Activation energy for polypyrrole oxidation: film thickness influence

The oxidation rates of polypyrrole films at different temperatures fit Arrhenius plots, allowing the obtention of the activation energy for the reaction. The activation energy increases for rising thicknesses, up to 4 μm, of the polymer film and decreases for rising film thicknesses. Those values include the constant chemical activation energy and the energy required to relax the polymeric structure allowing the entrance of anions from the solution. The existence of a maximum on the polymeric relaxation energy points to a parallel change on the film molecular structure during the electropolymerization time. The variation of the diffusion coefficient per degree of temperature for the counterions, as a function of the film thickness, is similar to that obtained for the activation energy. Diffusion coefficients were obtained from the electrochemical stretched exponential describing a range of relaxation behaviors in disordered and non-equilibrium systems.     

Characterization of alkyd based thermosetting resins

The rate of cure of different oxidative drying oil modified alkyd resins are investigated by DSC, when the cure is made under UV light or not. We determine, from the Kissinger equation, the apparent activation energy at different stages of the curing process. This activation energy depends on the curing conditions (temperature, illumination or not). These variations lead to the determination of a time constant, characteristic of the curing kinetics. Two particular values of the apparent activation energy are also defined. The first one called ΔE _o is a characteristic of the varnish at the liquid state, the second one called ΔE _inf characterizes the stability of the structural state of the final film.     

Adsorption, desorption, and diffusion of nitrogen in a model nanoporous material. II. Diffusion limited kinetics in amorphous solid water

The adsorption, desorption, and diffusion kinetics of N2 on thick (up to approximately 9 microm) porous films of amorphous solid water (ASW) films were studied using molecular beam techniques and temperature programmed desorption. Porous ASW films were grown on Pt(111) at low temperature (<30 K) from a collimated H2O beam at glancing incident angles. In thin films (<1 microm), the desorption kinetics are well described by a model that assumes rapid and uniform N2 distribution throughout the film. In thicker films (>1 microm), N2 adsorption at 27 K results in a nonuniform distribution, where most of N2 is trapped in the outer region of the film. Redistribution of N2 can be induced by thermal annealing. The apparent activation energy for this process is approximately 7 kJ/mol, which is approximately half of the desorption activation energy at the corresponding coverage. Preadsorption of Kr preferentially adsorbs onto the highest energy binding sites, thereby preventing N2 from trapping in the outer region of the film which facilitates N2 transport deeper into the porous film. Despite the onset of limited diffusion, the adsorption kinetics are efficient, precursor mediated, and independent of film thickness. An adsorption mechanism is proposed, in which a high-coverage N2 front propagates into a pore by the rapid transport of physisorbed second layer N2 species on top of the first surface bound layer.     

纳米氧化铜的粒度对多相反应动力学参数的影响

本文提出了纳米体系多相反应动力学活化能的模型，并以纳米氧化铜与硫酸氢钠溶液的反应为体系，研究了反应物粒度对动力学参数的影响规律，讨论了表观活化能降低的原因。结果表明：反应物粒度对多相反应的反应级数、速率常数、表观活化能和指前因子均有较大的影响；随着反应物粒径的减小，表观活化能和指前因子减小,而反应级数和速率常数增大，并且速率常数和表观活化能与反应物粒径的倒数呈线性关系；这些影响规律与理论模型是一致的。另外，还发现反应物粒度是通过摩尔表面积、摩尔表面能和摩尔表面熵影响多相反应的动力学参数的。     

自组装膜结构与电化学行为的关系

报导了组装时间对４－乙氧基－４＇－Ｎ（２″－巯基－乙基）羧基酰胺－偶氮苯（Ｃ２ＡｚｏＣ２）自组装膜电化学行为的影响。接触角与界面电容的数据表明，组装时间的增长使自组装膜表面覆盖度增加。从循环伏安图中可以观察到氧化峰与还原峰之间的距离增大，同时计算得到的表观电极反应速率常数显著减小。基于偶氮苯基团的自身结构及其在电化学反应过程中所经历的构型改变，认为有序体系中组装结构的致密性阻碍偶氮苯基团的构型变化     

Dewetting behavior of a block copolymer/homopolymer thin film on an immiscible homopolymer substrate

