Electron energy loss spectroscopy of van-der-Waals clusters

A method to measure electron energy loss spectra (EELS) of clusters with a high resolution (30 meV) has been developed and has been applied to some van der Waals clusters (Ar _n , Kr _n ). Structures have been found which relate to the excitation of atoms on the surface and inside the cluster. An influence of the cluster size on the spectra has been observed.     

Electron energy loss spectroscopy and its application in material science

The physical processes underlying the inelastic scattering of electrons on passing through a solid as well as on travelling outside a solid in the vicinity of a surface are briefly reviewed. Image energy filtering in a Transmission Electron Microscope (EFTEM) for elemental mapping and High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (HREELS) for the characterization of semiconductor surfaces and layered structures are discussed as representative applications of Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) in material science, with main emphasis on semiconductors.     

Electron energy loss spectroscopy: Application to synthetic organic polymers

Electron energy loss spectroscopy has been examined as a possible tool for measuring the atomic composition of polymers on a local scale in the transmission electron microscope. Thin films of nylon 6,6 and single crystal lamellae of poly(chlorotrifluorethylene) were investigated as model systems. Spectra were obtained using an 100 kV electron beam. Results for nylon 6,6 gave fairly good quantitative agreement between the measured relative atomic contents of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (77, 9, and 14%, ± 5%, respectively) and the calculated values (75, 12.5, and 12.5%, respectively). Spectra obtained for poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) single crystals revealed significant mass loss of chlorine as a function of electron dose. The amount of chlorine decayed exponentially with a characteristic dose D^* of 96 C/m₂. Supporting the poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) crystals on a continuous carbon film, a holey carbon film, or sandwiched between two carbon films did not effect the mass loss decay constant significantly but did effect the amount of chlorine remaining in the irradiated area at large electron doses. The poly(chlorotrifluorethylene) crystals sandwiched between two carbon films retained more chlorine at large doses, possibly due to the carbon film on both sides of the crystals, inhibiting surface diffusion of the chlorine. Analysis of the spectrum from a portion of a trilayer PCTFE crystal suspended over a hole in the support film gave the relative contents of C, Cl, and F (extrapolated to zero dose) as being 38, 15, and 47%, respectively. The calculated values are 33, 17, and 50%, respectively.     

The structure of different cellulosic fibres characterized by Raman spectroscopy

Different samples of cellulosic materials were analyzed by Raman spectroscopy and wood chips from Pinus elliottii, treated with acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions, were used to evaluate diagnostic signatures of the chemical structure of the cellulosic fibres. Cotton and whiskers synthesized from cotton, ancient Egyptian linen from a mummy wrapping, and five different paper sheets used in museum handling were compared. The complementarity of the Raman spectroscopic and scanning electron microscopic data facilitated the evaluation of the crystallinity, the level of organization and chain sizes of the fibres and the identification of different oxidation products. Intensity ratios measured from pairs of key bands were used to characterize the crystallinity, chain lengths and presence of oxidative decomposition in the range of the studied samples. Finally, the Raman spectra of the ancient Egyptian linen specimen indicated a potential future application of the proposed analysis for the characterization of archaeological pieces composed of linen.     

Monte Carlo simulation study of reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy of an Fe/Si overlayer sample

Reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS) has been used to study the optical and electronic properties of semi-infinite solid samples, aided by a theoretical model of the interaction between electrons and a solid. However, REELS has not been used to its full capacity in studying nanomaterial samples because of the difficulty in modeling the electron interaction with a layered nanostructure. In this study, we present a numerical calculation result on the spatially varying inelastic mean free path for a sample comprising an Fe layer of varying thickness on an Si substrate. Furthermore, a Monte Carlo model for electron interaction with this Fe-Si layered structure sample is built based on this inelastic scattering cross section and used to reproduce the REELS spectra of Fe-Si layered structures. The simulated spectra of the sample with varying Fe layer thickness on top of a Si substrate were compared with the experimental spectra. This comparison clearly identifies that the Fe layer remaining on top of the experimental Si substrate after Ar⁺ beam sputtering is in the form of a homogeneous mixed layer, where the Fe/Si interface excitation is absent in the experimental spectra owing to pulverization of the Fe/Si interface during the Ar⁺ sputtering process.     

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) of iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and transmission electron microscopy have been used to study iron catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. When silica-containing iron oxide precursors are activated in flowing CO, the iron phase segregates into iron carbide crystallites, leaving behind some unreduced iron oxide in an amorphous state coexisting with the silica binder. The iron carbide crystallites are found covered by characteristic amorphous carbonaceous surface layers. These amorphous species are difficult to analyze by traditional catalyst characterization techniques, which lack spatial resolution. Even a surface-sensitive technique such as XPS shows only broad carbon or iron peaks in these catalysts. As we show in this work, EELS allows us to distinguish three different carbonaceous species: reactive amorphous carbon, graphitic carbon, and carbidic carbon in the bulk of the iron carbide particles. The carbidic carbon K edge shows an intense "pi*" peak with an edge shift of about 1 eV to higher energy loss compared to that of the pi* of amorphous carbon film or graphitic carbon. EELS analysis of the oxygen K edge allows us to distinguish the amorphous unreduced iron phase from the silica binder, indicating these are two separate phases. These results shed light onto the complex phase transformations that accompany the activation of iron catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.     

