Formation sequence of solid-electrolyte-interphases and impacts on lithium deposition and dissolution on copper: an in-situ atomic force microscopic study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Wei Wang ◽  
Yu Gu ◽  
Hao Yan ◽  
Kai-Xuan Li ◽  
Zhao-Bin Chen ◽  
...  

Copper is a most widely used substrate for Li deposition and dissolution in lithium metal anodes, which are complicated by the formation of solid-electrolyte-interphases (SEIs) whose physical and chemical properties...

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Liu ◽  
Shijun Yu ◽  
Xiaoshan Zhu ◽  
Ran Liao ◽  
Zepeng Zhuo ◽  
...  

Microplastics (MPs) have become the widespread contaminants, which raises concerns on their ecological hazards. In-situ detection of MP in water bodies is essential for clear assessment of the ecological risks of MPs. The present study proposes a method based on polarized light scattering which measures the polarization parameters of the scattered light at 120° to detect MP in water. This method takes the advantage of in-situ measurement of the individual particles and the experimental setup in principle is used. By use of the measured polarization parameters equipped by machine learning, the standard polystyrene (PS) spheres, natural water sample, and lab-cultured microalgae are explicitly discriminated, and MP with different physical and chemical properties can be differentiated. It can also characterize the weathering of different MP and identify the specific type from multiple types of MP. This study explores the capability of the proposed method to detect the physical and chemical properties, weathering state and concentration of MP in water which promises the future application in water quality sensing and monitoring.


Soil Research ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
AJ Koppi

A common toposequence on Bunya Phyllite in south-east Queensland was studied in detail at a representative site. Four sample profiles on the slope are described, and some physical and chemical properties are given. The clay minerals, derived from the weathering of the quartz-sericite-chlorite phyllite, comprise dioctahedral mica, dioctahedral vermiculite, an interstratification of these minerals, and kaolin. Properties are related to the slope; and the clay-rich horizon of the middle and lower slopes is considered to be formed mostly by in situ weathering. The classification of the genetic unit given by the slope and parent material is discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (34) ◽  
pp. 18882-18890
Author(s):  
Adam H. Clark ◽  
Nadia Acerbi ◽  
Philip A. Chater ◽  
Shusaku Hayama ◽  
Paul Collier ◽  
...  

In situ studies on the physical and chemical properties of the interaction with hydrogen with a ceria coated alumina supported Au catalyst using fluorescence detection X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy and X-ray total scattering.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuedong Bai ◽  
Zhi Xu ◽  
Peng Gao ◽  
Kaihui Liu ◽  
Wenlong Wang ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIn-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) method is powerful in a way that it can directly correlate the atomic-scale structure with physical and chemical properties. We will report on the construction and applications of the homemade in-situ TEM electrical and optical holders. Electrical transport of carbon nanotubes and photoconducting response on bending of individual ZnO nanowires have been studied inside TEM. Oxygen vacancy electromigration and its induced resistance switching effect have been probed in CeO2 films.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Gomes ◽  
Carlos Lobo ◽  
Luiz Colnago

The number of applications of time domain NMR using low-field spectrometers in research and development has been steadily increasing in recent years with applications ranging from quality control of industrial products to the study of physical and chemical properties of a wide array of solid and liquid samples to, most recently, electrochemical studies. In this mini-review we summarize the progress that has been achieved in the coupling between time domain NMR (using low-field spectrometers) and electrochemistry and how the challenges that this coupling poses have been overcome over the years. We also highlight the effect that the static magnetic field of the NMR spectrometer has on the electrochemical systems.


2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (75) ◽  
pp. 2450-2456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Rea ◽  
Paola Giardina ◽  
Sara Longobardi ◽  
Fabrizio Porro ◽  
Valeria Casuscelli ◽  
...  

Hydrophobins are small proteins secreted by fungi, which self-assemble into amphipathic membranes at air–liquid or liquid–solid interfaces. The physical and chemical properties of some hydrophobins, both in solution and as a biofilm, are affected by poly or oligosaccharides. We have studied the interaction between glucose and the hydrophobin Vmh2 from Pleurotus ostreatus by spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and water contact angle (WCA). We have found that Vmh2–glucose complexes forms a chemically stable biofilm, obtained by drop deposition on silicon, 1.6 nm thick and containing 35 per cent of glucose, quantified by SE. AFM highlighted the presence of nanometric rodlet-like aggregates (average height, width and length being equal to 3.6, 23.8 and 40 nm, respectively) on the biofilm surface, slightly different from those obtained in the absence of glucose (4.11, 23.9 and 64 nm). The wettability of a silicon surface, covered by the organic layer of Vmh2–glucose, strongly changed: WCA decreased from 90° down to 17°.


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