Die Fehlordnung des Natriumazides und deren Einfluß auf die thermische Zersetzung, 4. Mitt.: Über die Programmierung von Zersetzungsreaktionen mit Hilfe von Korngrößenverteilungen

It is shown that in the case of thermal decomposition of sodium azide the overall kinetics can be predicted by defined particle size of the decomposed sodium azide crystals. This is always the case if the rate constant is a function of the particle size. Hence this special example can be generalized for similar decomposition reactions. It is necessary that the particles decompose independently which could be proved experimentally with sodium azide. If for this reason we state for true that the pressure/time-function of each particle size add together it is possible to set up a formula for the pressure/time-function of any particle size distribution. With the pressure/time function holding for sodium azide of uniform particle size, the total function for a Gauß distribution can be calculated exactly. Moreover, the trivial case of one single particle size and the case of two different particle sizes are discussed. Furthermore an approximation method for any arbitrary pressure/time-functions and distribution by means of “Schwerpunktdeutung” are discussed which can be carried out graphically as well as numerically. The numerical approximation is illustrated by an example. Pressure/time-functions then loose their characteristic form because of their dependence on the particle size distributions under consideration. In this case, reaction mechanism cannot be derived from pressure/time functions.     

Modelling the electric double layer at electrode/electrolyte interfaces

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Growth and characterization of Si/Sb superlattices

Summary Artificial Si_m/Sb₁ superlattices (m=15, 30, 60) were grown by molecular beam epitaxy at very low temperatures (200°C). Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy revealed the superlattices to be single crystalline with min values of less than 0.04. X-ray diffraction clearly showed the superlattice structure. However, residual surface segregation still activated at the low temperatures employed leads to a spread out of Sb atoms into the subsequently grown Si interspacing layers to an extent of about 2 nm.     

Real-space post-Hartree-Fock correlation models

Real-space models of nondynamical correlation between electrons of opposite spin and of parallel spin in multicenter (molecular) systems are discussed. These models are designed to be partnered with Hartree-Fock or exact Kohn-Sham exchange. Thus the numerous and well-known problems of local density-functional exchange-correlation approximations, especially in stretched odd-electron systems, are circumvented.     

Reaction barrier heights from an exact-exchange-based density-functional correlation model

A recent exact-exchange-based density-functional model of nondynamical and dynamical correlation [A.D. Becke, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 064101 (2005)] is tested on 70 barrier heights for a variety of reaction types: hydrogen transfer reactions, heavy-atom transfer reactions, nucleophilic substitutions, association reactions, and unimolecular rearrangements, including both even- and odd-electron systems. The mean absolute error with respect to accurate reference data is 1.4 kcal/mol. This is achieved without any refitting of the parameters of the model to the barrier height data.     

What a difference ancillary thienyl makes: unexpected additional stabilization of the diruthenium(III,II) but not the diosmium(III,II) mixed-valent state in tetrazine ligand-bridged complexes

The Ru(2)(III,II) mixed-valent state is strongly stabilized in [(bpy)(2)Ru(mu-bttz)Ru(bpy)(2)](5+) (3(5+), bttz = 3,6-bis(2-thienyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine, as evident from lowered oxidation potentials and isolability, a strongly increased comproportionation constant K(c) = 10(16.6), and a high-energy intervalence charge transfer band at 10100 cm(-1). Curiously, no such effects were observed for the diosmium(III,II) analogue, whereas the related systems [(bpy)(2)M(mu-bmptz)M(bpy)(2)](5+), bmptz = 3,6-bis(4-methyl-2-pyridyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine, exhibit conventional behavior, i.e., a slightly higher K(c) value of the Os(2)(III,II) analogue. EPR signals were observed at 4 K for 3(5+) but not for the other mixed-valent species, and high-frequency (285 GHz) EPR was employed to study the diruthenium(II) radical complexes 2(3+) and 3(3+).