Preparation of aqueous CdS colloids in the presence of cadmium complexonates: effect of complexonates on the size of CdS nanoparticles

The results of a systematic study of the preparation of CdS colloids in aqueous solutions containing different Cd²⁺ complexonates are presented. The effects of the ratio of the reagents and the nature and concentration of various stabilizing surfactants and Cd²⁺ complexonates, including those of some sulfur-containing compounds, on the size of the colloidal particles have been studied. Thermodynamic calculation of the expected equilibrium size of the colloidal particles as a function of the solvent composition, taking into account the increase in the solubility of the CdS phase as the particle size decreases, has been performed. Comparison of the calculated results with the experimental data shows that the size of colloidal particles is determined to a great extent by kinetic factors of their growth rather than by thermodynamic factors. It has been established that when the size of colloidal particles is less than a critical value, their dissolution by adding strong compexing agents to the system does not result in a change in the observed mean-volume size of the particles.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1739–1746, September, 1995.The authors are grateful to A. L. Chuvilin (G. K. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, SB of the RAS) for help in preparing the electron photomicrographs.The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 93-03-4816).     

Memory effects in polymers. V. Processing history versus thermally induced self-orientation of unoriented poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) films

A peculiar phenomenon is reported whereby a melt-extruded, low-crystallinity, unoriented film of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) upon unconstrained thermal treatment, self-extends in the machine direction (MD) while shrinking along the transverse (TD) and normal/thickness (ND) directions. In addition to the expected increase in crystallinity, the annealing process leads to an unexpected development of crystalline orientation along the MD. This phenomenon is an example of “processing-induced memory effects” since it depends on the processing history of the starting film, e.g., melt-extrusion leads to the subject behavior whereas compression molding does not. We must mention that the melt-extruded films of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) are isotropic to start with, that is, MD and TD are indistinguishable prior to the annealing process. Furthermore, this phenomenon has not been observed for any other semicrystalline polymer and is believed to be the first citation for poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) since its commercialization in 1957. Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is the analytical technique that led to this novel phenomenon which was later substantiated by x-ray diffraction (XRD). ©1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Knudsen effect on plasma-particle mass transfer. I. Formulation and application to self-diffusion

The Knudsen effect on mass transfer between a plasma gas and a small particle is investigated. A predictive model is developed by incorporating the Z-potential approach into the jump theory. The predictions of the model are explored through a case study. The results indicate that the Knudsen effect is significant and depends strongly on the particle size and the surface conditions. The plasma and the particle surface temperatures are also found to be determining factors. Under certain conditions, it is observed that the Knudsen effect can enhance the plasma-particle mass transfer, contrary to the predictions of the previous near-isothermal models.     

Microstructures and Optical Properties of Scales of Butterfly Wings

This paper describes the mechanism generating the beautiful wing colors of various male butterflies and the relationship between the wing material and the color appearance. The microstructure of the scales covering the upper surface of the wings was analyzed with the aid of a scanning electron microscope. The basic mechanism of color generation of structurally colored scales is determined for the first time in accordance with the theory of optical interference in thin film layers using a model of wing scales. Optical properties were found in relation to the three-dimensional spectral reflectance of the samples, and differences were observed between the brightness perceived in subjective evaluations and calculated values based on the reflective spectra of the structurally colored wings. The results of this study suggest that the microroughness of the upper wing surface may influence the perceived gloss of structurally colored wings.     

Porous irregular aggregates of sub-micron sized grains to reproduce cometary dust light scattering observations

The present study intends to interpret some of the characteristic features of the light scattered by cometary dust, such as phase angle and wavelength dependence of its polarization, through simulations using Ballistic Cluster-Cluster Aggregation (BCCA) or Ballistic Particle-Cluster Aggregation (BPCA) aggregates of up to 128 sub-micron sized grains (spherical and spheroidal with a possible size distribution) of various composition (silicates, organics, silicates core with organics mantle). The dependence of the linear polarization with the size parameter is shown to depend highly on the size and composition of the constitutive grains. Internal interactions induced by shape or orientation averaging of the grains may lessen this dependence, leading to results comparable to those observed on cometary dust for fluffy aggregates of grains with a size parameter in the 1.3–1.8 range. A size distribution of realistically shaped particles (aggregates of spheroids and larger spheroids) following a power law size distribution with a power index of -3, the smallest grains radius by 0.03– and the largest spheroids effective radius by , gives a very good fit to the Hale-Bopp observed phase curves. The best silicates–organics ratio ranges from about 50–75% organics and 25–50% silicates in volume considering the eventual presence of core-mantle grains.     

Measurements of anomalous dispersion in rayleigh scattering of characteristic X-ray fluorescence

Summary When using characteristic fluorescence X-rays or γ-rays of energy under 100 keV to study the Rayleigh scattering of photons from atoms the effect of anomalous dispersion is not in general negligible. On the contrary, it may cause the atomic cross-section values to vary with respect to the tabulated values—usually calculated in nonresonant approximation—of an order of magnitude in the most critical cases. In this work we present experimental results of Rayleigh scattering where this effect is well evident. We used as sources of excitation a radioisotope (²⁴¹Am,E _γ 59.6 keV) and a X-ray tube with a series of different secondary anodes and solid-state detectors to detect the scattered radiation. We reviewed the atomic form factor formalism which describes the phenomenon in a nonrelativistic treatment and we show its strict analogy with QEDS-matrix theory. We obtained numerical values for the cross-sections by using the tabulated values of the photoelectric cross-sections and we made a comparison with the experimental values. The error of the measurements (∼3%) derives from the superposition of the Rayleigh scattering with the characteristic X-ray fluorescence lines. Within the error limits the agreement with the values from the form factor approximation is very satisfactory.

