Analysis of PTCDA/ITO Surface and Interface Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy

The electronic states of the surface and interface of 3,4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride （PTCDA）/indium-tin-oxide （ITO） thin film are investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. A- tomic force microscopy （AFM） is also applied to investigate the pattern of PTCDA/ITO film. XPS results show that there are two main peaks,which are associated with C atoms in the perylene rings and acid anhydride groups, located at 284.6 and 288.7eV, respectively,in the Cls spectrum of the original surface. It can be deduced from the emergence of a small peak at 290.4eV in the Cls spectrum that some C atoms are oxidized by O atoms from ITO. The binding energies of O atoms in C-O bonds and C--O---C bonds are 531.5 and 533.4eV respectively. At the interface,the peak at the high binding energy in the Cls spectrum disappears,and the peak value shifts about 0.2eV to lower binding energy, There is a significant 1.5eV chemical shift to lower binding energy in the Ols spectrum. These observations indicate that perylene rings inside PTCDA molecules are combined with In vacancies in the ITO at the interface. The AFM results show that PTCDA molecules formed an island-like structure a height of about 14nm. The sizes of the crystal grains are about 100--300nm. The island-like pattern comes from the delocalized π bonds of adjacent molecules in PTCDA and the combination of vacancies in ITO with perylene rings at the PTCDA/ITO interface.

收缩临界6-连通图中的6度点

每一个收缩临界 6 -连通图都有一个 6度点 .最近袁旭东证明了任何收缩临界 6 -连通图都存在两个相临的 6度点。对于收缩临界 6 -连通图中的每一个点都存在一个 6度点使得这两点相邻或距离为 3,从而对收缩临界中 6度点的分布有了更进一步认识 .

Effect of Rapid Thermal Annealing Ambient on Gettering Efficiency and Surface Microstructure in 300mm CZ Silicon Wafers

The effect of rapid thermal annealing （RTA） ambient on denuded zone and oxygen precipitates in Czochralski （CZ） silicon wafers is studied in this paper. N2 and a N2/NH3 mixture are used as RTA ambient. It is demonstrated that a high density of oxygen precipitates and thin denuded zone are obtained in N2/NH3 ambient,while a relatively lower density of oxygen precipitates and thicker denuded zone are observed in N2 ambient. As the RTA duration times increased, the oxygen precipitate density increased and the denuded zone depth decreased. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） data and atomic force microscope （AFM） results show that there RTA process,which can explain the different effect of RTA was a surface nitriding reaction during the N2/NH3 ambient ambient.

Fe-Mn/Al_2O_3 catalysts for low temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH_3

A series of Fe‐Mn/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared and studied for low temperature selective catalytic reduction （SCR） of NO with NH3 in a fixed‐bed reactor. The effects of Fe and Mn on NO conversion and the deactivation of the catalysts were studied. N2 adsorption‐desorption, X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, H2 temperature‐programmed reduction, NH3 temperature‐programmed desorption, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, thermal gravimetric analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to character‐ize the catalysts. The 8Fe‐8Mn/Al2O3 catalyst gave 99%of NO conversion at 150？？ and more than 92.6%NO conversion was obtained in a wide low temperature range of 90–210？？. XPS analysis demonstrated that the Fe3＋was the main iron valence state on the catalyst surface and the addition of Mn increased the accumulation of Fe on the surface. The higher specific surface area, enhanced dispersion of amorphous Fe and Mn, improved reduction properties and surface acidity, lower binding energy, higher Mn4＋/Mn3＋ratio and more adsorbed oxygen species resulted in higher NO conversion for the 8Fe‐8Mn/Al2O3 catalyst. In addition, the SCR activity of the 8Fe‐8Mn/Al2O3 cata‐lyst was only slightly decreased in the presence of H2O and SO2, which indicated that the catalyst had better tolerance to H2O and SO2. The reaction temperature was crucial for the SO2 resistance of catalyst and the decrease of catalytic activity caused by SO2 was mainly due to the sulfate salts formed on the catalyst.

