Rules on intrapair and interpair correlation energy for Cl, Cl?and MCl (M=H, Li, Na, K)

According to the calculation results of the intrapair and interpair correlation energy for the title systems, it has been found that the intrapair correlation energy of K shell of Cl is almost a constant and both the intrashell and intershell correlation energy of K and L shell changes little. It has also been found that in MCl series compounds the value of Cl correlation energy contribution depends on the ionicity of MCl compounds, i.e., the Cl correlation energy contribution increases with the increase of the ionic bond strength of the compound and this value is always less than the correlation energy of Cl^- anion but always larger than that of Cl atom. These rules are helpful for the estimation of the correlation energy of ionic compounds and the energy changes of chemical reactions.     

Rules on intrapair and interpair correlation energy for Cl, Cl~(-) and MCI (M=H, Li, Na, K)

According to the calculation results of the intrapair and interpair correlation energy for the title systems, it has been found that the intrapair correlation energy of K shell of Cl is almost a constant and both the intrashell and intershell correlation energy of K and L shell changes little. It has also been found that in MCI series compounds the value of Cl correlation energy contribution depends on the ionicity of MCI compounds, i.e., the Cl correlation energy contribution increases with the increase of the ionic bond strength of the compound and this value is always less than the correlation energy of Cl" anion but always larger than that of Cl atom. These rules are helpful for the estimation of the correlation energy of ionic compounds and the energy changes of chemical reactions.     

Analytical,structural and electrical characterization of SiGe layers by electron microbeam techniques

k-ratios of Ge-L and Si-K measured at different beam energies allow to evaluate simultaneously composition and thickness of SiGe layers on a Si substrate. A simple technique applying backscattered electrons also enables estimation of composition of bulk SiGe and of composition and thickness of relatively thick (200 nm) SiGe layers on Si. Electron channeling patterns of pseudomorphic SiGe/Si structures and of pure Si substrate show no significant differences whereas in relaxed structures a smearing of the pattern with increasing density of misfit dislocations is observed. Under particular conditions the technique of the electron beam induced current permits imaging of recombination-active misfit dislocations with a spatial resolution around 0.2 m. Moreover, a repulsion of holes due to the valence-band offset in a n-Si/SiGe heterostructure was detected.     

Organic Electron Donors as Powerful Single‐Electron Reducing Agents in Organic Synthesis

One‐electron reduction is commonly used in organic chemistry for the formation of radicals by the stepwise transfer of one or two electrons from a donor to an organic substrate. Besides metallic reagents, single‐electron reducers based on neutral organic molecules have emerged as an attractive novel source of reducing electrons. The past 20 years have seen the blossoming of a particular class of organic reducing agents, the electron‐rich olefins, and their application in organic synthesis. This Review gives an overview of the different types of organic donors and their specific characteristics in organic transformations.     

Theoretical study of electron transfer in uranyl(VI)–uranyl(V) complexes in solution

The rates of the electron self‐exchange between uranyl(VI) and uranyl(V) complexes in solution have been investigated in detail with quantum chemical methods. The calculations have shown that the bond length of U? Oyl is elongated by 0.1 Å when the extra electron is localized on the sites. The diabatic potential surfaces are obtained. The inner reorganization energies are 212.6 and 226.8 kJ mol^?1 for hydroxide and fluoride bridge systems, respectively. The solvent reorganization energies are 28.12 and 31.60 kJ mol^?1 for hydroxide and fluoride bridge systems, respectively. The nuclear frequency factors are 3.17 × 10¹³ and 3.12 × 10¹³ s^?1 for hydroxide and fluoride bridge systems, respectively. The electronic coupling matrix elements are 1.89 and 4.06 kJ mol^?1 for hydroxide and fluoride bridge systems, respectively. The electron‐transfer rates of our calculations are 12.95 and 0.819 M^?1 s^?1 for hydroxide and fluoride bridge systems, respectively. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

电子显微技术应用于生物纳米材料表征与测试的研究进展

该文简述了电子显微技术的发展历程,并介绍了现代电子显微镜的新功能。针对生物纳米材料理化性能与功能应用的特殊性,结合研究实例,重点阐述运用电子显微结构表征与原位分析测试技术指导构建新颖纳米结构、揭示材料与细胞/组织相互作用并发挥功能的机制。并在此基础上,展望了电子显微技术在生物纳米材料研究领域的发展方向(大尺寸图像拼接、三维重构、动态原位实时成像)。     

