Linked influence of pH and cations on fatty-acid monolayer integrity related to high-quality Langmuir-Blodgett films

This study shows the connection between the morphological structure of transferred films and the chemical composition of the monolayer before transfer. The stability of a behenic acid monolayer depends on the linked influence of the type of cation and of the pH value in the aqueous subphase. The stability of the monolayer is assessed by the expansion of the solid-packed state and by the relaxation time. Its integrity is characterized by the number of crystal defects which appear in transferred Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films as seen through Nomarski microscope observations. Both stability and integrity are greatly improved when Cd²⁺ or Mn²⁺are added to the subphase at pH 5.75 and 6 respectively. In these conditions, the transfer is very efficient and the LB films thus obtained are of very high quality. The pH values of the subphase at which the molecules of behenic acid are transformed into bivalent salts differ significantly according to the nature of the cation involved. Comparing infrared spectra of the LB films, it appeared that the relative amount of acid/salt found in the monolayer was practically the same with a subphase containing either Cd²⁺ at pH 5.75 or Mn²⁺ at pH 6. This suggests that the ratio of acidic and salt forms would be a key parameter for obtaining high-quality LB films.     

Use of pyrogenic silicas for petroleum oil polar fraction characterisation. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and microelectrophoresis studies

In the power transformer, the presence of polar or charged species in the insulating oil can cause failure and electric discharges. Solid substrates such as silica can be used to extract the polar species and to refine the oil in order to prevent future failure in the power transformer. However, the use of silica for petroleum oil separation and refining will depend on the silica characteristics such as surface charge, surface composition, specific surface area and particle size.Various pyrogenic silicas having various specific surface areas (49-200 m² g⁻¹) and particle sizes (207-500 nm) were used to extract the polar fractions from the neat transformer insulating oils (a new, NO, and used, UO2, oils). The oil covered silica samples were investigated by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy in the range 4000-600 cm⁻¹. The bare silica surfaces present two main hydroxyl components, a sharper peak at 3745 cm⁻¹, I₃₇₄₅, due to isolated silanols and a second broad, which spreads over 3745-3000 cm⁻¹, I_3745-3000, due to H-bonded silanols. The relative intensities of the two components, I₃₇₄₅/I_3745-3000, varied for the bare and the oil covered silicas depending on the solid surface characteristics. The adsorption of the NO polar fraction onto silica leads to strong reduction in intensity of the sharper peak in favour of the broad one. However, the adsorption of the UO2 polar fraction onto silica leads in all cases to the decrease in the intensity of the both silica OH components. Further, the UO2 adsorption on the silica leads to the apparition of a broad peak at low frequency in the region 3250-3300 cm⁻¹ which, is due to the associated phenolic groups of UO2 oil polar fraction. The analysis of the DRIFT spectra for various samples indicates that the oil polar fraction resembles to asphaltenes compounds.The microelectrophoresis method used to investigate the surface charge at the water/oil polar fraction covered silica interface, indicates negatively charged particles. Further, the negative charge increased with the pH, as resulting from the increase of the ionisation and/or the amount of the oil polar carboxylic and phenolic groups. The oil polar fraction, i.e. the asphaltene components, in contact with both the silica surface and water at high pH values rearrange, due to their amphiphilic character.Finally, the use of the silica substrates seems to be suited to extract and analyse polar species present in petroleum oil. A correlation is found between the nature of the oil, its functionalities, and the magnitude of its zeta potential value at the water/oil covered silica interface.     

Instability of zeolite Y supported cobalt sulfide hydrotreating catalysts in the absence of H2S

Ion exchanged CoNaY was sulfided at 473 and 673 K and subsequently heated in He at 673 and 773 K. The resulting samples were characterized by means of overall sulfur analysis, temperature programmed Ar treatment and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. It was shown that during He flushing at sufficiently high temperature a protolysis reaction occurs resulting in the decomposition of Co sulfide into Co²⁺ ions and H₂S.     

岩样自然伽玛能谱的数据库管理系统

本文阐述了岩样自然伽玛能谱数据库管理系统的功能、结构、特点以及它在研究自然伽玛能谱与岩性参数间关系中的应用，为自然伽玛能谱测井的资料解释奠定了理论基础。     

Modified Imidazoles: Degradation Inhibitors and Adhesion Promoters for Polyimide Films on Copper Substrates

Polyimide films on copper substrates that are exposed to elevated temperatures and an oxidizing environment will be subject to degradation. In order to halt this degradation without changing the properties of the system, a polymeric agent could be placed between the polyimide and the copper. This paper will investigate three such materials that will not only slow down the degradation of the polyimide and the oxidation of the copper, but will also improve adhesion within the system. Fourier transform infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (FTIR-RAS) will be used to investigate the polyimide/polymeric agent/copper system.     

Ge/Pd/n-GaAs低阻欧姆接触的SIMS分析

采用Ge／Pd／GaAs结构和快速热退火在n－GaAs上形成了低阻欧姆接触。利用H次离子质谱（SIMS）技术揭示和讨论了低欧姆接触形成的机理。比较了采用X 和CsX 信号检测的Ge，Pd，Ga和As的深度分布。结果表明采用CSX 可以提供更准确的结果和成分信息。     

TiO_2载体表面酸性的研究

利用NH_3吸附和吡啶吸附红外技术研究TiO_2的制备条件对其表面酸性的影响。结果表明,用NH_3水中和TiCl_4溶液方法制备的TiO_2(A)表面有较强的L酸中心,中和条件对表面酸性中心数目和强度有显著影响。由TiOSO_4水解方法制备的TiO_2(B)表面具有较强的L酸中心和较弱的B酸中心,引入不同添加剂可有效地调变TiO_2载体表面的酸性。     

Application of Rachinger''s method to separate overlapped doublets in the X-ray photoelectron spectrum

Rachinger's method of separating ₁ and ₂ doublets in X-ray emission spectra is applied for the first time to separate the superimposed doublets due to spin-orbit coupling. This method has been applied to separate closely lying doublets such as (Ag 4p_3/2and Ag 4p_1/2, (Ni 3p_3/2and Ni 3p_1/2) and (Cu 3p_3/2and Cu 3p_1/2). The intensities ratios of the separated peaks are measured and compared with the ratios obtained from a first-order calculation. An excellent agreement between the measured and calculated ratios are obtained. Residual background intensities compared with the estimated values are found to agree within certain uncertainties.     

A FT-IR assessment of iso-C4H8 reactivity with V2O5/TiO2 catalysts

Low-loaded vanadia-titania catalysts have been prepared by impregnation of titania P-25 (Degussa). The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, specific surface area and porosity assessment by nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. For very low vanadia contents the absence of surface acid Brønsted sites leads to dimerization on surface acid Lewis sites, whereas the presence of surface acid Bransted sites when the vanadia content is increased leads to oxidation to carbonyl and carboxylate species.