Physical-surface characterization

Although the teclmiques described undoubtedly provide valuable results on various materials, the most useful infonuation almost always comes from a combination of several (chemical and physical) surface characterization techniques. Table B1.25.1 gives a short overview of the techniques described in this chapter. 

Advances on the theoretical front continue to be aided by advances in bulk and surface analytical technology (composition) and in physical surface characterization technology (topology, structure, and forces). Applications of atomic force microscopy in particular continue to expand into diverse areas, including magnetic force microscopy (119). 

Contact antimicrobial coatings via 2 wt% U-P[3F-co-C12] modification. Results from an evaluation of modifier antimicrobial effectiveness are discussed first [22]. Next, physical surface characterization data are presented in light of biocidal... 

The development of modern surface characterization techniques has provided means to study the relationship between the chemical activity and the physical or structural properties of a catalyst surface. Experimental work to understand this reactivity/structure relationship has been of two types fundamental studies on model catalyst systems (1,2) and postmortem analyses of catalysts which have been removed from reactors (3,4). Experimental apparatus for these studies have Involved small volume reactors mounted within (1) or appended to (5) vacuum chambers containing analysis Instrumentation. Alternately, catalyst samples have been removed from remote reactors via transferable sample mounts (6) or an Inert gas glove box (3,4). 

Electrocatalytic activity of supported metal particles has been investigated on surfaces prepared in an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) molecular beam epitaxy system (DCA Instruments) modified to allow high throughput (parallel) synthesis of thin-film materials [Guerin and Hayden, 2006]. The system is shown in Fig. 16.1, and consisted of two physical vapor deposition (PVD) chambers, a sputtering chamber, and a surface characterization chamber (CC), all interconnected by a transfer chamber (TC). The entire system was maintained at UHV, with a base pressure of 10 °mbar. Sample access was achieved through a load lock, and samples could be transferred... 

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Surface characterization of washed ACC was already described in our previous works [15, 16]. The results of cheutical and physical characteristics of ACC are summarized in Table 22.1. 

Sing, K.W.S. (1976) Surface characterization of powder physical. In Parfitt, G.D. Sing,... 

In mineral processing, surface characterization techniques are used primarily to study mechanisms of various subprocesses. These studies are carried out mostly in research laboratories using model systems so as to keep the system simple and amenable to interpretation by known laws of physics and chemistry. For these very reasons, some of the newer surface characterization techniques have been used to investigate pure solids, often single crystals. In mineral processing operations, one necessarily deals with particles of complex ores with an objective to recover the valuable minerals contained in the ore. Experience, both in industry and laboratory, shows that complex ore particles behave differently from simple solids in many ways. In process evaluation and in optimization of operating plants, it is necessary to characterize the ore particles as they undergo various treatments. In recent years ESCA has been found to be a useful technique for... 

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been shown to be an effective instrument for the analysis of physical evidence materials. Both topographical, i.e. surface characterization, and compositional, i.e. elemental constitution, analyses have been successfully reported in several recent studies (l—8). The utilization of this instrumentation has widely increased. 

In solid-state chemical physics, surface phenomena and surface characterization have long been of considerable interest to scientists working in physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, biology, astrophysics, and other fields. 

The main difficulty in surface characterization hes in the exceedingly low population of surface atoms (10 atoms cm ) relative to that of bulk species (10 atoms cm ). Experiments intended to examine the physical and chemical properties of surfaces must employ techniques that interact only with the outermost layers. For example, standard structural tools such as (nongrazing incidence) X-ray diffraction are not apphcable to single-crystal surfaces since X rays penetrate deeply into the material and yield information on the bulk rather than the surface. 

A number of modern physical techniques are used to characterize heterogeneous catalysts. These methods range from techniques probing the interaction of catalysts with probe molecules, to in situ surface characterization techniques as well as structural elucidation under both in situ and ex situ conditions. In general, interaction of catalysts with probe molecules is followed using some spectroscopic property of the probe molecule itself and/or the changes induced by the heterogeneous catalyst. The spectroscopic techniques used include vibrational spectroscopies, NMR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to name a few examples. Similarly, in situ techniques tend to use properties of probe molecules but also combined with structural techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). In recent years XAS has been widely used in the characterization of catalysts and catalyst surfaces. 

C.A.L.Y. Leon. L.R. Radovlc, Interfacial Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Carbon Surfaces, Chemistry and Physics of Carbon 24 (1994) 213. (Review, surface characterization by physical and chemical means, double layer, functional groups.)... 

The more fundamental approach to addressing the physical dimensions involved in weathering is to characterize the surface areas of the individual minerals, i.e., the specific mineral surface area S (m g )- The extent to which this specific surface area scales directly with the reactive surface areas in natural environments is a matter of considerable debate, particularly in regard to the accessibility of water. For unsaturated environments, such as those in most soils, the wetted surface area may be considerably less than the physical surface area of contained mineral grains (Drever and Clow, 1995). In addition, surface areas of microscopic features such as external pits and internal pores may be associated with stagnant water that is thermodynamically saturated and not actively involved in weathering reactions (Oelkers, 2001). 

Brunner A.J., Nordstrom, R.A., Fliieler, P., (1997), Fracture Phenomena Characterization in FRP-Composites by Acoustic Emission , Proceedings European Conference on Macromolecular Physics Surfaces and Interfaces in Polymers and Composites, EPS Vol. 21B, pp. 83-84, European Physical Society. 

Chapter 4, by Batzill and his coworkers, describes modern surface characterization techniques that include photoelectron diffraction and ion scattering as well as scanning probe microscopies. The chapter by Hayden discusses model hydrogen fuel cell electrocatalysts, and the chapter by Ertl and Schuster addresses the electrochemical nano structuring of surfaces. Henry discusses adsorption and reactions on supported model catalysts, and Goodman and Santra describe size-dependent electronic structure and catalytic properties of metal clusters supported on ultra-thin oxide films. In Chapter 9, Markovic and his coworkers discuss modern physical and electrochemical characterization of bimetallic nanoparticle electrocatalysts. 

Since many surface properties are as sensitive to structure as they are to contaminants, it is essential to include both in surface characterization. The observation of changes in surface structure and composition induced by physical and chemical processes leads to a more complete understanding of the kinetics and mechanism of interactions taking place at the metal/gas interface. Auger spectrometry and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) are generally used in conjunction to study those properties. 

The bioconcentration factor is the concentration of a chemical in a tissue per concentration of the chemical in water (generally adimensional) [Pavan, Netzeva et al, 2008]. This physical property characterizes the uptake of pollutants due to chemical partitioning from environmental phase (e.g., air or water) into an organic phase (e. g., lipids or proteins) through an exchange surface (e.g., gills of fish). 

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