反应物转动激发对F+H2→HF+H体系反应动力学的影响

利用高分辨的交叉分子束装置研究了F+H₂(v=0,j=0, 1)反应在碰撞能1.27 kcal/mol下的动力学行为, 获得了产物HF(v′=1,2,3)转动态分辨的微分散射截面．当反应物H₂ 处于不同转动量子态j=0和1时,产物HF(v′=2)的散射角分布都主要表现为后向散射,但HF(v′=2)的转动态布居与反应物的转动量子态密切相关,转动激发的H₂分子将产生转动“更热”的HF(v′=2) 产物．另外,对于HF(v′=3)产物通道,由于slow-down机理的影响,当H₂布居于j=0时前向散射表现更显著．     

FePc与TiO2(110)及C60界面电子结构研究

基于C₆₀受体和有机分子给体的太阳能电池是目前非常重要的一个研究热点, 利用同步辐射真空紫外光电子能谱(SRUPS) 技术研究了酞菁铁(FePc)与TiO₂(110)及C₆₀的界面电子结构, 以及FePc与C₆₀分子混合薄膜的电子结构. SRUPS价带谱显示, FePc沉积在化学计量比与还原态两种不同的TiO₂(110)表面时, FePc分子的HOMO能级均随FePc厚度的变化发生了移动, 而在化学计量比的TiO₂(110)表面位移较大, 同时发生界面能带弯曲, 说明存在从有机层向衬底的电子转移. 在FePc/C₆₀和C₆₀/FePc界面形成过程中, FePc与C₆₀分子的最高占据分子轨道(HOMO)位移大小基本相同. 由界面能级排列发现, 在FePc与C₆₀的混合薄膜中, FePc分子的HOMO与C₆₀分子的最高占据分子轨道能级差较大, 这有利于提高器件开路电压, 改善器件性能.     

2-羟基吡啶S1态超快动力学

本文利用飞秒时间分辨的光电子成像技术研究了2-羟基吡啶分子在276.9∽250.0 nm波长范围的紫外光激发条件下S₁态的衰变动力学. 根据衰变动力学的泵浦波长相关性,提出了一种衰变机制. 在276.9 nm泵浦波长下,S₁态主要通过系间穿越到更低的三重态衰变. 在264.0 nm泵浦波长下,系间穿越到三重态和内转换到基态的通道同时存在. 在250.0 nm泵浦波长下,内转换到基态过程占据主导.     

甲醇在二氧化钛上的光化学性质与表面结构的相关性

通过双光子光电子的方法探测了TiO₂(011)-(2×1) 和TiO₂(110)-(1×1)表面的光催化氧化甲醇的性质. 在吸附了甲醇的二氧化钛(011)和(110)界面处探测到了一个费米能级以上2.5 eV的电子激发态,该电子激发态可作为测试二氧化钛界面还原性的探针使用. 利用此探针在甲醇/TiO₂(011)-(2×1)和甲醇/TiO₂(110)-(1×1)界面探测到了一个随光照时间的电子激发态信号变化,这一变化可以归于光催化生成的表面羟基对界面还原性的影响. 由此得出的光催化氧化甲醇的速率TiO₂(110)-(1×1)比TiO₂(011)-(2×1)快了大约11.4倍. 这可能由于表面原子结构排布的原因不同. 本工作不仅介绍了一个利用双光子光电子能谱探测到的甲醇/TiO₂界面电子结构的细节特征,还揭示了表面结构对二氧化钛光反应性质的重要影响.     

乙醇在TiO2(110)表面光催化解离的动力学和超快电子动态学 (cited: 2)

采用实时双光子光电子能谱和时间分辨双光子光电子能谱技术分别研究了乙醇在该表面光催化解离的动力学和超快电子动态学过程. 通过测量与乙醇光催化解离相关的电子激发态随时间的演化,发现这个反应满足分型动力学. 乙醇在还原性TiO₂(110)上的光催化解离比在氧化性表面快,这归结于缺陷的存在降低了反应能垒. 这样一个反应的加速过程很可能是与缺陷电子相关的. 通过干涉双脉冲相关的测量,得到了乙醇-TiO₂界面电子激发态的超快动态学. 与甲醇的情况类似,这个电子激发态的寿命为24 fs. 激发态的出现为TiO₂和它周围环境的电子转移提供了一个通道.     

甲醇分子在金红石TiO2(110)和锐钛矿TiO2(001)表面吸附和反应的活性位点

通过高分辨的扫描隧道显微术研究并比较了金红石型TiO₂(110)-(1×1)和锐钛矿型TiO₂(001)-(1×4)两种表面的活性位点． 在金红石型TiO₂(110)-(1×1)表面, 观察到氧空位缺陷是O₂和CO₂分子的活性吸附位点,而五配位的Ti原子是水分子和甲醇分子的光催化反应活性位点．在锐钛矿型TiO₂(001)-(1×4)表面,观察到完全氧化的表面,Ti原子更可能是六配位的,H₂O和O₂分子均不易在这些Ti原子上吸附．经还原后表面出现富Ti的缺陷位点, 这些缺陷位点对H₂O和O₂分子表现出明显的活性． 锐钛矿型TiO₂(001)-(1×4)表面的吸附和反应活性并不具有很高的活性,某种程度上其表现出的活性似乎低于金红石型TiO₂(110)-(1×1)表面．     

