic parameters of the oxygen reduction reaction on the catalysts developed. The investigated binary catalysts exhibit specific electrochemical characteristics that are not inferior and, in some cases, are superior to the characteristics intrinsic to the commercial platinum catalyst E-TEK, when tested in the composition of a gas-diffusion electrode under conditions that are close to real conditions in which cathodes of oxygen-hydrogen fuel cells operate.     

Enhancement of Bioelectrocatalytic Processes by the Rotation of Mediator‐Functionalized Magnetic Particles on Electrode Surfaces: Comparison with a Rotating Disk Electrode

The rotation of redox‐functionalized magnetic particles (MPs) by means of an external magnet is a common practice for enhancing bioelectrocatalytic processes and for the amplification of biosensing events. The current densities generated by rotating redox‐functionalized MPs in two bioelectrocatalytic systems are compared to the current densities generated by rotating disc electrodes (RDE) functionalized with similar redox functionalities. The bioelectrocatalytic systems consist of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)‐functionalized MPs that oxidize NADH, and ferrocene‐functionalized MPs that mediate the bioelectrocatalyzed oxidation of glucose in the presence of glucose oxidase. The results reveal that only ca. 1% of the area of the redox‐functionalized MPs are electrically contacted with the electrode. Also, the current densities generated by the rotating MPs at high rotation speeds are lower than theoretically expected, presumably due to lose of electrical contact between the MPs and the electrode, and incoherent rotation of the particles on the electrode, due to insufficient magnetization. The comparison of the current densities in the bioelectrocatalytic systems in the presence of the rotating redox‐functionalized MPs to the analogous RDE systems allows us to elucidate the kinetics of electron transfer at the redox‐active MPs.     

Annulus and Disk Complex Is Contractible and Quasi-convex

The annulus and disk complex is defined and researched. Especially, we prove that this complex is contractible and quasi-convex in the curve complex.