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Clearly additional layers may be used to accomplish other benefits, tailoring the energy profiles and mobilities across the entire organic stack. Splitting the transport layer(s) into two separate layers permits the optimization of injection into the layer nearest the electrode (sometimes called the injection layer), and transport in the farther layer [101]. Layers of insulator (charge confinement layers) have also been used in an attempt to control the motion of the charges and ensure recombination in the desired region [102]. 

Fig. 34—Spatial distribution in six layers nearest a solid wall under a constant pressure P =3.0, Temperature 140 K, Sy /e = 3.S, where is the ratio of characteristics energy of wall-fluid interaction, e is characteristics energy of molecular interaction [58],...

Fig. 20 Pictures of atoms that belong to a the first, b the second, c the third, and d the fourth e layers, which show the in-plane ordering of the chains in each layer at 300 K after 1.28 ns. Especially marked is an ordering in the first layer nearest to the substrate...

SOFC electrodes are commonly produced in two layers an anode or cathode functional layer (AFL or CFL), and a current collector layer that can also serve as a mechanical or structural support layer or gas diffusion layer. The support layer is often an anode composite plate for planar SOFCs and a cathode composite tube for tubular SOFCs. Typically the functional layers are produced with a higher surface area and finer microstructure to maximize the electrochemical activity of the layer nearest the electrolyte where the reaction takes place. A coarser structure is generally used near the electrode surface in contact with the current collector or interconnect to allow more rapid diffusion of reactant gases to, and product gases from, the reaction sites. A typical microstructure of an SOFC cross-section showing both an anode support layer and an AFL is shown in Figure 6.4 [24],... 

Figure 7.4. Schematic model of the Electrical Double Layer (EDL) at the metal oxide-aqueous solution interface showing elements of the Gouy-Chapman-Stern-Grahame model, including specifically adsorbed cations and non-specifically adsorbed solvated anions. The zero-plane is defined by the location of surface sites, which may be protonated or deprotonated. The inner Helmholtz plane, or [i-planc, is defined by the centers of specifically adsorbed anions and cations. The outer Helmholtz plane, d-plane, or Stern plane corresponds to the beginning of the diffuse layer of counter-ions and co-ions. Cation size has been exaggerated. Estimates of the dielectric constant of water, e, are indicated for the first and second water layers nearest the interface and for bulk water (modified after [6]).

An ion-transfer reaction, on the other hand, is one in which, for example, in the cathodic deposition of Ag+ ions, the Ag ion begins in the solution layer nearest the electrode but toward the electrode. At some point on the way, electron transfer occurs. The point is, the ion has also transferred. Correspondingly, for anodic ion-transfer reactions, a surface atom leaves the electrode, becoming in this act an ion and leaving an electron behind in the metal. 

Not surprisingly, it s the layer nearest the earth s surface—the troposphere—that is the most easily disturbed by human activities and has the greatest effect on the earth s surface conditions. Among those effects, air pollution, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect are particularly important. 

The gases in the air are held in an envelope around the Earth by its gravity. The atmosphere is approximately 100 km thick (Figure 11.1), and about 75% of the mass of the atmosphere is found in the layer nearest the Earth called the troposphere (Figure 11.2). Beyond this layer, the atmosphere reaches into space but becomes extremely thin. Nearly all atmospheric water vapour (or moisture) is found in the troposphere, which also contains the liquid water in the oceans, rivers and lakes. 

The velocity profile of the flow in a channel varies across the diameter of the channel regardless of the flow rate. It has a minimum value ( 0) near the channel walls and a maximum value at the center of the flow. This variation in velocities arises from the adhesive forces between the channel walls and the liquid, causing the liquid layers nearest to the walls to be slower than those in the center. Consequently, the layer region nearest to the wall always exhibits a laminar flow even at high Reynolds numbers as the viscous forces dominate [200,201] (Figure 4.11). 

Gorton and coworkers have been particularly active in this field and produced an excellent review of the methods and approaches used for the successful chemical modification of electrodes for NADH oxidation [33]. They concentrated mainly on the adsorption onto electrode surfaces of mediators which are known to oxidise NADH in solution. The resulting systems were based on phenazines [34], phenoxazines [35, 36] and pheno-thiazines [32]. To date, this approach has produced some of the most successful electrodes for NADH oxidation. However, attempts to use similar mediators attached to poly(siloxane) films at electrode surfaces have proved less successful. Kinetic analysis of the results indicates that this is because of the slow charge transfer between the redox centres within the film so that the catalytic oxidation of NADH is restricted to a thin layer nearest the electrode surface [37, 38]. This illustrates the importance of a charge transfer between mediator groups in polymer modified electrodes. 

