Adsorption and reaction of formaldehyde on thin-film cerium oxide

Formaldehyde adsorption and reaction have been studied on cerium oxide thin films that were vapor deposited on Ru(0 0 0 1). The formaldehyde behavior was examined as a function of temperature, exposure and Ce oxidation state. Formaldehyde chemisorbs on fully oxidized CeO₂ as dioxymethylene, CH₂O₂. The dioxymethylene decomposes and desorbs as formaldehyde between 200 K and 400 K. No other products are formed. On reduced ceria, formaldehyde also adsorbs as dioxymethylene. In addition to the formaldehyde desorption between 200 K and 400 K, a more strongly bound form of dioxymethylene is formed that produces formaldehyde at 440 K. Above 400 K, some of the dioxymethylene reacts to form formate and methoxy on the surface. These species decompose to produce H₂, CO and CH₂O above 500 K.     

A facile organolithium route to ferrocene-based triarylmethyl dyes with substantial near IR and NLO properties

A series of triarylmethanol derivatives containing combinations of phenyl, 1-naphthyl, 4-dimethylamino-4′-stilbenyl, ferrocenyl or 4-[2-ferrocenylethenyl]phenyl groups have been prepared by reaction of 4-[4-Me₂NC₆H₄CC]C₆H₄Li or 4-[FcCC]C₆H₄Li (Fc = ferrocenyl) with ferrocenecarboxaldehyde, ferrocenyl phenyl ketone, methyl ferrocenecarboxylate, 1-naphthyl phenyl ketone, ethyl benzoate or diethyl carbonate. The carbinols readily form the corresponding intensely coloured carbenium ions in acid solution which have significant electronic absorption in the near infrared. Initial studies indicate that they also possess substantial first hyperpolarisabilities.     

低功率近红外光的偏振方向对光致折射率变化影响的实验研究

研究了利用低功率近红外光辐照In:Fe:LiNbO3晶体时写入光束的偏振方向对光致折射率变化(Δn)的影响.分别采用正常偏振(o光)和非常偏振(e光)的近红外细激光束,在In:Fe:LiNbO3晶体中进行了光折变实验.研究表明,两种偏振方向引起晶体的Δn实测曲线相似,但变化规律恰好相反,o光引起的折射率变化量约是e光的3倍左右.近红外光写入下两种偏振光束引起晶体的Δn分布规律都不同于可见光,尤其是e光辐照区域中心晶体的折射率升高.因此,通过选择不同偏振方向的近红外光可以在光折变晶体中制作不同折射率分布的非线性光学器件.     

周期量级激光脉冲在不同密度的原子介质中传播行为的比较(英文)

利用不含慢变包络近似和旋波近似的全波Maxwell-Bloch方程组的数值解,研究了周期量级超短激光脉冲在Ladder型三能级原子介质中的传播行为并与在相应的稀疏介质中的情况进行了比较.我们发现,在传播过程中,超短脉冲在稠密介质中的时间演化规律与在稀疏介质中明显不同,而且这种差别将随初始脉冲面积的增大而加大.当初始脉冲面积较小时,在传播过程中,脉冲形状在稀疏介质中只有小的改变而在稠密介质中却有显著的变化.当初始脉冲面积足够大时,在稠密介质中在不同的传播距离处脉冲分裂为不同数量和形状的亚脉冲;在稀疏介质中脉冲形状在传播过程中仍然只有小的改变。产生以上差别的原因在于稠密原子介质中近偶极-偶极(NDD)相互作用导致的局域场修正(LFC)及比稀疏原子介质更强的极化电场的影响.其中,更强的极化电场的影响起着主要的作用,但局域场修正的作用也不能忽略,而极化电场的增强是由于原子密度的增加.     

