Characterization of fluorinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes with X-ray absorption,photoelectron and emission spectroscopies

The combined investigation of the chemical bond formation in fluorinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes with 15 wt.% fluorine concentrations (MWCNTs + F 15 wt.%) using X-ray absorption, emission and photoelectron spectroscopy at C 1s and F 1s thresholds is presented. All measurements were performed at BESSY II. The analysis of the soft X-ray and photoelectron spectra point to the formation of covalent chemical bonding between fluorine and carbon atoms in the fluorinated nanotubes. Based on results of this combined study the depth dependent effects are discussed.     

Hardness of covalent crystals

Based on the idea that the hardness of covalent crystal is intrinsic and equivalent to the sum of the resistance to the indenter of each bond per unit area, a semiempirical method for the evaluation of hardness of multicomponent crystals is presented. Applied to beta-BC2N crystal, the predicted value of hardness is in good agreement with the experimental value. It is found that bond density or electronic density, bond length, and degree of covalent bonding are three determinative factors for the hardness of a polar covalent crystal. Our method offers the advantage of applicability to a broad class of materials and initializes a link between macroscopic property and electronic structure from first principles calculation.     

Comparative X-ray absorption investigation of fluorinated single-walled carbon nanotubes

The C 1s and F 1s X-ray absorption spectra of pristine and fluorinated single-walled carbon nanotubes with different fluorine contents and nanodiamond as a reference compound have been measured with the aim of characterizing single-walled carbon nanotubes and their products formed upon treatment of the nanotubes with molecular fluorine at a temperature of 190°C. The spectra obtained have been analyzed by thoroughly comparing with the previously measured spectra of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and fluorinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes and the spectrum of nanodiamond. It has been established that the fluorination of single-walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes leads to similar results and is characterized by the attachment of fluorine atoms to carbon atoms on the lateral surface of the nanotube with the formation of the σ(C-F) bonds due to the covalent mixing of F 2p and C 2p _z π valence electron states.     

Halogen bonds with N-heterocyclic carbenes as halogen acceptors: a partially covalent character

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are important ligands in organometallic catalytic reactions. This study focuses on the halogen bonds with NHCs as the electron donors. The results show that NHCs are better electron donors in halogen bonds. Our interest is how to make a halogen bond having a partially covalent property, which depends on the strength of halogen bonding. The covalent property of halogen bonding is related to the nature of the halogen donor. Iodine is favourable to form a halogen bond with covalent property than chlorine and bromine. The covalent property of halogen bond is greatly affected by substituents. Strong electron-donating groups in NHCs could reinforce the covalent attribute of bromine bonding, whereas strong electron-withdrawing groups in NHCs make iodine bonding lose the covalent nature. The covalent property of halogen bond is further heightened through the cooperative effect between the carbene–halogen bond and another interaction. This covalent property results in a much short binding distance and a prominent bond elongation. The covalent property of halogen bond has been analysed with the energy density, electron local function, and electron density shifts.     

Compact polarization rotators for integrated polarization diversity in InP-based waveguides

We present the design, fabrication, and operation of a polarization converter based on angled waveguides in the InP/InGaAsP material system. By combining design elements from mode evolution and birefringent devices, the total device length is kept short (less than 50 microm) and the insertion efficiency high at 81%+/-19%, which corresponds to an insertion loss of 1 dB. Devices operate broadband, i.e., the polarization conversion exceeds 15 dB over a 100 nm wavelength range. A polarization rotator with these specifications is a prime candidate for use in an integrated polarization diversity scheme.     