Theoretical and experimental approaches of the framework Si/Al ratio effect on the acidity led to the conclusion that the strength of the protonic sites of zeolites is influenced by the presence of neighbors (11, 12). Each framework Al atom has 4 Si atoms (Lowenstein s rule) in the first surrounding layer (nearest neighbors) and, depending on the zeolite topology, 9-12 Al or Si atoms in the second layer (Next-... 

Negative colloidal ferric hydroxide may be converted into the positive colloid by adding it to a very dilute solution of sodium hydroxide (0 005-normal) with constant shaking. In order to account for this amphi-electrical behaviour, it is suggested that the potential difference at the surface of colloidal particles is due to adsorption of ions from the solution. Hence the sign depends upon whether cations or anions are in excess in the layers nearest the particles.5... 

Due to their long range attraction the reactants cluster together and the rare gas atoms surround the reactive molecules. The three roles of the cluster are as in the previous cases, to make sure that the reactions occur through the bulk of the cluster and not only in the layer nearest to the surface, to activate the reactants and to stabilize the products. 

Earth s atmosphere consists of several layers. The layer nearest Earth is the troposphere. The stratosphere Is above the troposphere. 

We had taken this fact into account in performing the calculations for the thermodynamic quantities. The model adopted for this system was the basal plane of the kaolinite covered with three or five monolayers of octadecylammonium cations in their trans conformation closely packed with each other. This implies the existence of atomic sheets in the modifying layer as well as in the silicate layer nearest to the surface the deeper silicate layers were included into the calculations in the bulk approximation. The data [11] were used for the BC potential coefficients employed for the interaction between the H and C atoms of the adsorbate molecule and H and C atoms of the modifier alkyl chain for the coefficients describing the interaction between the alkane atomic species and the ions constituting the silicate lattice, we used the values reported in [13]. The coefficients for the interaction with the N atom in the modifying layer were estimated using the quantum-... 

Woods (32) states "The reaction between atmospheric carbon dioxide and dense hardened concrete is very slow, and even after a considerable number of years, may affect only a thin layer nearest the exposed surfaces. A principal product of the reaction is calcium carbonate, the presence of which may enhance the early resistance of concrete to attack by some chemicals in solution, such as sulfates. In practice, however, any beneficial effect that may exist appears to be of relatively small moment." The harmful effect of carbonation arises when the carbonated layer created on the surface of reinforced concrete over the years reaches the steel reinforcement. The alkaline protective layer is then considerably less alkaline, and the steel bars may start to rust. 

Fig. 8.9. (a) Director s tilt angle with respect to the 2 direction in a /i = 10-layer hybrid nematic cell as a function of MG temperature. Different lines correspond to the tilt angle in distinct layers 1 denotes the LG layer closest to the in-plane aligning substrate and 10 the layer nearest to the homeotropic substrate. Inset Temperature variation of ordering parameters in the two layers closest to the middle of the cell, (b) Temperature of the structural transition as a function of a cell thickness. 

SIMS is extremely sensitive, even to the part per billion range, and is used widely in the semiconductor industry. SIMS and XPS are complementary since they provide very similar information [203], but the depth resolution of static SIMS is substantially higher than XPS. However, the quantitative use of SIMS in polymer science is currently not as well developed as XPS. SIMS has been used to study the surface of polyurethanes [204,205] and PMMA-S lamellar diblocks [206]. In the latter study, dynamic SIMS was used to show that the lamellae aligned parallel to the surface after annealing. The thickness of the layer nearest the free surface as well as near the polymer-substrate surface... 

It should be noted that in Fig. 7 we ascribed to the viscosity at pzc the value of the bulk viscosity, suggesting that there is no influence of the metal on the solvent in the layer nearest to it. Due to interactions between solvent molecules and the metal, this may not be the case. Hence one should take into account that even at the pzc there could be a film of solvent molecules having a viscosity that is different from the value in the bulk. In this case the influence of the electric field and the composition of the solution inside the diffuse double layer has to depend on the metal and on the nature of the solvent. The latter could lead to a dependence of the EQCM response on the nature of the metal, which is indeed observed when the results for gold... 

Sometimes, the orientation effects are brought about by a combination of causes. In injection molding, for example (see Fig. 12-4), an orientation profile results firom flow and heat transfer. The portion of the polymer nearest the wall at the mold is quickly frozen and, thus, is not oriented. Likewise, the material in the region near the center will have a low orientation. The layer nearest the solidified skin at the wall will have the highest orientation. The values will decrease from this zone to the center. 

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