Experimental investigation of liquid drop evaporation on a heated solid surface

Evaporation of a water drop was studied experimentally at a temperature difference between the solid surface and surrounding atmosphere from 30 to 60 °C. The studies were performed on the substrates with micro- and nanocoatings with different wettability. The features of evaporation were studied for the pinned, partially pinned, and depinned three-phase contact line (solid-liquid?gas interface). It is shown that with a decrease in the water drop volume, the specific evaporation rate (mass flow per unit of surface area) increases, particularly at the last stage of evaporation.     

Determination of the Coefficient of Laser Radiation Reflection from Dielectric Targets in Vacuum

We present the results of experimental determination of the coefficients of laser radiation reflection (₁ 10.6 m and ₂ 1.06 m) from dielectric targets of complex chemical composition in vacuum with allowance for a regime of developed plasma formation.     

Measurement of the differential cross section and of the tensor and vector analyzing powers for the fragmentation of 4.5-GeV/c deuterons on beryllium in the reaction involving proton emission at an angle of 80 mrad

The invariant differential cross section, the tensor analyzing power A _yy , and the vector analyzing power A _y for the reaction ⁹Be(d, p)X are measured at an initial deuteron momentum of 4.5 GeV/c and a proton detection angle of about 80 mrad. The data obtained for the differential cross section are consistent with the results of measurements at 3.5 and 5.78 GeV/c and a proton emission angle of 2.5°. The values found for the tensor analyzing power A _yy are compared with similar data obtained previously for the deuteron-fragmentation process occurring on a carbon target at various values of the initial deuteron momentum and leading to proton emission at zero angle. The data on the differential cross section for the reaction ⁹Be(d, p)X can be satisfactorily described within the relativistic impulse approximation by using standard deuteron wave functions; however, the approach based on this conceptual framework proves to be inadequate in dealing with data on the tensor analyzing power. These results indicate that it is necessary either to change the method for describing the relativistic deuteron or to take into account additional mechanisms.     

Crystalline and optical properties of Cd<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Zn<Subscript>1–<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>S (0.5 ≤ <Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis> ≤ 1) films doped with silver

The results from studying Cd _x Zn_1–x S (0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1) films fabricated via pyrolysis from thiourea coordination compounds of cadmium and zinc bromides doped with silver ions having impurity concentrations of 10^–7, 10^–6, 10^–5, 10^–4, and 10^–3 mol L^–1 in sputtered solutions are presented. Films prepared at 400°С have the wurtzite lattice. The bandgap of pure and doped films, determined from absorption spectra near the edge of fundamental absorption, varies linearly from 2.5 to 3.11 eV. An order of magnitude increase in the intensity of luminescence is observed after doping with silver.     

Mössbauer effect in f.c.c. Fe-Ni-C alloys after the ultrasonic impact surface treatment

M?ssbauer spectroscopy was used for study of the f.c.c. Fe-30.5%Ni-1.5%C, Fe-30.0%Ni-1.3%C, Fe-30.1%Ni-0.44%Mn-1.22%C, Fe-30.3%Ni alloys after the heat treatment at 1373 K in vacuum and the impact ultrasonic surface treatment in vacuum. The vibration amplitude of the magnetostrictor-wave guide-sample system on the (1–3)kHz frequencies was 20 μm and 28 μm corresponding to the power of impacts of 2.4 and 4.7 J/s. In order to show the redistribution process of carbon under the treatment, the ageing of the Fe-30.0%Ni-1.3%C alloy was carried out at 773 K in vacuum. As shown, the ultrasonics of smaller power does not result in distinctive changes in the hyperfine magnetic structure and solid solution state. The increase of power of impacts does not change the phase composition of the alloys except the atomic redistribution in a solid solution varying the electron spin and charge densities on iron nuclei. The results were analyzed in comparison with the data derived after the low-frequency impact surface treatment. Presented at International Colloquium “M?ssbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science”, Všemina, Czech Republic, June 1–4, 2004. The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (project #2412) and partially budget program supported this work.     

The photochemical interaction of polyphenylferrisiloxane with oligoorganosilanes

The photochemical interaction of polyphenylferrisiloxane with some oligoorganosilanes in benzene solutions has been studied by UV, IR, ESR, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Silylene species formed during photolysis of oligoorganosilanes react with the high-spin iron(III) to reduce the latter to low-spin iron(II). The formation of the low-spin state of iron(II) was supported by measurements of the magnetic moments. The insertion of the silylene species into the polymer chain to form the Fe?Si bond occurs due to the photoreaction.     

AlCl3-Catalyzed transformations of organo(trichloromethyl) silanes

Reactions of organo(trichloromcthyl)silanes RMc₂SiCCl₃ (R = Me, Ph, Mc₃Si) with aluminum chloride have been studied. The interaction of trimetltyl(tricltlorometltyl)silane with AlCl₃ carried out in cyclohexane or in benzene leads to Me₃SiCHCI₂ (in 75 % yield) or ClMe₂SiCPh₂Me (in 70 % yield), respectively; whereas no conversions are observed inn-hexane and methylene chloride. Treatment of dimetltyl(phenyl)(ricltloromethyl)silane with aluminum chloride in a_n-C₅H₁₂/CH₂CI₂ mixture gives an aromatic cross-linked insoluble polymer. The reaction of pentamethyl(trichloromcthyl)disilane (R = Mc₃Si) with AICl₃ in pentane affords the rearrangement product, Me₃SiCCl₂SiMc₂Cl, in 65 % yield. In methylene chloride the further cleavage of the disilane occurs to yield Me₂SiCl₂ and CH₂=CHMe₂SiCl.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1511-1515, June, 1996.     

Quantum chemical study of the structure of tricyclic saturated hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene dimers

Results of a quantum-chemical study of the molecular structure of dimerization products of saturated 1,3-butadiene and hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene (tricyclo[3.3.0.0^2.6]octane, dodecafluorotricyclo[4.2.0.0^2.5]octane (I), and dodecafluorotricyclo[3.3.0.0^2.6]octane (II)) are presented. The calculated symmetry of the molecule of I in vacuum (C ₂) differs from its symmetry in the single crystal (C _b , XRD). The most stable of dimers (II) contains C-C bonds with a length of up to 1.573 Å and a four-atom cycle with angles of 82.3°.     

Organosilicon Amidophosphates and Their Eu and Er Complexes in Solutions and Films: Spectral and Luminescence Properties

Fluorescence and fluorescence excitation spectra of phosphorus-containing organosilicon ligands O = PX₂NHR (X = NMe₂, OPh; R = CH₂CH₂CH₂Si(Oet)₃ and their Eu(III) complexes in acetonitrile solutions and in films are studied. In UV region (285–420 nm), bis(dimethylamido)triethoxysilylpropylamidophosphate (X = NMe₂) and diphenyltriethoxysilylpropylamidophosphate (X = OPh) exhibit two emission bands, whose position and intensity depend on the nature of substituents at the phosphorus atom. The Eu complexes show the ligand and the cation luminescence. The emission bands of coordinated ligands are shifted to long-wave region. The cation luminescence appears as three or four bands due to f-f transitions from the excited ⁵ D ₀ level to the lower ⁷ F _1–4 levels. The most intense transition is ⁵ D ₀ → ⁷ F ₂. The emission band in a region of 420 nm appears in solutions and films prepared from both pure ligands and their Eu(III) complexes. This band is due to luminescence of spatially crosslinked nanoparticles of sesquioxane structure. The intensity ratio of the Eu³⁺ emission bands changes when going from solutions to films, the emission intensity increases in a range of 420 nm. Films containing incorporated Er complexes with amidophosphates show intense luminescence of a matrix at 430 nm and a series of weak narrow bands due to the Er³⁺ cation at 550–700 nm.__________Translated from Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, Vol. 31, No. 7, 2005, pp. 550–558.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Semenov, Cherepennikova, Klapshina, B. Bushuk, S. Bushuk, Douglas.     

A Quantum Chemical Study of C<Subscript>60</Subscript>Cl<Subscript>30</Subscript>, C<Subscript>60</Subscript>(OH)<Subscript>30</Subscript> Molecules and Fe@C<Subscript>60</Subscript>(OH)<Subscript>30</Subscript> Endocomplex

(U)PBE0/cc-pVDZ method is used to study the structure of C₆₀Cl₃₀, C₆₀(OH)₃₀ molecules and Fe@C₆₀(OH)₃₀ endocomplex. The triplet state of the endocomplex is shown to be the lowest in energy among its four states corresponding to different spin multiplicities and positions of Fe nucleus within the fullerene cavity. This state is characterized by bonding between the iron atom and one of two benzenoid cycles of the carbon cage, six internuclear Fe–C distances (208 pm), and 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d^7.24s^0.14p^0.3 electron configuration of iron with spin population of 2.36.