甲醇在TiO2(110)表面光催化氧化的波长相关性

用程序升温脱附谱的方法研究了甲醇在TiO₂(110)表面光催化氧化的波长相关性．对于不同波长的激发光,甲醇光催化解离的产物相似,都是在光照的过程中通过O-H键和C-H键的断裂形成甲醛,解离出的氢原子转移到相邻的两配位的桥氧原子(O_b)上形成O_bH．但是反应速率与激发光波长强烈相关．在360 nm光照下,甲醇的反应速率是400 nm光照时的4.8倍．这与以前使用时间分辨的飞秒激光吸收光谱测量的结果是一致的,他们认为近带隙激发和过带隙激发产生的电荷相比,前者的复合速率要远快于后者．     

拓扑材料γ-PtBi2的变温晶体结构研究

利用X射线衍射（XRD）、角分辨光电子能谱（ARPES）和能带计算的方法研究了不同温度下γ-PtBi₂的晶体结构。利用单晶XRD确定了室温下晶体的结构为P31m。为了确定低温时样品的晶体结构,用ARPES测得了样品的电子结构并与计算结果进行了对比,结果显示样品的结构与P31m相吻合,这表明在低温时样品依然保持P31m结构。进一步的高温XRD研究表明,在高温时样品的晶体结构仍为P31m结构。     

N-乙基吡咯S1态超快动力学：飞秒时间分辨光电子成像研究

N-乙基吡咯是吡咯分子的一个乙基取代衍生物,它的激发态衰变动力学目前为止很少被研究. 本文利用飞秒时间分辨光电子成像的实验方法研究N-乙基吡咯分子S₁态的衰变动力学. 实验采用241.9和237.7 nm的泵浦激发波长. 在241.9 nm激发下,得到5.0±0.7 ps,66.4±15.6 ps和1.3±0.1 ns三个寿命常数. 在237.7 nm激发下,得到2.1±0.1 ps和13.1±1.2 ps两个寿命常数. 所有寿命常数都归属为S₁态的振动态. 本文并对不同S₁振动态的弛豫机理进行了讨论.     

直接观测乙醇分子在TiO2(110)面的光催化过程

利用扫描隧道显微镜研究了在低温(80 K)下乙醇分子在TiO₂(110)面的光解离过程．在这种温度下,大部分乙醇分子都以分子吸附的形式吸附在表面五配位钛位．在紫外光照射之后,乙醇发生了光解离,两种不同的产物特征被探测到．使用针尖操控技术对其中一种产物特征进行了详细的分析,成功了解了它的构成,中间一个五配位钛位吸附的乙醛分子加上位于左右两个不同氧列的羟基构成了这种产物．接着实施了多次光照实验来进一步研究乙醇两种光解离产物特征之间的联系．     

Realization of a spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas via image-potential-induced surface states

Electrons in image-potential-induced surface states form a two-dimensional electron gas in front of the surfaces. In the case of ferromagnets, their binding energies as well as lifetimes depend on the orientation of their spin magnetic moment with respect to the magnetization direction. Various experiments with inverse photoemission and two-photon photoemission to detect the spin dependence of image states are reviewed. A new and successful approach to achieve and detect a spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas is presented, namely polarization-dependent and spin-resolved two-photon photoemission. Additional time resolution opens the way to study spin-dependent electron dynamics.     

Unoccupied band dispersion of Si(1 1 1):√3 × √3-Ag surface studied by time- and angle-resolved two-photon photoemission spectroscopy

Band dispersion and transient population of unoccupied electronic states on Si(1 1 1):√3 × √3-Ag surface have been studied by time-resolved (TR) and angle-resolved (AR) two-photon photoemission (2PPE) spectroscopy. The band dispersions originating from unoccupied electronic states have been identified from the comparison between AR-2PPE spectra and angle-resolved one-photon photoemission spectra with synchrotron radiation. A lifetime of unoccupied surface state has been determined from the TR-2PPE spectra.     

Electronic exchanges between adsorbed Ni atoms and TiO2(1 1 0) surface evidenced by resonant photoemission

Nickel was deposited on stoichiometric TiO₂(1 1 0) surface in the 0.02–2.1 equivalent monolayer (eqML) range and analyzed by means of photoemission and resonant photoemission. In the case of very low coverage (lower than 0.1 eqML), deposited nickel reacts with the surface through an electronic transfer from nickel atoms towards titanium ions. This exchange caused the filling of unoccupied Ti3d states leading to the increase of a peak in the TiO₂ band gap. These states can be better characterized through resonant photoemission experiments at the Ti 3p → 3d absorption edge: for very low coverage, these states in the TiO₂ band gap have resonant behavior of Ti3d electrons rather than Ni3d ones, confirming the filling of Ti3d states and thus electron transfer between nickel and titanium. For coverage higher than 0.14 eqML, nickel peaks (both Ni3p core level and valence band) should be related to the presence of metallic nickel in small clusters.     

