Microscopic Study of Metal Hydrides using Electron Spin resonance

1980 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. L. Venturini

ABSTRACTElectron spin resonance (ESR) of dilute paramagnetic ions in nonmagnetic metallic hydrides provides microscopic information about the hydrogen ions in the immediate vicinity of the impurity. By comparing ESR spectra for different host metals and several hydrogen/metal ratios, one can determine material properties including host lattice symmetry, phase boundaries and occupation of available sites by hydrogen. Examples are presented of ESR of dilute Er in group IIIB and IVB metal hydrides, demonstrating the sensitivity and versatility of ESR as a spectroscopic technique.

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1831-1839 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Forbes ◽  
P. D. Sullivan

Polycrystalline amino acids, when irradiated with 2537 Å light, afford a variety of electron spin resonance signals. These signals are generally stable at room temperature for relatively long periods of time. For a number of the spectra obtained, there is evidence that more than one radical species contributes to the observed spectra. The signals obtained frequently differ from those obtained on exposure to ionizing radiation. The postulated species formed can often be visualized as being formed by effective hydrogen abstraction from the alkyl-substituted tertiary carbon atom or from the —OH, —SH or —NH group contained in the side chain. For L-phenylalanine a secondary radical is obtained, which is ascribed to a cyclohexadienyl radical.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Chen ◽  
T. Foster ◽  
J. K. S. Wan

Contact radical ion-pairs of ammonium and fluoro-substituted ketones were generated in photochemical systems and their here-to-fore elusive esr spectra were characterized.


MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (32) ◽  
pp. 1831-1836
Author(s):  
C. L. Saiz ◽  
E. Castro ◽  
L. M. Martinez ◽  
S. R. J. Hennadige ◽  
L. Echegoyen ◽  
...  

ABSRTACTIn this article, we report low-temperature electron spin resonance (ESR) investigations carried out on solution processed three-layer inverted solar cell structures: PC61BM/CH3NH3PbI3/PEDOT:PSS/Glass, where PC61BM and PEDOT:PSS act as electron and hole transport layers, respectively. ESR measurements were conducted on ex-situ light (1 Sun) illuminated samples. We find two distinct ESR spectra. First ESR spectra resembles a typical powder pattern, associated with gx = gy = 4.2; gz = 9.2, found to be originated from Fe3+ extrinsic impurity located in the glass substrate. Second ESR spectra contains a broad (peak-to-peak line width ∼ 10 G) and intense ESR signal appearing at g = 2.008; and a weak, partly overlapped, but much narrower (peak-to-peak line width ∼ 4 G) ESR signal at g = 2.0022. Both sets of ESR spectra degrade in intensity upon light illumination. The latter two signals were found to stem from light-induced silicon dangling bonds and oxygen vacancies, respectively. Our controlled measurements confirm that these centers were generated during UV-ozone treatment of the glass substrate –a necessary step to be performed before PEDOT:PSS is spin coated. This work forms a significant step in understanding the light-induced- as well as extrinsic defects in perovskite solar cell materials.


Clay Minerals ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. U. Gehring ◽  
R. Karthein

AbstractElectron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and calorimetric methods were used to characterize conversion processes in multimineral samples from the Northampton ironstone (NIS) at temperatures between 25°C and 800°C. The beginning of the thermal conversion processes can be determined by the formation of asymmetric ESR spectra with g ≈ 2 at 250°C. The breakdown of the berthierine structure between 250°C and 520°C is indicated by the disappearance of the hyperfine splitting in the Mn2+ spectrum and the formation of magnetite. The decomposition of siderite and calcite was found by calorimetric methods at 580°C and 700°C, respectively. The hematite formation between 550°C and 800°C is explained by the decomposition of siderite but also by the oxidation of previously formed magnetite. The occurrence of hematite as the dominant ferric oxide at 800°C signifies the end of the conversion process of the major mineral phases in the NIS samples.


1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Plancherel ◽  
D. R. Eaton

Electron spin resonance spectra are reported from a number of radicals derived from 2,4-pentadione substituted at the 3 position with nitroxide-containing groups. If the substituent is t-butyl nitroxide no metal complexes are formed. This is attributed to steric factors which prevent the formation of the enol form of the β-diketone. If the substituent is trifluoromethyl nitroxide two types of metal complex have been observed. The esr spectra of the first type are very similar to that of the uncomplexed radical. Such complexes are formed with Co(III) and Al(III). The esr spectra of the second type show considerably increased 14N and 19F hyperfine coupling constants and in some cases large couplings to the metal nucleus. Complexes for the second type have been observed with Pd(II), Pt(II), and Rh(III). The possible structures of these radicals are discussed.


1983 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Shimokoshi ◽  
R. Norman Jones

The method of self-deconvolution is applied to the resolution enhancement of electron spin resonance spectra (ESR). The component lineshapes of ESR spectra are basically Lorentzian, but they often carry strong Gaussian perturbations. Deconvolution with a finite impulse response operator filter to enhance the resolution of Lorentzian and Gaussian ESR band envelopes is discussed and a more general function is derived for Gauss-Lorentz convolute (Voigt) lineshapes. The method is applied initially to the simulated isotropic ESR spectrum of the ethyl radical in the liquid state and to a simulated anisotropic spectrum of a crystalline powder. Application to real spectra is illustrated by the anisotropic spectrum of bis(acetylacetonato)-copper(II) [Cu(AcAc)2] in ethanol solution at 140 K in order to resolve the hyperfine lines. The perpendicular component of this spectrum is notable for its poor resolution.


2015 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney J. Blanch ◽  
Curt Wentrup

The four isomeric α-, ortho-, meta-, and para-trifluoromethylphenylcarbenes were generated by photolysis of the corresponding 3-phenyl-3-trifluoromethyldiazirene 1 or the four isomeric trifluoromethylphenyldiazomethanes 2 and 4–6. The four corresponding triplet trifluoromethylphenylcarbenes 3 and 7–9 were observed by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy in Ar matrices at 14 K. The α- and ortho-carbenes 3 and 7 and the ortho- and para-carbenes 7 and 9 interconvert partially when generated by short-wavelength photolysis (350 nm) before intersystem crossing to the triplet states. The triplet states do not undergo further Carbene-Carbene interconversion. The interconversions are assumed to take place via the meta-trifluoromethylphenylcarbene 8. When the ortho- and para-carbenes are generated by long-wavelength photolysis (>450 nm), the discrete, non-interconverting triplet carbenes are observed in the ESR spectra. Flash vacuum thermolysis of the diazirene 1 at 500°C afforded a mixture of bis(trifluoromethyl)heptafulvalenes 11, bis(trifluoromethyl)stilbenes 12, and bis(trifluoromethyl)anthracenes 13, and the presence of their likely precursor(s), trifluoromethylcycloheptatetraene(s), was confirmed by a peak at 1830 cm–1 in the Ar matrix IR spectrum. In addition, at 700°C, four monomeric carbene rearrangement products were isolated and characterised, viz. 1,1,2-trifluorobenzocyclobutene 14, 1′,2′,2′-trifluorostyrene 15, and 1- and 2-trifluoromethylfulvenallenes 16 and 17.


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