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Figure 2d shows the crystal after further cooling to 225°C. In addition to 111, 100 and 227) facets, new facets have appeared at 110 orientations, and the formation ofthose facets is also accompanied by higher Bi and Ni surface concentrations at those regions (about 30 at%Bi and 20 at%Ni). At this temperature, the 100 facets are also found to have undergone the compositional surface phase transition, and display surface compositions similar to those ofthe 110 surfaces. 

Electronics (consumer electronics substrates, protective coatings for transparent display surfaces, photovoltaic displays)... 

This brief review attempts to summarize the salient features of chemically modified electrodes, and, of necessity, does not address many of the theoretical and practical concepts in any real detail. It is clear, however, that this field will continue to grow rapidly in the future to provide electrodes for a variety of purposes including electrocatalysis, electrochromic displays, surface corrosion protection, electrosynthesis, photosensitization, and selective chemical concentration and analysis. But before many of these applications are realized, numerous unanswered questions concerning surface orientation, bonding, electron-transfer processes, mass-transport phenomena and non-ideal redox behavior must be addressed. This is a very challenging area of research, and the potential for important contributions, both fundamental and applied, is extremely high. 

Authors do not really agree on the charge redistribution which takes place at the MgO(lOO) surface, because the ionicity of the oxide appears to be nearly total in HF approaches [61,63], while in DFT and semi-empirical methods, the Mg-0 bonds present a small but non-negligible covalent character [60,66]. The surface projected Density of States (DOS) displays surface states just at the top of the VB and bottom of the conduction band (CB), originating from a reduction of the Madelung potential on the surface atoms. These states also exist on NiO(lOO) [74] and CoO(100)[75] and were shown to play a role in the formation of STM images (Fig. 2). A small reduction of the HOMO-LUMO gap results in MgO(lOO) as well as CaO(lOO) [60,64,67,68], and NiO(lOO) [74], which is qualitatively consistent with experimental observation [76-79]. 

A careful analysis of the novel depression structures can be performed best, by first studying these features for just a few Ir atoms at the Cu surface. An STM image with atomic resolution is presented in Fig. 13a as measured after 0.05 ML iridium deposition at 200 K followed by post-annealing at 650 K. Two basic features can be emphasized, the appearance of an ordered array of white dots and additional star-like depressions which are irregularly spread over the displayed surface area. The array of dots in Fig. 13a has been identified as the location of first layer Cu atoms. Further on, it was verified by corresponding ab initio calculations by Heinze at al. [102] that no bias voltage dependent corrugation reversal as e.g. predicted for W( 110) [103] occurs on the Cu(lOO)... 

Faience Non-clay based ceramic, made from sand, salt (natron), calcite lime, and various mineral pigments, displaying surface vitrification which results a bright luster. 

GDS is a hierarchical tree structure consisting of the root or head node, intermediate nodes, and terminal nodes. Branches connect nodes there may be several branches leaving a node, but only one branch entering a node. The machine representation of GDS provides pointers between these elements and maintains the hierarchy in a form that can be efficiently manipulated. The root of the tree by definition has a (X,Y) coordinate of (0,0) at the origin of the display surface on the device or graphics terminal... 

Most polysaccharides are not very surface active. For instance, starch and dextrane display very weak surface activities in various tests (for instance, in the classical Gold number tests). Xanthane has been shown to create depletion flocculation in several types of experiment, as shown by an unpredicted fast creaming. However, other polysaccharides, for instance, gum arabic and modified cellulose, do display surface activity. The latter is defined here as the ability to adsorb to surfaces. The ability to reduce the interfacial tension is associated with the ability to adsorb, as the surface tension represents the strength of the molecule-surface interactions. However, for large molecules, where the mixing entropy is only a minor contribution to the free energy, adsorption can also be achieved also when the adsorption energy is small. The surface activity of gum arabic is explained by the proteinaceous components associated with the molecule (22). When these parts are eliminated, the surface activity is lost. With modified cellulose, the surface activity is more related to... 

Sucrose esters of fatty acids having 12 or more carbon atoms display surface active properties. Most of them are odourless and tasteless (or slightly bitter) allowing them to find applications both in food and personal care products [17]. Sucroesters were approved and freely permitted in Japan for use as food additives in 1959 for both their emulsifying ability and their heat stability. In addition, they are well known to protect food proteins from thermal denaturation and inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli and other bacteria. 

The latest class of silicone surfactants to be prepared are the fluorosilicone copolymers (73,74). These compounds combine disiloxane or branched trisiloxane structures modified with fiuoroalkyl radicals as the hydrophobic moiety and polyethylene oxide units as the hydrophilic group. Two copolymers containing different fiuoroalkyl groups have been reported for use in shampoo systems. The materials containing 3,3,3, trifluoropropyl units were characterized by surface tensions approximately equivalent to dimethicone fluids ( 20.1 mN/m), while polymers containing 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6, nonafluorohexyl groups displayed surface tensions as low as 17.6 mN/m (75). 

For those with sight problems the University of Tokyo has developed a thin flexible polymer display where a system of Nafion polymer cantilevers pushes up 0.9 mm radius dots through a 10 pm polydimethylsilane membrane to a height of 0.25 mm above the display surface to form a Braille display. The thin flexible 1 mm thick bendable display is driven by a Braille input. The system is powered at 3 V which is sufficient to cause electro-osmosis which bends the cantilever by differential osmotic pressure. Removal of the voltage allows the cantilever to straighten up and though, theoretically the device can operate at up to 2 Hz, this is not physically possible with the installed organic transistor circuitry. The dots are displayed in a typical 2x3 dot Braille character array - the 4 cm prototype features four rows of six characters. 

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