Resonance Raman spectroscopy of mass selected Al2 in an argon matrix.

In an excitation range of 620-760 nm, resonance Raman spectra of aluminum dimers (Al2) in an argon matrix have been obtained for the first time. Temperature annealing experiments were performed to remove Raman lines attributed site effects caused by the Al2/Ar matrix. We observe a single fundamental at 293.3 (5) cm(-1) along with a progression up to 1149 (1) cm(-1). Taking successive differences of band centers we obtain spectroscopic constants for the ground state fundamental, w(e) = 297.5 (5) cm(-1), the anharmonicity, e(e)x(e) = 1.68 (8) cm(-1). Our results are in close agreement with previous experimental results for Al2 which designate the ground state as a 3piu state, and may be considered as confirmation of this assignment.     

High-pressure Raman study of Al2(WO4)3

A high-pressure Raman scattering study of the tungstate Al₂(WO₄)₃ is presented. This study showed the onset of two reversible phase transitions at 0.28±0.07 and 2.8±0.1 GPa. The pressure evolution of Raman bands provides strong evidences that both the transitions involve rotations/tilts of nearly rigid tungstate tetrahedra and that the structure of the stable phase in the 0.28-2.8 GPa range may be the same as the structure of the ambient pressure, low-temperature monoclinic (C_2h⁵) ferroelastic phase of Al₂(WO₄)₃.     

The role of TiO2 in the B2O3–Na2O–PbO–Al2O3 glass system

Optical and vibrational studies have been carried out on 60B₂O₃·(20−x)Na₂O·10PbO·10Al₂O₃:xTiO₂ (x=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 mol%) glasses, in order to understand the role of TiO₂ in the 60B₂O₃·20Na₂O·10PbO·10Al₂O₃ glass matrix. The X-ray patterns reveal homogeneous glasses over the entire compositional range. The absorption spectra show that the energy of the optical band gap (ΔE_opt) and Urbach's energy (E_U) decreases as TiO₂ content increases. The changes observed in the Raman and IR spectra are related to the BO₄→BO₃ back conversion effect and the appearance of “loose” BO₄⁻ groups. The data indicate that titanium ions act as a network modifier.     

吩噻嗪和吩噁嗪氧化中间体的共振喇曼光谱研究

本文对吩噻嗪和吩噁嗪的单电子氧化产生的两种氧化态的亚稳态正离子进行了共振喇曼光谱研究。随着吩噻嗪的p电子逐步失去, 结构变形振动δ_(CNC)和δ_(CSC)的喇曼频移显著地增大, 环C=C伸缩振动区域的喇曼峰数目明显变多。由此推断, 随着吩噻嗪正离子氧化态的增高, 正离子转变成平面共轭结构。     

Resonance Raman spectroscopy as a probe of the crystallite size of MoS2 nanoparticles

Irregularly shaped and inorganic fullerene-like MoS₂ compounds were characterized by Resonance Raman spectroscopy using an exciting line at 633 nm. It was shown that the relative intensity of the longitudinal acoustic mode at 226 cm⁻¹ and its overtone strongly depends on the MoS₂ crystallite size but not on the size of the particles made of agglomerated crystallites. This technique appeared as a promising probe to characterize in situ very small crystallites that are not observed by XRD.     

V2O5电致变色薄膜的Raman光谱

The amorphous V 2O 5 films prepared by vacuum evaporation are unstable and easily dissolved by electrolyte during the electrochromic process, so unfit to make electrochromic materials. We found that the annealed films have enhanced stability and electrochromic properties. We studied the microstructural changes during the electrochromic process by Raman spectra and discussed the mechanism for the enhancement. The results indicated that the amorphous films annealed by 400-500℃became polycrystalline and the films contained (V 2O 5)n ordered chains which prevented the films from solution effectively and enhanced the electrochromic characteristics. When colored and decolored, the microstructure of the polycrystalline V 2O 5 films changed inversely. During the cathodic polarization process, Li+ inserted into the V 2O 5 crystal cell , formed V-O-Li band, disordered the films and UV absorption of the films blue shifted. On the contrary , during the anodic polarization process, Li +escaped from the crystal cell. The films largely restored .     

