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Many complex systems have been spread on liquid interfaces for a variety of reasons. We begin this chapter with a discussion of the behavior of synthetic polymers at the liquid-air interface. Most of these systems are linear macromolecules however, rigid-rod polymers and more complex structures are of interest for potential optoelectronic applications. Biological macromolecules are spread at the liquid-vapor interface to fabricate sensors and other biomedical devices. In addition, the study of proteins at the air-water interface yields important information on enzymatic recognition, and membrane protein behavior. We touch on other biological systems, namely, phospholipids and cholesterol monolayers. These systems are so widely and routinely studied these days that they were also mentioned in some detail in Chapter IV. The closely related matter of bilayers and vesicles is also briefly addressed. 

The history of EM (for an overview see table Bl.17,1) can be interpreted as the development of two concepts the electron beam either illuminates a large area of tire sample ( flood-beam illumination , as in the typical transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging using a spread-out beam) or just one point, i.e. focused to the smallest spot possible, which is then scaimed across the sample (scaiming transmission electron microscopy (STEM) or scaiming electron microscopy (SEM)). In both situations the electron beam is considered as a matter wave interacting with the sample and microscopy simply studies the interaction of the scattered electrons. 

Method 2. Mix 1 0 g. of 3 5-dinitrobenzoic acid with 1 5 g. of phosphorus pentachloride in a small, dry test-tube. Warm the mixture gently over a small smoky fiame to start the reaction when the reaction has subsided (but not before), boil for 1-2 minutes or until the solid matter has dissolved. Pour the mixture while still liquid on a dry watch glass (CAUTION the fumes are irritating to the eyes). When the product has solidified, remove the liquid by-product (phosphorus oxychloride) by transferring the pasty mixture to a pad of several thicknesses of filter paper or to a small piece of porous tile. Spread the material until the liquid has been absorbed and the residual solid is dry. Transfer the 3 5 dinitrobenzoyl chloride to a test-tube, add 0-5-1 ml. of the alcohol, and continue as in Method 1. 

A fuller description of the microchannel plate is presented in Chapter 30. Briefly, ions traveling down the flight tube of a TOF instrument are separated in time. As each m/z collection of ions arrives at the collector, it may be spread over a small area of space (Figure 27.3). Therefore, so as not to lose ions, rather than have a single-point ion collector, the collector is composed of an array of miniature electron multipliers (microchannels), which are all connected to one electrified plate, so, no matter where an ion of any one m/z value hits the front of the array, its arrival is recorded. The microchannel plate collector could be crudely compared to a satellite TV dish receiver in that radio waves of the same frequency but spread over an area are all collected and recorded at the same time of course, the multichannel plate records the arrival of ions not radio waves. 

The electron probe X-ray microanalyzer provides extraordinary power for measuring the elemental composition of solid matter with pm lateral spatial resolution. The spatial resolution, limited by the spread of the beam within the specimen, permits pg samples to be measured selectively, with elemental coverage from boron to the actinides. By incorporating the imaging capability of the SEM, the electron probe X-ray microanalyzer combines morphological and compositional information. 

We can expect disorder to increase when a system is heated because the supply of energy increases the thermal motion of the molecules. Heating increases the thermal disorder, the disorder arising from the thermal motion of the molecules. We can also expect the entropy to increase when a given amount of matter spreads into a greater volume or is mixed with another substance. These processes disperse the molecules of the substance over a greater volume and increase the positional disorder, the disorder related to the locations of the molecules. 

Particles whose dimensions are between 1 nanometer and 1 micrometer, called colloids, are larger than the t3/pical molecule but smaller than can be seen under an optical microscope. When a colloid is mixed with a second substance, the colloid can become uniformly spread out, or dispersed, throughout the dispersing medium. Such a dispersion is a colloidal suspension that has properties intermediate between those of a true solution and those of a heterogeneous mixture. As Table 12-3 demonstrates, colloidal suspensions can involve nearly any combination of the three phases of matter. Gas-gas mixtures are the exception, because any gas mixes uniformly with any other gas to form a true solution. 

Each of these processes has a spontaneous direction, in which matter becomes more spread out or dispersed. Another way to describe these processes states that each reduces the constraints on the objects. The marbles in a bag, the boards of a fence, and the interlocking pieces of a jigsaw puzzle are restricted, or constrained, in their positions. We can summarize these observations in a common-sense law ... 

The formation of mineral coal is not an instantaneous process, but is an extremely lengthy one, spread over an extended period. Millions of years ago, when the temperature was moderate and rainfall was heavy, vegetation was quite thick, especially in the low-lying areas of the Earth. Coal-forming plants probably grew in swamps, and as the plants died, their debris gradually formed a thick layer of matter on the swamp floor. Over a prolonged period, this matter hardened into a substance called peat. The peat deposits became buried under sand or other mineral matter. As the mineral matter accumulated, some of it turned... 

It cannot be helped. I must have only men I may trust to make the jury understand how this canker has spread. It will appear no more than the usual matter of oyer et terminer, as the clerks write it. ... 

Humic acids (HA) and fulvic acids (FA) are the main components of humic substances (HS), which are the most chemically and biochemically active and widely spread fractions of nonliving natural organic matter in all terrestrial and aquatic environments. They comprise a chemically and physically heterogeneous group of substances with colloidal, polydis-persed, polyelectrolyte characteristics and mixed aliphatic and aromatic nature (Senesi and Loffredo 1999). 

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