Submonolayer Au on Si(111) phase diagram

Based on a review of the current literature, a surface phase diagram is proposed for the submonolayer Au on Si(111) system. Kinetic considerations are reviewed and key surface phase diagram features such as the Θ < 0.4 ML metastable structure and the high temperature to Si(111)-(1 × 1)Au second order phase transition are discussed. Experiments to verify certain portions of the phase diagram are proposed.     

Stability of surface waves at magnetized plasma – metal interface

The stability of high‐frequency potential surface waves at a dense magnetized plasma – metal interface with respect to a low‐frequency plasma density modulation is studied in the point of view of the surface waves control. The discussion is addressed to the situation, when an external steady magnetic field is directed perpendicularly to the interface. The nonlinear interaction process of the high‐frequency surface wave, its satellites and the low‐frequency plasma density perturbation is investigated. It is shown that the low‐frequency plasma density perturbation can be represented as a superposition of forced waves of surface and volume types and can lead to an additional attenuation of the surface waves. This attenuation arises when the surface wave amplitude exceeds the threshold value. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A Bivariant Chern character for p-summable quasihomomorphisms

We define a Chern character for p-summable quasihomomorphisms. We study its properties and show that it is compatible with the analytic index. The results are similar to Connes' results on the Chern character on K-homology but the methods are different. This solves most of a problem of Connes.     

Surface coil imaging of rat spine at 7.0 T

An inductively coupled surface coil for imaging the rat spine at 7 T is described. This planar circular probe was made from microwave substrate to limit the size of the coil and to minimize the magnetic susceptibility. The surface coil was used as a single transmit/receive coil and as a receive-only coil with a birdcage body coil for excitation. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the probe was compared to a 5-cm birdcage coil and exceeded the birdcage coil's SNR by three to six times at superficial structures. The main advantages of the probe are an improved SNR for superficial structures and a simple design and use. Images with 50 × 50 × 500 μm voxels were obtained of the rat spine with excellent anatomical detail.     

浓度对活性艳红染料在粗糙银表面上吸附的影响

利用化学还原的方法制备了银溶胶，通过测定活性艳红浓度从10^-4－10^-8mol/L在粗糙的银表面上的表面增强拉曼光谱的变化，地活性艳红浓度与表面增强拉曼强度的关系及活性艳红在银溶胶表面的吸附取向。结果表明，活性艳红在10^-5mol/L时，表面增强拉曼信号最强，说明在此浓度时，活性艳红在银溶胶上的吸附量达到饱和；而大于此浓度后，过量的活性艳红分子在银溶胶上发生叠加，拉曼信号减弱，这种现象符合“稀溶液效应”。     

Poly(dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate) hydrochloride (PDMAEM-HCl) a well behaving polycation for multilayer formation on planar surfaces

The polycation preparation of poly(dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate) hydrochloride and the multilayer formation in combination with poly(sodium 4-styrenesulphonate) as polyanion studies onto different substrates, as followed by streaming potential measurements, in situ surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, and multi-wavelength ellipsometry, are reported. Furthermore, we studied the resulting multilayer buildup of dry surfaces by UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy measurements. Thereby, the layer built up at the solid/liquid-interface could be followed and quantified at the molecular level.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with corrections to the article category.     

Electron states in inversion layers on the small-gap semiconductor Hg1−x Cd x Te

Summary The subband structure of the narrow-gap semiconductor Hg_1−x Cd _x Te is investigated theoretically at finite temperature by a modified sixbandk·p model based on the effective-mass approximation. A study of the complete surface energy spectrum is reported. The mobile, bound and resonant states are treated by considering energy states in a large quantum box. The theory is applied to cases with strong interband interaction when the resonant character of the subband states is prominent. The authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.     

Difference in enzyme activity and conformation of glucose oxidase before and after purification

Enzyme activity of commercial glucose oxidase was enhanced after purification through a strong anionic exchange resin. In order to get a better insight into this phenomenon, surface pressure–area (π–A) isotherms and surface pressure–time (π–t) isotherms was used to study the interaction and the absorption at different pH values of the subphases between octadecylamine and glucose oxidase purified by a styrene system quaternary ammonium type strongly basic anionic exchange resin. Circular dichroism (CD), electrophoresis and enzyme activity measurements were conducted to study these phenomena. A preliminary hypothesis has been suggested to explain why the enzyme activity of purified glucose oxidase was higher than that of the commercial one.     

HL—1装置表面分析站的研制

等离子体与表面相互作用的重要性是人们公认的。我们试图在HL-1装置上原位测量表面状态,本文叙述了为HL-1研制的表面分析站及测得的一些结果。为装置提供了实验数据。     

Study on hypochlorite degradation of aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane

A serious limitation of most commercial polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is their sensitivity to chlorine attack. By studying the hypochlorite degradation of aromatic polyamide RO membrane, this work was to get some understandings in the prevention of membrane depreciation and develop membranes with improved chlorine resistance. Membrane performances, including water flux and salt rejection, were evaluated before and after hypochlorite exposure under different pH and concentration conditions. The results showed that chlorination destroyed hydrogen bonds in polyamide chains, causing a notable decline of membrane flux especially in acid environment; however, membrane performance was slightly improved after the treatment of alkaline hypochlorite solution for a certain time, which was probably due to the effect of amine groups in barrier layer. Based on the attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) characterizations and performance measurements, the results indicated that N-chlorination reaction of aromatic polyamide was also reversible, in other words, the N-chlorinated intermediate could be regenerated to initial amide with the alkaline treatment before ring-chlorination reaction. This conclusion provided several relative suggestions for membrane cleaning procedures. Finally, a method adopting surface coating was proposed to develop membranes with good chlorine resistance, and the preliminary results showed its potential for applications.