Characterization of isolated Ga2 molecules by resonance Raman spectroscopy and variations of Ga-Ga bonding

Isolated Ga2 dimers were characterized in an argon matrix with the aid of resonance Raman and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The resonance Raman spectra gave evidence of not only the nu(Ga-Ga) fundamental, but also four overtones. Each of the signals exhibits 69Ga/71Ga isotopic splitting leading to the triplet pattern characteristic of two equivalent Ga atoms. On the basis of the experimental data, a harmonic frequency and anharmonicity constant have been determined for Ga2. An estimate of the dissociation energy on the assumption of a Morse-type potential energy curve results in a De value (upper limit) of about 145 kJ mol(-1). The force constant (64.8+/-0.3 N m(-1)) and dissociation energy of Ga2 are compared with those of other diatomics and those of molecules featuring Ga-Ga bonds.     

Heat capacity and Raman spectra of Cr(C5H7O2)3 at low temperature

The heat capacity of Cr(C₅H₇O₂)₃ has been measured by the adiabatic method within the temperature range 5-320 K. An anomaly with a maximum at ∼60 K has been discovered which points to the phase transformation of the compound. Anomalous contributions to entropy and enthalpy have been revealed. The thermodynamic functions (entropy, enthalpy and reduced Gibbs energy) at 298.15 K have been calculated using the obtained experimental heat capacity data. The Raman spectra have been measured in the frequency range 60-400 cm⁻¹ and in the temperature range 5-220 K. It has been discovered that a new line (109 cm⁻¹) appears at ∼60 K. The nature of these peculiarities in heat capacity and in Raman spectra is discussed.     

Li2Si3O7: Crystal structure and Raman spectroscopy

The crystal structure of metastable Li₂Si₃O₇ was determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data. The orthorhombic crystals were found to adopt space group Pmca with unit cell parameters of , and . The content of the cell is Z=4. The obtained structural model was refined to a R-value of 0.035. The structure exhibits silicate sheets, which can be classified as [Si₆O₁₄] using the silicate nomenclature of Liebau. The layers are build up from zweier single chains running parallel to c. Raman spectra are presented and compared with other silicates. Furthermore, the structure is discussed versus Na₂Si₃O₇.     

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.     

Resonance Raman Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of Geometry Distortion of Thiourea in 21A State

The A-band resonance Raman spectra of thiourea were obtained in water and acetonitrile so-lution. B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,3pd) and RCIS/6-311++G(3df,3pd) calculations were done to elucidate the ultraviolet electronic transitions, the distorted geometry structure and the saddle point of thiourea in 2¹A excited state, respectively. The resonance Raman spectra were assigned. The absorption spectrum and resonance Raman intensities were modeled using Heller's time-dependent wavepacket approach to resonance Raman scattering. The re-sults indicate that largest change in the displacement takes place with the C=S stretch mode ν₆ (|△|=0.95) and noticeable changes appear in the H₅N₃H₆+H₈N₄H₇ wag ν₅ (|△|=0.19), NCN symmetric stretch+C=S stretch+N₃H₆+H₈N₄ wag ν₄ (|△|=0.18), while the moderate intensities of 2ν₁₅ and 4ν₁₅ are mostly due to the large excited state frequency changes of ν₁₅, but not due to its significant change in the normal mode displacement. The mechanism of the appearance of even overtones of the S=CN₂ out of plane deformation is explored. The results indicate that a Franck-Condon region saddle point is the driving force for the quadric phonon mechanism within the standard A-term of resonance Raman scattering, which leads to the pyramidalization of the carbon center and the geometry distortion of thiourea molecule in 2¹A excited state.     

The infrared and Raman spectra, ab initio calculations and spectral assignments of cyclopropylmethyl dichlorosilane (c-C3H5)SiCl2CH3

