Spectroscopy, infrared adsorption

Keywords Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Adsorption of surfactants Trisiloxane surfactants AMTIR Teflon AF... 

Infrared Spectroscopy. The infrared spectroscopy of adsorbates has been studied for many years, especially for chemisorbed species (see Section XVIII-2C). In the case of physisorption, where the molecule remains intact, one is interested in how the molecular symmetry is altered on adsorption. Perhaps the conceptually simplest case is that of H2 on NaCl(lOO). Being homo-polar, Ha by itself has no allowed vibrational absorption (except for some weak collision-induced transitions) but when adsorbed, the reduced symmetry allows a vibrational spectrum to be observed. Fig. XVII-16 shows the infrared spectrum at 30 K for various degrees of monolayer coverage [96] (the adsorption is Langmuirian with half-coverage at about 10 atm). The bands labeled sf are for transitions of H2 on a smooth face and are from the 7 = 0 and J = 1 rotational states Q /fR) is assigned as a combination band. The bands labeled... 

Still another type of adsorption system is that in which either a proton transfer occurs between the adsorbent site and the adsorbate or a Lewis acid-base type of reaction occurs. An important group of solids having acid sites is that of the various silica-aluminas, widely used as cracking catalysts. The sites center on surface aluminum ions but could be either proton donor (Brpnsted acid) or Lewis acid in type. The type of site can be distinguished by infrared spectroscopy, since an adsorbed base, such as ammonia or pyridine, should be either in the ammonium or pyridinium ion form or in coordinated form. The type of data obtainable is illustrated in Fig. XVIII-20, which shows a portion of the infrared spectrum of pyridine adsorbed on a Mo(IV)-Al203 catalyst. In the presence of some surface water both Lewis and Brpnsted types of adsorbed pyridine are seen, as marked in the figure. Thus the features at 1450 and 1620 cm are attributed to pyridine bound to Lewis acid sites, while those at 1540... 

Vreugdenhil A J and Butler I S 1998 Investigation of MMT adsorption on soils by diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy DRIFTS and headspace analysis gas-phase infrared spectroscopy HAGIS Appl. Organomet. Chem. 

Eden G J, Gao X and Weaver M J 1994 The adsorption of suiphate on goid(111) in acidic acqueous media Adiayer structurai interferences from infrared spectroscopy and scanning tunneiing microscopy J. Electroanal. Chem. 375 357-66... 

Several properties of the filler are important to the compounder (279). Properties that are frequentiy reported by fumed sihca manufacturers include the acidity of the filler, nitrogen adsorption, oil absorption, and particle size distribution (280,281). The adsorption techniques provide a measure of the surface area of the filler, whereas oil absorption is an indication of the stmcture of the filler (282). Measurement of the sdanol concentration is critical, and some techniques that are commonly used in the industry to estimate this parameter are the methyl red absorption and methanol wettabihty (273,274,277) tests. Other techniques include various spectroscopies, such as diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy (drift), inverse gas chromatography (igc), photoacoustic ir, nmr, Raman, and surface forces apparatus (277,283—290). 

High quahty SAMs of alkyltrichlorosilane derivatives are not simple to produce, mainly because of the need to carefully control the amount of water in solution (126,143,144). Whereas incomplete monolayers are formed in the absence of water (127,128), excess water results in facile polymerization in solution and polysiloxane deposition of the surface (133). Extraction of surface moisture, followed by OTS hydrolysis and subsequent surface adsorption, may be the mechanism of SAM formation (145). A moisture quantity of 0.15 mg/100 mL solvent has been suggested as the optimum condition for the formation of closely packed monolayers. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (xps) studies confirm the complete surface reaction of the —SiCl groups, upon the formation of a complete SAM (146). Infrared spectroscopy has been used to provide direct evidence for the hiU hydrolysis of methylchlorosilanes to methylsdanoles at the soHd/gas interface, by surface water on a hydrated siUca (147). 

Recent developments in the mechanisms of corrosion inhibition have been discussed in reviews dealing with acid solutions " and neutral solu-tions - . Novel and improved experimental techniques, e.g. surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy , infrared spectroscopy. Auger electron spectroscopyX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyand a.c. impedance analysis have been used to study the adsorption, interaction and reaction of inhibitors at metal surfaces. 

His researches and those of his pupils led to his formulation in the twenties of the concept of active catalytic centers and the heterogeneity of catalytic and adsorptive surfaces. His catalytic studies were supplemented by researches carried out simultaneously on kinetics of homogeneous gas reactions and photochemistry. The thirties saw Hugh Taylor utilizing more and more of the techniques developed by physicists. Thermal conductivity for ortho-para hydrogen analysis resulted in his use of these species for surface characterization. The discovery of deuterium prompted him to set up production of this isotope by electrolysis on a large scale of several cubic centimeters. This gave him and others a supply of this valuable tracer for catalytic studies. For analysis he invoked not only thermal conductivity, but infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. To ex-... 

In order to get the pore system of zeolites available for adsorption and catalysis the template molecules have to be removed. This is generally done by calcination in air at temperatures up to 500 °C. A careful study (ref. 12) of the calcination of as-synthesized TPA-containing MFI-type single crystals by infrared spectroscopy and visible light microscopy showed that quat decomposition sets in around 350 °C. Sometimes special techniques are required, e.g. heating in an ammonia atmosphere (ref. 13) in the case of B-MFI (boron instead of aluminum present) to prevent loss of crystallinity of the zeolite during template quat removal. 

