Electric conductivity in a fibrous porous medium with thin but polarized double layers

The electric conduction in the fibrous medium constructed by a homogeneous array of parallel, identical, charged, circular cylinders having an arbitrary zeta potential filled with the solution of a symmetrically charged electrolyte is analytically examined. The thickness of the electric double layers surrounding the dielectric cylinders is assumed to be small relative to the radius of each cylinder and to the gap width between two neighboring cylinders, but the polarization of the mobile ions in the diffuse layers is allowed. The effect of interactions among individual cylinders is taken into explicit account by employing a unit cell model. The appropriate equations of conservation of electrochemical potential energies of ionic species are solved for each cell, in which a cylinder is envisaged to be surrounded by a coaxial cylindrical shell of the fluid solution. Analytical expressions for the effective electric conductivity are obtained in closed forms as functions of the porosity of the fiber matrix and other characteristics of the porous system. Comparisons of the results of the cell model with different conditions at the outer boundary of the cell are made. Under an otherwise identical condition, the electric conductivity in a porous medium composed of an array of parallel cylinders in the transverse direction is smaller than that of a suspension of spheres. The effect of interactions among the cylinders or spheres on the effective conductivity can be quite significant under appropriate conditions.     

软光刻技术制备液晶显示用定向层

以偶氮聚合物光致表面起伏光栅为模板,制备聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)弹性印章,再以可溶性聚酰亚胺(PI)为“墨水”,在石英玻璃上压印出具有规则起伏结构的PI薄膜.由此制备的PI薄膜显示出很好的使液晶分子定向排列的效果.此方法成本低、效率高,是一种实用的液晶定向层薄膜制备方法.     

The electrochemical interface between copper(111) and aqueous electrolytes

The electrochemical double layer between Cu(111) electrodes and aqueous electrolytes (F⁻ and SO²⁻₄ at various pH values) was studied by means of linear scan voltammetry and ac impedance measurements. It is found that electrochemisorption of oxygen species proceeds on the Cu(111) surface in the potential regions more negative than the electrodissolution potential of copper. The adsorption-desorption kinetics are analysed; the anodic and cathodic symmetry coefficients are found to be equal (α = β = 0.3), and the standard rate constant is k° = 4 × 10⁻¹⁰cm s⁻¹.     

有机铵盐对FC-SAA表面活性及溶度的影响

测定了一系列有机铵盐与一种全氟烷磺酸盐１：１混合体系水 溶液的表面张力，由此研究有机铵盐对碳氟表面活性剂表面活性及溶度的影响，导出应用于此种混合体系的Ｇｉｂｂｓ吸附公式，并讨论了混合体系中两表面活性组分的表面分子相互作用和表面层的结构。     

Intrinsic Surface Reaction Constant in 1-pK Model of Mg-Fe Hydrotalcite-like Compounds

The relationship among intrinsic surface reaction constant (K) in 1-pK model, point of zero net charge (PZNC) and structural charge density (σst) for amphoteric solid with structural charges was established in order to investigate the effect of σst on pK. The theoretical analysis based on 1-pK model indicates that the independent PZNC of electrolyte concentration (c) exists for amphoteric solid with structural charges. A common intersection point (CIP) should appear on the acid-base titration curves at different c, and the pH at the CIP is pHPZNC. The pK can be expressed as pK=-pHPZNC log[(1 2αPZNC)/(1-2αPZNC)], where αPZNC≡σst/eNANs, in which e is the elementary charge, NA the Avogadro‘s constant and Ns the total density of surface sites. For solids without structural charges, pK=-pHPZNC. The pK values of hydrotalcite-like compounds (HTlc) with general formula of [Mg1-xFex(OH)2](Cl,OH)x were evaluated. With increasing x, the pK increases, which can be explained based on the affinity of metal cations for H^- or OH^- and the electrostatic interaction between charging surface and H^- or OH^-.     