Raman spectra of cyclopropylmethyl dichlorosilane (c-C₃H₅)SiCl₂CH₃ as a liquid were recorded at 293 K and polarization data were obtained. Additional Raman spectra were recorded at various temperatures between 293 and 163 K, and intensity changes of certain bands with temperature were detected. No crystallization was ever obtained in the Raman cryostat in spite of extensive annealing. The infrared spectra have been studied as a vapour, as an amorphous solid at 78 K and as a liquid in the range 600-100 cm⁻¹. No infrared bands present in the vapour or liquid seemed to vanish upon cooling, and the sample never formed crystals on the CsI window of an infrared cryostat.The compound exists a priori in two conformers, syn and gauche, and the experimental results suggest an equilibrium in which the gauche conformer has 1.64 kJ mol⁻¹ lower enthalpy than syn in the liquid, leading to 20% syn at ambient temperature. Most of the syn bands were situated close to the corresponding gauche bands and it was difficult to obtain reliable ΔH values.B3LYP calculations with various basis sets and the CBS-QB3 and G2 and G3 models were employed, yielding the conformational enthalpy difference ΔH (syn-gauche) between 2.6 and 3.4 kJ mol⁻¹. Infrared and Raman intensities, polarization ratios and vibrational frequencies for the syn and gauche conformers were calculated. Instead of scaling the calculated wavenumbers in the harmonic approximation, calculations from B3LYP/cc-pVTZ were derived in the anharmonic approximation. In most cases these values were in good agreement with the experimental results for 38 observed modes of the gauche and 8 modes of the syn conformer with a deviation of ca. 1%.     

Na2O-P2O5系晶体微结构形态的拉曼光谱研究及其ab initio计算

本文采用激光拉曼光谱仪测量了磷酸钠二元系(1-x)Na₂O·xP₂O₅(x=0.25,0.33,0.50,1.0)几种晶体的拉曼光谱,比较并解释了随化学组成而变化微结构单元的拉曼振动模。同时用Gaussian 98W量子化学软件从头计算了这几种化合物的拉曼光谱。实验和计算均表明,磷酸盐晶体的基本结构单元为磷氧四面体[PO₄],并且晶体中磷氧四面体的伸缩模振动频率与连接中心磷原子的桥氧数密切相关,随桥氧数增加而升高。此外还解释了模拟图谱与实验谱差异的原因。     

PdCl2-CuCl2/Al2O3催化剂低温催化CO氧化的失活机理

采用X射线衍射、N₂吸-脱附、X射线光电子能谱分析、氢气-程序升温还原和原位红外漫反射等方法对新鲜和失活的PdCl₂-CuCl₂/Al₂O₃低温催化CO氧化催化剂进行表征,研究了高相对湿度(100%)下催化剂的失活机理.结果表明,催化剂表面沉积的水使得活性铜物种容易从催化剂表面向载体孔道内部迁移,由于Pd、Cu相互作用弱化从而减弱了Pd与Cu物种间的相互作用,使得催化剂的氧化还原性能受到影响,抑制了Pd⁰再氧化为Pd²⁺的过程,从而因CO氧化反应中催化剂氧化还原循环受阻而导致失活.     

[H3N(CH2)4NH3]2[Al4(C2O4)(H2PO4)2(PO4)4]·4[H2O]: A new layered aluminum phosphate-oxalate

A new layered inorganic-organic hybrid aluminum phosphate-oxalate [H₃N(CH₂)₄NH₃]₂[Al₄(C₂O₄)(H₂PO₄)₂(PO₄)₄]·4[H₂O](AlPO-CJ25) has been synthesized hydrothermally, by using 1,4-diaminobutane (DAB) as structure-directing agent. The structure has been solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and further characterized by IR, ³¹P MAS NMR, TG-DTA as well as compositional analyses. Crystal data: the triclinic space group P-1, a=8.0484(7) Å, b=8.8608(8) Å, c=13.2224(11) Å, α=80.830(6)°, β=74.965(5)°, γ=78.782(6)°, Z=2, R_1[I>2σ(I)]=0.0511 and wR_{2(all data)}=0.1423. The alternation of AlO₄ tetrahedra and PO₄ tetrahedra gives rise to the four-membered corner-sharing chains, which are interconnected through AlO₆ octahedra to form the layered structure with 4,6-net sheet. Interestingly, oxalate ions are bis-bidentately bonded by participating in the coordination of AlO₆, and bridging the adjacent AlO₆ octahedra. The layers are held with each other through strong H-bondings between the terminal oxygens. The organic ammonium cations and water molecules are located in the large cavities between the interlayer regions.     

