XPS study of SnTe(1 0 0) oxidation by molecular oxygen

The interaction between the (1 0 0) surface of SnTe single crystal and molecular oxygen was studied by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Analysis of the obtained spectra shows that the mechanism of surface oxidation does not change in the range of oxygen exposure 10⁸-10¹³ L. During the oxidation an additional component shifted 1.1 eV towards higher binding energies appears in the Sn 3d spectra. The Te 3d_5/2 spectra fitting reveals two additional components with binding energies close to Te⁰ and Te⁺⁴. The dependence of the additional components fraction in both Sn 3d and Te 3d_5/2 spectra on the oxygen exposure is semi-logarithmic. On the base of the experimental data two possible mechanisms are proposed.     

Synthesis and physicochemical properties of chelating sorbents containing functional groups of N-aryl-3-aminopropionic acids

Two types of chelating sorbents with different types of addition of iminodipropionate groups to a polymeric matrix were synthesized: carboxyethylated aminopolystyrene (sorbent 1) based on linear polystyrene and carboxyethylaminomethylpolystyrene (sorbent 2) based on the copolymer of styrene and divinylbenzene. The ionization constants and concentrations of functional groups of the sorbents (exchange capacity for hydrogen ions) were determined. The sorbents exhibit high selectivity for copper(II) ions with the maximum of sorption from ammonia—acetate buffer solutions lying in a range of pH 5.0–7.5. The time needed for a solution of copper(II)—sorbent system with continuous stirring to reach exchange equilibrium is 3.5 and 2 h for sorbents 1 and 2, respectively. The exchange capacity for copper(II) ions is 2.54 and 0.10 mmol g⁻¹, respectively. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 800–806, May, 2006.     

Composition and stability of copper(II), nickel(II), and cobalt(II) complexes with mono- and bis(2-carboxy)-2-pycolylamine

Complexation of N-(2-pyridyl)methyl-3-aminopropionic (HL¹) and N-(2-pyridyl)methyliminodipropionic (H₂L²) acids with copper(II), nickel(II), and cobalt(II) ions is studied. The composition of complexes is determined using the Starik–Barbanel relative yield method. The acid dissociation constants of HL¹ and H₂L² are determined potentiometrically; the stability constants of HL¹ and H₂L² complexes with metal ions are calculated.     

Synthesis and physicochemical properties of polysiloxane functionalized with aminoacetic acid groups

Polysiloxane functionalized with aminoacetic acid groups was synthesized using sol–gel technology. Elemental analysis and FTIR spectroscopy were used to determine the composition of the polysiloxane show that it is a mesoporous material with a developed surface (109.4 m2/g). It was found that the selective properties of carboxymethylated polysiloxane towards transition metal ions simultaneously present in an ammonium acetate solution change in the order Zn < Cu > Ni > Co > Pb > Cd. It was shown that the sorption of copper(II) ions by carboxymethylated aminopropylpolysiloxane with particle sizes of 50–71 μm reaches its maximum level within 2 h; the rate-limiting step of the process is the chemical reaction between the ions and the polysiloxane functional groups; and the pseudo-second-order model is the best way of describing sorption.     

Sorption extraction of palladium(II) with modified polysiloxane

Sorption of palladium(II) from model solutions with polysiloxanes modified with amine and thiourea groups was stidied and it was found that the maximum sorption on aminopropyl polysiloxane is shifted slightly to alkaline region compared with a sulfur-containing sorbent. First time an effect of a series of external factors on a sorption kinetics of palladium with polysiloxanes was researched, diffusion coefficients of sorbate ions were calculated, and evaluation of their dependence on an initial concentration of metal, a grain diameter of the sorbent, and a temperature of sorption environment was carried out. It is shown that quantitative desorption of palladium from thiocarbamoylated polysiloxane is achieved by double treating the sorbent with hydrochloric acid solution of thiourea at high temperature.     

Potentiometric study of complexation between taurine and metal ions

The protolytic and complexation properties of taurine are studied by a potentiometric method. The dissociation constants of 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid functional groups and the stability constants of taurine complexes with copper(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), zinc(II), manganese(II), cadmium(II), silver(I), magnesium(II), calcium(II), strontium(II), and barium(II) ions are calculated.     

Effect of Complex-Former Ion Concentration on the Selectivity of Metal Ion Sorption on Cross-Linked <Emphasis Type=Italic>N</Emphasis>-2-Sulfoethylchitosan

Copper(II), silver(I), cobalt(II), nickel(II), zinc(II), manganese(II), and magnesium(II) sorption isotherms on cross-linked sulfoethylated chitosan with the degree of sulfoethylation DS = 0.7 (SEC 0.7) have been plotted for the individual or collective presence of these ions in solution have been constructed. The capacities of the studied sorbents for the studied metal ions have been calculated by processing the sorption isotherms. SEC 0.7 is found to have the greatest affinity to copper(II) and silver(I); their presence almost completely suppresses the sorption of associated metal ions. The Redlich–Peterson model gives the best fit to the sorption isotherms for collectively present metal ions, indicating the chemical inhomogeneity of the sorbent surface.     

Synthesis, XRD structure and properties of diaqua(p-toluidine-N,N-di-3-propionato)copper(II) dihydrate [Cu(p-Tdp)(H2O)2]·2H2O

The copper(II) complex [Cu(p-Tdp)(H₂O)₂]·2H₂O, where p-Tdp is the anion of p-toluidine-N,N-di-3-propionic acid (or N,N-di(2-carboxyethyl)-p-toluidine), has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction. Three crystallographically independent [Cu(p-Tdp)(H₂O)₂] molecules have a similar structure. The Cu atoms have a square pyramidal environment (4+1) with a small trigonal bipyramidal distortion. The ortho-H atom of the benzene ring blocks up the sixth coordination position of the Cu polyhedron. The basal plane is formed by the donor atoms of the tridentate ligand and by the water molecule (average bond length Cu---N 2.03, Cu---O 1.93, Cu---O_w 2.00 Å), the apex is occupied by another water molecule (Cu---O_w 2.27 Å). The Cu atoms are located 0.20–0.30 Å out of the mean planes of the four basal atoms towards the apical O_w atom. The IR and electronic absorption spectra of p-Tdp and the title compound have been described. UV–Vis reflectance spectra shows that the complex has the same square pyramidal geometry in the crystal state and in solution. The protonation constants of the ligand log K₁=6.87(2), log K₂=3.75(2), log K₃=2.57(2) and stability constants log K_CuH(p-Tdp)=2.13(5), log K_Cu(p-Tdp)=6.38(3) were determined by pH-titration at 25.0 °C and I=0.1 M KNO₃.