The effect of the support on the surface composition of PtCu alloy nanocatalysts: In situ XPS and HS-LEIS studies

Supported PtCu alloys have been broadly applied in heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis owing to their excellent catalytic performance and high CO tolerance. It is important to analyze the outermost surface composition of the supported alloy nanoparticles to understand the nature of the catalytically active sites. In this paper, homogeneous face-centered cubic PtCu nanoparticles with a narrow particle size distribution were successfully fabricated and dispersed on a high-surface-area Ti〇2 powder support. The samples were oxidized and reduced in situ and then introduced into the ultrahigh vacuum chamber to measure the topmost surface composition by high-sensitivity low-energy ion scattering spectroscopy, and to determine the oxidation states of the elements by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The surface composition and morphology, elemental distribu-tion, and oxidation states of the components were found to be significantly affected by the support and treatment conditions. The PtCu is de-alloyed upon oxidation with CuO wetting on the TiO2 sur-face and re-alloyed upon reduction. Phase diagrams of the surface composition and the bulk com-position were plotted and compared for the supported and unsupported materials.

Isolation of Pd atoms by Cu for semi-hydrogenation of acetylene: Effects of Cu loading

Cu‐alloyed Pd single‐atom catalysts exhibit excellent catalytic performance for the semi‐hydrogenation of acetylene;however,the limit of the Cu/Pd atomic ratio for forming the alloyed Pd single‐atom catalyst is ambiguous.Herein,silica‐supported Cu-Pd bimetallic catalysts with fixed Pd content and varied Cu loadings were synthesized using an incipient wetness co‐impregnation method.The X‐ray absorption spectroscopy results indicated that Pd formed an alloy with Cu after reduction at250°C and that the Pd atoms were completely isolated by Cu for Cu/Pd atomic ratios≥40/1.Notably,increasing the reduction temperature from250to400°C hardly affected the catalytic performances of the Cu-Pd/SiO2catalysts.This finding can be attributed to the similar chemical environments of Pd demonstrated by the X‐ray absorption spectroscopy results.

Catalytic Performance of Carbon Materials Supported Pd Nanoparticles in Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene

Pd/C catalysts were prepared by deposited Pd nanoparticles （NPs） on different carbon supports including activated carbon （AC）, graphite oxide （GO）, and reduced graphite oxide （rGO） using sol-immobilization method. Through transmission electron microscopy, powder X-ray di raction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the role of the carbon supports for the catalytic performances of Pd/C catalysts was examined in selective hydrogenation of acetylene. The results indicate that Pd/AC exhibited higher activity and selectivity than Pd/GO and Pd/rGO in the gas phase selective hydrogenation of acetylene. Thermal and chemical treatment of AC supports also have some effect on the catalytic performance of Pd/AC catalysts. The differences in the activity and selectivity of various Pd/C catalysts were partly attributed to the metal-support interaction.

Applications of in-situ wide spectral range infrared absorption spectroscopy for CO oxidation over Pd/SiO_(2) and Cu/SiO_(2) catalysts

Infrared(IR)absorption spectroscopy has been widely used for dynamic characterization of catalysts and mechanism of catalytic reactions.However,due to the strong infrared absorption of heterogeneous catalysts(mainly oxides,or supported metal and metal oxides,etc.)below 1200 cm^(-1),and the intensity of regular infrared light source rapidly decays at low-wavenumber range,most in-situ infrared spectroscopy studies are limited to the detection of surface adsorbates in the range of 4000-900 cm^(-1).The change of catalytically active component itself(M-O,M-M bond,etc.,1200-50 cm^(-1))during the reaction is hard to be tracked under reaction conditions by in-situ IR.In this work,a home-made in-situ IR reactor was designed and a sample preparing method was developed.With such progresses,the changes of reactants,products,surface adsorbates,and catalysts themselves can be measured under the same reaction conditions with a spectral range of 4000-400 cm^(-1),providing a new opportunity for in-situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysis.CO oxidation on Pd/SiO_(2) and Cu/SiO_(2) catalysts were taken as examples,since both the two catalytic systems were extensively used commercially,and moreover reduction and oxidation of palladium and copper occur during the examined reaction conditions.The characteristic bands of Pd^(2+)-O(670,608 cm^(-1)),Cu^(+)-O(635 cm^(-1))and Cu^(2+)-O(595,535 cm^(-1))were observed by IR,and the changes during CO oxidation reaction were successfully monitored by IR.The oxidation/reduction of palladium and copper were also confirmed by ex-situ XPS.Moreover,Pd^(0) in Pd/SiO_(2) and Cu^(+)in Cu/SiO_(2) were found as the thermal dynamically stable phases under the examined conditions for CO oxidation.

Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nanostructure by Chemical Spray Pyrolysis Method

Zinc Oxide （ZnO） nanostructure were synthesized by precipitating Zinc Chloride and analyzed structurally and optically. Samples were prepared at different thickness （62, 66, 74, 86, 92, and 110 nm）, and substrate temperature kept at 400 ℃ in all cases. Compressed Nitrogen was used as a cartier gas. The samples of the ZnO films were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and atomic force microscopy （AFM）. The XRD results indicated that the synthesized ZnO thin films have a pure wurtzite （hexagonal phase） structure. It can be seen that the highest texture coefficient was in （002） plan for nanostructure films. AFM measurement showed the grain size ranging from 62-86 nm. The optical band gap energy （Ee,） of ZnO nanostructure have two values for the same sample and the Eg decrease with increasing thickness utilizing the optical data using UV-Vis spectrophotometer.

Effect and mechanism of dolomite with different size fractions on hematite flotation using sodium oleate as collector

The effect of dolomite with different particle size fractions on hematite flotation was studied using sodium oleate as collector at p H of about 9. The effect mechanism of dolomite on hematite flotation was investigated by means of solution chemistry, ultraviolet spectrophotometry(UV), inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry(ICP-AES) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). It is observed that dolomite with different size fractions has depressing effect on hematite flotation using sodium oleate as collector, and dolomite could be the "mineral depressant" of hematite using sodium oleate as collector. The reasons for that are concerned with sodium oleate consumption and the adsorption onto hematite of dissolved species of dolomite.

Synthesis of Flower-Like Bi2Te3 Nano Structure and Studying Its Structural and Thermo-electric Properties

Flower-like Bi2Te3 nanostructures were successfully synthesised for the first time by a simple magnetron technique or D.C. sputtering method. The phase and morphology of the products were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, manning electron microscope （SEM） and atomic force microscope （AFM）. It was found that the as-deposited Bi2Te3 has a well re-crystallized Rhombohedral phase and consisted of a wealth of flower-like structure, also the thermo-electric properties of Bi2Te3 were examined and we find that the Seebeck coefficient is 136.6μ volt/K.

Prediction of XRF analyzers error for elements on-line assaying using Kalman Filter

Determination of chemical elements assay plays an important role in mineral processing operations.This factor is used to control process accuracy,recovery calculation and plant profitability.The new assaying methods including chemical methods,X-ray fluorescence and atomic absorption spectrometry are advanced and accurate.However,in some applications,such as on-line assaying process,high accuracy is required.In this paper,an algorithm based on Kalman Filter is presented to predict on-line XRF errors.This research has been carried out on the basis of based the industrial real data collection for evaluating the performance of the presented algorithm.The measurements and analysis for this study were conducted at the Sarcheshmeh Copper Concentrator Plant located in Iran.The quality of the obtained results was very satisfied;so that the RMS errors of prediction obtained for Cu and Mo grade assaying errors in rougher feed were less than 0.039 and 0.002 and in final flotation concentration less than 0.58 and 0.074,respectively.The results indicate that the mentioned method is quite accurate to reduce the on-line XRF errors measurement.