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Riassunto Quando si utilizza la radiazione X di fluorescenza caratteristica o la radiazione γ di energia minore di 100 keV per studiare la diffusione elastica da parte degli atomi (diffusione di Rayleigh), l'effetto della diffusione anomala non è in generale trascurabile. Al contrario, essa può causare variazioni anche di un ordine di grandezza dei valori delle sezioni d'urto atomiche rispetto ai valori tabulati che sono usualmente calcolati nell'approssimazione non risonante. In questo lavoro si presentano i risultati sperimentali di alcune misure di diffusione di Rayleigh nei quali questo effetto è ben evidente. Come sorgenti di radiazione sono stati utilizzati un isotopo radioattivo (²⁴¹Am,E _γ=59.6 keV) e una serie di anodi secondari associati a un tubo X. Per la rivelazione della radiazione X sono stati utilizzati rivelatori a stato solido. Si è eseguita una revisione del formalismo dei fattori di forma atomici per la descrizione del fenomeno in una trattazione non relativistica e si mostra la stretta analogia con la teoria della matriceS dell'elettrodinamica quantistica. Si sono ottenuti i risultati numerici per le sezioni d'urto di diffusione elastica utilizzando i valori tabulati per le sezioni d'urto fotoelettriche e si sono confrontati con i valori ottenuti sperimentalmente. L'errore delle misure (∼3%) deriva dalla sovrapposizione della diffusione di Rayleigh con le righe di fluorescenza caratteristica. Entro questi limiti di errore l'accordo con i valori ricavati nell'approssimazione dei fattori di forma è molto soddisfacente.

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Резюме При использовании характеристической рентгеновской или γ-лучевой флуоресценции с энергией до 100 кэВ для исследования рэлеевского рассеяния фотонов на атомах, влияние аномальной дисперсии не является в общем случае пренебрежимо малым. Наоборот, эффект аномальной дисперсии может изменить значения атомных поперечных сечений по сравнению с табулированными значениями, обычно вычисляемыми в нерезонансном приближении, в наиболее критических случаях на порядок величины. В этой работе приводятся резулятаты для рэлеевского рассеяния, где эффект аномальной дисперсии является существенным. Мы используем в качестве источников возбуждения радиоизотоп (²⁴¹Am,E _γ=59.6 кэВ) и рентгеновскую трубку с различными вторичными анодами и твердотельные детекторы для регистрации рассеянного излучения. Мы используем формализм атомного форм-фактора, который описывает явление в нерелятивистском приближении. Мы отмечаем точную аналогию с теориейS-матрицы в квантовой электродинамике. Получаются численные значения для поперечных сечений, используя табулированные величины для фотоэлектрических поперечных сечений. Проводится сравнение полученных значений с экспериментальными данными. Погрешность измерений (∼3%) определяется из суперпозиции рэлеевского рассеяния с линиями характеристической рентгеновской Флуоресценции. В пределах погрешностей получается удовлетворительное согласие с результатами, полученными из приближения атомного форм-фактора.

     

The interior transmission problem for anisotropic Maxwell's equations and its applications to the inverse problem

The interior transmission problem appears naturally in the study of the inverse scattering problem of determining the shape of a penetrable medium from a knowledge of the time harmonic incident waves and the far field patterns of the scattered waves. We propose a variational study of this problem in the case of Maxwell's equations in an inhomogeneous anisotropic medium. Then we apply the obtained results to build an ‘extented far field’ operator and give a characterization of the medium from the knowledge of the range of this operator. We then show how the linear sampling method can be viewed as an approximation of this characterization. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

三维Stokes问题各向异性混合元分析

本文提出了一个一般的立方体单元格式并将其应用到三维Stokes问题的混合有限元逼近,给出了各向异性插值误差估计,相容误差估计和LBB条件成立的验证,从而证明了其在不满足正则性和拟一致条件下的收敛性．另外我们还得到了其一个特殊收敛性质,即在解(u,p)∈(H3(Ω))3×H2(Ω)时,相容误差阶为O(h2max),比插值误差阶O(hmax)高一阶．     

Luminescence from ZnO/MgO nanoparticle structures prepared by solution techniques

The optical and structural properties of mixed ZnO/MgO particles prepared by solution techniques are investigated by the cathodoluminescence and electron microscopy techniques. The samples annealed at 400–1000 °C show well crystalline wurtzite structure of the ZnO (MgZnO) particles with the size in range of 10–100 nm. Annealing at high temperatures (>700 °C) leads to Mg diffusion in ZnO and Mg_xZn_1−xO alloy formation. The blue shifts of the near-band-edge emission as a result of the alloy band gap widening and quantum confinement effect for the small size particles are demonstrated.     

块状及粒子煤灰复折射率的研究

1引言燃煤锅炉内的粒子（如焦碳、碳黑、飞灰粒子）及块状的燃烧产物（如积灰、结渣等）参与炉内辐射换热。这些固态物质的辐射特性，是炉内辐射换热计算的重要参数，而复折射率（。一n－7幼是确定这些参数的基本物性数据。复折射率不能直接测量，需要通过测量其它量，用反问题计算方法才能得到。目前；国际上求煤灰粒子复折射率的计算方法主要有两类：（1）直接利用煤灰粒子做实验［‘头（2）利用块状煤灰实验求其复折射率，认为它等于煤灰粒子的复折射率［’－‘］。D．R．Huffman问在理论上证明，二者的复折射率将会有所不同。本文分别…