Inhibition Kelvin

The highly conductive class of soHds based on TTF—TCNQ have less than complete charge transfer (- 0.6 electrons/unit for TTF—TCNQ) and display metallic behavior above a certain temperature. However, these soHds undergo a metal-to-insulator transition and behave as organic semiconductors at lower temperatures. The change from a metallic to semiconducting state in these chain-like one-dimensional (ID) systems is a result of a Peieds instabihty. Although for tme one-dimensional systems this transition should take place at 0 Kelvin, interchain interactions lead to effective non-ID behavior and inhibit the onset of the transition (6). 

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In order to study the effect of the aging after atmospheric exposure on the potential at the inner buried interface of plasma polymer-coated iron, two different plasma-pretreated iron samples were used. For each pretreatment, different TMS plasma polymer thicknesses were studied 20, 50, and 70 nm for Ar + H2 plasma pretreatment, 20, 55, and 115nm for O2 plasma pretreatment. The Scanning Kelvin Probe (SKP) data shown in Figure 33.18 for (Ar + H2) plasma-pretreated and O2 plasma-pretreated samples depicts a correlation between the potential at the inner buried interface and the polymer thickness for respective sample. SKP results showed that the plasma polymer effectively inhibits reoxidation of the interface... 

In mechanical terms, the Kelvin model is a parallel combination of a dashpot and a spring as illustrated in Fig. 11. The extension of dashpot and spring is always equal, as is the induced strain in both elements. If suddenly a shear stress is applied, the dashpot can only respond slowly but continuously. The response of the spring is hence inhibited, and its maximum elongation is only reached with delay. The viscosity of the dashpot determines the response time, i.e., the higher... 

Corrosion protection of conducting polymers is also involved with an inhibition of the oxygen reduction." Oxygen reduction and the formation of OH anions were the reasons for the delaminating of protective films around film defects. A very successful method to investigate delaminating is provided by the Kelvin probe connected with surface potential measurements as developed by Stratman, Rohwerder et... 

Again, the Kelvin probe can be used to monitor the local corrosion potential of a partly coated metal surfece in a humid atmosphere. If, for example, the presence of the organic molecule changes the kinetics of the metal dissolution reaction, then this is reflected in a change of the corrosion potential an acceleration of the metal dissolution will shift the corrosion potential cathodically, a retardation will shift the corrosion potential anodically. As an example. Figure 22 shows a map of the corrosion potential of an iron surface that is partly coated by one monolayer of octadecylsilanol as measured with the Kelvin probe in a humid atmosphere [87]. The corrosion potential changes locally by several 100 mV due to the presence or absence of the film and it has been proved that the anodic potentials correspond to the areas that are coated by the polymer [53]. The potential plot of Figure 22 is therefore a representation of the inhibition of the anodic metal dissolution in a humid atmosphere. 

A second example of the analysis of inhibitor-covered surface is shown in Figure 23. Iron substrates have been immersed in a solution containing the inhibitor ammonium benzoate at a concentration of 0.025 M [88]. After exposure, the samples are removed fixam the electrolyte and the corrosion potential map is recorded with the Kelvin probe. Large potential differences result for the surface immersed in the solution with a low concentration of inhibitor. Again, anodic potentials correspond to the inhibited area whereas negative potentials close to the free corrosion potential of the active iron electrode are representative of the noninhibited surface. Obviously, at a concentration of 0.025 M the inhibitor is not able to protect the iron surface completely. If the inhibitor concentration is increased to 0.05 M, no active corrosion is observed and the potential stays at very anodic values. Similar results have been obtained by Schultze et al. [89,90] for the inhibitor toloylanaline on iron. 

G. Williams, H. N. McMuiray, and D. A. Worsley, Cerium(III) inhibition of corrosion-driven organic coating delamination studied using a scanning Kelvin probe technique , J. Electrochem. Soc., 149, B154 (2002). 

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