Versuche zur Hydrolyse der Siloxan-Bindungen an Siliciumdioxid-Oberflächen

Zusammenfassung Am Beispiel des Aerosils wurde die Ver?nderung der Oberfl?che des Siliciumdioxids bei der Entwicklung verschiedener hydrolytischer Agentien untersucht. Die Oberfl?che des Aerosils enthielt ursprünglich neben Silanolgruppen in erheblichem Umfang Siloxangruppen. Mit kaltem Wasser, mit ammoniakalischer Brenzkatechin-L?sung und bei kürzerer Einwirkung von siedendem Wasser wurde eine teilweise Hydrolyse der Siloxan-Bindungen erreicht, doch, wurden nie mehr als 3.3 Silanolgruppen pro 100 ?² erhalten. Nach l?ngerer Einwirkung von siedendem Wasser wurde eine Abnahme der spez. Oberfl?che und der Zahl der Silanolgruppen pro Fl?cheneinheit beobachtet. Im Elektronenmikroskop zeigten die Teilchen dieser Aerosile Hüllen geringerer Dichte aus feinporigem Siliciumdioxid. Infolge der extrem engen Poren wurde ein erheblicher Teil der Oberfl?che und der Silanolgruppen bei den Messungen nicht erfa?t. Konz. Ammoniak und in geringerem Ma?e auch lange Lagerung an der Atmosph?re hatten ?hnliche Wirkung. überhitzter Wasserdampf katalysierte bei 200° die Abspaltung von Wasser aus Silanolgruppen. Die Pr?parate verloren dabei mehr Wasser als bei gleicher Temperatur im Hochvakuum. Die Ergebnisse und die Mechanismen der Ver?nderungen werden diskutiert.

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Summary The influence of various agents on the surface of Aerosil, a fine particle size silicia was studied. Originally, siloxane as well as silanol groups were present in the Aerosil surface. Partial hydrolysis of the siloxane bonds was achieved with cold water, ammoniacal pyrocatechol solution and after shorter contact with boiling water. The number of silanol groups per 100 ?² never exceeded 3.3. On prolonged action of boiling water a significant decrease of the surface area and of the number of silanol groups was observed. Electron microphotographs show that the particles became coated by a layer of less dense porous silicia. As a result of the extremely narrow pores part of the surface and of the silanol groups escaped detection. Ammonia and, to a lesser extent, prolonged storing at atmospheric conditions had similar effects. At 200 °C the condensation of silanol groups to siloxane bonds was catalyzed by superheated steam as evidenced by a greater loss of silanol groups than in a high vacuum at the same temperature. The results and the mechanisms of the changes in the silica surface are discussed.

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Herrn Prof.U. Hofmann zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.

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Herrn Prof. Dr.U. Hofmann sind wir für stete F?rderung und gro?zügige Unterstützung unserer Arbeiten zu gro?em Dank verpflichtet. Dem Fonds der Chemie und dem Landesgewerbeamt des Landes Baden-Württemberg danken wir für finanzielle Unterstützung.     

Copper and iron interactions with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. A study by fast-atom bombardment tandem mass spectrometry

Fast atom bombardment, combined with high-energy collision-induced tandem mass spectrometry, has been used to investigate gas-phase metal-ion interactions with captopril, enalaprilat and lisinopril, all angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.Suggestions for the location of metal-binding sites are presented. For captopril, metal binding occurs most likely at both the sulphur and the nitrogen atom. For enalaprilat and lisinopril, binding preferably occurs at the amine nitrogen. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High precision delta(17)O isotope measurements of oxygen from silicates and other oxides: method and applications