Electron energy loss spectrometry mapping

Among electron beam microanalytical techniques, electron energy loss spectrometry (EELS) offers unique advantages in terms of information content, sensitivity, limits of detection. This paper describes new methods and tools for acquiring families of spectra over many pixels on the specimen, i.e. spectrumimages, and for processing them. Applications in different fields of research, both in materials science and in life sciences, demonstrate the potential impact of the technique for characterizing nano-sized structures.     

Momentum transfer effects in near surface electron energy loss

We examine two formulations for the differential surface excitation parameter (DSEP): one provided by Tung et al. and the other given by the Chen–Kwei position‐dependent differential inverse inelastic mean free path integrated over the electron trajectory. We demonstrate that the latter converges to the former provided that the dielectric function of the solid does not depend on the momentum transfer or it depends on just the momentum transfer component parallel to the surface. Tung's DSEP represents therefore an approximation to the Chen–Kwei DSEP calculated for a dielectric function with no restrictions on the momentum dependence. The approximation is shown to work in the limit of small momentum transfer and to imply an error of 4%–5% for electrons traveling through the solid with energy E = 1 keV. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

金纳米微粒与盐酸氯丙嗪相互作用的共振Rayleigh散射光谱研究及其分析应用

在pH 1.8~3.3的酸性介质中,金纳米微粒本身有一定的共振瑞利散射(RRS)强度,但盐酸氯丙嗪本身的RRS强度十分微弱,当二者共存时,溶液的RRS强度显著增强并出现新的RRS光谱,在280~368 nm之间产生强烈的散射带,其最大散射波长位于368 nm,并在284、440、498 nm处有明显的散射峰。在一定条件下,盐酸氯丙嗪在0~0.08 mg/L范围内与ΔIRRS强度成正比,方法具有较高的灵敏度,对盐酸氯丙嗪的检出限(3σ)达到1.75μg/L。本文考察了反应体系的RRS光谱特征,研究了适宜的反应条件、影响因素及分析化学性质,研究了共存物质的影响,表明方法具有较好的选择性,据此发展了一种用金纳米微粒作RRS探针测定盐酸氯丙嗪的新方法。     

高效液相色谱共振瑞利散射联用方法检测大鼠血清中的西索米星

用高效液相色谱与共振瑞利散射方法联用对西索米星进行检测.采用滂胺天蓝(PSB)作为分子识别探针,C18反相色谱柱进行分离.流动相为含0.22％三氟乙酸的20 mmol/L醋酸钠和甲醇(92:8,V/V),流速为0.5 mL/min.柱后探针溶液流速为0.1 mL/min.共振瑞利散射(RRS)检测波长设为λex=λem...     

Obtaining quantitative information on surface excitations from reflection electron energy‐loss spectroscopy (REELS)

A new analysis of reflection electron energy‐loss spectroscopy (REELS) spectra is presented. Assuming inelastic scattering in the bulk to be quantitatively understood, this method provides the distribution of energy losses in a single surface excitation in absolute units without the use of any fitting parameters. For this purpose, REELS spectra are decomposed into contributions corresponding to surface and volume excitations in two steps: first the contribution of multiple volume excitations is eliminated from the spectra and subsequently the distribution of energy losses in a single surface scattering event is retrieved. This decomposition is possible if surface and bulk excitations are uncorrelated, a condition that is fulfilled for medium‐energy electrons because the thickness of the surface scattering layer is small compared with the electron elastic mean free path. The developed method is successfully applied to REELS spectra of several materials. The resulting distributions of energy losses in an individual surface excitation are in good agreement with theory. In particular, the so‐called begrenzungs effect, i.e. the reduction of the intensity of bulk losses due to coupling with surface excitations near the boundary of a solid‐state plasma, becomes clearly observable in this way. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analysis of Fe-Si layered structures by reflected electron energy loss spectroscopy and inelastic scattering cross-section

This paper reports on our study of the formation of an interface of layered structures in the Fe-Si system by reflected electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS). Quantitative element analysis was performed using the product of the mean length of the inelastic free path by the inelastic scattering cross-section of electrons. It is shown that the Fe-Si interface is quite uniform.     

Study of the dynamics of surface molecules by time-resolved sum-frequency generation spectroscopy

Sum-frequency generation (SFG) is a nonlinear laser-spectroscopy technique suitable for analysis of adsorbed molecules. The sub-monolayer sensitivity of SFG spectroscopy enables vibrational spectra to be obtained with high specificity for a variety of molecules on a range of surfaces, including metals, oxides, and semiconductors. The use of ultra-short laser pulses on time-scales of picoseconds also makes time-resolved measurements possible; this can reveal ultrafast transient changes in molecular arrangements. This article reviews recent time-resolved SFG spectroscopy studies revealing site-hopping of adsorbed CO on metal surfaces and the dynamics of energy relaxation at water/metal interfaces. Time-resolved sum frequency generation spectroscopy at surfaces with non-resonant laser pulse irradiation     

Converged calculations of vibrational energy transfer probabilities for the collision of two HF(v=1) molecules

We present converged quantum mechanical calculations of state-to-state transition probabilities for the collision of two hydrogen fluoride molecules with zero total angular momentum. The potential energy surface is obtained by adding a vibrational dependence to the interaction potential of Alexander and DePristo. We have calculated converged transition probabilities for vibration-to-vibration and vibration-to-translation-and-rotation energy transfer including full vibration-rotation coupling. The calculations include up to 948 coupled channels. Final production runs were carried out with a highly vectorized code on the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute's Control Data Corporation Cyber 205 computer.     