Adsorption phenomena from solutions onto sohd surfaces have been one of the important subjects in colloid and surface chemistry. Sophisticated application of adsorption has been demonstrated recently in the formation of self-assembhng monolayers and multilayers on various substrates [4,7], However, only a limited number of researchers have been devoted to the study of adsorption in binary hquid systems. The adsorption isotherm and colloidal stabihty measmement have been the main tools for these studies. The molecular level of characterization is needed to elucidate the phenomenon. We have employed the combination of smface forces measmement and Fomier transform infrared spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR) to study the preferential (selective) adsorption of alcohol (methanol, ethanol, and propanol) onto glass surfaces from their binary mixtures with cyclohexane. Om studies have demonstrated the cluster formation of alcohol adsorbed on the surfaces and the long-range attraction associated with such adsorption. We may call these clusters macroclusters, because the thickness of the adsorbed alcohol layer is about 15 mn, which is quite large compared to the size of the alcohol. The following describes the results for the ethanol-cycohexane mixtures [10],... 

The most common application of infrared spectroscopy in catalysis is to identify adsorbed species and to study the way in which these species are chemisorbed on the surface of the catalyst. Sometimes infrared spectra of adsorbed probe molecules such as CO and NO give valuable information on adsorption sites on a catalyst. We will first summarize the theory behind infrared absorption. 

Transmission infrared spectroscopy is very popular for studying the adsorption of gases on supported catalysts and for studying the decomposition of infrared active catalyst precursors during catalyst preparation. Infrared spectroscopy is an in situ technique that is applicable in transmission or diffuse reflection mode on real catalysts. 

Much of the pioneering work which led to the discovery of efficient catalysts for modern Industrial catalytic processes was performed at a time when advanced analytical Instrumentation was not available. Insights Into catalytic phenomena were achieved through gas adsorption, molecular reaction probes, and macroscopic kinetic measurements. Although Sabatier postulated the existence of unstable reaction Intermediates at the turn of this century. It was not until the 1950 s that such species were actually observed on solid surfaces by Elschens and co-workers (2.) using Infrared spectroscopy. Today, scientists have the luxury of using a multitude of sophisticated surface analytical techniques to study catalytic phenomena on a molecular level. Nevertheless, kinetic measurements using chemically specific probe molecules are still the... 

In situ infrared spectroscopy allows one to obtain stracture-specific information at the electrode-solution interface. It is particularly useful in the study of electrocat-alytic reactions, molecular adsorption, and the adsorption of ions at metal surfaces. 

At present, most workers hold a more realistic view of the promises and difficulties of work in electrocatalysis. Starting in the 1980s, new lines of research into the state of catalyst surfaces and into the adsorption of reactants and foreign species on these surfaces have been developed. Techniques have been developed that can be used for studies at the atomic and molecular level. These techniques include the tunneling microscope, versions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and of photoelectron spectroscopy, differential electrochemical mass spectroscopy, and others. The broad application of these techniques has considerably improved our understanding of the mechanism of catalytic effects in electrochemical reactions. 

Lebedeva NP, Rodes A, Feliu JM, Koper MTM, van Santen RA. 2002b. Role of crystalline defects in electrocatalysis CO adsorption and oxidation on stepped platinum electrodes as studied by in situ infrared spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 106 9863-9872. 

Kizhakevariam N, Weaver MJ. 1994. Structure and reactivity of bimetaUic electrochemical interfaces Infrared spectroscopy studies of carbon monoxide adsorption and formic acid electrooxidation on antimony-modified Pt(lOO) and Pt(lll). Surf Sci 310 183-197. 

Faguy PW, Markovic N, Adzic RR, Fierro C, Yeager E. 1990. A study of bisulfate adsorption on Pt(lll) single crystal electrodes using in-situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. J Electroanal Chem 289 245 -262. 

In this study, adsorption of acetic acid under voltammetric conditions was observed by a vibrational technique for the first time. The first work in the field was carried out using FTIR (potential difference infrared spectroscopy, PDIRS) and by radioactive labeling [Corrigan et al., 1988]. Both techniques... 

Leung L-WH, Wieckowski A, Weaver MJ. 1988. In situ infrared spectroscopy of well-defined single-crystal electrodes Adsorption and electrooxidation of carbon monoxide on plati-nuk(lll). J Phys Chem 92 6985-6990. 

Kim CS, Tomquist WJ, Korzeniewski C. 1993. Infrared-spectroscopy as a probe of CO adsorption at Pt(335) under aqueous electrochemical conditions. J Phys Chem 97 6484-6491. 

Support effects in electiocatalysis, 567-586 Surface diffusion, 163, 173-177 Surface Enhanced Infrared Reflection Adsorption Spectroscopy (SEIRAS), 183... 

In this chapter, we have chosen from the scientific literature accounts of symposia published at intervals during the period 1920 1990. They are personal choices illustrating what we believe reflect significant developments in experimental techniques and concepts during this time. Initially there was a dependence on gas-phase pressure measurements and the construction of adsorption isotherms, followed by the development of mass spectrometry for gas analysis, surface spectroscopies with infrared spectroscopy dominant, but soon to be followed by Auger and photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission, field ionisation and diffraction methods. 

Recently, nonliving biomass of S. cucullata has been described as a low-cost absorbent of Cr(VI).106 Optimum conditions for the Cr(VI) adsorption by acid-treated S. cucullata were found out using a full factorial design. The Cr(VI) removal efficiency of the adsorbent was found to increase with the increase in time, temperature, adsorbate concentration, and stirring speed, and to decrease with increase in pH and adsorbent dose. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis revealed that in addition to electrostatic force, the adsorption may be due to... 

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