Numerous previous studies have established that the addition of a microphase-ordered AB diblock copolymer to a thin homopolymer A (hA) film can slow, if not altogether prevent, film rupture and subsequent film dewetting on a hard substrate such as silica. However, only a few reports have examined comparable phenomena when the hA/AB blend resides on a soft B-selective surface, such as homopolymer B (hB). In this work, the dewetting kinetics of thin films composed of polystyrene (PS) and a symmetric poly(styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) (SM) diblock copolymer on a poly(methyl methacrylate) substrate is investigated by hot-stage light microscopy. Without the SM copolymer, the dewetting rate of the PS layer is constant under isothermal conditions and exhibits Arrhenius behavior with an apparent activation energy of approximately 180 kJ/mol. Addition of the copolymer promotes a crossover from early- to late-stage dewetting kinetics, as evidenced by measurably different dewetting rates. Transmission electron microscopy reveals the morphological characteristics of dewetted PS/SM films as functions of film thickness and SM concentration.     

Compensation effect in the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation kinetics of metal hydrides

The possible existence of a compensation effect, i.e. concurrent changes in activation energy and prefactor, is investigated for the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation kinetics of metal hydrides, by analyzing a series of reported kinetic studies on Mg and LaNi(5) based hydrides. For these systems, we find a clear linear relation between apparent prefactors and apparent activation energies, as obtained from an Arrhenius analysis, indicating the existence of a compensation effect. Large changes in apparent activation energies in the case of Mg based hydrides are rationalized in terms of a dependency of observed apparent activation energy on the degree of surface oxidation, i.e., a physical effect. On the other hand, we find the large concurrent changes in apparent prefactors to be a direct result of the Arrhenius analysis. Thus, we find the observed compensation effect to be an artifact of the data analysis rather than a physical phenomenon. In the case of LaNi(5) based hydrides, observed scatter in reported apparent activation energies is less pronounced supporting the general experience that LaNi(5) is less sensitive toward surface contamination.     

甲烷水合物膜生长动力学研究

采用水中悬浮气泡法测定了温度为273.4～279.4 K、压力为3.60～11.90 MPa范围内甲烷微小气泡表面水合物膜生长动力学数据. 应用无因次Gibbs自由能差(－ΔG^exp/RT)作为推动力, 提出了具物理意义的水合物膜生长动力学模型, 并回归得到甲烷水合物膜生长动力学反应级数为1.60, 表观活化能为55.95 kJ•mol^－1, 指前因子为1.65×10¹¹ mm²•s^－1. 同时考察了温度和压力对甲烷水合物膜生长速率的影响.     

Radiation-induced grafting of styrene onto ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder and subsequent film fabrication for application as polymer electrolyte membranes: I. Influence of grafting conditions

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) powder was irradiated by gamma rays using a ⁶⁰Co source. Simultaneous and pre-irradiation grafting was performed in air and in inert atmosphere at room temperature. The monomer selected for grafting was styrene, since the styrene-grafted UHMWPE could be readily post-sulfonated to afford proton exchange membranes (PEMs). The effect of absorbed radiation dose and monomer concentration in methanol on the degree of grafting (DG) is discussed. It was found that the DG increases linearly with increase in the absorbed dose, grafting time and monomer concentration, reaching a maximum at a certain level. The order of rate dependence of grafting on monomer concentration was found to be 2.32. Furthermore, the apparent activation energy, calculated by plotting the Arrhenius curve, was 11.5 kJ/mole. Lower activation energy and high rate dependence on monomer concentration shows the facilitation of grafting onto powder substrate compared with film. The particle size of UHMWPE powder was measured before and after grafting and found to increase linearly with increase in level of grafting. FTIR-ATR analysis confirmed the styrene grafting. The grafted UHMWPE powder was then fabricated into film and post-sulfonated using chlorosulfonic acid for the purposes of evaluating the products as inexpensive PEM materials for fuel cells. The relationship of DG with degree of substitution (DS) of styrene per UHMWPE repeat unit and ion exchange capacity (IEC) is also presented.     