抗偏振温度变动的聚酰亚胺波导宽带耦合器

提出了一种适合于宽带光波导耦合器的抗偏振变动、抗温度变动的优化设计理论和方法。使用该理论和方法 ,在 14 90～ 16 10nm带域上 ,对氟化聚酰亚胺光波导做了 3dB耦合器的消偏振和温度依存设计。器件经三维波束传播法 (BPM)模拟运行验证 ,结果表明 ,12 0nm带宽上 ,在 - 10～ 4 0℃的环境下 ,两个正交偏振态均实现了(5 0± 0 .8) %功率输出比的良好特性     

含氟聚酰亚胺波导波长分离耦合器优化设计

提出并采用统计优化的设计方法解决含氟聚酰亚胺波导波长交叉分离耦合器的偏振态变动的影响.在实测了含氟聚酰亚胺的色散和双折射特性的基础上,优化设计了40路波长信道、1550 nm中心波长、0.8 nm波长间隔的抗偏振变动的波长交叉分离耦合器.数值模拟显示:波长周期偏移小于0.1 nm,1 dB带宽为0.5 nm,3 dB带宽为0.8 nm,串扰小于－30 dB,偏振变动导致的波长漂移小于0.08 nm.     

Solid state NMR study of nanodiamond surface chemistry

Solid state NMR measurements using 13C, 1H and 19F nuclei (MAS, CP-MAS) underline the surface chemistry of nanodiamonds from different synthesis (detonation, high pressure high temperature and shock compression). The comparison of the spin-lattice relaxation times T1 and physicochemical characterization (spin densities of dangling bonds, specific surface area and Raman and infrared spectroscopies) for the various samples, as synthesized, chemically purified and fluorinated allows the nature and the location of the various groups, mainly C-OH, C-H and C-F to be investigated. C-OH groups are located only on the surface whereas C-H and dangling bonds seem to be distributed in the whole volume. Fluorination was studied as a chemical treatment for purification and change of the hydrophobicity through the conversion of the C-OH groups into covalent C-F bonds.     

金红石型TiO2(110)表面性质及STM形貌模拟

采用密度泛函理论从头计算了金红石型TiO₂(110)表面的相关性质,切片模型含有9层原子,采用化学整比表面结构,晶胞真空层厚度为1.5nm,原子价电子采用超软赝势表达.差分电子密度分布图发现原子附近区域电子密度分布以球对称为主,电子定域形成离子键的趋势较强,但在Ti和O原子之间存在较弱的共价键.模拟了金红石型TiO₂(110)表面结构的扫描隧道显微镜(scanning tunneling microscope,简称STM)图像,利用Tersoff-Hamann的成像理论,在+2V的正向偏压下,采用一系列变化的数值作为STM探针离表面桥式氧的距离,分析了相关态密度的变化,发现(110)表面的STM形貌凸起部分来自于5—Ti原子,而不是2—O原子(桥式氧),在TiO₂(110)表面结构成像中,电子效应起主导作用,证实了STM实验观察到的亮行是Ti原子的结果. 关键词： 功能材料 密态泛函理论 表面结构 STM像     

Specific features of the electronic structure of fluorinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes in the near-surface region

The C 1s and F 1s X-ray photoelectron spectra of fluorinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes with different fluorine contents have been measured using the equipment of the Russian-German beamline at the BESSY storage ring by varying the energy of exciting photons. It has been established that two fluorocarbon phases in which the chemical bonding is characterized by a different electron transfer from carbon atoms to fluorine atoms are formed in the near-surface region of nanotubes with fluorine concentrations of 10–39 wt %. The content of the dominant first phase with a large electron transfer in nanotubes remains unchanged with an increase in the probing depth. This phase is identified as a bulk phase formed as a result of the covalent attachment of fluorine atoms to graphene layers of the graphite skeleton without its destruction. The second phase with a small electron transfer is a near-surface phase, because it is predominantly located within two or three upper graphene monolayers and its contribution considerably decreases with an increase in the probing depth of fluorinated multiwalled carbon nanotubes.     

无序碳单层的电子结构及氢原子吸附的第一性原理

本研究运用第一性原理计算方法,系统地研究了无序碳单层材料不同位点的电子结构及其析氢性能.计算结果显示无序结构中的C-C键相比于石墨烯中的C-C键在26.7%的范围内有不同程度的拉伸或压缩,使得C原子电荷在-0.17～+0.16个电子范围内变化,导致部分C原子电子局域化.电子的局域化增强了C原子的化学活性,从而表现出了较强的吸附性能.我们发现H原子与C原子的键合及析氢性能与C原子间的键角相关.对于三配位的碳原子,其中三个价电子通过sp~2杂化轨道与最邻近的碳原子结合形成较强的共价键,而余下的一个p_z轨道电子可以与H原子在垂直于原子层的方向形成较弱的化学键.无序结构可以打破三个sp~2杂化轨道的对称性,进而影响p_z轨道与氢的成键.本研究在一定程度上揭示了单层无序碳材料结构-性能的构效关系,为实验上设计特定性能的无序碳功能材料提供理论指导.     

