Chemically biased

Chemically biased photo-assisted photoelectrolysis cell [42-45]... 

A chemical bias is achieved by using two different electrolytes placed in two half-cells, with the electrolytes being chosen to reduce the voltage required to cause the chemical splitting. An n-Ti02 photoanode 4M KOH 4M HCl Pt-cathode is one example of a chemically biased photoelectrochemical cell [44]. 

The major disadvantage of solid phase extraction is that it provides a chemically biased view of the DOM reservoir, and seems to preferentially extract compounds with relatively low amounts of N. Other problems include sample contamination by various resins and incomplete elution of adsorbed DOM. SoHd phase extraction remains, however, the only technique capable of reproducibly isolating DOM compounds within the entire range of MWs. Furthermore, the radiocarbon content (A " C) of DOC isolated by XAD resins is depleted relative to the total dissolved inorganic carbon (DIG) reservoir values for XAD isolates are between —300... 

Wrighton et a/.86 also worked with single-crystal 2, irradiated by the 351 and 364 nm emission of an argon ion laser (1.3 x 10-7 E s-1). By mass spectro-metric methods and by the use of very small Ti02 crystals, they established that oxygen is evolved entirely from the aqueous phase, and does not come from the decomposition of the TiOa itself. Using a two-compartment chemically biased... 

Fig. 7.6 (a) Two-electrode PEC system (b) monolithically integrated single-electrode PEC system (c) two-electrode PEC system with external voltage biasing (d) two-electrode PEC system with chemical biasing... 

However, a critical examination of the enormous amount of the experimental material that has piled up over more than 80 years leads to the conclusion that the three tautomeric forms postulated by Gada-mer have not been proven in one single case. The so-called evidence is based on chemical reactions, " which are noncompelling, or on physical constants that have been interpreted in a biased manner. For the simultaneous existence of both forms of the ring-chain proto-tropic system, i.e., the carbinolamine and the amino-aldehyde, evidence is available only for one single case. ... 

The modern approach to chemical education appears to be strongly biased toward theories, particularly quantum mechanics. Many authors have remarked that classical chemistry and its invaluable predictive rules have been downgraded since chemistry was put into orbit around physics. School and undergraduate courses as well as textbooks show an increasing tendency to begin with the establishment of theoretical concepts such as orbitals and hybridization. There is a continuing debate in the chemical literature on the relative merits of theory as opposed to qualitative or descriptive chemistry 1-6). To quote the late J. J. Zucker-man who supported the latter approach (3). 

The problems which the orbital approximation raises in chemical education have been discussed elsewhere by the author (Scerri [1989], [1991]). Briefly, chemistry textbooks often fail to stress the approximate nature of atomic orbitals and imply that the solution to all difficult chemical problems ultimately lies in quantum mechanics. There has been an increassing tendency for chemical education to be biased towards theories, particularly quantum mechanics. Textbooks show a growing tendency to begin with the establishment of theoretical concepts such as atomic orbitals. Only recently has a reaction begun to take place, with a call for more qualitatively based courses and texts (Zuckermann [1986]). A careful consideration of the orbital model would therefore have consequences for chemical education and would clarify the status of various approximate theories purporting to be based on quantum mechanics. 

One of the interests in confined polymers arises from adsorption behavior— that is, the intake or partitioning of polymers into porous media. Simulation of confined polymers in equilibrium with a bulk fluid requires simulations where the chemical potentials of the bulk and confined polymers are equal. This is a difficult task because simulations of polymers at constant chemical potential require the insertion of molecules into the fluid, which has poor statistics for long chains. Several methods for simulating polymers at constant chemical potential have been proposed. These include biased insertion methods [61,62], novel simulation ensembles [63,64], and simulations where the pore is physically connected to a large bulk reservoir [42]. Although these methods are promising, so far they have not been implemented in an extensive study of the partitioning of polymers into porous media. This is a fruitful avenue for future research. 

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