聚苯胺黄嘌呤氧化酶电极的生物电化学活性

用电化学方法将黄嘌呤氧化酶固定在聚苯胺中以制成聚苯胺黄嘌呤氧化酶电极。该电极呈现典型的酶催化反应动力学特性。且具有快速的生物电化学响应。固定化黄嘌呤氧化酶的表观米氏常数为21×10^-^6mol.dm^-^3, 最适pH为8.4,酶催化反应的活化能为85.1kJ.mol^-^1。酶电极具有较高的稳定性。使用聚苯胺黄嘌呤氧化酶电极能可靠地测定较低的底物浓度, 如2×10^-^6mol.dm^-^3黄嘌呤。     

粒度对多相反应动力学参数的影响

以纳米氧化锌与硫酸氢钠溶液为反应体系, 研究反应物粒度对动力学参数的影响规律. 讨论了表观活化能降低的原因. 结果表明：当反应物粒径、反应温度和搅拌速率一定时, 纳米氧化锌与硫酸氢钠溶液的反应速率仅与反应物的浓度有关；反应物粒度对多相反应的反应级数、速率常数、表观活化能和指前因子均有较大的影响；随着反应物粒径的减小, 表观活化能和指前因子减小, 而反应级数和速率常数增大, 并且速率常数和表观活化能与反应物粒径的倒数呈线性关系；反应物粒度是通过摩尔表面积、摩尔表面能和摩尔表面熵三个方面影响多相反应的动力学参数的.     

Kinetics of adsorption and proteolytic cleavage of a multilayer ovalbumin film by subtilisin Carlsberg

Adsorption and proteolytic activity of the enzyme subtilisin Carlsberg have been studied on an immobilized, multilayer ovalbumin film. The cross-linked multilayer substrate permits protease adsorption to be examined unencumbered by the surface inhomogeneity typically observed in monolayer studies of protease surface kinetics. Decline of the protein film was measured over time using ellipsometry. Resulting kinetic data as a function of aqueous enzyme concentration and temperature were well fit by a Langmuir-Michaelis-Menten model for surface proteolysis. We observed that both the protein degradation kinetics and the in situ adsorption data were well described by the proposed model. The temperature dependence of the kinetic rate parameter yielded an activation energy of 12 kcal/mol. Further, the apparent Langmuir adsorption equilibrium constant of the enzyme at the protein/aqueous interface was 0.11 L/mg at 22 degrees C, 0.034 L/mg at 36 degrees C, and 0.011 L/mg at 50 degrees C. Although enzyme adsorption at a given aqueous enzyme concentration decreased at higher temperature, the enzyme cleaved the substrate more rapidly, leading to a net increase in the ovalbumin film degradation rate. We observed that the maximum enzyme coverage on the immobilized protein surface was approximately 40% of a close-packed monolayer at ambient temperature (22 degrees C).     

聚苯胺用作乙醇脱氢反应中的电子传递介质

脱氢酶（ADH）在电化学氧化还原反应中是很重要的一种酶,但它在催化有机分子脱氢反应时需烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸（NAD＋）参与,后者从底物接收电子生成还原形NADH.脱氢酶电极是根据NADH的电化学氧化产生的阳极电流构成的[1－3].然而NADH与裸体炭电极和铂金电极之间的直接电子传递是非常困难的,往往需一个相当高的过电位[4].另一个问题是生成物易将电极玷污[5,6].克服这些问题的方法是使用均相电子传递介质,例如在底物溶液中加入Meldola蓝、Nile蓝A和NMP＋甲替硫酸盐等[7－9],及复相电子传递介质,例如将镍六氰基高铁酸盐固…     

Dienes and trienes in the low temperature oxydation of branched polyethylene

The low temperature (20–80°) oxidation of a sample of low density polyethylene, containing initially dienic and trienic conjugated sequences, is characterized by the rapid disappearance of these structures in a first order process with activation energy of 150 kJ/mol. The primary product of polyene-oxygen interaction is decomposed in a slow process having a low apparent activation energy, and characterized by the formation of at least two carbonyl compounds absorbing respectively at 1745 and 1710 cm^?1 in i.r. The latter, probably an αβ unsaturated aldehyde absorbing also in u.v. at 228 nm, is produced in a process disfavoured by increase of temperature. Study of film photostability vs storage time suggests that the polyenes and their primary oxidation products play a significant part in the photoinitiation of fresh samples.     

Kinetic study of dissolution of poly(vinyl chloride) in cyclohexanone

The kinetics of dissolution of five fractions of commercial poly(vinyl chloride) in cyclohexanone was studied at temperatures from 20 to 70°C. Good agreement was observed between the experimental results and equations expressing the dependence of the induction periods and the rates of dissolution on temperature and molecular weight. It was found that the apparent activation energy for the swelling process lies in the range 9–14 kcal/mole and the apparent activation energy for the dissolution diffusion process in the range 8–12 kcal/mole. The apparent dependence of activation energies on number-average molecular weight indicates that the chain ends are more important in determining the dissolution rate than the centers of the polymer chains.     

