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The interaction of nanosecond laser pulses in the ultraviolet wavelength range and femtosecond laser pulses in the near-infrared region with the semiconductor SiC and the composite compound SiCTiCTiB2 was investigated. Surface analytical techniques, such as XPS, depth profile (DP), and micro-Raman spectroscopy (?-RS) were used to identify the chemical changes between untreated and laser-treated areas. Single-pulse irradiation led to material modifications in the condensed state in most instances. Multi-pulse results differed depending on the pulse duration. Crystal structure changes were observed as a consequence of laser-induced melting and resolidification. In air contact all components underwent oxidation reactions according to thermodynamic expectations. Exceptions were observed under exclusion of oxygen, SiC was reduced to elemental Si.
Raman spectra of pure synthetic indigo and of Maya blue of a Mexican clay sculpture are compared. The Raman spectrum of Maya blue shows extra bands assigned to vibrational modes of Bu symmetry as well as an increasing intensity of some other bands. The partial removal of the mutual exclusion rule for the centrosymmetric indigo molecule is supposed to indicate a loss of its planarity due to strong adsorption at the palygorscite matrix.
Redox behaviour of La-Cr compounds formed in CrOX/La2O3 mixed oxides and CrOX/La2O3/ZrO2 catalysts
(2003)
The redox behaviour of chromium oxide in CrOx/La2O3, CrOx/La2O3/ZrO2 and CrOx/ZrO2 mixed oxide systems has been investigated by temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy (RS). The formation of La-Cr compounds such as La2CrO6, LaCrO4 was shown to occur by calcination of CrOx/La2O3 and CrOx/La2O3/ZrO2 at 600 °C. With a Cr content of ca. 4 wt.%, it was revealed that, having been reduced to Cr3+-containing compounds, La2CrO6 and/or LaCrO4 in both systems may be restored by reoxidation at 600 °C. In the case of CrOx/La2O3/ZrO2 catalysts, it is suggested that these compounds were real surface species anchored as an overlayer on zirconia. Such a structure may stabilise, on the one hand, the tetragonal modification of zirconia and, on the other hand, highly dispersed state of Cr species in calcined as well as in reduced catalysts.
Synthesis of polymeric titanium and zirconium precursors and preparation of carbide fibres and films
(1998)
The surface modification of single-crystalline silicon induced by single 130 femtosecond (fs) Ti:sapphire laser pulses (wavelength 800 nm) in air is investigated by means of micro Raman spectroscopy (?-RS), atomic force microscopy and scanning laser microscopy. Depending on the laser fluence, in some regions the studies indicate a thin amorphous top-layer as well as ablated and recrystallized zones. The single-pulse threshold fluences for melting, ablation and polycrystalline recrystallization are determined quantitatively. Several different topographical surface structures (rims and protrusions) are found. Their formation is discussed in the context of recent studies of the laser irradiation of silicon. In combination with a thin-film optical model, the thickness of the amorphous layer is determined by two independent and nondestructive optical methods to be in the order of several 10 nm.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) and carbon nitride films are synthesized by a direct current (dc) arc discharge at slightly reduced pressure and by an inductively coupled r.f. plasma (ICP) at atmospheric pressure, respectively. By treatment with nitric acid SWNT are purified from by-products and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and Raman spectroscopy. ICP allows the deposition of carbon nitride films on steel substrate. The deposition of the films creates a relatively strong radial symmetric profile. The structure of the films are rather independent of the distance between substrate and plasma. Raman, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy are used for analyzing the carbon nitride materials.
Nonequilibrium vibrational excitations of para-nitroaniline (PNA, 4-nitroaniline) occurring after internal conversion from the photoexcited charge transfer state are studied by picosecond anti-Stokes Raman scattering. Vibrational excess populations with distinctly different picosecond rise and decay times are found for a number of modes with frequencies between 860 and 1510 cm1, including the overtone of a non-Raman active mode. A nonthermal distribution of vibrational populations exists up to about 6 ps after photoexcitation. The time-resolved experiments are complemented by steady-state infrared and Raman measurements as well as calculations based on density functional theory, providing a detailed analysis of the steady-state vibrational spectra of PNA and two of its isotopomers. A weakly Raman active vibration at about 1510 cm1 displays the fastest rise time and a pronounced excess population andthusrepresents the main accepting mode. We suggest that an out-of-plane mode giving rise to the overtone Raman band at this frequency acts both as coupling and accepting mode in the internal conversion process.