The Magnetism of Frustrated RFe6Al6 Compounds Studied by μSR and Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Hyperfine Interactions - μSR studies on the RFe6Al6 (R?=?Tb,?Ho,?Er) ferrimagnets (T N≈340?K) show that the presence of frustration by competing exchange...     

Structural, orbital, and magnetic order in vanadium spinels

Vanadium spinels (ZnV2O4, MgV2O4, and CdV2O4) exhibit a sequence of structural and magnetic phase transitions, reflecting the interplay of lattice, orbital, and spin degrees of freedom. We offer a theoretical model taking into account the relativistic spin-orbit interaction, collective Jahn-Teller effect, and spin frustration. Below the structural transition, vanadium ions exhibit ferro-orbital order and the magnet is best viewed as two sets of antiferromagnetic chains with a single-ion Ising anisotropy. Magnetic order, parametrized by two Ising variables, appears at a tetracritical point.     

Quantum order by disorder in frustrated diamond lattice antiferromagnets

We present a quantum theory of frustrated diamond lattice antiferromagnets. Considering quantum fluctuations as the predominant mechanism relieving spin frustration, we find a rich phase diagram comprising of six phases with coplanar spiral ordering in addition to the Néel phase. By computing the specific heat of these ordered phases, we obtain a remarkable agreement between (k, k, 0) spiral ordering and the experimental specific heat data for the diamond lattice spinel compounds MnSc2S4, Co3O4, and CoRh2O4, i.e., specific heat data is a strong evidence for (k, k, 0) spiral ordering in all of these materials. This prediction can be tested in future neutron scattering experiments on Co3O4 and CoRh2O4, and is consistent with existing neutron scattering data on MnSc2S4. Based on this agreement, we infer a monotonically increasing relationship between frustration and the strength of quantum fluctuations.     

碘-四氯化碳萃取光度法间接测定痕量草酸根

本研究了在稀硫酸介质中，一定的反应条件下，碘酸根与草酸根反应，稀释出 一定量的碘，据此建立了碘－四氯化碳萃取光度法间接测定草根的方法。反应温度控制在９０℃，反应时间控制在３ｍｉｎ，反应酸度控制在ｐＨ１．０￣２．０，共顾离子基本不干扰测定，草酸根的最低检测限为０．０８μｇ／ｍＬ，通过方法的回收率试验以及与其他测定方法进行比较得到了满意的结果，回收率在９６￣９８％之间。     

Synthesis,structural characterization,Hirshfeld surface analysis,spectroscopic and ferroelectric properties studies of 4-methylbenzylammonium sulfate

Single crystals of 4-methylbenzylammonium sulfate were grown in an aqueous solution at room temperature. The grown compound is characterized by spectroscopic, thermal, and dielectric studies and its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Its crystal structure is described as a three-dimensional network where the sulfate anions (HSO₄^?) are interconnected through H-bonds to form anionic layers between which the 4-methylbenzylammonium cations are located. The hydrogen bonding network connecting the different components is given. Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed to visualize, explore and quantify intermolecular interactions in the crystal lattice. This analysis revealed the presence of H…C/H…C, C…O/O…C intermolecular interactions and O…O, H…H short contacts in the crystal. X-ray, structural and electrical results are correlated. The kind of the observed conduction is protonic by translocation. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) shows that this material presents a reversible phase transition at 390 K, confirmed by the dielectric permittivity study.     

Coadsorbate effects on adsorbate vibrational properties

A quantitative analysis of infrared absorption spectra to determine coadsorbate induced relative changes of the vibrational polarizability α_v of an adsorbate mode and of the dielectric screening ? due to this extra species is presented. Four (ternary) coadsorption systems consisting of the Ru(0 0 0 1)-(2 × 2)-(X + CO + O) layer with additional coadsorbates X = H, NO, CO, or O (all of them occupying the remaining empty fcc site) have been studied with FT-IRAS, TDS, LEED and work function change measurements. On-top CO is thereby used as a probe molecule to monitor coadsorbate effects on the dielectric properties of the layer. The vibrational polarizability α_v associated with the internal C-O stretch mode (ν_C-O) of on-top CO is lowered by all coadsorbates. The dielectric screening ? within the adsorbate layer is reduced in the presence of the atomic coadsorbates O and H whereas an increase of ? is found for the molecular coadsorbates, threefold coordinated CO and NO. The derived changes of α_v and dielectric screening ?, as well as the involved line shifts of ν_C-O and ν_Ru-CO can be understood in terms of the standard Blyholder backbonding model, i.e. CO 5σ charge donation to the metal combined with a backdonation to electronic states with 2π∗ character.     