Chemical Solution Deposition of YBa2Cu3O7 Films on YSZ （100） Substrates

We report the epitaxial growth of YBCO （YBa2Cu3O7） films on YSZ （Yttria-stabilized Zirconia） （100） substrates by chemical solution deposition. The precursor solution was prepared by dissolving stoichiometric amounts of acetates of Y（OOCCH3）3·4H2O, Ba（OOCCH3）2 and Cu（OOCCH3）·2H2O in an aqueous solution of oxalic acid （H2C2O4） and following the sol-gel route. This solution was directly dripped onto YSZ （100） substrates with the help of a Fisher pipette. To form the YBCO film, the sample was crystallized by annealing at 860 ℃ for 12 h in an oxidizing atmosphere. The characterization was performed by XRD （X-ray diffraction） analysis which revealed high intensity （001） reflections and denoted that most of the grains were c-axis oriented. Randomly oriented grains and other phases such as Y2BaCuO5 and CuO were also detected. The superconducting YBCO phase is demonstrated from the susceptibility versus temperature measurements which indicate a superconducting critical temperature ≈ 90 K. In addition, a surface morphology analysis was performed by optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy which revealed an average roughness of 0.2197 μm.

Red Electrophoretic Particles Based on Fe_2O_3 Nanoparticles for Electronic Inks: Design, Preparation and Properties

In order to modify inorganic particles as chromatic electrophoretic particles, an approach was designed and used to prepare Fe203 red electrophoretic particles. These Fe203-cationic hybrid nanoparticles （Fe203-CHNPs）were prepared through Fe203 core covered with polymer shell which was composed of SiO2 and P （DMAEMA-co-HMA） by using atom transfer radical polymerization （ATRP）technique. The SiO：-coating could introduce the functional group on the surfaceof inorganic particles, through which the polymer shell could be formed by using ATRP tech- nique. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectra （FT-IR）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and thermal gravimetric analysis （TGA）confirmed the chemical compositions of Fe2O3-CHNPs; the images of transmission elec- tron microscopy （TEM） indicated the core-shell structure of Fe2O3-CHNPs; the measurements of dynamic light scatter- ing （DLS） showed a 253.7 nm average particle size with narrow size distribution; and the zeta potential measurements identified the high chargeability of Fe2O3-CHNPs. Furthermore, the resulting nanoparticles were successfully applied in the electrophoretic display cell, which demonstrated that it was an effective approach to preparing chromatic elec- trophoretic particles.

31~P NMR Studies on Quasi-Aromaticity of Mo_3S_3 Core and Structure of {Mo_3(μ_3-S)_3[μ-SOP(OEt)_2][S_2P(OEt)_2]_3(CH3CN)}*CH_3CN

The title compound {Mo3 (μ3,-S) (μ-S)3 [μ-SOP (OEt )2] [S2P (OEt)2]3(CH3CN) }. CH3CN, C20H46,Mo3N2O9P4S11, Mr= 1222. 9, has been synthesized bythe reaction of [Mo3 (μ3,-S) (μ-S)3]4+ with Hdtp (hydrogen diethyldithiophosphate)and its structures was dctermined by X-ray crystallography. The crystal data for the title compound: triclinic, P1, Z= 2, a= 13. 011 (8), b= 13. 411 (9), c= 14. 385 (5)A, a=76. 59(5), B=78. 09(5), Y=82. 20(3), V= 2382(2) A3, Dc= 1.705 g/cm3, μ (MoKa) = 1. 434 mm-1, F (000) = 1228. The structure was refined to R =0.080 for 5485 observed reflections. Quasi-aromaticity in the puckered-ring of Mo3S3was experimentally probed by 31p NMR spectroscopic measurements. The 31p chemicalshifts of ligand DTP’s (diethyldithiophosphate) were modulated by the substituent effect of the adjacent bridging aromatic carboxylate through the long-distance super-conjugation via the trinuclear Mo cluster core.

