Basis-Set dependence of exterior electron distributions of molecular orbitals

Interior electron densities are divided from exterior electron densities (EED ), when an effective boundary is introduced. The EED concept was used to study the quality of wavefunction tails; the basis-set dependence of ab initio MO for NH₃ was studied from EED . The EED for the nonbonding orbital (3a₁) increases dramatically with the size of basis sets, whereas that for the bonding orbital (1e) shows saturation even at the double zeta class. Although inclusion of polarization functions always gives the better total energy the EED (3a₁) may either increase or decrease or decrease depending on the choice of the smaller or the larger exponents. The conventional choice of the polarization functions for 6-311G* and 6-311G* was found to yield worse wavefunction tails than the case of 6-311G. Much better results were obtained with the more diffuse polarization functions. The (11s7p)/[5s4p] set designed for Rydberg states as well as the 6-311 + G set proposed for negative ions gave excellent results comparable to the case of the near Hartree-Fock calculation with 56 CGTO. Considerable improvements were also achieved for 4-31G and 6-311G sets, when the exponent for the outermost s-type function was modified. The largest EED (3a₁) gave the best agreement with the experimental ratio of EED 's derived from Penning ionization electron spectroscopy.     

Radial dependence of exterior electron distributions of molecular orbitals

A molecular surface is introduced to divide interior electron densities from exterior electron densities (EED). The radial distribution of EED (RADEED) is defined for each molecular orbital as a function of the distance from the molecular surface. Logarithmic plots of RADEED for NH₃ using various basis sets in ab initio MO calculations revealed some important features: (i) the Hartree-Fock limit for the orbital function tail may be suggested and thus qualities of basis sets can be discussed, and (ii) the slope of the curve shows the decay rate of the orbital which can be compared with the curve derived from the theoretical behavior of the long-range asymptotic form involving either the lowest ionization potential or the orbital energy of the highest occupied orbital.Dedicated to Professor J. Koutecký on the occasion of his 65th birthday     

Correlation of the molecular orbitals of organic sulfides (selenides) and five-membered heterocyclic compounds by photoelectron spectroscopy

The structure and the correlation of the molecular orbitals were studied for divinyl chalcogenides and the isoelectronic five-membered heterocyclic compounds by photoelectron spectroscopy (PES). It was shown that the two frontier orbitals are inverted in the transition from divinyl sulfide to thiophene, while the heterocyclization of divinyl selenide is accompanied by quasidegeneration. According to PES, the orbital structure of the alkyl vinyl chalcogenides does not depend on the nature of the heteroatom (S, Se) or on the structure of the alkyl radical: ₂ < ₁ < ₂ < ₂. Linear correlations were obtained between the energies of the ₁ and ₂ MOs of the investigated groups of compounds, i.e., one for the vinyl Sulfides (selenides) and thiophenes (selenophenes) and another for the saturated derivatives of sulfur and selenium. The correlations in the compounds of the various chalcogens do not coincide, although they are similar.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2317–2324, October, 1991.     

Temperature dependence of DC electrical conductivity of kaolin

The samples from kaolin Sedlec were investigated by the help of DTA, TG, and temperature dependences of DC conductivity using Pt wire electrodes and linear heating up to 1,050 °C. After drying, the samples contained ~1.5 mass% of the physically bound water. DTA and TG reflected generally known facts about a release of the physically bound water, dehydroxylation, and metakaolinite → Si–Al spinel transformation. The results of electrical measurements showed the electric current passed over the maximum at 60 °C. The self-ionization of water results in the process H₂O → H⁺ + OH^? in the water layers on the crystal surfaces; consequently, OH^? and H⁺ are the main charge carriers in the low-temperature region. The water molecules simultaneously evaporate from the sample which decreases the number of the charge carriers. When the physically bound water evaporates, the current is carried mostly by K⁺ and Na⁺ ions. During dehydroxylation, the hydroxyls OH^? split into H⁺ and O^2?. The ions H⁺ jump to the neighboring OH^? groups creating the water molecules. The ions O^2?remain bounded to the newly created metakaolinite lattice. Therefore, mobile protons contribute to the electric current. At the same time, this contribution gradually decreases because of the escape of H₂O from the sample. The sharp current peak and DTA peak at 970 °C imply relatively fast metakaolinite → Si–Al spinel transformation. This DC current peak results from the shift of Al³⁺ and O^2? ions into new positions.     

Temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity of imidazolium ionic liquids

The electrical conductivities of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquids and of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids with different anions were determined in the temperature range between 123 and 393 K on the basis of dielectric measurements in the frequency range from 1 to 10(7) Hz. Most of the ionic liquids form a glass and the conductivity values obey the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann equation. The glass transition temperatures are increasing with increasing length of the alkyl chain. The fragility is weakly dependent on the alkyl chain length but is highly sensitive to the structure of the anion.     

Phenyl thiazyl compounds: Synthesis and electrical conductivity

A series of substituted phenylene-dithio-bis(phenyldithiazyl) (PDBPD) and phenylthiophenyldithiazyl (PTPD) compounds have been synthesized utilizing the facile reaction between N-trimethyl silylimides and aromatic sulfenyl chlorides. The compounds are insulators with conductivities of 10^?8–10^?12 (Ω cm)^?1. However, they can be oxidized with Br₂ to conductivities of 10^?3–10^?5 (Ω cm)^?1 for pressed pellets. Electron donating and withdrawing substituents on the phenyl ring markedly alter the electrical transport properties. While PTPD compounds are soluble in many solvents, the PDBPD derivatives are only sparingly soluble.     

Temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity of orthophosphoric acid in porous glass

Temperature dependence of the proton conductivity of a 85 wt % solution of orthophosphoric acid in a set of porous glasses with predominant channel radii of 4.5, 9, 19, and 74 nm was studied. A method for saturating a wide-pore glass with a dehydrated acid is suggested. This method provides a conductivity on the order of 10⁻⁴–10⁻³ ohm⁻¹ cm⁻¹ in the temperature range 373–473 K.     

A dependence of electrical conductivity and some properties of paramagnetic centers on the doping level of poly(4-aminoazobenzene) with iodine

The dependences of the electrical conductivity, ESR spectral linewidths, spin concentrations, and g-factor on the level of iodine doping of poly(4-aminoazobenzene), synthesized by the oxidative polymerization of 4-aminoazobenzene with iodine, were studied for the first time. The polymers were studied by ESR and UV spectroscopy. With an increase in the level of iodine doping, the electrical conductivity of the polymers increases from 3·10⁻¹⁰ to 4·10⁻¹ S m⁻¹, the ESR linewidth increases from 0.96 to 1.94 mT, and the g-factor increases from 2.004 to 2.007. The spin concentration changes ambiguously, depending on the doping level. In the iodine-doped polymers, spins are mainly localized on two nitrogen atoms of the azo groups.     

Microemulsions studies: Correlation between viscosity,electrical conductivity and electrochemical and fluorescent probe measurements

Microemulsion systems involving brine and dodecane, and stabilized by sodium dodecylsulfate and both pentanol and heptanol have been investigated. Results of various experiments including conductivity and viscosity measurements, electrochemical diffusion coefficients and fluorescent probe studies have been gathered and compared in order to gain additional understanding of the microemulsion structure. The diffusion coefficients of hydrophilic hydroquinone and hydrophobic ferrocene obtained from the Levich equation at the rotating disc electrode, vary as the self-diffusion coefficients of water and dodecane, respectively; the results are consistent with those obtained by other workers from tracer or NMR self-diffusion studies. The fluorescence analysis of the polarity sensed by pyrene and the microviscosity felt by dipyrenylpropane suggests that the progressive addition of pentanol and dodecane to SDS micelles leads to solubilizate the probes more in the droplet interior where they experience a more hydrophobic environment. The systematic study of the two microemulsion systems provides insight into the microscopic properties of the oil domains in which the fluorescent probes are assumed to be located. In the system stabilized by n-heptanol as cosurfactant, the microviscosity sensed by P(CH₂)₃P is shown to be much lower than the bulk viscosity of the microemulsion. All the results evidence the well-known structural transitions: water continuous, bicontinuous and oil continuous in the single monophasic area of the brine/ SDS/n-pentanol/dodecane system; premicellar aggregates and water swollen micelles in the W/O area of the brine/SDS/n-heptanol/dodecane system.     

Ac and dc electrical conductivity of polynuclear metal cluster compounds

Ac and dc electrical conductivity data are presented for two polynuclear metal cluster compounds Au₅₅(PPh)₃)₁₂Cl₆ and Pd₅₆₁Phen₃₆O₂₀₀. The temperature dependence of the low field dc conductivity increases with electrical field, the rate of increase becoming stronger with decreasing temperature. These results are compared with data for granular metal systems, and a close correspondence is observed. The conductivity is found to increase with frequency in analogy to what is observed in amorphous systems. A scaling law for low frequencies that has been recently proposed is shown to describe the data quite well.     