Geometric magnetic frustration in Ba(2)Sn(2)Ga(3)ZnCr(7)O(22): a two-dimensional spinel based Kagomé lattice

The properties of a two-dimensional geometrically frustrated magnetic material based on the Kagomé net, Ba(2)Sn(2)ZnGa(3)Cr(7)O(22), are reported. The Kagomé net is fully filled with magnetic ions. A Curie-Weiss theta theta(W) = -312 K is found with a spin glass transition at approximately 1.5 K, indicating strong geometrical magnetic frustration. This compound is the most two dimensional of a structural series with the geometrically frustrated materials ZnCr(2)O(4) and SrCr(8)Ga(4)O(19). The comparison of their properties tests the influence of different degrees of coupling between Kagomé layers on magnetic frustration within a single chemical and structural family.     

介质阻挡放电分解甲醇发射光谱分析

利用光学多道分析系统（Optical Multiple Analysis -OMA）,采用发射光谱方法,对甲醇气体介质阻挡放电 (dielectric barrier discharge---DBD)分解制氢过程进行了实验研究.通过对甲醇气体DBD放电等离子体荧光光谱的归属,确定了甲醇放电的主要荧光产物为CO、OH、H和CH;另外,还对CO和Ｈａ的荧光辐射强度随放电时间的演变过程进行了实验研究,发现在放电初始阶段,CO和Ｈａ的荧光辐射强度随放电时间急剧增强,表明了DBD放电能有效地分解甲醇气体,并由此对甲醇分解过程进行了分析讨论.在放电等离子体甲醇制氢过程中,最终产物是H2和CO;H2主要来自于ＣＨ２Ｏ分解以及甲醇分解产生的H原子直接生成;CO主要来源于ＣＨ２Ｏ分子分解产生.ＣＨ２Ｏ是甲醇分解制氢过程中一个关键的中间产物.     

含O3MoS3单元的配合物[Mox（CO）y（O,S—C6H4—1,2）3FezLm[^n—（x=1,2或3,y=0,3

用红外光谱研究标题配合物的结构,得到了很有意义的结果。     

电荷调控下Ti3C2O2和V2CO2吸附CH4的第一性原理计算

本文采用第一性原理计算首先研究了Ti3C2O2和V2CO2与CH4气体分子之间的相互作用,发现Ti3C2O2和V2CO2对CH4的吸附较弱属于物理吸附,不适宜用作探测CH4。在此基础上研究了电荷调控下CH4气体分子与Ti3C2O2和V2CO2之间的相互作用。结果表明：随着体系电荷态的增加,Ti3C2O2和V2CO2对CH4气体分子的吸附作用逐渐增加变为化学吸附。当体系电荷态大于或等于-2时,CH4气体分子在Ti3C2O2和V2CO2表面可以被有效捕获。撤去电荷后,Ti3C2O2、V2CO2与CH4气体分子之间的吸附恢复至物理吸附,CH4气体分子易脱附。因此,通过调控Ti3C2O2和V2CO2的电荷态,可以简单地实现CH4的捕获与释放。Ti3C2O2和V2CO2有望成为CH4探测或捕获材料。     

稀土金属间化合物RFe2Zn20-xInx的结构属性研究

RFe2Zn20(R代表稀土元素)型稀土金属间化合物因其低稀土含量和良好的铁磁性,已成为铁磁材料的研究热点之一.添加第四组元对该系列化合物的晶体结构和材料性能会产生一定影响.利用晶格反演方法获得了一系列有效的原子间相互作用势,对三元RFe2Zn20和四元RFe2Zn20-xInx化合物进行原子级模拟计算.研究表明,随着稀土元素原子量的增加,三元体系的晶格参数和体积呈线性下降,第四组元引入与否对该线性关系无直接影响.第四组元In替代Zn时,择优占据16c晶位,占满16c后选择占据96g晶位,始终不占据48f晶位.择优占位的结论符合实验观测,并与晶格反演势分析的结果一致.     