M4Ge9O20碱金属锗酸盐晶体、玻璃及熔体结构的拉曼光谱研究

本文研究了M₄Ge₉O₂₀型锗酸盐(M=Na,K)273～1 373 K常温、高温及熔体拉曼光谱。应用量子化学从头计算方法计算了系列二元钠锗酸盐离子簇模型振动频率。M₄Ge₉O₂₀型锗酸盐晶体结构四配位锗、六配位锗共存。研究表明,随温度升高六配位锗将逐渐转变为四配位锗,产生非桥氧,并观察到在熔点以后全部转变为四配位锗,且其桥氧角分布范围为94～145°,其高频区非桥氧对称伸缩振动频率与其精细结构密切相关,振动频率等性质主要依赖于其精细结构而非其初级结构单元-GeO₄,非桥氧对称伸缩振动频率随锗氧四面体应力指数SIT(Stress Index of Tetrahedron)的增大而增大,与实验所得到的频率与SIT的线性关系一致。玻璃结构以四配位锗为主,存在少量六配位锗,其含量取决于冷速的大小。     

Structural characterisation of [Pt(NH3)4]2[W(CN)8][NO3]·2H2O donor–acceptor complex

The bimetallic [Pt(NH₃)₄]₂[W(CN)₈][NO₃]·2H₂O is characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction [S.G.P2₁/m(11), a=8.0418(7), b=19.122(2), c=9.0812(6) Å, Z=2]. All platinum centres have the square-plane D_4h geometry with average dimensions Pt(1)–N 2.042(2) and Pt(2)–N 2.037(10) Å. The octacyanotungstate anion has the square-antiprismatic D_4d configuration with average dimensions W(1)–C 2.164(13), C–N 1.140(12), W(1)–N 3.303(5) Å. The structure exhibits two different mutual orientations of Pt versus W units resulting in Pt(2)–W(1), W(1)^* separations of 4.77(2), 4.55(2)^* and Pt(1)–W(1) of 6.331(8) Å. A centrosymmetric structure reveals groups of two distinct columns: the first is formed by intercalated NO₃⁻ between parallel [Pt(1)(NH₃)₄]²⁺ planes and the second consists of [W(CN)₈]³⁻ interlayered by, parallel to square faces of W-antiprisms, [Pt(2)(NH₃)₄]²⁺. The structure is stabilised through a three-dimensional hydrogen bond network via nitrogen atoms of cyanide ligands, hydrogen atoms of NH₃ ligands, water molecules and oxygen atoms of NO₃⁻ counteranions. The vibrational pattern and the range of ν(CN) frequencies attributable to the electronic environment of W(V) and W(IV) are consistent with the ground state Pt(II)↔W(V) charge transfer.     

Stability of K2CrO4 to 50 GPa using Raman spectroscopy measurements

Raman spectroscopic measurements of K₂CrO₄ upon compression in an argon pressure medium reveal a series of structural transitions between ambient conditions and 50 GPa. The solid remains crystalline to the highest pressure measured. This behavior is consistent with an emerging trend upon compression for the extended class of A₂BX₄ solids which are isostructural to K₂CrO₄. In particular crystals with size ratios of anionic tetrahedral BX₄ groups to interstitial A cations below 1.45 remain crystalline at all pressures examined whereas those having ratios higher than 1.45 become amorphous.     

Single crystal structure and Raman spectrum of Ba3Na2(CN2)4

The synthesis, single crystal structure determination, and Raman spectrum are reported for colorless transparent tribarium disodium tetracyanamide, Ba₃Na₂(CN₂)₄. The title compound crystallizes in the space group C_2h⁵-P2₁/c (#14, , , , β=110.454(4)°, , Z=4, R/wR=0.0266/0.0543). Each sodium atom is surrounded by six nitrogen atoms in octahedral geometry. Sodium centered nitrogen octahedra are linked through face-sharing along the [100] direction to form one-dimensional (1D) chains. These chains are connected to each other through the carbon atoms of cyanamide and make a three-dimensional (3D) network with 1D channels along the [100] direction. Barium atoms and additional cyanamide anions reside in the channels. Each barium atom is irregularly coordinated with nitrogen and carbon from the cyanamide anions. The Raman spectrum shows symmetric vibrations of [NCN]²⁻ corresponding to ν_sym (1241.5 cm⁻¹) and 2δ (1356.4 cm⁻¹).