Characterization of gold nanoparticle bioconjugation by resonance light scattering correlation spectroscopy

<正>Gold nanoparticles(GNPs) have been widely used as probes and nanomaterials in certain biological and biomedical fields thanks to its special physical and chemical properties.However,it is still difficult to characterize GNPs-bioconjugates in solution,which has greatly limited further bioapplications of GNPs.In this study,we reported a single particle method for characterizing GNPsbiomolecules in solution using resonance light scattering correlation spectroscopy(RLSCS).The interaction of GNPs with bovine serum albumin(BSA) and thiol-modified oligonucletides were investigated.     

Surface anchoring energy of cholesteric liquid crystals

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we propose a suitable surface energy expression for cholesteric liquid crystals. We show that there exists a symmetry allowed term for chiral nematics that doesn’t appear in the traditional Rapini-Papoular surface energy form. We discuss some consequences of this new surface anchoring term.     

金纳米微粒共振光散射光谱探针测定维生素B4-水溶性腺嘌呤的研究

建立了一种以金纳米微粒为探针共振光散射(RLS)法测定维生素B4的新方法.在弱酸性介质中(pH 4.2),金纳米微粒在635 nm有一最大共振散射峰.加入微量维生素B4后,金纳米微粒与维生素B4通过静电引力结合.形成了粒径较大的聚集体,导致RLS强度显著增强.研究了体系的共振光散射光谱特征和反应适宜条件,探讨了共振光散射增强的机理.结果表明,维生素B4质量浓度在0.1～5.0μg/mL 时与散射强度(△I)呈线性关系,检出限(3σ)为12.0 ng/mL,相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.2%.该方法已用于片剂中维生素B4的测定.     

Resonance Raman spectroscopy and DFT calculations of the protonation of 4-(2-pyridylazo)-N,N-dimethylaniline in solution and adsorbed on oxide surfaces

The protonation of 4-(2-pyridylazo)-N,N-dimethylaniline (PYAD) in aqueous solution and its adsorption on oxide surfaces has been studied by resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy. The gas phase structures of neutral, protonated and diprotonated forms of PYAD were modelled by SCF-DFT calculations at the B3-LYP/DZ level, enabling determination of the simulated vibrational spectra of these species, together with vibrational assignments, and providing confirmation that protonation occurs initially at the pyridyl nitrogen atom. Electronic absorption spectra were interpreted using time-dependent DFT calculations. Adsorption of PYAD on SiO₂ or Al₂O₃ surfaces is mainly via the neutral species, hydrogen bonded to surface OH groups, although a small proportion of adsorbed molecules are protonated. By contrast, adsorption on SiO₂–Al₂O₃ results in complete protonation, indicating the presence of Brønsted acidic sites with pK_a values ? 4.5, whereas adsorption on H-mordenite results in diprotonation, indicating the presence of Brønsted acidic sites with pK_a values ? 2.     

金纳米粒子-荧光素体系的光谱特性

纳米粒子具有量子尺寸效应和表面效应等许多特有的性质 [1] ,在光吸收、医药及新材料等方面具有广阔的应用前景 .纳米粒子具有较高的比表面能且带有电荷 ,当光子与其接近时 ,实际上是光子与纳米粒子的界面电子发生了作用 [2 ,3 ] .基于此建立的共振散射 (RS)光谱技术已成为一种高灵敏度和高选择性的分析技术 ,是研究生物化学和液相纳米粒子特性的良好手段 [4～ 9] .我们 [2 ,3 ] 研究发现 ,较大粒径纳米粒子和界面的形成是导致散射光增强的根本原因 ;金、银等液相纳米粒子产生 RS效应和 RS峰等 .荧光猝灭 (FQ)效应已用于分析化学和蛋白…     

三甲基品红与脱氧核糖核酸作用的共振光散射光谱的研究

在pH为0.85的三羟甲基氨基甲烷和盐酸 (Tris-HCl)缓冲溶液中 ,三甲基品红(NM)与脱氧核糖核酸(fsDNA,ctDNA)分子作用后共振光光散射增强 ,其强度增加值与DNA的浓度呈线性关系 ,据此 ,建立了一种测定DNA的共振光散射法。该方法线性范围分别为0.02～6.0mg·L -1,0.04～7.0mg·L -1,相关系数分别为0.9984、0.9987 ,检出限分别为18.3、21.8μg·L-1,用于DNA合成样品的测定获得了满意的结果。同时 ,对该反应机理进行了探讨 ,并用紫外 -可见光谱求出了其形成常数