A measure of electron localizability

A functional of the same‐spin electron pair density is proposed as a measure of electron localizability. This functional yields the average number of same‐spin electron pairs in a region Ω enclosing a fixed charge. The functional equals zero if the fixed charge in Ω originates from one electron only, with all other same‐spin electrons outside the region Ω. Then, the correlation of the electronic motion in Ω and thus the localizability of an electron is high. If the motion of the same‐spin electrons becomes less correlated, more electrons participate in the fixed charge contained in Ω, the average number of same‐spin electron pairs (the functional) increases. In the Hartree–Fock approximation the Taylor expansion of the proposed localizability functional can be related to the electron localization function of Becke and Edgecombe without using an arbitrary reference to the uniform electron gas. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004     

Analytical electron microscopy of materials

Analytical electron microscopy enables combined crystallographic and chemical information with a high spatial resolution to be gained from microregions of electron-transparent specimens. This is reached by the combined application of imaging, diffraction and spectroscopic methods, using either a dedicated scanning transmission electron microscope or a conventional high-resolution electron microscope (having a strong objective lens) equipped with suitable X-ray or electron spectrometers. Of the diffraction methods especially the technique of convergent beam diffraction is used, yielding valuable information on crystal structures, lattice parameter changes, symmetry variations and crystal perfection, respectively. For chemical analysis, either energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) is used or electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). Finally, high-resolution electron microscopy in the lateral resolution range of some 0.1 nm allows the reliable geometrical inspection of extreme microregions.     

Formation of Temporary Negative Ions and Their Subsequent Fragmentation upon Electron Attachment to CoQ0 and CoQ0H2

Ubiquinone molecules have a high biological relevance due to their action as electron carriers in the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Here, we studied the dissociative interaction of free electrons with CoQ₀, the smallest ubiquinone derivative with no isoprenyl units, and its fully reduced form, 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methylhydroquinone (CoQ₀H₂), an ubiquinol derivative. The anionic products produced upon dissociative electron attachment (DEA) were detected by quadrupole mass spectrometry and studied theoretically through quantum chemical and electron scattering calculations. Despite the structural similarity of the two studied molecules, remarkably only a few DEA reactions are present for both compounds, such as abstraction of a neutral hydrogen atom or the release of a negatively charged methyl group. While the loss of a neutral methyl group represents the most abundant reaction observed in DEA to CoQ₀, this pathway is not observed for CoQ₀H₂. Instead, the loss of a neutral OH radical from the CoQ₀H₂ temporary negative ion is observed as the most abundant reaction channel. Overall, this study gives insights into electron attachment properties of simple derivatives of more complex molecules found in biochemical pathways.     

Electron localizability indicators ELI–D and ELIA for highly correlated wavefunctions of homonuclear dimers. I. Li2, Be2, B2, and C2

Electron localizability indicators based on the parallel‐spin electron pair density (ELI–D) and the antiparallel‐spin electron pair density (ELIA) are studied for the correlated ground‐state wavefunctions of Li₂, Be₂, B₂, and C₂ diatomic molecules. Different basis sets and reference spaces are used for the multireference configuration interaction method following the complete active space calculations to investigate the local effect of electron correlation on the extent of electron localizability in position space determined by the two functionals. The results are complemented by calculations of effective bond order, vibrational frequency, and Laplacian of the electron density at the bond midpoint. It turns out that for Li₂, B₂, and C₂ the reliable topology of ELI–D is obtained only at the correlated level of theory. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2010     

Structural and Chemical Analysis of Materials with High Spatial Resolution

 An understanding of the correlation between microstructures and properties of materials require the characterization of the material on many different length scales. Often the properties depend primarily on the atomistics of defects, such as dislocations and interfaces. The different techniques of transmission electron microscopy allow the characterization of the structure and of the chemical composition of materials with high spatial resolution to the atomic level: high resolution transmission electron microscopy allows the determination of the position of the columns of atoms (ions) with high accuracy. The accuracy which can be achieved in these measurements depends not only on the instrumentation but also on the quality of the transmitted specimen and on the scattering power of the atoms (ions) present in the analyzed column. The chemical composition can be revealed from investigations by analytical microscopy which includes energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, mainly quantitatively applied for heavy elements, and electron energy-loss spectroscopy. Furthermore, the energy-loss near-edge structure of EELS data results in information on the local band structure of unoccupied states of the excited atoms and, therefore, on bonding. A quantitative evaluation of convergent beam electron diffraction results in information on the electron charge density distribution of the bulk (defect-free) material. The different techniques are described and applied to different problems in materials science. It will be shown that nearly atomic resolution can be achieved in high resolution electron microscopy and in analytical electron microscopy. Recent developments in electron microscopy instrumentation will result in atomic resolution in the foreseeable future.     

Application of EELS to the microanalysis of materials

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) is used in analytical electron microscopy (AEM) because it can provide results on the chemical composition and structure of a small volume of material. The practical application of EELS was demonstrated by the investigation of a refractory hard metal of the type WC-TiC-Co and by the investigation of a BaTiO₃ ceramic material. To demonstrate the present status of quantitative analysis by EELS, the spectra of Be₂SiO₄, TiB₂ and BaTiO₃ were quantified and the results indicate that quantitative analysis is feasible for major concentrations of light elements and also of heavier elements even in the presence of severe edge overlap.     

