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Room temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) are composed of ions only and are defined as molten salts with a melting point below 100°C1. They have numerous interesting physical properties such as high thermal stability, a wide liquid range and a tuneable viscosity. Besides their low melting points they have also a very low vapour pressure, which enables their analysis in ultra high vacuum devices such as XPS2, 3 and ToF-SIMS2, 4. A systematic study with different ionic liquids was carried out by means of time-of-fight secondary-ion-mass-spectrometry in positive and negative ion mode. Thereby a variation of the anion in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids, a variation of the cation including a variation of the side chain length, in bis(triuoromethylsulfonyl)imide based ionic liquids was taken into account. The compounds were measured under bismuth cluster ion (Bi7+) bombardment, and spectral information and general rules for the fragmentation pattern are presented. Evidence for cation-anion interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonding), due to high molecular secondary cluster ions, could be found. The interaction strength could be estimated by ToF-SIMS via correlation of the secondary anion intensity to secondary cluster ion intensity ratio with donor and acceptor numbers.
Static secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has become a major analytical technique for the analysis of solid surfaces. In the last years it has also been used for the analysis of liquid/frozen surfaces from ionic liquids1-5. However, the mechanism for the emission of secondary ions has not been investigated so far, especially for the state of the art liquid metal ion guns (LMIG), such as the Bi or the BiMn LMIGs. These sources are not only able to provide monoatomic primary ions, but also singly and doubly charged polyatomic primary ion cluster. This new development has led to the investigation of the primary ion particle to specific parameters in order to determine the capabilities of such LMIGs on different target samples. To further the principle understanding of secondary ion emission, a systematic study using Bi1-7+ and Bi1,3,5,7++ primary ions on ionic liquids with considerably different strength of inter-ionic interactions was performed. As model samples the ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C4C1im][Ac] and [C4C1im][PF6]) were used. To compare spectra or the performance of primary ion particles on substances or substance classes, the SIMS data were evaluated by calculating secondary ion yields, static SIMS limit, disappearing cross section, ion formation efficiency and fragmentation.
Coordination chemistry was applied to deposit pyridine-functionalized gold nanoparticles on silicon substrates. The particles were synthesized through the Brust/Schiffrin route with a subsequent ligand exchange reaction yielding well-defined particles of two different sizes. Multilayer deposition was carried out on a pyridine-terminated SAM, anchored on a hydroxyl-terminated silicon surface. Analogously, Hunter/Vögtle-type tetralactam macrocycle multilayers were deposited as well as mixed layers containing both either in an alternating sequence or as a macrocycle multilayer with a terminating nanoparticle layer. These composite layers were examined with respect to their ability to bind squaraine axles in the macrocycle cavities. The amount of guest bound is higher for the composite layer with alternating macrocycles and nanoparticles.
In Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy X-Ray photons are used to excite tightly bound core electrons to low-lying unoccupied orbitals of the system. This technique offers insight into the electronic structure of the system as well as useful structural information. In this work, we apply NEXAFS to two kinds of imidazolium based ionic liquids ([CnC₁im]⁺[NTf₂]⁻ and [C₄C₁im]⁺[I]⁻). A combination of measurements and quantum chemical calculations of C K and N K NEXAFS resonances is presented. The simulations, based on the transition potential density functional theory method (TP-DFT), reproduce all characteristic features observed by the experiment. Furthermore, a detailed assignment of resonance features to excitation centers (carbon or nitrogen atoms) leads to a consistent interpretation of the spectra.
Analytical routines for a comprehensive in-depth morphological, structural, and chemical characterization of functionalized TiO2 films by using different state-of-the-art analytical techniques are presented and discussed with the main objective to identify potential reference TiO2 coating parameters able to be certified at a later stage. TiO2 films fabricated by two different synthetic procedures as representative for two main large-scale applications were selected: (i) pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering for photocatalytic applications and (ii) screen printing from preformed anatase nanoparticles. The screen-printed films were further loaded with a sensitizing dye for application as a dye-sensitized solar cell. Film properties such as microstructure and crystallographic texture of pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering synthesized films were systematically studied by means of scanning nanobeam electron diffraction in a transmission electron microscope and the surface and inner morphology by scanning electron microscopy. The dye distribution over the depth of screen-printed TiO2 layers was analyzed before and after dye-loading by means of energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy at scanning electronmicroscope, Auger electron spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. The long-term goal of the present study is the improvement of quality of the TiO2 film parameters as measured by using different types of reference TiO2 coatings having specific parameters certified.
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy are well-acknowledged tools in materials characterization. The ability to map chemical species on the surface of an investigated sample with often low mass detection limits makes ToF-SIMS an essential tool in fields where many question marks concerning Degradation processes and damage mechanisms exist. The aim of this paper is to describe the power of data fusion of ToF-SIMS and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy results employing computational methods for multivariate data Analysis such as principal component analysis. As a case study the investigation of hydrogen distribution in an artificially charged Duplex stainless steel microstructure is presented aiming on a better understanding of hydrogen embrittlement.
Ionic liquids (ILs) are proposed as simple and efficient test materials to evaluate the performance of energy dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS) in the low energy range below 1 keV. By only one measurement, C Kα, N Kα, O Kα, and F Kα X-ray lines can be excited. Additionally, the S Kα line at 2.3 keV and, particularly, the S L series at 149 eV complete the picture with X-ray lines offered by the selected ILs. The well-known (certifiable) elemental composition of the ILs selected in the present study can be used to check the accuracy of results produced with the available EDS quantification routines in the low energy range, simultaneously, for several low atomic number elements. A comparison with other reference materials in use for testing the performance of EDS in the low energy range is included.