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Methylmercury and inorganic mercury determination in fish by cold vapour generation atomic absorption spectrometry
2000
Abstract Given that organic mercury is more dangerous than the inorganic form and that it is converted into methylmercury by biological methylation, we have studied and optimized a simple method for measuring both organic and inorganic mercury contents in fish, using a spectroscopic vapour generation technique, with a sequential reduction of the digested sample with stannous chloride and sodium tetrahydroborate. Prior to applying the method the sample was subjected to alkaline wet digestion. Due to the matrix interferences calibration curves with matrix addition were needed for mercury determinations. The analytical parameters of the method were: linearity from 10 to 200 ng of Hg in the red…
Flux growth at 1230 °C of cubic Tb2O3 single crystals and characterization of their optical and magnetic properties
2015
International audience; In this work, we present the first crystal growth of cubic Tb2O3 single crystals by a controlled atmosphere flux method which uses a heavy metal free solvent working at less than half the melting temperature of this sesquioxide. Cubic millimeter-sized crystals extracted from as-grown boules are phase (powder XRD) and chemically (GDMS) pure and exhibit a Verdet constant in the visible and near-infrared spectral ranges, which is at least three times higher than that of a commercial Tb3Ga5O12 (TGG) crystal. The 1.36 mm thick crystals display a transmission coefficient higher than 77% over the 525 nm–1.38 μm spectral range. The absorption spectrum, magnetic susceptibilit…
Synthesis and characterization of a new layered organic-inorganic hybrid nickel(II) 1,4 : 5,8-naphthalenediimide bis-phosphonate, exhibiting canted a…
2008
A new Ni(II) layered hybrid organic-inorganic compound of formula Ni{sub 2}[(NDI-BP)(H{sub 2}O){sub 2}].2H{sub 2}O has been prepared in very mild conditions from N,N'-bis(2-phosphonoethyl)napthalene-1,4:5,8-tetracarboximide (NDI-BP ligand) and NiCl{sub 2}. The X-ray powder structure characterization of the title compound suggests a pillared layered organic-inorganic hybrid structure. The distance between the organic and inorganic layers has been found to be 17.8 A. The inorganic layers consist of corner sharing [NiO{sub 5}(H{sub 2}O)] octahedra and they are pillared by the diphosphonate groups. DC and AC magnetic measurements as a function of temperature and field indicate the presence of 2…
Excited-state lifetimes of [Fe (bipy)3]2+ and [Fe(phen)3]2+
1990
Abstract In the low-spin [Fe(bipy)3]2+ (bipy = 2,2′,bipyridine) and [Fe(phen)3]2+ (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) complexes an excited high-spin 5T2 ligand field state can be populated by irradiating into the 1MLCT absorption band at 530 nm. The lifetimes of this excited state at low temperatures are reported for [Fe(bipy)3]2+ doped into [Zn(bipy)3] (PF6)2 and [Zn(bipy)3] (BF4)2 and for [Fe(phen)3]2+ and [Fe(bipy)3]2+ embedded in the ion exchange polymer Nafion. For [Fe(bipy)3]2+ in [Zn(bipy)3](PF6)2 the observed lifetimes decrease from 1600 ns at 10 K to 14 ns at 125 K.
Temperature Effects on the Phonon Spectrum in YBa2Cu3O7 Single Crystals and Thin Films
1989
We have performed a detailed investigation of the temperature dependence of the 385cm-1 phonon in single crystals and thin films of the YBa2Cu3O7 superconductor by means of Raman spectroscopy. In the single crystal the frequency of this phonon shows a downshift of about 5 cm-1 on passing the superconducting transition from above, which is referred to a strong electron-phonon interaction in the superconductor. The shift of the phonon in thin epitaxial films on MgO or SrTiO3 substrates is only about 2.5 cm-1. This difference may be a result of a structural transition in the single crystal which is possibly suppressed in the films because of the epitaxy. The electron-phonon interaction is also…
Electrochemical deposition of Ag2Se nanostructures
2017
Abstract AgSe based nanostructures (nanowires or nanotubes) were obtained by electrodeposition. A systematic investigation was carried out, varying concentration of the precursors, pH of the electrolytic solution, ligands, and deposition mode, to study the effect of all these parameters on the growth of nanostructures. Nanostructure morphology depends also on the type of metal that was used as support, due to the secondary reaction of hydrogen evolution. On Ni support, the H2 evolution reaction led to formation of only nanotubes, while on copper substrate also nanowires were obtained. Composition of nanostructures depends strongly on solution pH. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy sho…
Optical characterization of YCa4O(BO3)3 and Nd:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals
2007
International audience; We report a complete optical characterization of YCa4O(BO3)3 and Nd:YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals. We studied the relative orientation between the dielectric and the crystallographic frames as a function of the wavelength and performed accurate phase-matching angles measurements for second harmonic generation, using a single crystal cut as a sphere. We also recorded polarized luminescence spectra of Nd:YCOB along the principal axes of the dielectric frame. For both crystals, we measured the gray-tracking and the thermo-optic properties as a function of temperature and wavelength using oriented slabs. Finally, we measured all their dielectric and electro-optic coefficients, as…
The local group K(4) in the algebraic approach to vibrational spectra of tetrahedral molecules: Application to silane
1992
Abstract In a previous paper, Michelot and Moret-Bailly (J. Phys., 48, 51 (1987)) proposed an algebraic treatment of vibrational stretching modes in polyatomic molecules. They used the properties of the group chain U(p + 1) ⊃ U(p) ⊃ S(p) ⊃ G for the study of p identical oscillators. The molecule, with p equivalent bonds described as a system of p oscillators, has a symmetry group G. We develop in this paper an application to p = 4 equivalent oscillators. We show that, for a tetrahedral molecule, the group chain U(5) ⊃ U(4) ⊃ S(4) ≈ Td can be completed, in a local point of view, with a particular group K(4): U(5) ⊃ U(4) ⊃ K(4) ⊃ S(4) ≈ T d This group provides us with available labels which c…
ac conductivity inLa2CuO4
1992
Measurements of the complex ac conductivity are reported for a single crystal of ${\mathrm{La}}_{2}$${\mathrm{CuO}}_{4}$ for frequencies ${10}^{2}$\ensuremath{\le}\ensuremath{\nu}\ensuremath{\le}${10}^{9}$ Hz and temperatures 25\ensuremath{\le}T\ensuremath{\le}300 K. The conductivity follows a power-law behavior ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\omega}}}^{\mathit{s}}$ with the frequency exponent s independent of temperature and independent of frequency. However, the hopping transport is strongly anisotropic, with s\ensuremath{\approxeq}0.75 within the ${\mathrm{CuO}}_{2}$ planes and s\ensuremath{\approxeq}0.25 perpendicular to the planes.
Relativistic J-dependence of the isotope shift in the 6s-6p doublet of Ba II
1984
The collinear laser-ion beam technique has been used to measure the isotope shift and hyperfine structure in the 6s-6p doublet (4,934A, 4,554A) of Ba II for all seven stable isotopes. The influence of the excited2P1/2 and2P3/2 states on the field shift leads to a difference of 2.5(3)% in the electronicF factors. The specific mass shifts differ by {A′-A} 2.2(3) MHz which corresponds to about 12% of the normal mass shift.