Biochemical and physicochemical treatment of flax fibers

Conditions were found for separating concomitant substances from cellulose in short flax fibers by treatment with surfactant and enzyme solutions. The chemical composition of the treated fibers was analyzed, and their structural organization was studied by IR Fourier spectroscopy.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1743–1746.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Shamolina, Bochek, Zabivalova, Vlasova, Volchek, Sinitsin.     

High-Resolution Infrared Study of PHD2: The P-H Stretching Bands ν1 and 2ν1

For the first time the infrared spectrum of PHD₂ was recorded in the region of the PH stretching fundamental ν₁ at 2324.005 cm⁻¹ and the overtone 2ν₁ at 4563.634 cm⁻¹ with a resolution of 4.2×10⁻³ cm⁻¹ and 8.8×10⁻³ cm⁻¹, respectively. In the analyses about 1340 and 1020 transitions were assigned to the corresponding ν₁ and 2ν₁ bands, which provided 316 and 248 upper energies, respectively. Since both the bands are sufficiently isolated, a standard Watson-type Hamiltonian (A-reduction, I^r-representation) was employed. The obtained sets of spectroscopic parameters correlate very well both with each other, and with the corresponding parameters of the ground vibrational state.     

Secondary ion yields produced by keV atomic and polyatomic ion impacts on a self-assembled monolayer surface

A suite of keV polyatomic or 'cluster' projectiles was used to bombard unoxidized and oxidized self-assembled monolayer surfaces. Negative secondary ion yields, collected at the limit of single ion impacts, were measured and compared for both molecular and fragment ions. In contrast to targets that are orders of magnitude thicker than the penetration range of the primary ions, secondary ion yields from polyatomic projectile impacts on self-assembled monolayers show little to no enhancement when compared with monatomic projectiles at the same velocity. This unusual trend is most likely due to the structural arrangement and bonding characteristics of the monolayer molecules with the Au(111). Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.