A novel synthesis route for brookite rich titanium dioxide photocatalyst involving organic intermediate

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology - High temperature stable brookite rich titanium dioxide of average crystallite size 20&;nbsp;nm has been prepared by a novel aqueous sol–gel...     

Synthesis,structural, electrochemical,and photophysical properties of 4,2′‐thiopyrylogens – a novel class of sensitizers for photoinduced electron transfer reactions

The first three examples of the thioanalog of the 4,2′‐pyrylogen ring system are reported. The influence of the sulfur atom on the structural, electrochemical, and photophysical behavior of this ring system is discussed. In addition, these 4,2′‐thiopyrylogens are compared to their previously reported 4,4′‐isomers and their 4,4′‐ and 4,2′‐oxygen analogs. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Triplet photochemistry within zeolites through heavy atom effect, sensitization and light atom effect

Methods to generate triplets of organic molecules within zeolites have been established by employing the Zimmerman rearrangement of barrelenes, oxa-di-π-methane rearrangement of β,γ-unsaturated ketones and photodimerization of acenaphthylene as probe reactions. The two methods, heavy cation effect and triplet sensitization, are well established solution techniques and these work well within zeolites. The Zimmerman rearrangement of dibenzobarrelene is enhanced even within Li⁺ and Na⁺ exchanged zeolites and these are believed to be the result of slowing of the rearrangement to dibenzocyclooctatetraene from S₁ through cation-π interaction. The methods described here provide an opportunity to explore the control afforded by the zeolite environment on triplet reactions.     

Relaxation kinetics of Sm: Ce-doped CaS phosphors

Different samples of calcium sulphide (CaS):CaS(Sm) and CaS(Sm,Ce) phosphors have been prepared. To study the phosphorescence decay systematically, the samples were excited to a saturation using 259 nm line of xenon lamp and phosphorescence emission was monitored for a wavelength 569 nm of samarium. The trap depth has been evaluated by analyzing the decay curves. The observed decay could be explained satisfactorily by assuming a superposition scheme. The thermoluminescence properties of the doped CaS phosphors are also investigated in detail by computerized deconvolution technique of the glow curves obtained by UV irradiation.     

Infrared spectrum of ferroelectric lithium hydrazinium sulphate [Li (N2H5) SO4]

Dielectric observations on lithium hydrazinium sulphate have shown earlier that it is ferroelectric over a range of temperatures from below ?15° C. to above 80° C. and a new type of hydrogen bond rearrangement which would allow the protons to migrate along the chain has also been suggested by others. The infrared spectrum of LiH _z S in the form of mull and as single crystal sections parallel and perpendicular to the ‘C’ axis exhibit about 21 well-defined absorption maxima. The position and the width of the maxima agree with the known structure of the crystal according to which the hydrazine group exists in the form of the hydrazinium ion, NH₂·NH ₃ ⁺ and the observed N⁺-H frequencies agree better with the new correlation curve given by R. S. Krishnan and K. Krishnan (1964). However it has been pointed out that from a comparative study of the new infrared spectra of hydrazonium sulphate and lithium ammonium sulphate that the absorption band at 969 cm.^?1 is due to N-N stretching vibration and that the fairly intense band between 2050–2170 cm.^?1 is due to the bending vibrations of the NH ₃ ⁺ group.     

Infrared absorption spectra of single crystals of glycine silver nitrate and monoglycine nitrate

The infrared absorption spectra of glycine silver nitrate (GAgNO₃) and glycine nitrate (GHNO₃) show that the glycine group exists completely in the zwitter ion form in the former and in both forms in the latter. The spectrum of GAgNO₃ at liquid air temperature did not reveal any striking change which can be attributed to a freezing of the rapid reorientation of the NH ₃ ⁺ group taking place at higher temperatures. The position of the COO^? stretching frequencies indicate that this group is co-ordinated only weakly to the Ag⁺ ion. The summation frequencies reported by Schroeder, Wier and Lippincott (1962) for AgNO₃ were not observed in the present study on GAgNO₃. It shows however that ferroelectricity in GAgNO₃ is in all probability due to the motion of the Ag⁺ ion in the oxygen co-ordination polyhedron and is not directly connected with the ordering of the hydrogen bonds below Curie point.     

A monopole mass filter with a hyperbolic V-shaped electrode

In this article we compare the classical monopole mass filter of von Zahn and the monopole mass filter with a hyperbolic V-shaped electrode. The experimental results and those of computer simulation for both mass spectrometers are presented. We show that the replacement of a conventional 90 degrees V-shaped electrode by an electrode with a hyperbolic profile substantially improves the peak shape of any given mass, and increases the mass resolution by a factor of 3-4 and the abundance sensitivity by a factor of 100. The potential of high analytical performance combined with electroforming techniques for electrode manufacture indicate future practical uses of such instruments. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Antiwetting silica–gelatin nanohybrid and transparent nano coatings synthesised through an aqueous sol–gel process

Hydrophobic silica-biopolymer hybrid has been synthesised using colloidal silica as the precursor for silica, gelatin as the biopolymer counterpart and vinyltrimethoxysilane as the surface modifier through a sol–gel method. The precursor sol was coated on glass substrates and further investigated for the extent of chemical modification, thermal degradation, hydrophobicity, particle size and transparency in the UV-Visible region. Stereomicrographs clearly indicate the water repellent nature of the hybrid coatings with respect to a water drop. FTIR was used to follow the presence of vinyl groups that impart hydrophobicity to the resultant hybrids. By varying the concentration of functionalizing agent, the extent of hydrophobic property could been tailored. The optimum concentration for effective surface modification of the silica–gelatin hybrid is about 50 wt%. Nearly 100% optical transmittance was obtained for silica–VTMS–gelatin hybrid coatings on glass substrates and this may have potential applications in optical devices and also for transparent biocompatible hydrophobic coatings on biological substrates such as leather.