Determination of the bond length and binding energy of the helium dimer by diffraction from a transmission grating

A molecular beam consisting of small helium clusters is diffracted from a 100 nm period transmission grating. The relative dimer intensities have been measured out to the 7th order and are used to determine the reduction of the effective slit width resulting from the finite size of the dimer. From a theoretical analysis of the data which also takes into account the van der Waals interaction with the grating bars, the bond length (mean internuclear distance) and the binding energy are found to be = 52+/-4 A and |E(b)| = 1. 1+0.3/-0.2 mK.     

C?H hydrogen bonding: 3. Hammett correlations for phenylacetonitriles and tetrafluorobenzenes with HMPA

Understanding the hydrogen bond, or H‐bond, arguably the strongest known intermolecular attractive force, is of great importance. Models of H‐bonding hold that both electrostatic and covalent components are at work. H‐bonding of C? H bonds, and thus presumably other A? H bonds, is greatly facilitated by polar substituents. We have found that equilibrium constants, K, for C? H H‐bonding in series of phenylacetonitriles and tetrafluorobenzenes with HMPA are closely correlated by the Hammett equation. That is, K values vary as substituents of different polarities are introduced at positions remote from the donor C? H bond. This result is consistent with a significant electrostatic component in these examples of H‐bonding. It may, however, also be explained by interaction with the σ* orbital of the C? H bond, which is involved in the covalent component of the H‐bond. Theoretical models need to be applied to this and other cases. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

2D CP/MASC Isotropic Chemical Shift Correlation Established byH Spin Diffusion

A new 2D solid-state CP/MAS¹³C NMR exchange experiment for through-space isotropic chemical shift correlation is proposed and demonstrated. Through-space correlation is established via a second cross polarization from¹³C to¹H and subsequent¹H spin diffusion. A third cross polarization results in the final¹³C–¹³C isotropic chemical shift correlation. The¹H spin diffusion time is a variable parameter allowing different mean square magnetization displacements to be probed. Experimental results on mixtures of differently¹³C-labeled alanine and polyethylene indicate that this site-selective 2D technique can be used to characterize domain sizes and proximities over a wide range of length scales (1–200 nm) in solids such as polymers or biological materials.     

低介电常数非晶氟碳薄膜光谱表征

以C4F8和CH4为原料气,通过等离子体增强化学气相淀积的方法制备了非晶氟碳薄膜,在实验条件下所得薄膜的介电常数为2.3。薄膜的傅里叶变换红外光谱表明该薄膜中除了含有CFn(n=1-3）基团外,还含有少量的C=O,C=C等不饱和双键,没有迹象表明C-H和O-H的存在。X射线光电子能谱进一步证明了薄膜中的碳元素有六种不同的化学状态分别为CF3（8%）、CF2（19%）,CF（26.7%)、C↓-—CF。（42.5%),C↓-—C(3.3%)和C=O（0.5%),表明薄膜中大约54%的碳原子与氟成键,大约43%的碳原子不是与氟成键,而是与碳氟基团CFn中的碳原子成键,毗连的两个碳原子上均没有氟参与成键的几率很小。     

Theoretical study of ZnO adsorption and bonding on Al_2O_3(0001) surface

Sapphire (α-Al2O3) and silicon (Si) are widely applied as the substrates of the highquality ZnO thin films prepared by pulse laser deposition (PLD) and molecule beamepitaxy (MBE) technology. The adhesion, diffusivity, and bonding of the particles on thesubstrates play a significant role in the forming and initial growing of nucleation for filmgrowth, and directly influence the quality of the entire thin films[1]. No sufficient studiesand experiments are available on the surface atomic str…     

