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[en] Reports on freeze-cast ceramic materials frequently focus on the study of the organized macroporosity and the properties of the materials. This study aims to describe the microstructure evolution of freeze-cast alumina during the sintering process, analyzing grain growth, densification, pore elimination and crystal structure at different sintering temperatures (1300-1500 °C). Aqueous suspensions with 20 vol% alumina were freeze-cast in liquid N2 and sintered. The microstructure was analyzed by stereological analysis, N2 adsorption and X-ray diffraction. Grain sizes varied within 237-500 nm, and the intergranular porosity decreased from 8.8% at 1300 °C to 1.4% at 1500 °C. N2 isotherm analysis revealed pore shrinking from the region of macro and mesopores (20-80 nm), to smaller residual mesopores (3.7-15 nm) at temperatures above 1400 °C. Rietveld refinement of the XRD diffractograms confirmed increased crystallite size and decreased lattice strain at higher sintering temperatures. This comprehensive description of microstructural evolution of the freeze-cast alumina contributes to understanding the sintering of highly porous ceramics produced via freeze-casting. (author)
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Materials Research (Sao Carlos, SP); ISSN 1516-1439; ; v. 27; 9 p
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[en] The photoreactivity of ceria, a photochemically inert oxide with a large band gap, can be increased to competitive values by introducing defects. This previously unexplained phenomenon has been investigated by monitoring the UV-induced decomposition of N_2O on well-defined single crystals of ceria by using infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS). The IRRAS data, in conjunction with theory, provide direct evidence that reducing the ceria(110) surface yields high photoreactivity. No such effects are seen on the (111) surface. The low-temperature photodecomposition of N_2O occurs at surface O vacancies on the (110) surface, where the electron-rich cerium cations with a significantly lowered coordination number cause a local lowering of the huge band gap (ca. 6 eV). The quantum efficiency of strongly reduced ceria(110) surfaces in the photodecomposition of N_2O amounts to 0.03 %, and is thus comparable to that reported for the photooxidation of CO on rutile TiO_2(110). (copyright 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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Angewandte Chemie (International Edition); ISSN 1433-7851; ; CODEN ACIEF5; v. 56(45); p. 14301-14305
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Funk, Felix; Long, Gary J.; Hautot, Dimitri; Buechi, Ruth; Christl, Iso; Weidler, Peter G., E-mail: funk@viforint.ch2001
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[en] The effectiveness of therapeutically used iron compounds is related to their physical and chemical properties. Four different iron compounds used in oral, intravenous, and intramuscular therapy have been examined by X-ray powder diffraction, iron-57 Moessbauer spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, BET surface area measurement, potentiometric titration and studied through dissolution kinetics determinations using acid, reducing and chelating agents. All compounds are nanosized with particle diameters, as determined by X-ray diffraction, ranging from 1 to 4.1 nm. The superparamagnetic blocking temperatures, as determined by Moessbauer spectroscopy, indicate that the relative diameters of the aggregates range from 2.5 to 4.1 nm. Three of the iron compounds have an akaganeite-like structure, whereas one has a ferrihydrite-like structure. As powders the particles form large and dense aggregates which have a very low surface area on the order of 1 m2 g-1. There is evidence, however, that in a colloidal solution the surface area is increased by two to three orders of magnitude, presumably as a result of the break up of the aggregates. Iron release kinetics by acid, chelating and reducing agents reflect the high surface area, the size and crystallinity of the particles, and the presence of the protective carbohydrate layer coating the iron compound. Within a physiologically relevant time period, the iron release produced by acid or large chelating ligands is small. In contrast, iron is rapidly mobilized by small organic chelating agents, such as oxalate, or by chelate-forming reductants, such as thioglycolate
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CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, COHERENT SCATTERING, COMPLEXES, DIFFRACTION, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, ELEMENTS, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, IRON ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MAGNETISM, MEDICINE, METALS, MICROSCOPY, NUCLEI, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, SCATTERING, STABLE ISOTOPES, SURFACE PROPERTIES, TITRATION, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, TRANSITION ELEMENTS, VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS
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[en] We have studied the magnetic properties of the SURMOF-2 series of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Contrary to bulk MOF-2 crystals, where Cu"2"+ ions form paddlewheels and are antiferromagnetically coupled, in this case the Cu"2"+ ions are connected via carboxylate groups in a zipper-like fashion. This unusual coupling of the spin "1/_2 ions within the resulting one-dimensional chains is found to stabilize a low-temperature, ferromagnetic (FM) phase. In contrast to other ordered 1D systems, no strong magnetic fields are needed to induce the ferromagnetism. The magnetic coupling constants describing the interaction between the individual metal ions have been determined in SQUID experiments. They are fully consistent with the results of ab initio DFT electronic structure calculations. The theoretical results allow the unusual magnetic behavior of this exotic, yet easy-to-fabricate, material to be described in a detailed fashion. (copyright 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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Angewandte Chemie (International Edition); ISSN 1433-7851; ; CODEN ACIEF5; v. 55(41); p. 12683-12687
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ANTIFERROMAGNETISM, CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS, CHAINS, COPPER IONS, CURIE POINT, DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD, ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE, FERROMAGNETISM, LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY, MAGNETIC FIELDS, MAGNETIC MOMENTS, MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS, TEMPERATURE RANGE 0013-0065 K, X-RAY DIFFRACTION
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Best, James P.; Michler, Johann; Maeder, Xavier; Liu, Jianxi; Wang, Zhengbang; Tsotsalas, Manuel; Liu, Jinxuan; Gliemann, Hartmut; Weidler, Peter G.; Redel, Engelbert; Wöll, Christof; Röse, Silvana; Oberst, Vanessa; Walheim, Stefan, E-mail: james.best@empa.ch, E-mail: engelbert.redel@kit.edu, E-mail: christof.woell@kit.edu, E-mail: james.best@empa.ch, E-mail: engelbert.redel@kit.edu, E-mail: christof.woell@kit.edu, E-mail: james.best@empa.ch, E-mail: engelbert.redel@kit.edu, E-mail: christof.woell@kit.edu2015
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[en] Thin-film multilayer stacks of mechanically hard magnetron sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) and mechanically soft highly porous surface anchored metal-organic framework (SURMOF) HKUST-1 were studied using nanoindentation. Crystalline, continuous, and monolithic surface anchored MOF thin films were fabricated using a liquid-phase epitaxial growth method. Control over respective fabrication processes allowed for tuning of the thickness of the thin film systems with a high degree of precision. It was found that the mechanical indentation of such thin films is significantly affected by the substrate properties; however, elastic parameters were able to be decoupled for constituent thin-film materials (E_I_T_O ≈ 96.7 GPa, E_H_K_U_S_T_−_1 ≈ 22.0 GPa). For indentation of multilayer stacks, it was found that as the layer thicknesses were increased, while holding the relative thickness of ITO and HKUST-1 constant, the resistance to deformation was significantly altered. Such an observation is likely due to small, albeit significant, changes in film texture, interfacial roughness, size effects, and controlling deformation mechanism as a result of increasing material deposition during processing. Such effects may have consequences regarding the rational mechanical design and utilization of MOF-based hybrid thin-film devices
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