Quantitative Study on Solubility Parameters and Related Thermodynamic Parameters of PVA with Different Alcoholysis Degrees

In recent years, inverse gas chromatography (IGC) and molecular dynamics simulation methods have been used to characterize the solubility parameters and surface parameters of polymers, which can provide quantitative reference for the further study of the surface and interface compatibility of polymer components in the future. In this paper, the solubility parameters and surface parameters of two kinds of common alcoholysis, PVA88 and PVA99, are studied by using the IGC method. The accuracy of the solubility parameters obtained by the IGC experiment is verified by molecular dynamics simulation. On the basis of this, the influence of repeated units of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) on solubility parameters is studied, so as to determine the appropriate chain length of the PVA for simulation verification calculation. The results show that the solubility parameters are not much different when the PVA chain length is 30 and above; the numerical trends of the solubility parameters of PVA88 and PVA99 at room temperature are the same as the results of molecular dynamics simulation; the dispersive surface energy γsd and the specific surface energy γssp are scattered with the temperature distribution and have a small dependence on temperature. On the whole, the surface energy of PVA99 with a higher alcoholysis degree is higher than that of PVA88 with a lower alcoholysis degree. The surface specific adsorption free energy (∆Gsp) indicates that both PVA88 and PVA99 are amphoteric meta-acid materials, and the acidity of PVA99 is stronger.

CALCULATION OF THE SURFACE PROPERTIES OF MICROELECTRONICS MATERIALS USING THE MODEL OF COORDINATION MELTING OF A CRYSTAL

In this work, it is shown that the model of coordination crystal melting makes it possible to calculate the values of the specific surface energy of elementary substances and the surface melting temperature of metals, and also relates the anisotropy of the specific surface energy of a crystal with its crystal structure, electron work function, and adhesion work.

Τhe role of surface energy in the apparent solubility of two different calcite crystal habits

The interplay between polymorphism and facet-specific surface energy on the dissolution of crystals is examined in this work. It is shown that, using cationic additives, it is possible to produce star-shaped calcite crystals at very high supersaturations. In crystallization processes following the Ostwald rule of stages these star-shaped crystals appear to have higher solubility than both their rhombohedral counterparts and needle-shaped aragonite crystals. The vapour pressures of vaterite, aragonite, star-shaped calcite and rhombohedral calcite crystals are measured using thermogravimetric analysis and the corresponding enthalpies of melting are obtained. Using inverse gas chromatography, the surface energy of the aforementioned crystals is measured as well and the surface energy of the main crystal facets is calculated. Combining the effect of facet-specific surface energies and the enthalpies of melting on a modified version of the classical solubility equation for regular solutions, it is proved that the star-shaped calcite crystals can indeed have higher apparent solubility than aragonitecrystals.

Properties of CrSi2 Layers Obtained by Rapid Heat Treatment of Cr Film on Silicon

The changes in the morphology and the electrophysical properties of the Cr/n-Si (111) structure depending on the rapid thermal treatment were considered in this study. The chromium films of about 30 nm thickness were deposited via magnetron sputtering. The rapid thermal treatment was performed by the irradiation of the substrate’s back side with the incoherent light flux of the quartz halogen lamps in nitrogen medium up to 200–550 °C. The surface morphology was investigated, including the grain size, the roughness parameters and the specific surface energy using atomic force microscopy. The resistivity value of the chromium films on silicon was determined by means of the four-probe method. It was established that at the temperatures of the rapid thermal treatment up to 350 °С one can observe re-crystallization of the chromium films with preservation of the fine grain morphology of the surface, accompanied by a reduction in the grain sizes, specific surface energy and the value of specific resistivity. At the temperatures of the rapid thermal treatment from 400 to 550 °С there originates the diffusion synthesis of the chromium disilicide CrSi2 with the wave-like surface morphology, followed by an increase in the grain sizes, roughness parameters, the specific surface energy and the specific resistivity value.

Зависимость поверхностной энергии от температуры и давления для макро- и нанокристалла

Based on the RP-model of a nanocrystal, an analytical method is developed for calculating the specific surface energy (), isochoric and isobaric derivatives of the  function with respect to temperature, and isothermal derivatives of the  function with respect to pressure and density. It is shown that the method is applicable for both macro-and nanocrystals with a given number of atoms and a certain surface shape. To implement this method, the parameters of the Mie–Lennard-Jones paired interatomic potential were determined in a self-consistent way based on the thermoelastic properties of the crystal. The method was tested on macrocrystals of 15 single-component substances: for 8-FCC crystals (Cu, Ag, Au, Al, Ni, Rh, Pd, Pt) and for 7-BCC crystals (Fe, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W). The calculations were made at different temperatures and showed good agreement with the experimental data. Using the example of FCC-Rh, the change in surface properties with a decrease of the nanocrystal size along the isotherms of 10, 300, 2000 K is studied. It is shown that at high pressures and low temperatures, there is a region where the  function increases at an isomorphic-isothermal-isobaric decrease in the nanocrystal size. As the temperature increases, this area disappears.

