非晶态Co-B的局域电子结构的Xα原子簇计算

In the research on metallic glass, there are arguments against the "rigid band charge transfer", model which assumes a charge transfer from metalloid atoms to transition metal atoms to explain the experimental evidence of linear reduction of average atomic magnetic moment with the increasing concentration of metalloid atoms, but they could not explain the experimental relation of the reduction. In the present work, spin-polarized SCC-DV-X_a calculation for atomic clusters for metallic glass Co-B has been empoloyed to investigate the local electronic structure and magnetic property of the metallic glass. As opposed to the "rigid band charge transfer" model, calculation in the present work indicates that charge transfers from Co4s to both B and Co3d. It is found that there is Co3d4s-B2p hybird bonding in Co-B, which leads to the linear reduction of average atomic magnetic moment. Thus the explanation removes the above controversy.     

Calculation of Vertical Ionization Potentials of Oxygen Difluoride,Difluoramine, and Difluoromethane by Local Density Approximation

The vertical ionization potentials of OF₂, HNF₂, and CH₂F₂ were computed by the deMon density functional program. The results are compared with earlier calculations and with experiment. The average absolute deviation of the 21 computed ionization potentials of the outer valence electrons from experiment is 0.44 eV, which compares well with 0.37 eV for frozen-orbital configuration-interaction calculations. Although this performance is not as good as perturbation corrections to Koopmans' theorem, the computation requirements are much less demanding.     

Predicting ion selectivity in water purification by capacitive deionization: Electric double layer models

Ion-selective water treatment is needed to address emerging problems in an energy- and cost-efficient manner. Capacitive deionization (CDI) is a membraneless water treatment technology, which relies on storing ions in charged electric double layers (EDLs) of micropores. CDI has shown remarkable selectivity, with local density approximations (LDAs) showing some success in guiding selective separations. However, many underlying processes are represented by lumped fitting parameters in LDA models, hindering further progress. Atomistic models help unravel selectivity mechanisms, but are difficult to integrate with cell-level CDI theory. Here, we review and extend LDA models for CDI, highlight a knowledge gap in connecting between LDA and atomistic models for CDI, and emphasize and build upon analogies between micropore EDLs and nanofiltration membranes.     

Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Polymers from the Polymerisation of Methacrylate-Substituted Oxotantalum Clusters with Methylmethacrylate: A Thermomechanical and Spectroscopic Study

New inorganic-organic hybrid materials were prepared by free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) with methacrylate-substituted oxotantalum cluster [Ta₄O₄(OEt)₈(OMc)₄] and their properties evaluated. The cluster was prepared by the reaction of the parent alkoxide with methacrylic acid. Samples of the hybrid materials were produced with Ta-cluster to methyl methacrylate in the ratios of 1:50 and 1:100 and were characterized by thermal and spectroscopic techniques. The glass transition temperatures of the hybrid materials are shifted to higher temperatures than pure PMMA as a result of cross-linking of the polymer by the oxotantalum clusters. The increase in T_g is also observed from the dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Evidence of crosslinking between the Ta-cluster and PMMA is obtained from infrared spectroscopic study. Surface studies performed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) provide information about the atomic concentrations of the surface and indicate tantalum bonded to oxygen.     

Vibrational spectrum of BiH3: Six-dimensional variational calculations on high-level ab initio potential energy surfaces

We report a theoretical study of the ground electronic state of BiH₃. The potential energy surface (PES) is obtained from coupled cluster CCSD(T) calculations with a large basis set (289 contracted Gaussian functions). The previously available quartic force field (P4) is extended by adding the dominant quintic and sextic stretching terms to yield improved potential functions in symmetry coordinates (P6) and Morse-type coordinates (M4). Second-order rovibrational perturbation calculations on the P4-PES and full variational calculations on the P6-PES and M4-PES yield almost identical vibrational term values which is rationalized by considering the local mode behavior of BiH₃ and the Morse-type character of the M4-PES. The remaining deviations between the computed and observed vibrational term values must thus be caused by imperfections in the CCSD(T) surface. A refinement of this ab initio surface by a restrained fit to experimental data allows an essentially perfect reproduction of the observed vibrational term values. Variational calculations on this refined surface provide predictions for several overtone and combination bands that have not yet been observed. Dedicated to Hermann Stoll on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Cross-linking of polyolefins: a study by thermoporosimetry with benzene derivatives as swelling solvents.

The solvents o-, m-, p-xylene, p-dichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, and naphthalene were calibrated as condensates used in the thermoporosimetry technique. Exponential relationships were found connecting the pore radii R(p) (in nm) and the freezing-point depression of the swelling solvent deltaT (in degrees C) on the one hand and the apparent energy of crystallization W(a) (in J cm(-3)) and deltaT on the other hand: R(p) = t exp[-1/(c deltaT)]; W(a) = W0 exp(deltaT/f). Pore- or mesh-size distributions can be derived from differential scanning calorimetry results by using the following equation: dV(p)/dR(p) = k{[cY(T)deltaT2]/[W(a)R(p)]}. All the numerical parameters were determined. Polyethylene and polypropylene samples, cross-linked with high-energy electrons or gamma-rays, were submitted to thermoporosimetry study. Relative mesh-size distributions, which depend on the polymer/solvent pair, were calculated for these polyolefins with o-, m-, and p-xylene as solvent and were found to be in the same sequence as those of their degrees of swelling and the irradiation doses received.     

Vapor pressures and osmotic coefficients of the acetone solutions of three bis(tetraalkylammonium)tetrathiomolybdates at 298.15 K measured by head-space gas chromatography

The vapor pressures and osmotic coefficients of solutions of (R₄N)₂[MoS₄] (R = ethyl, n-propyl and n-butyl) in acetone have been measured by head space-gas chromatography (HS-GC). Experimental data for the osmotic coefficients have been expressed by three thermodynamic models including the ionic interaction model of Pitzer, the electrolyte non-random two liquid (e-NRTL) model and the non-random factor (NRF) model. The ability of the models to fit the osmotic coefficient was compared on the basis of the standard deviation of the fittings. The results show that the considered models provide reliable results, but the Pitzer's model gives better results than the NRTL and the NRF methods, especially in the dilute region.