How universal are hydrogen bond correlations? A density functional study of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in low-energy conformers of α-amino acids

Hydrogen bonding is one of the most important and ubiquitous interactions present in Nature. Several studies have attempted to characterise and understand the nature of this very basic interaction. These include both experimental and theoretical investigations of different types of chemical compounds, as well as systems subjected to high pressure. The O–H..O bond is of course the best studied hydrogen bond, and most studies have concentrated on intermolecular hydrogen bonding in solids and liquids. In this paper, we analyse and characterise normal hydrogen bonding of the general type, D–H...A, in intramolecular hydrogen bonding interactions. Using a first-principles density functional theory approach, we investigate low energy conformers of the twenty α-amino acids. Within these conformers, several different types of intramolecular hydrogen bonds are identified. The hydrogen bond within a given conformer occurs between two molecular groups, either both within the backbone itself, or one in the backbone and one in the side chain. In a few conformers, more than one (type of) hydrogen bond is seen to occur.

Interestingly, the strength of the hydrogen bonds in the amino acids spans quite a large range, from weak to strong. The signature of hydrogen bonding in these molecules, as reflected in their theoretical vibrational spectra, is analysed. With the new first-principles data from 51 hydrogen bonds, various parameters relating to the hydrogen bond, such as hydrogen bond length, hydrogen bond angle, bond length and vibrational frequencies are studied. Interestingly, the correlation between these parameters in these bonds is found to be in consonance with those obtained in earlier experimental studies of normal hydrogen bonds on vastly different systems. Our study provides some of the most detailed first-principles support, and the first involving vibrational frequencies, for the universality of hydrogen bond correlations in materials.     

CC双键对氟化非晶碳薄膜I-V特性的影响

研究了电子回旋共振等离子体技术沉积的氟化非晶碳 (a_C :F)薄膜的电学性质 .发现对于不同C_Fx 含量的薄膜 ,CC含量的增大对薄膜的导电行为具有不同的影响 .薄膜的直流I_V特性呈现I =aV bVn规律 ,是低场强区的欧姆导电和高场强区的空间电荷限流 (SCLC)组成的导电过程 .由于非晶材料的空间电荷限流与带尾态密度的分布密切相关 ,而a_C :F薄膜中CC的含量决定带尾态密度的分布 ,因此a_C :F薄膜在高场下的空间电荷限流是由薄膜中 CC 决定的导电过程 .     

不同氮掺杂浓度碳纳米管的制备及其成键特性分析

采用化学气相沉积法,以吡啶为氮源,乙炔为碳源,制备出了不同氮掺杂含量的碳纳米管.使用透射电子显微镜(TEM)和X射线荧光光谱(XPS)对样品的形貌和成键特性进行了观察和分析.TEM测试发现随着掺杂量的增大,氮掺杂碳纳米管的竹节长度从120 nm减小为40 nm左右,同时管身变得更加弯曲,管壁变得粗糙.XPS测试发现氮元素在碳纳米管中以“吡啶”、“吡咯”和“石墨”三种C—N键合方式存在.结合三种价键的形成原因,分析了氮掺杂浓度对键合形式的影响,并根据价键的存在形式解释了碳纳米管形貌变化的原因. 关键词： 碳纳米管 氮掺杂 XPS     

Energy gap modulation of graphene nanoribbons by F termination

Under the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), the electronic properties are studied for the F-terminated graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with either zigzag edge (ZGNRs) or armchair edge (AGNRs) by using the first-principles projector augmented wave potential within the density function theory (DFT) framework. The results show that an edge state appears at the Fermi level E_F in the broader F-terminated ZGNRs, but does not appear in all the F-terminated AGNRs due to their dimerized C-C bonds at edge. The density of states (DOS) and projected DOS (PDOS) analyses show that the F-terminated ZGNRs are metallic and have a sharp peak at the Fermi level when the width is large enough. In contrast, the AGNRs are always semiconductors independent of their width. The charge density contours analyses shows that the C-F bond is an ionic bond due to a much stronger electronegativity of the F atom than that of the C atom. However, all kinds of the C-C bonds display a typical nonpolar covalent bonding feature.