Approximate method for calculation of electron transition probability for simple outer-sphere electrochemical reactions

The probability of an elementary act in an outer-sphere electrochemical electron transfer reaction is calculated with arbitrary values of the parameter of reactant-electrode electron interaction for diabatic freeenergy surfaces of the parabolic form. The dependence of effective transmission coefficient on the Landau-Zener parameter is found. Interpolation formulas are obtained that describe this dependence and allow calculating the electron transition probability using the results of quantum chemical calculations of the electronic matrix element as a function of distance.     

Nonempirical Description of the Atmospherically Important Anionic Species. I. Water Cluster Anions

Water cluster anions, comprising up to 20 molecules, are simulated at the second-order unrestricted Møller–Plesset perturbation theory level with 6-31++G** basis set augmented with a floating center of 8 s diffuse functions. Interface structures composed of two to four chainlike or cyclic subclusters found to be most stable among anions of the same molecular size are shown to serve as a reliable restricted model of the hydrated electron. The calculated values of the adiabatic electron affinity of neutral clusters and the vertical energies of electron detachment from anions fit in with n ^–1/3 dependences that provide the corresponding estimates of the bulk water or ice specimens. The radius of a circumsphere containing about 85% of the excess electron density is treated as an effective radius of the excess electron and found to approach 2.5 Å as the size of cluster increases to infinity.     

Near-Diagonal Behaviour of First-order Density Matrix for N Closed Shells in a Bare Coulomb Field

Abstract

When the first order density matrix is expanded to lowest order, it is shown that the lowest order term is characterized by a functionf(r) whose derivative can be expressed in terms of the diagonal electron density and the nuclear charge, for the case of N closed shells in a bare Coulomb field.     

Determination of End-to-End Distances in a Series of TEMPO Diradicals of up to 2.8 nm Length with a New Four-Pulse Double Electron Electron Resonance Experiment

A four-pulse version of the pulsed double electron electron resonance (DEER) experiment has been applied to a series of TEMPO diradicals with well-defined interradical distances ranging from 1.4 to 2.8 nm (see picture). The new pulse sequence allows broad distributions of electron–electron distances to be measured without dead-time artifacts.     

Radial and angular correlation in heliumlike ions

In the framework of nonrelativistic variational formalism a new type of basis set is proposed, to estimate separately the effect of radial and angular correlations on the ground‐state energy for helium isoelectronic sequence H^? to Ar¹⁶⁺. Effect of radial correlation is incorporated by using multiexponential functions arising from product basis sets suitably formed out of Slater‐type one‐particle orbitals. The angular correlation can be switched on by incorporating an expansion in terms of basis involving interparticle coordinates. With a set of six‐term Slater‐type one‐particle basis and five‐term interparticle expansion, the ground‐state energy of helium is estimated as ?2.9037236 (a.u.) compared with the multiterm variational estimates ?2.9037244 (a.u.) due to Pekeris and Thakkar and Smith and Drake. Matrix elements of different operators in the ground state have been calculated and found to be in good agreement with available accurate results. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2003     

The relevance of the complementary spherical electron density model to organometallic intermediates involved in homogeneous catalysis

The implications of the Complementary Spherical Electron Density Model, originally developed by Mingos and Hawes in 1985 and amplified in 2004, to co-ordinatively unsaturated intermediates in homogenous catalytic processes are discussed. The geometric consequences of the model for 16 and 14 electron complexes are particularly important and are supported by numerous recent X-ray crystallographic investigations. The character of the important frontier orbitals have been explored using density functional calculations.     

基于零价铁的地下水化学还原修复体系中的电子转移有效性和电子竞争机制

近年来,基于零价铁的化学还原技术因其高效性逐渐被应用于受污染地下水的原位修复。但是,该技术在实际应用中仍面临一些亟待解决的问题。零价铁作为一种高活性的电子供体,除了和目标污染物反应外,还可以与地下水中其他的氧化性物质（如O₂、H⁺或NO₃^-等）反应。这些反应所造成的零价铁腐蚀,不仅会降低修复效率还会增加地下水修复成本。此外,同类或多类污染物间也存在对零价铁所释放电子的相互竞争,从而影响各自的去除效率。本文综述了基于零价铁的地下水修复体系中的电子传递过程和氧化物间的电子竞争机制,从零价铁的腐蚀和电子传递、零价铁电子选择性量化指标的提出和量化方法、地下水体中多种共存氧化物间电子竞争作用、电子效率的影响因素以及强化措施等方面进行详细介绍。最后,对该技术今后发展方向作出了展望,以期为其今后实际的地下水修复应用提供参考。