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Segregation of copper oxide on calcium copper titanate surface induced by Graphene Oxide for Water splitting applications
2020
Abstract Photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) are promising devices for hydrogen production via sunlight energy. One of the important challenges in this area is to design photoactive electrodes able to absorb visible light. A good photoelectrochemical behavior depends on the presence of surface active sites to photogenerate current at the lower possible potential for water splitting. Recent investigations in this field are focusing on perovskite materials such as CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) as visible light active electrode due its outstanding structure in which CCTO encloses in its structure a visible light absorbance component (CuO). The presence CuO on the material surface is mainly responsible for t…
Template electrosynthesis of aligned Cu2O nanowires
2008
Abstract Large arrays of aligned copper oxide nanowires were produced by electrodeposition, using anodic alumina membranes as template. We have studied the effect of two fundamental parameters involved in fabrication process: potential perturbation and bath composition. Performing electrodeposition from a copper acetate/sodium acetate bath (pH 6.5), we found that chemical composition of nanowires varied in dependence on the shape of the applied potential perturbation: pure copper oxide nanowires were produced by pulsed potential, whilst continuous electrodeposition resulted in a co-deposition of Cu and Cu 2 O. In a copper lactate bath, buffered at pH 10, the shape of perturbation did not in…
Grafting and characterization of dodecylphosphonic acid on copper: Macro-tribological behavior and surface properties
2013
International audience; Thin film of n-dodecylphosphonic acid (DDPA) was prepared on a copper oxide substrate via a molecular self-assembly process. The composition, structure, organization, surface energy, morphology, and electrochemical behavior of the DDPA filmwere characterized bymeans of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis (XPS), polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS), contact angle measurement v(CAM), microscopic observations, and electrochemistry. The friction behavior of the DDPA film adsorbed on copper oxide substrate sliding against a Si3N4 ball was examined on a linear reciprocating tribological tester. Worn surfaces of the DDPA film…
Influence of Pressure and Temperature on X-Ray Induced Photoreduction of Nanocrystalline CuO
2018
The authors are grateful to Prof. Alain Polian for providing NDAC cell. Parts of the present research have been carried out at the ODE beamline at SOLEIL.
Hemocyanin conformational changes associated with SDS-induced phenol oxidase activation.
2007
The enzymatic activity of phenoloxidase is assayed routinely in the presence of SDS. Similar assay conditions elicit phenoloxidase activity in another type 3 copper protein, namely hemocyanin, which normally functions as an oxygen carrier. The nature of the conformational changes induced in type 3 copper proteins by the denaturant SDS is unknown. This comparative study demonstrates that arthropod hemocyanins can be converted from being an oxygen carrier to a form which exhibits phenoloxidase activity by incubation with SDS, with accompanying changes in secondary and tertiary structure. Structural characterisation, using various biophysical methods, suggests that the micellar form of SDS is …
Functional Changes in the Family of Type 3 Copper Proteins During Evolution
2004
Trace detection of plutonium by three-step photoionization with a laser system pumped by a copper vapor laser
1985
Laser photoionization has been used to detect trace amounts of plutonium. A high sensitivity and selectivity has been achieved by applying three-step excitation and ionization of the plutonium atoms with high pulse-repetition rates and additional mass determination by time-of-flight measurements. A laser system was developed which consists of a copper vapor laser pumping three dye lasers simultaneously. Samples containing between 1010 and 1012 atoms of239Pu on Re filaments were measured yielding strong resonance signals with maximum ion count rates of several kHz at a vanishingly low background. A detection efficiency of 10−7 was determined allowing the detection of about 108 plutonium atom…
Bridging vs. chelating coordination modes of vinylsilanes in CuI π-Complexes: Structure and stability
2014
Two new copper(I) olefin complexes, [Cu6Cl6(MTrVS)2] (1) and [Cu2Cl2(DMVSP)2] (2), of tridentate bridging methyltrivinylsilane (MTrVS) and bidentate chelating 2-[dimethyl(vinyl)silyl]pyridine (DMVSP) have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis, IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. It has been shown that using the alkenylsilanes with required electronic properties, molecular symmetry and conformational flexibility, it is possible to control the formation of optimal copper(I) halide oligomers. The obtained results, together with relevant literature data, also illustrate how the coordination mode of vinylsilanes is related to Cu–(C=C) bond strengthening and, conse…
Complexes of 4-methoxy-2-(5-methoxy-3-methyl-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-methylpyrimidine, an anti-inflammatory agent—I. Copper(II) perchlorate complexes
1985
Abstract The preparation and properties of copper(II) complexes of 4-methoxy-2-(4-methoxy-3-methyl-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-methylpyrimidine, are reported. Complexes of