Surface site dependence to negative ion formation

The processes of electron transfer and dissociative scattering are explored for collisions of hyperthermal NO⁺ on GaAs(110). The experiments reveal a marked angular dependence to O⁻ emergence. A strong correlation between the O⁻ scattering angle and the final atom-surface interaction site provides a map of the lateral dependence to reactivity. The results are modeled by sequential neutralization, dissociation, and electron attachment steps. Classical trajectory calculations, in conjunction with an empirical opacity function, accurately reproduce the experimental results. The opacity function is interpreted as the probability that an electron will attach to a departing O fragment as a function of the last surface site the atom impacts. The experiments indicate that O⁻ emergence occurs predominantly for oxygen atoms which come in close contact with the localized dangling bond states of GaAs(110).     

Forty years of Umpolung in organometallic chemistry: from carbanionic nucleophiles to metallic electrophiles

The evolution of mechanistic insight into the nature of organometallic reactions over the last forty years is recounted from the personal perspective of a chemist trained in the empirical tradition of organometallic chemistry. Starting from the viewpoint prevailing in the 1950s of organometallics as potential carbanionic nucleophiles, this investigator has become persuaded by his researches with Group 13 organometallics of the merits of treating these reagents as organometallic electrophiles. The profound effects that a tricoordinate boron center can exert on the structure and reactivity of boracyclopolyenes is a telling illustration of such boron electrophilicity operating in an intramolecular fashion. The elucidation of the mechanisms of both the carbalumination and the hydroalumination of olefins and acetylenes has adduced cogent evidence for the rate-determining step being the electrophilic attack of tricoordinate aluminum on the carbon-carbon π-electron cloud of the substrate. Finally, in an investigation of the molecular basis for Ziegler-Natta catalysis, the Breslow-Natta soluble catalyst for the polymerization of ethylene, Cp₂TiCl₂-R_nAlCl_3−n, was examined in detail and compelling evidence has been adduced that the active catalyst site is the solvent-separated ion-pair, [Cp₂TiR]⁺ [R_nAlCl_4−n]⁻.. Here again, the polymerization reaction is initiated by an organometallic electrophile, indeed by an even more powerful cationic electrophile. The net effect of these studies has been an Umpolung in the manner with which this chemist and many of his colleagues view organometallic reaction mechanisms.     

Gallium and oxygen accumulations on gallium nitride surfaces following argon ion milling in ultra-high vacuum conditions

Metallic gallium was observed on the surfaces of GaN commercial samples following argon ion milling. SIMS measurements confirmed that the commercial GaN had approximately 0.02% bulk oxygen present. The SIMS signal was standardized using a specimen of known oxygen content, as determined by elastic recoil detection analysis using 200 MeV heavy ions of ¹⁹⁷Au. Despite this 2–5% oxygen was observed by XPS in the bulk of the GaN after the argon ion milling. This oxygen is believed to be from the original surface oxide that re-cycles on the GaN surface during the ion milling.     

Adatom concentration on GaAs(001) during MBE annealing

We study the concentration of adatoms on GaAs(001) during annealing under MBE conditions. By rapidly cooling the sample from typical growth temperatures and typical As overpressures, the thermal concentration of adatoms can be frozen into small islands on the terraces. The area of the resulting islands is measured with STM far from terrace steps, giving an estimate of the concentration of adatoms during equilibrium. We find that a surprisingly large concentration of adatoms is present for typical growth temperatures, e.g. 0.18 monolayer at 600°C. Possible consequences for current growth models are discussed.     

Spectrofluorimetric Determination of Trace Amounts of Gallium with Salicylaldehyde Benzoylhydrazone

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解联立方程组法校正火焰原子吸收光谱干扰

本文用解联立方程组法校正了火焰原子吸收分析中镓４０３．３０ｎｍ谱线对锰４０３．３１ｎｍ谱线的重叠干扰。实验结果表明：解联立方程组法是解决原子吸收光谱干扰的可能方法，该法在应用于合成的锰和镓测定中结果令人感到满意。