Изменение свойств железа при ОЦК-ГЦК-фазовом переходе

Using the previously developed method for calculating crystal properties based on the Mie–Lennard-Jones pair potential, the thermodynamic properties of the BCC and FCC phases of iron at the temperature of the polymorphic BCC-FCC phase transition are calculated. 23 properties of iron and their changes during the BCC-FCC transition are calculated. Calculations have shown that properties such as the Gruneisen parameter, the coefficient of thermal expansion, and the heat capacity practically do not change during the BCC-FCC transition. The elastic modulus, specific entropy, Poisson's ratio, and specific surface energy change in the same way as the molar volume, i.e. within 1%. The Debye temperature and its pressure derivative decrease at the BCC-FCC transition in the same way as the distance between the centers of the nearest atoms increases, i.e. within 2-3%. Based on the analysis of experimental data known from the literature, it is shown that even relatively accurately measured parameters such as the coefficient of thermal expansion and elastic modulus are measured with an error exceeding the values of jumps in these parameters at the BCC-FCC transition. It is indicated that amorphization or nanostructuring of a certain portion of iron during the BCC-FCC transition can contribute to changes in the properties of iron during this phase transition.

Adhesion Hysteresis due to Chemical Heterogeneity

According the JKR theory of adhesive contact, changes of the contact configuration after formation of the adhesive neck and before detaching are completely reversible. This means, that after formation of the initial contact, the force-distance dependencies should coincide, independently on the direction of the process (indentation or pull-off). In the majority of real systems, this invariance is not observed. The reasons for this may be either plastic deformation in the contacting bodies or surface roughness. One further mechanism of irreversibility (and corresponding energy dissipation) may be chemical heterogeneity of the contact interface leading to the spatial dependence of the specific work of adhesion. In the present paper, this "chemical" mechanism is analyzed on a simple example of an axisymmetric contact (with axisymmetric heterogeneity). It is shown that in the asymptotic case of a "microscopic heterogeneity", the system follows, during both indentation and pull-off, JKR curves, however, corresponding to different specific surface energies. After the turning point of the movement, the contact area first does not change and the transition from one JKR curve to the other occurs via a linear dependency of the force on indentation depth. The macroscopic behavior is not sensitive to the absolute and relative widths of the regions with different surface energy but depends mainly on the values of the specific surface energy.

Изучение свойств сплава золото-железо в макро- и нанокристаллических состояниях в различных P-T-условиях

For a disordered fcc-Au-Fe substitution alloy, the parameters of the Mie–Lennard-Jones pairwise interatomic potential are determined. Based on these parameters, the concentration dependencies of lattice properties for the macrocrystal of this alloy are calculated. Calculations of 20 properties of macrocrystals fcc-Au, fcc-Fe and fcc-Au0.5Fe0.5 are showed good agreement with experimental data. Using the RP-model of the nanocrystal, the state equation P(v, T; N) and baric dependences of both lattice and surface properties of the fcc-Au0.5Fe0.5 alloy are calculated. Calculations were performed at temperatures T = 100, 300 and 500 K for both a macrocrystal (N = Macro) and a cubic nanocrystal with N = 306 atoms. It is shown that with an isothermal-isobaric (P = 0) decrease in the size of a nanocrystal, its the Debye temperature, elastic modulus, and specific surface energy decrease, while its the specific volume, thermal expansion coefficient, specific heat capacity, and Poisson's ratio increase. At low temperatures in a certain pressure region, the specific surface energy increases at an isothermal-isobaric decrease in the number of atoms in the nanocrystal. As the temperature increases, this pressure region disappears.

Размерная зависимость упругих свойств нанокристалла аргона

The state equation ( P ) and isothermal elastic modulus ( B ) are calculated for argon macro- and nanocrystals at T = 10 K using in the framework the RP(vac)-model of nanocrystal. The isochoric and isobaric (at P = 0) dependences of the Debye temperature (Θ), of the first (γ) and second ( q ) Grüneisen parameters, as well as the specific surface energy (σ), B and B '( P ) = (∂ B /∂ P )_ T , are studied as the functions of size and shape of the nanocrystal. As shown, the isothermally isobaric decrease in nanocrystal size is accompanied by a decrease in functions Θ, q , σ, B and B '( P ) and by an increase in the γ parameter. However, the elastic modulus rises in the case of the isothermally isochoric decrease in the nanocrystal size. When the nanocrystal deviates from its most energetically optimal shape (a cube for the RP(vac)-model), the size dependences of these functions become more noticeable.