Reductive immobilization of Re(VⅡ)by graphene modified nanoscale zero-valent iron particles using a plasma technique

Technetium-99(~99Tc),largely produced by nuclear fission of ~235U or ~239Pu,is a component of radioactive waste.This study focused on a remediation strategy for the reduction of pertechnetate(Tc O_4^-)by studying its chemical analogue rhenium(Re(VⅡ))to avoid the complication of directly working with radioactive elements.Nanoscale zero-valent iron particles supported on graphene(NZVI/r GOs)from GOs-bound Fe ions were prepared by using a H_2/Ar plasma technique and were applied in the reductive immobilization of perrhenate(Re O_4^-).The experimental results demonstrated that NZVI/r GOs could efficiently remove Re from the aqueous solution,with enhanced reactivity,improved kinetics(50 min to reach equilibrium)and excellent removal capacity(85.77 mg/g).The results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis showed that the mechanisms of Re immobilization by NZVI/r GOs included adsorption and reduction,which are significant to the prediction and estimation of the effectiveness of reductive Tc O_4^- by NZVI/r GOs in the natural environment.

High efficiency and enhanced ESD properties of UV LEDs by inserting p-GaN/p-AlGaN superlattice

Significantly improved electrostatic discharge （ESD） properties of InGaN/GaN-based UV light-emitting diode （LED） with in- serting p-GaN/p-A1GaN superlattice （p-SLs） layers （instead of p-A1GaN single layer） between multiple quantum wells and Mg-doped GaN layer are reported. The pass yield of the LEDs increased from 73.53% to 93.81% under negative 2000 V ESD pulses. In addition, the light output power （LOP） and efficiency droop at high injection current were also improved. The mechanism of the enhanced ESD properties was then investigated. After excluding the effect of capacitance modulation, high-resolution X-ray diffraction （XRD） and atomic force microscope （AFM） measurements demonstrated that the dominant mechanism of the enhanced ESD properties is the material quality improved by p-SLs, which indicated less leakage paths, ra- ther than the current spreading improved by p-SLs.

Room-temperature epitaxial growth of V_2O_3 films

Herein we report the room-temperature epitaxial growth of V203 films by laser molecule beam epitaxy. X-ray diffraction pro- files show the room-temperature epitaxial V2O3 films orient in the [ 110] direction on α-Al2O3 （0001） substrates. Atomic force microscopy measurements reveal that the ultra-smooth surfaces with root-mean-square surface roughness of 0.11 nm and 0.28 nm for 10-nm-thick and 35-nm-thick V2O3 film, respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicate the V3＋ oxida- tion state in the films. Typical metal-insulator transition is observed in films at about 135 K. The resistivities at 300 K are ap- proximately 0.8 mΩ cm and 0.5 mΩ cm for 10-rim-thick and 35-nm-thick V203 film, respectively.

The growth and properties of an m-plane InN epilayer on LiAlO_2 (100) by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

The m-plane InN （1 100） epilayers have been grown on a LiAlO2 （1 0 0） substrate by a two-step growth method using a met- al-organic chemical vapor deposition （MOCVD） system. The low temperature InN buffer layer （LT-InN） is introduced to overcome the drawbacks of thermal instability of LiAlO2 （LAO） and to relieve the strains due to a large thermal mismatch be- tween LAO and InN. Then the high temperature m-plane InN （1 1 00） epilayers （HT-InN） were grown. The results of X-ray diffraction （XRD） suggest that the m-plane InN （1 1 00） epilayer is a single crystal. The X-ray rocking curves （co scans） （XRC） and atomic force microscopy （AFM） indicate that the m-plane InN （1 1 00） epilayer has anisotropic crystallographic properties. The PL studies of the materials reveal a remarkable energy band gap structure around 0.70 eV at 15 K.

Study of local environment of Cu atoms in Fe_(73.5)Cu_1Nb_3Si_(13.5)B_9 alloy with different annealing temperature

The local environment of Cu atoms in Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloy was investigated by extended X-ray absorption fine structure(EXAFS).Cu clusters began to order when the annealing temperature was around 733 K from the results of the Fourier transform curves.The fitting results showed that the first shell of the near fcc(face-centered cubic)Cu clusters only contained Cu atoms.The coordination number increased with the annealing temperature.Subsequently,the occupancy rate increased from 33.3%(annealed at 733 K)to 100% (annealed at 853 K).This local structural change of Cu atoms could probably affect the distribution of the bcc(body-centered cubic)α-Fe in Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloy.