Amorphous and crystalline IrO2 thin films as potential stimulation electrode coatings

Amorphous and crystalline iridium oxide thin films with potential use as coating materials for stimulation electrodes were studied. Characterization of these films by cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy has revealed a considerable decrease in impedance and an increase in charge capacity of iridium oxide thin films after an electrochemical activation process in 0.9% NaCl solution. The surface morphology of these films was studied by scanning electron microscopy. The two types of IrO₂ films were also compared under conditions relevant to applications as stimulation electrodes. The results indicate that amorphous IrO₂ films have significantly higher charge storage capacity and lower impedance than crystalline IrO₂ films. This makes the amorphous films a preferable coating material for stimulation applications.     

Normal mode solution for low-frequency sound propagation in a downward refracting atmosphere above a complex impedance plane.

The development of the fast field and parabolic equation solutions to the wave equation has made it possible to solve for the combined effects of refraction in a layered atmosphere and the interaction of sound with a complex impedance ground surface. In many respects the numerical methods have advanced beyond our understanding of the basic phenomena. In an earlier study [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89, 107-114 (1991)], the residue series solution for upward refraction was investigated and provided insight into the nature of the interaction of refraction and ground reflection. In this paper results are presented of a similar normal mode solution for downward refraction above a complex impedance ground surface. This model is used to investigate when the surface wave is excited for downward refraction conditions and to develop criteria for the maximum range of cylindrical decay as a function of phase and magnitude of the ground impedance and the magnitude of the sound velocity gradient.     

An unusual rearrangement in the iodination of some 1-allyl- and 1-benzylcyclopropenes

Iodination of selected 1-allyl- or 1-benzyl-cyclopropenes with electron-donating groups on the substituent leads to 2-iodo-1-iodomethyl-1 -vinyl or 1-arylcyclopropanes.     

Cyclopropene-carbene rearrangements at low temperatures. Generation and trapping of 1,2-dichloro-3-methylbut-2-en-1-ylidene

Reaction of (5, X = H, Cl, Br) with methyl lithium in ether in the presence alkenes leads to cyclopropanes, e g.(6), apparently derived by trapping of an intermediate carbene (4); in the case of (5, X = Br), the precursor of the carbene, a cyclopropene (1, X=Y=Cl, Z=Me), may be trapped by addition of bromine at ?90°C.