Influence of the exchange‐correlation functional in all‐electron calculations of the vibrational frequencies of corundum (α‐Al2O3)

The equilibrium structural parameters, high‐ and low‐frequency dielectric tensors, Born effective charges, and Γ‐point vibrational frequencies of bulk Al₂O₃ corundum are calculated by using the periodic, ab initio program CRYSTAL, which adopts an all‐electron Gaussian‐type basis set. The effect of basis set and the performance of three different functionals, i.e., LDA, PW91, and B3LYP, are discussed. The mean absolute deviation from the measured frequencies is as small as 7 cm^?1 for both the LDA and B3LYP functionals, indicating that these functionals perform extremely well in this case. The mean absolute deviation increases to 18 cm^?1 when the PW91 functional is used. All three functionals reproduce the equilibrium geometry of corundum to a high level of accuracy, with LDA and B3LYP outperforming PW91 slightly. The comparison of the current all‐electron calculations with previous plane‐wave, pseudo‐potential calculations shows an overall similar performance. The results of isotopic substitution for both Al and O are also presented. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2006     

R12 hydrate formation kinetics based on laser light scattering technique

Gas hydrates are non-stoichiometric crystalline compounds of water with gas at a certain temperature and pressure. Compared to the thermodynamics of hydrate formation, our knowledge on the kinetics aspect is rather immature. It is well known that the kinetics of hydrate formation/dissociation plays an important role in many industrial cases, such as the exploitation of methane hydrate underground, the storage and transportation of natural gas in solid hydrate state, the inhibition of hydrate i…     

Nonradiative energy transfer from Tb3+ → Er3+ in calibo glass

Energy transfer studies have been made in a terbium-erbium coactivated calibo-glass system at room temperature and at liquid-air temperature. A study of the emission and decay of ⁵D₄ level of Tb³⁺ has been made by varying the acceptor (Er³⁺) concentration. Probabilities and efficiencies of energy transfer as well as donor-acceptor distances have been calculated. At low acceptor concentration the decay of the donor (Tb³⁺) emission has been found to be diffusion limited. At high acceptor concentration the mechanism governing the transfer is found to be dipole-dipole.     

Kinetische und mechanistische untersuchungen von übergangsmetallkomplex-reaktionen : IX. Substitution von CO durch PPh3 in aminocarbinkomplexen: Präparative und kinetische untersuchungen

Pentacarbonyl(diethylaminocarbyne)chromium tetrafluoroborate, [(CO)₅₋ CrCNEt₂]BF₄ (I), reacts with PPh₃ with substitution of CO and formation of trans-tetracarbonyl(diethylaminocarbyne)triphenylphosphanechromium tetra-fluoroborate, trans-[PPh₃(CO)₄CrCNEt₂]BF₄ (III). Substitution of CO by PPh₃ in neutral trans-tetracarbonyl(halo)(diethylaminocarbyne)chromium complexes, trans-X(CO)₄CrCNEt₂ (IVa: X = Br, IVb: X = I), leads in a reversible reaction to the corresponding tricarbonyl complexes, mer-X(PPh₃)(CO)₃₋ CrNEt₂ (V), PPh₃ occupying the cis-position to the carbyne ligand. With PPh₃ in large excess both reactions follow a first-order rate law. This as well as the activation parameters (ΔH≠ = 104–113 kJ mol⁻¹, ΔS≠ = 64–71 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹) indicate a dissociative mechanism.     

Infrared spectroscopic properties of water molecules dissolved in some oxygen bases

The infrared spectra in the OH-stretching and HOH-bending regions of H₂O, and in the OH-stretching region of HDO dissolved in a number of ketones and ethers have been recorded. The number of component bands and their wavenumbers, halfwidths and intensities, as well as the total OH-stretching intensity in each solvent, have been interpreted in terms of a model for the types of hydrogen bonded solvent:water complexes formed in these systems.The effect of temperature on the spectra of H₂O in some of the ketones has been rationalized on the basis of the equilibrium existing between the different hydrogen bonded species present in solution.     

Conformational analysis of some (E)-α-phenyl-β-(2-thienyl)- and -(2-furyl_acrylic acids

NMR spectral data of some (E)-α-phenyl-β-(2-thienyl) acrylic acids indicate that these compounds exist in the preferred s-trans conformation. In the case of (E)-α-phenyl-β-(2-furyl)acrylic acids and their methyl esters the presence of only s-cis rotamer has been established.     

Thermal and photo-degradation of unstabilized ABS

Thermal- and photo-stabilities of unstabilized acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, ABS, have been investigated by i.r. spectroscopy. Degradation of ABS samples is initiated by attack on the polybutadiene (PB) component; oxidation products containing hydroxyl and carbonyl groups are produced. The effect of prior thermal processing is to introduce into the polymer hydroperoxides arising from oxidative destruction of PB-unsaturation; these hydroperoxides act as catalysts during subsequent u.v. irradiation. The insolubility of degraded samples of ABS is associated with the formation of cross-linked structures and occurs mainly in the PB segment. It is concluded that the degradation characteristics of ABS are essentially those of the polybutadiene component.     

Field-theoretic approach to second-order phase transitions in two- and three-dimensional systems

We review the physical principles which are at the basis of recent field-theoretic computations of the critical exponents in two- and three-dimensional systems. We concentrate on those points that do not show up explicitly in the more standard-expansion: they must be discussed with care if one uses a perturbative approach at fixed space dimensions (the loop expansion). We present in detail simple computations of the critical exponents, while we summarize the results of longer and more accurate computations.     

链珠状氢氧化亚镍的准电容特性及其在复合型超电容器中的应用(英)

本文采用溶胶凝聚方法制备了超细氢氧化亚镍电极材料并通过在其中掺加适量碳纳米管的方法大大提高了电极的比容量并有效改善了电极材料的阻抗特性。掺有20%碳纳米管的氢氧化亚镍复合电极材料的单电极比容量可达到320 F·g^-1。本文分别采用氢氧化亚镍/碳纳米管复合电极作为正极，活性炭作为负极，6 mol·L^-1 KOH作为电解液制备了复合型电化学电容器。采用上述方法制备的复合型电容器工作电压达到1.6 V，电容器质量比容量达到60 F·g^-1。复合型电容器能量密度达到20.11 Wh·kg^-1，最大功率密度达到8.6 kW·kg^-1,兼具高能量特性和优良的大电流放电特性。     

Spectroscopic and quantum chemical studies on the structure of 2-arylquinoline-4(1H)-thione derivatives

The geometries of the title compounds were probed in solution, solid and gas states using spectroscopic methods, X-ray crystallography and quantum chemical techniques. The exclusive existence of the NH-4-thiones in solution (NMR and PCM-B3LYP(MP2)/6-31+G(d) calculations) and solid state (FT-IR and X-ray) is also corroborated by comparison of their spectroscopic data with those of the corresponding 2-aryl-1-methylquinoline-4(1H)-thione derivatives. The co-existence of the quinoline-4-thione and quinoline-4-thiol (4-mercaptoquinoline) isomers in the gas phase is confirmed by mass spectrometry and the preponderance of the 4-thiol is supported by quantum chemical techniques (PM3, MP2 and B3LYP).