A periodic DFT study on adsorption of small molecules(CH_4,CO,H_2O,H_2S,NH_3)on the WO_3(001) surface-supported Au

Gas molecules(such as CH4,CO,H2O,H2S,NH_3)adsorption on the pure and Au-doped WO3(001)surface have been studied by Density functional theory calculations with generalized gradient approximation.Based on the the calculation of adsorption energy,we found the most stable adsorption site for gas molecules by comparing the adsorption energies of different gas molecules on the WO3(001)surface.We have also compared the adsorption energy of five different gas molecules on the WO3(001)surface,our calculation results show that when the five kinds of gases are adsorbed on the pure WO3(001)surface,the order of the surface adsorption energy is CO>H2S>CH4>H2O>NH3.And the results show that NH3 is the most easily adsorbed gas among the other four gases adsorbed on the surface of pure WO3(001)surface.We also calculated the five different gases on the Au-doped WO3(001)surface.The order of adsorption energy was found to be different from the previous calculation:CO>CH4>H2S>H2O>NH3.These results provide a new route for the potential applications of Au-doped WO3 in gas molecules adsorption.     

Investigation of a 4H-SiC metal-insulation-semiconductor structure with an Al2O3/SiO2 stacked dielectric

Atomic layer deposited(ALD) Al2O3 /dry-oxidized ultrathin SiO2 films as a high-k gate dielectric grown on 8°off-axis 4H-SiC(0001) epitaxial wafers are investigated in this paper.The metal-insulation-semiconductor(MIS) capacitors,respectively with different gate dielectric stacks(Al2O3/SiO2,Al2O3,and SiO2) are fabricated and compared with each other.The I-V measurements show that the Al2O3/SiO2 stack has a high breakdown field(≥12 MV/cm) comparable to SiO2,and a relatively low gate leakage current of1×10-7A/cm2 at an electric field of4 MV/cm comparable to Al2O3.The 1-MHz high frequency C-V measurements exhibit that the Al2O3/SiO2 stack has a smaller positive flat-band voltage shift and hysteresis voltage,indicating a less effective charge and slow-trap density near the interface.     

Characterization of oxygen,carbon, and sulfur adlayers on W(211)

Adlayers of oxygen, carbon, and sulfur on W(211) have been characterized by LEED, AES, TPD, and CO adsorption. Oxygen initially adsorbs on the W(211) surface forming p(2 × 1)O and p(1 × 1)O structures. Atomic oxygen is the only desorption product from these surfaces. This initial adsorption selectively inhibits CO dissociation in the CO(β₁) state. Increased oxidation leads to a p(1 × 1)O structure which totally inhibits CO dissociation. Volatile metal oxides desorb from the p(1 × 1)O surface at 1850 K. Oxidation of W(211) at 1200 K leads to reconstruction of the surface and formation of p(1 × n)O LEED patterns, 3 ? n ? 7. The reconstructed surface also inhibits CO dissociation and volatile metal oxides are observed to desorb at 1700 K, as well as at 1850 K. Carburization of the W(211) surface below 1000 K produced no ordered structures. Above 1000 K carburization produces a c(6 × 4)C which is suggested to result from a hexagonal tungsten carbide overlayer. CO dissociation is inhibited on the W(211)?c(6×4)C surface. Sulfur initially orders into a c(2 × 2)S structure on W(211). Increased coverage leads to a c(2×6)S structure and then a complex structure. Adsorbed sulfur reduces CO dissociation on W(211), but even at the highest sulfur coverages CO dissociation was observed. Sulfur was found to desorb as atomic S at 1850 K for sulfur coverages less than $\text{7}\text{6}$ monolayers. At higher sulfur coverages the dimer, S₂, was observed to desorb at 1700 K in addition to atomic sulfur desorption.     

CuO/Al2O3、CuO/CeO2-Al2O3和CuO/La2O3-Al2O3催化剂中CuO物种被CO氧化的比较

用浸渍法制备了CuO/Al2O3 (Cu/Al)、CuO/CeO2- Al2O3 (Cu/CeAl)和CuO/La2O3-Al2O3(Cu/LaAl)催化剂. 通过原位XRD、Raman和H2-TPR方法， 对催化剂中的CuO物种以及CuO-Al2O3的固-固相反应进行了表征. 结果表明，对于Cu/Al催化剂，CuAl2O4存在于CuO与Al2O3层之间，CuO以高分散和晶相两种相态存在于催化剂的表层；对于Cu/CeAl催化剂，除了少量高分散和晶相的CuO存在于表层外，大部分CuO迁移到了CeO2的内层，     

Multiferroism in the dielectric function of CuO

The multiferroic properties of bulk CuO are manifested in the dielectric function which can be triggered by an external magnetic field h and by the temperature T. Within a microscopic model and a Green's function technique we have calculated the dielectric function \varepsilon ({\bf k};T,\;h). At the magnetic phase transition temperature T_{{\rm N}2} the dielectric function offers a pronounced anomaly. This kink disappears when the magnetic field is enhanced and \varepsilon ({\bf k};T,\;h) decreases with increasing h ‐field. Both properties are indications for a strong magnetoelectric coupling in this material. The observation of multiferroism in CuO within an analytical approach is achieved by considering frustration and a linear magnetoelectric coupling. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Electronic structure and magnetism of R(Fe,Si)12 (R = Y, Nd)