The dependence of sputtering efficiency on ion energy and angle of incidence

Abstract

Earlier measurements of sputtering efficiency of polycrystalline targets (fraction of impinging ion energy leaving the target through sputtering and backscattering) have been extended to higher energies. Lead and copper targets were bombarded with several different projectiles with energies between 80 and 1200 keV. The sputtering efficiency decreases with increasing energy. This decrease is ascribed to the combined influence of changes in the scattering cross section with energy, and to electronic stopping. The results may be described as a function of the mass ratio M ₂/M ₁ and the reduced energy ? only.

The sputtering efficiency was measured as a function of angle of incidence of the bombarding ions. To ensure complete collection of sputtered and backscattered particles, it was possible to cover only the region of incidence angle from 0° to 45°. Targets of copper, silver, and lead were investigated with 17 different ion-target combinations. The sputtering efficiency increased with angle of incidence. This increase is described well by a simple interpolation formula by Sigmund.     

Defects at the TiO2(1 0 0) surface probed by resonant photoelectron diffraction

We report photoelectron diffraction (PED) experiments of weakly sub-stoichiometric TiO₂(1 0 0) rutile surfaces. Apart from standard core-level PED from the Ti-2p3/2 line, we have studied valence band PED from the defect induced Ti-3d states in the insulating band gap. For maximum yield, the latter were resonantly excited at the Ti-2p absorption edge. The PED patterns have been analyzed within the forward scattering approximation as well as by comparison with simulated PED patterns obtained in multiple scattering calculations. The analysis shows that the defect induced Ti-3d charge is mainly located on the second layer Ti atoms.     

Nonlinear absorption of CS2 at the wavelength of 400 nm with femtosecond pulses

Nonlinear absorption of carbon disulfide (CS₂) was investigated by Z-scan technique and time-resolved pump-probe technique with femtosecond pulses at 400 nm wavelength. By the two techniques, we confirmed that the nonlinear absorption of CS₂ arise from a combination of two-photon absorption (TPA) and the excited state absorption induced by TPA under the incident laser pulses with 400 nm wavelength. The coefficient of TPA, the absorption cross-section of low excited state and lifetime of low excited state were obtained by theoretical fitting the experimental results. The results indicated that the CS₂ has good optical limiting capability at 400 nm wavelength.     

Ab-initio electronic and optical properties of low dimensional systems: From single particle to many-body approaches

Low dimensional systems, such as nanodots, nanotubes, nanowires, have attracted great interest in the last years, due to their possible application in nanodevices. It is hence very important to describe accurately their electronic and optical properties within highly reliable and efficient ab-initio approaches. Density functional theory (DFT) has become in the last 20 years the standard technique for studying the ground-state properties, but this method often shows significant deviations from the experiment when electronic excited states are involved. The use of many-body Green’s functions theory, with DFT calculations taken as the zero order approximation, is today the state-of-the-art technique for obtaining quasi-particle excitation energies and optical spectra. In this paper we will present the current status of this theoretical and computational approach, showing results for different kinds of low dimensional systems.     

First-principles optical properties of silicon and germanium nanowires

In this work we study the optical properties of hydrogen-passivated, free-standing silicon and germanium nanowires, oriented along the [1 0 0], [1 1 0], [1 1 1] directions with diameters up to about 1.5 nm, using ab-initio techniques. In particular, we show how the electronic gap depends on wire’s size and orientation; such behaviour has been described in terms of quantum confinement and anisotropy effects, related to the quasi one-dimensionality of nanowires. The optical properties are analyzed taking into account different approximations: in particular, we show how the many-body effects, namely self-energy, local field and excitonic effects, strongly modify the single particle spectra. Further, we describe the differences in the optical spectra of silicon and germanium nanowires along the [1 0 0] direction, as due to the different band structures of the corresponding bulk compounds.     

Excited-state hydrogen bonding effect on dynamic fluorescence of coumarin 102 chromophore in solution: A time-resolved fluorescence and theoretical study

The steady-state absorption and emission as well as the time-resolved fluorescence spectra of coumarin 102 (C102) in both aprotic and alcoholic solvents have been used to study the effect of excited-state hydrogen bond on the dynamic fluorescence of C102 chromophore in various solutions. The dual fluorescence of C102 in alcohols, which is dependent on the hydrogen-bonded donation ability of the solvent, has been assigned to the distribution of free C102 and a hydrogen-bonded complex. Furthermore, a shift of the fluorescence spectra induced by excited-state hydrogen bond has been demonstrated to take place within hundreds of picoseconds by the performance of the time-resolved fluorescence spectra with the time-correlated single-photon-counting (TCSPC) technique. Moreover, the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) has been used to calculate the hydrogen-bonded equilibrium constant pK_HB in different electronic states. It has been demonstrated for the first time that the hydrogen bond strengthening in electronic excited states could decrease the free energy of the hydrogen-bonded complex due to its stronger binding energy. Therefore, the hydrogen-bonded equilibrium will become markedly in favor of the hydrogen-bonded forms in electronic excited states by comparison with the case in the ground state.