Unusual enhancement in electrical conductivity of tin oxide thin films with zinc doping

Electrical conductivity of SnO(2)-based oxides is of great importance for their application as transparent conducting oxides (TCO) and gas sensors. In this paper, for the first time, an unusual enhancement in electrical conductivity was observed for SnO(2) films upon zinc doping. Films with Zn/(Zn + Sn) reaching 0.48 were grown by pulsed spray-evaporation chemical vapor deposition. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) shows that pure and zinc-doped SnO(2) films grow in the tetragonal rutile-type structure. Within the low doping concentration range, Zn leads to a significant decrease of the crystallite size and electrical resistivity. Increasing Zn doping concentration above Zn/(Zn + Sn) = 0.12 leads to an XRD-amorphous film with electrical resistivity below 0.015 ? cm at room temperature. Optical measurements show transparencies above 80% in the visible spectral range for all films, and doping was shown to be efficient for the band gap tuning.     

Spin state dependence of electrical conductivity of spin crossover materials

We studied the spin state dependence of the electrical conductivity of the spin crossover compound [Fe(Htrz)(2)(trz)](BF(4)) (Htrz = 1H-1,2,4-triazole) by means of dc electrical measurements. The low spin state is characterized by higher conductance and lower thermal activation energy of the conductivity, when compared to the high spin state.     

Electrical field influence on molecular mass and electrical conductivity of polyaniline

We have described the primary studies on the conductivity and molecular weight of polyaniline in an electric field as it is used in a field effect experimental configuration. We report further studies on doped in-situ deposited polyaniline. First we have chemically synthesized polyaniline by ammonium peroxodisulfate in an acidic solution, with aqueous, organic and emulsion conditions at different times. Next, we measured mass and conductivity and obtained the best time of polymerizations. Then, we repeated these reactions under different electrical fields in constant time and measured mass and conductivity. The polyaniline is characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), UV-visible spectroscopy and electrical conductivity. Polyanilines with high molecular weight are synthesized under electric field M _w = (5.2–6.8) × 10⁵, with M _w/M _n = 2.0–2.5. The UV-visible spectra of polyanilines oxidized by ammonium peroxodisulfate and protonated with dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (PANi-DBSA), in N-methylpyrolidone (NMP) show a smeared polaron peak shifted into the visible. Electrical conductivity of polyaniline has been studied by four-probe method. The conductivity of the films of emeraldine protonated by DBSA cast from NMP is higher than 500 S/cm under (10 kV/cm² of potential) electric field and shows an enhanced resistance to ageing. Next, we carried chemical polymerization at the best electric field at different times. Finally, the best time and amount of electric field were determined. Polymers synthesized under an electric field probably have better physical properties regarding the existence of less branching and high electric conductivity.     

外围为柔性链状取代基团Ni-酞菁配合物的合成及其在MCM-41中的装载

合成了外围具有柔性链状基团的2（3）,9（10）,16（17）,23（24）-四-（N,N-二乙胺基乙氧基）Ni-酞菁配合物（2）．以正硅酸乙酯为硅源,十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为模板剂,水热法将该Ni-酞菁配合物（2）装载到MCM-41中．利用UV-Vis-NIR,FT-IR,XRD,TEM,FESEM及N2吸附-脱附等温线对制备的样品进行了表征．研究表明制备的样品中Ni-酞菁配合物（2）主要以单体和二聚体的形式存在于MCM-41中．通过不同制备酞菁浓度的装载研究表明,较高制备酞菁浓度有利于制备结晶度及孔道有序性较高的介孔分子筛样品．     

On the defects of molecular symmetry-lobe orbitals

It is proved that two molecular symmetry-lobe orbitals, belonging to different irreducible representations, can have a non-negligible overlap. Using a previously reported multipolar analysis of Gaussian-lobe orbitals (GLOs), it is demonstrated that such defects occur when individual symmetry orbitals (SOs) are both contaminated in a given Y_1m subspace, even if such contaminations are very small. A numerical application illustrates this result in the case of the NH₃ molecule, and it is shown that axial-GLOs allow for the exact cancellation of the symmetry defects.