The newly developed full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (LAPW) and local orbitals (lo) based on standard APW methods are briefly introduced, and the structure and magnetic properties of R(Fe, Si)12 compounds (R = Y, Nd) are calculated using the method. The distribution of Si at different sites is analyzed based on total energy of one crystal unit with structure having been optimized. The characters of magnetic moments, total density of states (TDOS) and partial density of states (PDOS) for different crystal sites Si occupies are obtained and analyzed. The results show that the total magnetic moments of RFe10Si2 (R = Y, Nd) are larger than those of RFe10M2 (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Mo and W) and the hybridization mechanism is seen as follows. Si(8j) reduce the magnetic moments of Fe at three sites, however, Si(8f) mainly reduce the magnetic moments of Fe(8i) and Fe(8j) atoms. The Curie temperature is markedly enhanced by the introduction of Si atoms according to spin fluctuation of DOS at Fermi level.     

Magnetic properties of hole-doped SCGO, SrCr(8)Ga(4-x)M(x)O(19) (M?=?Zn, Mg, Cu)

We report changes in the magnetic properties of hole-doped SCGO, SrCr8Ga4O19, induced by replacing non-magnetic Ga3+ with both non-magnetic (Mg2+ and Zn2+) and magnetic (Cu2+) cations. The resulting solid solutions, SrCr(8)Ga(4-x)M(x)O(19) (M = Zn, Mg, Cu) have been studied by x-ray diffraction and magnetic susceptibility measurements. For all cases, at least 10% of Ga can be replaced by divalent cations resulting in oxidation of ≥5% of the Cr3+ d3 to Cr4+ (d2). The hole doping results in an increase in ferromagnetic interactions and reduces the magnetic frustration. In the SrCr(8)Ga(4-x)Cu(x)O(19) series an enhancement of the spin-glass-like transition is observed, T(f)～ 6 K, which we ascribe to the magnetic nature of the Cu2+ (d9) dopant.     

Oxygen chemisorption,surface oxidation,and the oxidation of carbon monoxide on cobalt (0001)

Oxygen chemisorbs on clean Co(0001) at 300 K with an initial sticking probability of ~0.3. The chemisorbed overlayer (which is very reactive towards CO) readily undergoes conversion to cobalt oxide, even at room temperature. This transformation is accelerated at higher temperatures, and the oxygen uptake rate falls as CoO growth proceeds. At a certain point, however, the uptake rate rises sharply, and this behaviour is ascribed to nucleation and growth ofCo₃O₄. This interpretation is consistent with the available Δφ, Auger, LEED, and reactivity data. Thus Δφ changes sign as lattice penetration by the ad sorbed oxygen takes place, and this is accompanied by a shift and broadening of the O(KLL) Auger signal. LEED indicates the epitaxial growth firstly of CoO(111) and then, at higher oxygen exposures, of Co₃O₄(111). At 300 K CO rapidly reduces the Co₃O₄ surface back to CoO, and the oxidation/reduction behaviour by O₂/CO appears to be completely reversible. Steady-state measurements yield a value of 19 ± 7 kJ mol^?1 for the activation energy to CO₂ production from CO + O₂. Earlier photoelectron spectroscopic studies by other authors are considered in the light of these results.     

低温等离子体活化转化煤层甲烷机理的光谱诊断

为了探究低温等离子体活化转化煤层甲烷的机理,采用自制的介质阻挡放电实验系统对体积组成为CH440%、O212%、N248%的模拟煤层甲烷进行等离子体活化转化。采用色谱分析方法对煤层甲烷介质阻挡放电稳定产物进行分析,结果表明低温等离子体活化煤层甲烷的主要产物为CH3OH、CO和CO_2。采用发射光谱原位诊断技术在200~700 nm波长范围内研究了放电气体的发射光谱,检测到O·、CH·、C·、Hα、N2(A3Σ+U)等激发态物种。基于发射光谱原位诊断和气相色谱分析结果,对煤层甲烷活化转化的自由基反应过程进行了推断。同时,明晰了反应气中N2对煤层甲烷活化和主要产物的生成具有促进作用,即N2产生了存活时间更长的亚稳态离子,该亚稳态离子将能量传递给反应气中的O2和CH4,进而加速了煤层甲烷的活化和稳定产物的生成。