New Type of an Adsorption Layer of Organic Molecules with a Cage Structure Condensed at the Electrode/Solution Interface: The Adsorption of Cubane Derivatives on a Mercury Electrode

A synthesis and a study by method of measuring the differential capacitance on a stationary mercury drop of the adsorption of a number of cubane derivatives in a surface-inactive electrolyte are performed. It is established that the compounds studied exhibit a high surface activity. For bromine derivatives of cubane (4-bromomethoxycarbonylcubane, 4-bromohydroxymethylcubane) the formation of two-dimensional adsorption layers is discovered. Values of adsorption parameters for these compounds are evaluated with use made of the Frumkin isotherm.     

Potential distribution across membranes with surface-charge layers. Effects of ionic solubility

A model is presented for the potential distribution across a charged membrane. The membrane-fixed charges are assumed to be distributed through a surface layer of non-zero thickness on the membrane. We treat the surface layer as a different phase from the surrounding solution phase. The potential arises from the membrane-fixed charges and from different solubilities of positive and negative electrolyte ions in the two phases. Equations are presented for the potential distribution, which involve the partition coefficients of electrolyte ions and the relative permittivity of the surface layer.     

Diffusion layer titration of dipyrone in pharmaceuticals at a dual-band electrochemical cell

This paper describes the use of a thin-layered dual-band electrochemical cell operating at flow conditions to determine dipyrone (sodium salt of 1-phenil-2,3-dimethyl-4-methylaminomethanesulfonate-5-pyrazolone) by reaction with electrogenerated iodine. The electrolytic cell consisted of two closely spaced gold electrodes, the upper stream electrode serving as the generator electrode and the downstream electrode working as the collector electrode. A linear dynamic range from 2 to 15 μmol l⁻¹ dipyrone was obtained by using a sample volume of 100 μl, with a detection limit of 1.1 μmol l⁻¹. Standard deviation (S.D.) of 3.4% for 20 repetitive injections of a 40 μmol l⁻¹ dipyrone solution and sampling frequency of 90 h⁻¹ were achieved. The results obtained with the thin-layered dual-band electrochemical cell for dipyrone determination in three different pharmaceutical samples compared well with those found by iodimetry with coulometrically generated iodine.     

The use of silicon in the preparation of apolar glass capillary columns

As an extention of previous reports, variables affecting the performance of columns modified by silicon deposition have been optimized. The aim of this work was to produce thermostable apolar glass capillary columns regardless of the glass type used and to maintain column performance under stressful conditions. The main parameters studied were the influence of glass type, leaching effects, and silicon layer thickness on column activity. Deactivation and stationary phase conditions were held constant. Both coated and uncoated columns were tested. The thickness of the silicon layer was found to be relatively unimportant. There was no difference whether soft glass or borosiiicate glass was used and leaching before silicon deposition did not influence column activity. Bare silicon surfaces showed considerable activity especially in respect to interactions with free acids and bases. There are indications that the surface consists of silicon oxide and other oxygenated forms of silicon rather than of the element. Treatment of the silicon layers with dilute hydrofluoric acid and the strict exclusion of traces of oxygen and water did not improve the situation. In spite of such specific interactions, silicon surfaces were easily deactivated by heat treatment with polysiloxanes. Silicon surfaces deactivated by baking with octamethyltetrasiloxane at 400°C are inert and temperature stable and show characteristics similar to persilylated surfaces.     

Non-aqueous,reversed-phase,high-performance,thin-layer chromatography and column liquid chromatography of metal complexes of porphine

Summary The chromatographic mobility of 21H, 23H-porphine and its Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Pd(II) complexes were investigated by high-performance thin-layer chromatography on an octadecyl-bonded, silica gel plate with various polar organic solvents including alcohols, acetonitrile, dimethylsulfoxide and propylenecarbonate. The mobility generally decreases according to the central metal ion of the complex as follows: Zn(II)>(free porphine)>Ni(II)>Pd(II)>Cu(II). Methanol is a good choice of solvent for the separation of these metal porphine complexes. Successful separation of porphine and the four metal complexes is accomplished within 13 min on a LiChrosorb RP-18 column with methanol eluent.