Decoupling Study of Melt Polycondensation of Polycarbonate: Experimental and Modeling of Reaction Kinetics and Mass Transfer in Thin Films Polycondensation Process

During the melt polycondensation process of polycarbonate, reaction and mass transfer are deeply coupled owing to relatively high melt viscosity. In this work, the polycondensation reaction kinetics and mass transfer behavior of volatile phenol are decoupling studied in detail by using thin‐film experiments with 250–280 °C, 10–1000 Pa and 0.085–0.68 mm film thickness. A realistic apparent rate model coupled the reaction kinetics with thermodynamic equilibrium and diffusion behavior is developed to describe the polycondensation process, while the diffusion characteristic of small molecule (phenol) is further obtained based on penetration theory. The obtained polycondensation equilibrium constant ranges from 0.3 to 0.55, while the activation energy and pre‐exponential factor of temperature‐dependent diffusion coefficients of phenol are 87.9 kJ mol⁻¹ and 5.08 × 10² m² s⁻¹, respectively. It is also observed that the overall apparent rate of polycarbonate (PC) polycondensation process increases with higher temperature, lower pressure, and thinner film thickness. Coupling the reaction kinetics with mass transfer, the predictions of the realistic apparent rate model are in quite satisfactory agreement with experimental data.     

金属氧化动力学规律和耐热钢中稀土作用的研究

根据气固相反应动力学理论推导出金属氧化不同阶段和不同几何２样品的动力学方程，实验研究了耐热钢３Ｃｒ２４Ｎｉ７Ｎ高温氧化中稀土的作用实验结果表明，稀土未改变耐热钢的氧化动力学机理，理论推导的氧化动力学方程可以很好地描述实际金属氧化的动力学规律。     

Angular dependence of 1H- and 2H-NMR spectra of H2O and D2O absorbed in cellulose acetate film

¹H- and ²H-NMR spectra of H₂O and D₂O absorbed in cellulose acetate films were observed while changing the angle between the plane of the film and the magnetic field. ¹H-NMR spectra show dipolar splittings that vary depending on the angle. The splitting has a maximum when the surface of the film is perpendicular to the magnetic field. From the angular dependence of the dipolar splitting, it is recognized that the proton-proton dipolar axis of water molecules tends to orient perpendicularly to the surface of the film. ²H-NMR spectra that show quadrupolar splittings also indicate that the quadrupolar axis tends to orient perpendicularly to the film. The so-called bound water and free water in the film can exchange rapidly on the NMR time scale, so that the line width and the splitting of the NMR spectra become smaller as the amount of water in the film increases. From the temperature dependence of line widths, the apparent reorientational activation energy of water molecules in the film is estimated to be 25 kJ/mol from ¹H-NMR and 31 kJ/mol from ²H-NMR.     

煤-焦炉气共热解半焦燃烧动力学特性研究──燃烧模型的建立及其表观活化能动态描述

采用热重分析方法（ＴＧＡ）对煤－焦炉气共热解半焦燃烧动力学特性进行研究,建立了半焦燃烧动力学模型,采用新的数学处理方法,实现了表观活化能在半焦燃烧过程中的动态描述及平均表观活化能的求取。分析结果表明,表观活化能在半焦燃烧过程中呈“两头高、中间低”的“钟”型动态分布,其变化范围为：４７～９５ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ,其中主要燃烧失重阶段（转化率为２０％～８０％）的表观活化能较低且变化幅度较小,约为４７～６０ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ,在燃烧转化率为４０％左右出现最低活化能约４７ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ。同一半焦燃烧过程中,表观活化能与燃烧速率动态分布具有良好的对应关系,即较大燃烧速率对应着较低表观活化能,这说明表观活化能的大小直接体现了半焦燃烧反应活性的高低     

Comparing the activation energy of diffusion in bulk and ultrathin fluid films

We have measured the activation energy (E act) of translational diffusion for a dissolved fluorescent dye in bulk and within an ultrathin liquid film formed on a solid substrate. The experiments were performed using the single-molecule sensitive technique of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. From the temperature-dependent measurements, we have determined that the activation energy for a few nanometer thick fluid film increases by a factor of approximately 3-4 compared to bulk liquid. The results are confirmed for two distinctly different systems in regard to molecular shape, tetrakis (2-ethylhexoxy) silane and hexadecane.