发动机润滑油品质的可见-近红外光谱快速检测

研究了基于可见-近红外光谱技术的发动机润滑油品质的快速检测方法,包括粘度与含水率的预测。在获取可见-近红外光谱信息的基础上,采用广义回归神经网络分别建立了粘度与含水率的预测模型。预测集样本的确定系数分别达到了0.9818和0.9999。说明可见-近红外光谱技术能够用于发动机润滑油的含水率与粘度的预测。     

Nano‐imaging through tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Stepping beyond the classical limits

The spatial resolution in optical imaging is restricted by so‐called diffraction limit, which prevents it to be better than about half of the wavelength of the probing light. Tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), which is based on the SPP‐induced plasmonic enhancement and confinement of light near a metallic nanostructure, can however, overcome this barrier and produce optical images far beyond the diffraction limit. Here in this article, the basic phenomenon involved in TERS is reviewed, and the high spatial resolution achieved in optical imaging through this technique is discussed. Further, it is shown that when TERS is combined with some other physical phenomena, the spatial resolution can be dramatically improved. Particularly, by including tip‐applied extremely localized pressure in TERS process, it has been demonstrated that a spatial resolution as high as 4 nm could be achieved.     

Self-broadened widths and shifts of CO2: 4750-7000 cm

In the previous paper, we report line strength measurements for 58 bands of ¹²CO₂ between 4550 and 7000 cm⁻¹ [R.A. Toth, L.R. Brown, C.E. Miller, V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner, J. Mol. Spectrosc., this issue, doi:10.1016/j.jms.2006.008.001.]. In the present study, self-broadenedwidth and self-induced pressure shift coefficients are determined in two intervals:

(a) between 4750 and 5400 cm⁻¹for bands of the Fermi triad (20011 ← 00001, 20012 ← 00001, 20013 ← 00001), three corresponding hot bands (21111 ← 01101, 21112 ← 01101, 21113 ← 01101) and the 01121← 00001 combination band;

(b) between 6100 and 7000 cm⁻¹ for the Fermi tetrad (30014 ← 00001, 30013 ← 00001, 30012 ← 00001, 30011 ← 00001), two associated hot bands (31113 ← 01101, 31112 ← 01101), as well as 00031 ← 00001 and its hot band 01131 ← 01101.

Least-squares fits of the experimental width and pressure shift coefficients are modeled using empirical expressions:

     

Influence of the halo upon angular distributions for elastic scattering and breakup

The angular distributions for elastic scattering and breakup of halo nuclei are analysed using a near-side/far-side decomposition within the framework of the dynamical eikonal approximation. This analysis is performed for ¹¹Be impinging on Pb at 69 MeV/nucleon. These distributions exhibit very similar features. In particular they are both near-side dominated, as expected from Coulomb-dominated reactions. The general shape of these distributions is sensitive mostly to the projectile-target interactions, but is also affected by the extension of the halo. This suggests the elastic scattering not to be affected by a loss of flux towards the breakup channel.     

Macroscopic far-field observation of the sub-wavelength near-field dipole vortex

The energy flow lines of the radiation emitted by a rotating electric dipole moment have a vortex structure near the source. The spatial extend of this vortex is well below an optical wavelength. This near-field vortex has a macroscopic effect which could be observed in the far field.     

Searching for a near neighbor particle in DSMC cells using pseudo-subcells

LeBeau et al. (2003) [4] introduced the ‘virtual-subcell’ (VSC) method of finding a collision partner for a given DSMC particle in a cell; all potential collision partners in the cell are examined to find the nearest neighbor, which becomes the collision partner. Here I propose a modification of the VSC method, the ‘pseudo-subcell’ (PSC) method, whereby the search for a collision partner stops whenever a ‘near-enough’ particle is found, i.e. whenever another particle is found within the ‘pseudo-subcell’ of radius δ centered on the first particle. The radius of the pseudo-subcell is given by δ = Fd_n, where d_n is the expected distance to the nearest neighbor and F is a constant which can be adjusted to give a desired trade-off between CPU time and accuracy as measured by a small mean collision separation (MCS). For 3D orthogonal cells, of various aspect ratios, d_n/L ≈ 0.746/N^0.383 where N is the number of particles in the cell and L is the cube root of the cell volume. There is a good chance that a particle will be found in the pseudo-subcell and there is a good chance that such a particle is in fact the nearest neighbor. If no particle is found within the pseudo-subcell the closest particle becomes the collision partner.