XPS,AFM, ATR and TPD evidence for terraced,dihydrogen terminated, 1×1 (100) silicon

Heating (100) silicon at high temperature (say, higher than 850 °C) in H₂, cooling to 670–700 °C in the same ambient, and quenching to room temperature in N₂ results in environmentally robust, terraced 1 × 1 (100) SiH₂. Evidence for this conclusion is based on angle‐resolved x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy in the attenuated total reflection mode, thermal programmed desorption, and reflection high‐energy electron diffraction. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fe-Ni-B-O纳米合金的合成及其催化制氢性能的研究

Preparation and catalytic performance of Fe-Ni-B-O nano-alloy having crystal-palpus structure has been studied. Black powder was synthesized by reducing mixture solution of Fe²⁺, Ni²⁺ with KBH₄ as reducing agent and polyethylene glycol as dispersant. Fe-Ni-B-O nano-alloy of crystal-palpus structure was obtained after hydrogen reduction of black powder. TEM shows that crystal-palpus length is 200～400 nm, diameter is 2～4 nm. The analytic results indicate that the total content of Fe and Ni is 86.6%, B is 5.08%. The alloy exhibits excellent catalytic performance. Hydrogen generation rate can approach 100% especially when pH is 8.     

硫酸氢铵分解动力学及其分解机理的研究

为了筛选适合的化学贮能系统,Wentworth等人曾提出了十项筛选标准。照此标准衡量,硫酸氢铵的分解-合成反应是一个十分理想的贮能系统: NH_4HSO_4(l)?NH_3(g)+H_2(g)+SO_3(g)Prengle也曾就此反应应用于太阳能电站贮能系统的可行性作过理论上的探讨.但是,有关该反应的基础研究进行的还很不够,特别有关分解动力学和分解机理的研究文献尚未见报导。本文用等温热重法和程序升温热重法对硫酸氢铵的热分解动力学进行了研究,并确定了分解机理,为贮能系统的实际应用提供了基础数据。     

Chemihiminescence by the interaction of XeO3 and the products of photolysis of uranyl solutions in sulfuric acid

Using the chemiluminescence oxidation of U(IV) and H₂O₂ with xenon trioxide as a model, it has been found that during the photolysis of solutions of UO₂SO₄ in sulfuric acid in the absence of any organic compounds, the accumulation of U(SO₄)₂ and H₂O₂ takes place as a result of the reaction of the primary products of the photoreduction of uranyl ion,i.e., UO₂ ⁺ and the OH radical.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 751–754, April, 1994.The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Project 93-03-12291.     

Hydrogen Oxidation on a Platinum Microelectrode: Effect of Carbon Monoxide Impurities

The kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation and the CO adsorption on a Pt (ultra)microelectrode is studied in a 0.5 M H₂SO₄ solution saturated with a mixture of gaseous H₂ and CO at partial CO pressures p _CO = 10–500 ppm. The balance between rates of diffusion and adsorption of CO at different adsorption times is studied. Studied is the effect of CO impurities in H₂ on steady-state polarization curves for the hydrogen ionization and nonsteady-state curves of the oxidation current decay with time at 0.02–0.05 V. Conditions under which in a certain time interval and at a certain CO concentration the slope of an I vs. t curve is proportional to p _CO are determined. The obtained dependence may be used when designing a technique for monitoring CO impurities in technical hydrogen.     

Do intramolecular halogen bonds exist? Ab initio calculations and crystal structures’ evidences

Cl···O intramolecular contacts are analysed here. Hence the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) search was performed to find five-membered Cl–C=C–C=O pseudo-rings closed through Cl···O intramolecular contacts. Such rings were analysed and it was found that some of Cl···O distances are smaller than the corresponding sum of van der Waals radii. Additionally ab initio MP2/6-311++G(d,p) calculations and AIM analyses were carried out here on 3-chloropropenal and its fluoro derivatives to deepen the nature of intramolecular Cl···O interactions, some of findings may indicate that they are attractive and stabilizing ones. This paper is dedicated to Prof. T. M. Krygowski on the occasion of his 70th birthday     

Borderline of hydrogen bonding of silanols

Two new silanols bearing very bulky silyl groups, (i-Pr₃ Si)₃SiOH and (t − BuMe₂Si)₃SiOH were prepared by peracidoxidation of their respective silanes. The X − ray crystallographic analysis revealed that (t − BuMe₂Si)₃ SiOH forms a dimeric structure with hydrogen bonding, while (i − Pr₃ Si)₃ SiOH exists as a monomer in the crystal. The effects of the size of the substituents as well as the reactivity of these silanols are discussed.     

Two-Temperature Transport Coefficients in Argon–Hydrogen Plasmas—I: Elastic Processes and Collision Integrals

The calculation of two-temperature transport coefficients in an argon–hydrogen plasma at atmospheric pressure is performed using a new theory of two-temperature transport properties recently presented. The latter takes into account the coupling between electrons and heavy species, coupling neglected in the already existing theories of Devoto and Bonnefoi. Transport coefficients are calculated at two-temperatures, the kinetic temperature of electrons T_e being different from that of heavy species T_h. This paper is divided into two parts. The first one is related to elastic processes and its aim is to compare the results obtained with this new theory for viscosity , translational thermal conductivities ^tr _e and ^tr _h and electrical conductivity with the previous results of Bonnefoi. The composition is calculated with the modified equilibrium constant of van de Sanden et al. and the most recent interaction potential are discussed. As it could be expected the electron translational thermal conductivity and the electrical conductivity calculated when taking into account or not the coupling between electrons and heavy species show non-negligible discrepancies. Besides this comparison, the results also show the drastic influence of the non-equilibrium parameter =T_e/T_h on the values of , , ^tr _e, and ^tr _h.     

Enhancement of electronic excitation energy transfer in the colloidal crystals of colloidal silica suspensions doped with fluorescent dyes

The efficiency of electronic excitation energy transfer from photo-excited rhodamine 110 (Rh110, energy donor) to rhodamine B (RhB, energy acceptor) in an exhaustively deionized colloidal silica suspension has been studied. This colloidal suspension shows Bragg reflection due to the formation of colloidal crystals and the Bragg-peak wavelength is controllable by the volume fraction of the silica spheres. When the Bragg-peak wavelength matches with the fluorescence band of Rh110, a depletion was observed in the Rh110 fluorescence spectrum. This means the fluorescence of Rh110 is partially trapped due to the Bragg reflection inside the crystal lattice. In the coexistence of RhB, the enhancement of RhB fluorescence intensity was observed. These facts clearly indicate the trapped photon energy of Rh110 is efficiently transferred to RhB within the colloidal crystals. The quantitative measurements showed that the enhancement of the transfer efficiency is 20% (or slightly more) in the present experimental conditions.