Search results for "Photoelectron spectroscopy"
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Influence of the preparative route on the properties of WOx–ZrO2 catalysts: A detailed structural, spectroscopic, and catalytic study
2007
Abstract Two series of tungstated zirconia (WZ) solid acids covering a wide range of tungsten surface densities ( δ, W at/nm2 ) were prepared by nonconventional impregnation and coprecipitation routes, leading to samples with enhanced surface area ( ∼ 70 – 120 m 2 / g ) on annealing at 973–1073 K. The materials were thoroughly characterized by N2 physisorption , XRD, Raman, XPS, H 2-TPR, and DR UV–vis spectroscopy. The catalytic behavior of the Pt-promoted WZ catalysts (1 wt% Pt) was evaluated for the hydroconversion of n-hexadecane used as model feed representative of Fischer–Tropsch waxes. Both series of catalysts displayed a pronounced maximum in the reaction rate and a minimum in the se…
Detailed study of defects in thin fullerite films
2012
The structural investigations of fullerite films were performed using high-resolution electron microscopy, electron diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In particular defects such as dislocations, stacking faults and twins were studied in details. It was shown that fullerite films could be characterized by a face-centered cubic (f.c.c.) structure with lattice parameter a = 1.416 nm. They are distinguished for their rich polytypic structure that is caused by breaking of alteration of closely packed planes of (111) type. The quantitative method based on information theory using the “run-length encoding” algorithm was suggested to evaluate the…
Dynamic segregation during ferrite oxidation revealed by XPS
2002
Dynamic segregation phenomena were revealed by XPS during the oxidation of some ferrites (Fe 2.5 Ti 0.5 O 4 , Fe 2.5 Ni 0.5 O 4 , Fe 2 CrO 4 and FeCr 2 O 4 ). This kind of phenomenon induces, at a low temperature (below room temperature), drastic changes in the cationic composition of the most external layers. Dynamic segregation is a function of the cationic composition, the oxidation capability and the morphology of these ferrites. Although dynamic segregation seems to be a quite frequent phenomenon that often can be observed during ferrite oxidation, there are materials in existence where it does not appear, such as molybdenum ferrite.
Structure and Deformations of Pd−Ni Core−Shell Nanoparticles
2005
International audience; Homogeneous collections of Pd−Ni core−shell nanoparticles have been prepared by decomposition of metal−organic compounds and studied by several electron microscopy techniques: transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), energy-filtered microscopy (EFTEM), and by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The physical and chemical properties of the Pd shell are supposed to depend on its electronic properties, which are influenced by the presence of the Ni core and by the deformation in the Pd lattice. Here, the interfacial structure of Pd/Ni and the lattice deformations in t…
Auto-assembly of nanometer thick, water soluble layers of plasmid DNA complexed with diamines and basic amino acids on graphite: Greatest DNA protect…
2017
Abstract We have investigated the ability of diamines as well as basic amino acids to condense DNA onto highly ordered pyrolytic graphite with minimum damage after re-dissolution in water. Based on a bibliographic survey we briefly summarize DNA binding properties with diamines as compared to basic amino acids. Thus, solutions of DNA complexed with these linkers were drop-cast in order to deposit ultra-thin layers on the surface of HOPG in the absence or presence of Tris buffer. Atomic Force Microscopy analyses showed that, at a fixed ligand-DNA mixing ratio of 16, the mean thickness of the layers can be statistically predicted to lie in the range 0–50 nm with a maximum standard deviation ±…
Acquisition of Structure-guiding and Structure-forming Properties during Maturation from the Pro-silicatein to the Silicatein Form
2012
Silicateins are the key enzymes involved in the enzymatic polycondensation of the inorganic scaffold of the skeletal elements of the siliceous sponges, the spicules. The gene encoding pro-silicatein is inserted into the pCold TF vector, comprising the gene for the bacterial trigger factor. This hybrid gene is expressed in Escherichia coli and the synthesized fusion protein is purified. The fusion protein is split into the single proteins with thrombin by cleavage of the linker sequence present between the two proteins. At 23 °C, the 87 kDa trigger factor-pro-silicatein fusion protein is cleaved to the 51 kDa trigger factor and the 35 kDa pro-silicatein. The cleavage process proceeds and res…
Size-Dependent Structural Evolution and Chemical Reactivity of Gold Clusters
2006
Ground-state structures and other experimentally relevant isomers of Au(15) (-) to Au(24) (-) clusters are determined through joint first-principles density functional theory and photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. Subsequent calculations of molecular O(2) adsorption to the optimal cluster structures reveal a size-dependent reactivity pattern that agrees well with earlier experiments. A detailed analysis of the underlying electronic structure shows that the chemical reactivity of the gold cluster anions can be elucidated in terms of a partial-jellium picture, where delocalized electrons occupying electronic shells move over the ionic skeleton, whose geometric structure is strongly infl…
Biomimetic Mn-catalases based on dimeric manganese complexes in mesoporous silica for potential antioxidant agent
2015
Two new structural and functional models of the Mn-catalase with formula [{Mn(III)(bpy)(H2O)}(μ-2-MeOC6H4CO2)2(μ-O){Mn(III)(bpy)(X)}]X, where X = NO3 (1) and ClO4 (2) and bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction. In both cases, a water molecule and an X ion occupy the monodentate positions. The magnetic properties of these compounds reveal a weak antiferromagnetic behavior (2J = -2.2 cm(-1) for 1 and -0.7 cm(-1) for 2, using the spin Hamiltonian H = -2J S1·S2) and negative zero-field splitting parameter DMn (-4.6 cm(-1) and -3.0 cm(-1) for 1 and 2, respectively). This fact, together with the nearly orthogonal orientation of the Jahn-Teller axes of the M…
An experimental investigation on the poor hydrogen sorption properties of nano-structured LaNi5 prepared by ball-milling
2011
Abstract Nano-structured LaNi5 hydrogen storage materials prepared by ball-milling is analysed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). DSC results indicate a partial elimination of defects at 500 °C in a more efficient way for the short-time ball-milled powders compared to the long-time ball-milled ones. XPS results show almost no change in the core-level electronic structure for La and Ni of LaNi5 in the bulk and the nano-structured forms, but gives an indication that the self-restoring mechanism of the active surface observed in the bulk sample (Siegmann et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 40, 972) may not be occurring in the nano-powders. Results fro…
DICHROISM IN ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION FROM Pt(111)
2002
The angular dependence of the circular dichroism in photoemission from Pt(111) was investigated for excitation with VUV and soft X-ray radiation. VUV excitation was used to probe band structure and the circular dichroism for valence band emission. The measurements are compared to full relativistic single step photoemission calculations. XPS was used to investigate the circular dichroism in emission from the 4f core level. In this case, the dichroism is induced by photoelectron diffraction. First results from single step core level calculations are compared to the experimental observations.