The use of infrared laser-assisted fluorination to release oxygen from milligram quantities of silicates or other oxide mineral grains is a well-established technique. However, relatively few studies have reported the optimisation of this procedure for oxygen-17 isotope measurements. We describe here details of an analytical system using infrared (10 μm) laser-assisted fluorination, in conjunction with a dual inlet mass spectrometer of high resolving power ( approximately 250) to provide (17)O and (18)O oxygen isotope measurements from 0.5-2 mg of silicates or other oxide mineral grains. Respective precisions (1) of typically 0.08 and 0.04 per thousand are obtained for the complete analytical procedure. Departures from the mass-dependent oxygen isotope fractionation line are quantified by Delta(17)O; our precision (1) of such measurements on individual samples is shown to be +/-0.024 per thousand. In turn, this permits the offset between parallel, mass-dependent fractionation lines to be characterised to substantially greater precision than has been possible hitherto. Application of this system to investigate the (17)O versus (18)O relationship for numerous terrestrial whole-rock and mineral samples, of diverse geological origins and age, indicates that the complete data set may be described by a single, mass-dependent fractionation line of slope 0.5244+/- 0.00038 (standard error). Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Measurement of RLT and ATL in the 4He(e, e’p)3H reaction at pmiss of 130-300 MeV/ c

We have measured the ⁴He(e, ep)³H reaction at missing momenta of 130-300 MeV/c using the three-spectrometer facility at the Mainz microtron MAMI. Data were taken in perpendicular kinematics to allow us to determine the response function R_LT and the asymmetry term A_TL. The data are compared to both relativistic and non-relativistic calculations.     

Photon channelling in foams

Experiments by Gittings, Bandyopadhyay and Durian (Europhys. Lett. 65, 414 (2004)) demonstrate that light possesses a higher probability to propagate in the liquid phase of a foam due to total reflection. The authors term this observation photon channelling which we investigate in this article theoretically. We first derive a central relation in the work of Gitting et al. without any free parameters. It links the photon's path-length fraction f in the liquid phase to the liquid fraction ɛ. We then construct two-dimensional Voronoi foams, replace the cell edges by channels to represent the liquid films and simulate photon paths according to the laws of ray optics using transmission and reflection coefficients from Fresnel's formulas. In an exact honeycomb foam, the photons show superdiffusive behavior. It becomes diffusive as soon as disorder is introduced into the foams. The dependence of the diffusion constant on channel width and refractive index is explained by a one-dimensional random-walk model. It contains a photon channelling state that is crucial for the understanding of the numerical results. At the end, we shortly comment on the observation that photon channelling only occurs in a finite range of ɛ.     

Testing Lorentz invariance and CPT conservation with NuMI neutrinos in the MINOS near detector

A search for a sidereal modulation in the MINOS near detector neutrino data was performed. If present, this signature could be a consequence of Lorentz and CPT violation as predicted by the effective field theory called the standard-model extension. No evidence for a sidereal signal in the data set was found, implying that there is no significant change in neutrino propagation that depends on the direction of the neutrino beam in a sun-centered inertial frame. Upper limits on the magnitudes of the Lorentz and CPT violating terms in the standard-model extension lie between 10(-4) and 10(-2) of the maximum expected, assuming a suppression of these signatures by a factor of 10(-17).     

Self‐Assembled Binary Mixtures of Partially Etched Nanowires

Arrays of anisotropic particles are sought after for applications in optics, electronics, and energy. Structures assembled from multiple micro‐ or nanoparticles could incorporate the distinct properties of each component to achieve functions not possible from single‐population assemblies. In mixed‐particle populations, the assembly forces may differ between the particle types, which will in turn influence the final assembled structures. Here, binary particle mixtures are studied and compared to assemblies formed from each of the component particles alone. The particles are partially etched nanowires (PENs, ≈300 nm diameter, and 3–8 μm overall length), which are formed by the silica coating and subsequent etching of striped metal nanowires, such that what remains are silica nanotubes containing segments of metal core (Au, Pt, Rh, or Pt/Au) with controllable location and number, spaced by “empty” regions that fill with water. Binary mixtures of PENs with different core metals and segment patterns are examined here to explore how the different core segment material, length, position, and number affects overall self‐assembly behavior.