Structural Characteristics of the Raney Nickel Promoted by a Platinum-Ruthenium Mixture and Its Electrocatalytic Activity in the Methanol Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline Media

Structural characteristics and electrocatalytic activity in the methanol oxidation reaction in an alkaline solution of the Raney nickel promoted by a platinum-ruthenium mixture are studied with the aid of methods of scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction microanalysis, BET, and measurements of cyclic voltamograms and polarization curves. Distributions of all components of the system under investigation (Al, Ni, Pt, Ru, O) at the surface of the catalyst, the average size of whose particles amounts to 20–30 μm, are established. It is shown that a number of parameters (composition and quantity of the promoting mixture, temperature and concentration of methanol and alkali, amount of the active mass of the electrode) exert an influence on the methanol oxidation rate. The catalyst on the basis of the Raney nickel promoted by 10 wt % Pt/Ru (1/9 at. %) exhibits maximum activity in the methanol electrooxidation reaction in a solution that contains 4 M CH₃OH in 6 M KOH. Upon elevating temperature by 20°C in the temperature interval 40 to 80°C the reaction accelerates by 2–3 times. __________ Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 12, 2005, pp. 1422–1430. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2005 by Karichev, Tarasevich, Efremov, Bogdanovskaya, Kapustin.     

High pressure phase transitions in organic solids II: X-ray diffraction study ofp-dichlorobenzene at high pressures

X-ray diffraction experiments onp-dichlorobenzene at high pressures show a transition at ～ 0.3 GPa, to a new phase, the diffraction pattern of which cannot be indexed on the anticipated low temperature monoclinic crystal structure. We have instead found an orthorhombic cell, very closely related to the low temperature monoclinic cell, for this new phase. This structure, which also occurs inp-diiodobenzene at ambient conditions, has cell constantsa =14.02,b = 6.06,c = 7.41Å andZ = 4. The space group is Pbca. This new phase has a non-β herring-bone structure, in contrast with the initialα phase which has aβ-structure with ribbon-like arrangement of molecules, with Cl-Cl contacts of ～ 4A between adjacent molecules. This implies that with pressure the halogen-halogen interaction in this compound plays a less dominant role in crystal engineering.     

Spectral analysis of the structure of ultradispersed diamonds

The structure of ultradispersed diamonds (UDD) is studied by spectral methods. The presence of diamond crystal phase in the UDD is found based on x-ray analysis and Raman spectra. The Raman spectra also show sp²-and sp³-hybridized carbon. Analysis of IR absorption spectra suggests that the composition of functional groups present in the particles changes during the treatment. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 524–528, July–August, 2008.     

X射线衍射仪功能扩展的研究

通过软件实现了用 Ｐ Ｃ 机调用日本 Ｒｉｇａｋｕ 公司生产的 Ｄ／ ｍａｘ 一类 Ｘ 射线衍射仪测量数据，利用 Ｐ Ｃ 机的复杂计算功能，使原有仪器也可以进行新的结构分析工作，扩展了仪器的功能。     

L-MBE法生长ZnO薄膜的退火研究

研究了空气退火对于激光分子束外延(L-MBE)法制备的ZnO薄膜光学及结构特性的影响,报道了采用小角度X射线分析(GIXA)技术对于ZnO薄膜退火前后的表面及界面状况的定量分析结果.RHEED衍射图样表明,薄膜经过380℃及600℃原位退火后,其表面仍然较为粗糙.而XRD在面(in-plane)Φ扫描结果显示出经过800℃空气退火之后,薄膜具有更好的外延取向性.GIXA分析结果表明,800℃退火后ZnO薄膜的表面方均根粗糙度从退火前的1.13 nm下降为0.37 nm;同时ZnO/Al2O3界面粗糙度从2.10 nm上升为2.59 nm.ZnO室温PL结果显示,退火后薄膜紫外近带边发光强度比退火前增大了40倍,并出现了源于电子－空穴等离子体(EHP)复合的N带受激发射峰,激发阈值约为200 kW/cm2.     

Application of the Volterra filter in experimental diffraction data processing

The effective signal in x-ray diffraction analysis of material properties often contains high frequency (noise) and low frequency (trend) components as additive parts. It is necessary to extract the effective signal from the noise to ensure high quality of signal processing. Digital filters of Volterra type are proposed for filtering purposes and a comparison of Volterra filtration implemented on x-ray diffraction data versus results from a set of other digital filters is given.     

Molecular complexes of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole: The crystal structure of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazolium 5-nitrofuran-d2-carboxylate

3-Amino-1,2,4-triazolium (3-AT) 5-nitrofuran-2-carboxylate has been prepared and its x-ray crystal structure reported (a = 12.363(3) Å, b = 12.5720(10) Å, c = 12.8550(10) Å, Pbca, orthorhombic, Z = 8, and D _c = 1.604 mg m^–3). The solid-state packing of this organic acid-base salt consists of a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network which exhibits a cage-like repeat unit involving both the N(2)–H and N(4)–H sites of 3-AT. A review of five such structures reveals that in all cases the carboxylate groups interact with either of these sites [and the N(31)H₂] and form a R ² ₂(8) graph set interaction. Analysis of all 3-AT complexes which form this interaction reveals that the hydrogen-bonding distances between the non-hydrogen atoms are not equal [av. 2.712(5) Å and 2.897(5) Å], with the shorter distance being the interaction between the heterocyclic nitrogen and the corresponding carboxylate oxygen. Furthermore, a review of the interactive modes of all 3-AT adducts has been undertaken.     

等离子体X射线吸收谱及发射谱研究

报道计算高温高密等离子体吸收谱和发射谱（光学薄）的理论方法;该方法基于相对论原子理论,可以计算任何单元素以及多元素等离子体的谱分辨X射线吸收谱和发射谱（光学薄）;应用了量子亏损理论,可以减少计算量。利用该方法计算金等离子体LTE吸收谱,计算结果与实验符合良好。本文还对金等离子体LTE的光学薄发射谱进行了研究, 这将有利于对实验进行进一步的诊断分析。该理论计算方法还可提供等离子体内各电离度能级布居等重要物理参数。因此经“标准实验”检验的该理论计算方法将是提供ICF“精密”物理辐射参数的重要基础。     

类氖-锗电子碰撞激发X光激光的增益特性

电子碰撞激发X光激光的增益特性依赖于电子密度Ne、电子温度Te、增益区宽度D R和介质速度梯度dv/dz等四个表征等离子体内部状态的参数。以类氖-锗离子为例研究了反转和增益特性对Te、Ne的依赖关系,并在典型的增益区宽度（D R=100 μm）和介质速度梯度（dv/dz=1.3×109s-1）下讨论了共振线俘获对增益特性影响,给出波长为19.6nm, 23.2nm和23.6nm三条激光线的增益目标区域。还讨论了双电子复合过程对离子布居的重要影响。     

Comparison of radiation degradation induced by x-ray and 3-MeV protons in 65-nm CMOS transistors

The total ionizing dose(TID) response of 65-nm CMOS transistors is studied by 10-ke V x-ray and 3-Me V protons up to 1 Grad(SiO_2) total dose.The degradation levels induced by the two radiation sources are different to some extent.The main reason is the interface dose enhancement due to the thin gate oxide and the low energy photons.The holes' recombination also contributes to the difference.Compared to these two mechanisms,the influence of the dose rate is negligible.