Spectroscopic Studies of the Stability of Doped Polythiophenes Under Air

Abstract

The stability of the doped state of conductive polythiophenes under air was investigated by the use of Infrared (IR) and UV-visible (UV) spectroscopies. Poly(3-methyl thiophene) doped with BF₃-ethyl ether (BFEE). shows higher stability due to its stereoregularity-chain structure. While the doped polythiophene (PT) degrades easily under the moisture.     

Thermo-cleavable polymers: Materials with enhanced photochemical stability

Photochemical stability of three thermo-cleavable polymers was investigated as thin films under atmospheric conditions. A significant increase in lifetime was observed once the side-chain was cleaved emphasizing the detrimental effect of solubilizing groups on the photochemical stability of conjugated polymers. In addition to their ease of processing, thermo-cleavable polymers thus also offer a greater intrinsic stability under illumination.     

Spectroscopic Study of Acid-base Equilibria and Ion Pairing in Supercritical Methanol

Acid-base equilibria between 2,5-dichlorophenol (DCP) and various bases (LiOH, NaOH, and KOH) were studied in ambient to supercritical methanol, by measuring the absorption spectrum of DCP at alkali metal hydroxide molalities ranging up to 10 mmol⋅kg⁻¹, at temperatures up to 250 °C and a pressure of 25.0 MPa. The spectrum was deconvoluted into contributions for the acidic (HA) and basic (A⁻) forms of DCP, taking into account a blue shift of the phenolate (A⁻) spectrum due to the effect of ion pairing with an alkali metal cation. Degrees of dissociation of DCP determined from the spectra suggested that the dissociation constant of DCP has a maximum around 150 °C, whereas that of KOH decreases with temperature. The phenolate-alkali metal ion pairing was examined from the peak shift of the phenolate spectrum in the presence of Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺. A smaller cation radius and higher temperature (thus a lower dielectric constant for methanol) give rise to stronger electrostatic interaction in the ion pair. The basicities of the alkali metal hydroxides in supercritical methanol were compared using DCP as an indicator, and were shown to follow the order LiOH < NaOH ≤ KOH. This order is the same as that for the catalytic effect of alkali metal hydroxides on the methylation of phenol in supercritical methanol (Takebayashi et al.: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 47:704–709, 2008). Electronic Supplementary Material  The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

CTAB胶束微环境中BY增溶位置的探讨

本文用ＵＶ吸收光谱对（ＢＹ＝ＣＴＡＢ）体系胶束化过程中预胶束的形成，以及预胶束向胶束的转变过程进行了分析。采用Ｇｏｕｙ－Ｃｈａｐｍａｎ模型，建立了ＣＴＡＢ胶束微环境中ＢＹ表现解离常数与胶束结构参数之间的定量关系，根据水溶液和各种盐浓度条件下ＣＴＡＢ胶束溶液中酸碱解离常数的测量，分析了ＢＹ在ＣＴＡＢ胶束扩散层中的增溶位置，讨论了ＣＴＡＢ胶束对ＢＹ选择性吸附的特性。     

Synthesis, structure and characterisation of Fe0.50Ti2(PO4)3: A new material with Nasicon-like structure

A new iron titanyl phosphate Fe_0.50Ti₂(PO₄)₃ was synthesized by both solid-state reaction and Cu²⁺-Fe²⁺ ion exchange method. The material was then characterized by X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer, magnetic susceptibility measurements and optical absorption. The crystal structure of the compound was refined, using X-ray powder diffraction data, by the Rietveld profile method; it crystallizes in the rhombohedral system, space group , with a=8.511(1) Å and c=20.985(3) Å, V=1316.45(3) Å³ and Z=6. The structure, which is compared to that of Mn_0.50Ti₂(PO₄)₃ is built up from [TiO₆] octahedra and [PO₄] tetrahedra which are linked by corner sharing along the c-axis. Fe²⁺ cations are located in half of the antiprism M_I sites and are orderly distributed with vacancies within the two possible positions of the M_I sites of . These results were supported by the Mössbauer studies that showed the presence of one Fe²⁺ site in the high spin state (t_2g⁴e_g²). The Curie-Weiss-type behavior is observed in the magnetic susceptibility. Diffuse reflectance spectrum indicates the presence of octahedrally coordinated Fe²⁺ ions.     

Chemical derivatization technique in ToF-SIMS for quantification analysis of surface amine groups

A chemical derivatization technique in ToF-SIMS along with principal component analysis (PCA) were used to perform a quantitative study of the surface amine density of the plasma-polymerized ethylenediamine (PPEDA) thin film. We used the scores on principal component (PC) 1 from a PCA of ToF-SIMS data for the PPEDA films and their chemical-derivatized surfaces for comparison with the surface amine densities. These surface amine densities were independently determined by UV-visible spectroscopy. Our work found a good linear relationship between the surface amine densities and the scores on PC 1 from a PCA of the ToF-SIMS data for the chemical-derivatized PPEDA surfaces, but not for the PPEDA thin films themselves. In addition to quantification, our PCA results provided insights into the surface chemical composition of each surface.     

1H NMR and UV-visible data fusion for determining Sudan dyes in culinary spices

Two data fusion strategies (variable and decision level) combined with a multivariate classification approach (Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis, PLS-DA) have been applied to get benefits from the synergistic effect of the information obtained from two spectroscopic techniques: UV-visible and ¹H NMR. Variable level data fusion consists of merging the spectra obtained from each spectroscopic technique in what is called “meta-spectrum” and then applying the classification technique. Decision level data fusion combines the results of individually applying the classification technique in each spectroscopic technique. Among the possible ways of combinations, we have used the fuzzy aggregation connective operators. This procedure has been applied to determine banned dyes (Sudan III and IV) in culinary spices. The results show that data fusion is an effective strategy since the classification results are better than the individual ones: between 80 and 100% for the individual techniques and between 97 and 100% with the two fusion strategies.     

Substitution and Solvent Effect of Some Substituted Hydroxy Schiff Bases

Abstract

The uv-vis spectra of eight ortho-hydroxy- andpara-hydroxy schiff bases were recorded in different solvents. Inductive and resonance effect of the substituents affect the electronic spectra of those molecules, while, intra-molecular hydrogen bond formation or breakage have little effect on the uv-visible spectra.     

含纳米棒银溶胶的制备及其光谱性质研究

以CTAB表面活性剂胶束为模板用化学还原法制备出含有银纳米棒的银胶体,用透射电镜(TEM)对颗 粒形貌进行了表征.UV Vis吸收谱显示,含银纳米棒溶胶有两个吸收蜂,其中长波长吸收峰位置随胶粒长径比增 加迅速红移和宽化.用多尺寸统计平均的Mie散射模型计算了纳米棒银胶体的吸收谱,较好地解释了长波长吸收 峰的宽化.以此胶体为衬底材料,测量了染料分子的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS),结果显示,SERS强度随胶体中 所含纳米棒长径比的增加呈现先显著增强后缓慢减弱的变化规律,用电磁增强理论对有关现象进行了分析.     

Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Molybdenum and Neodymium Complex with Diethyld

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