Fluorescence Record Diagnostics of 3D Rough-Surface Landscapes With Nano-Scale Inhomogeneities

The paper proposes a new approach that enables the structure analysis and reconstruction of a rough surface where the height of inhomogeneities (from the depression to the upper point) varies within the spread about 20 nm. For the surface diagnostics, carbon nanoparticles are used, which serve as sensitive probes of the local surface height. A single nanoparticle can be positioned at a desirable point of the studied surface with the help of an optical tweezer employing the He-Ne laser radiation. Then the particle is illuminated by the strongly focused exciting beam of 405 nm wavelength, with the waist plane precisely fixed at a certain distance from the surface base plane. The particle’s luminescence response (in the yellow-green spectral range) strongly depends on the distance between the exciting beam waist and the particle, thus indicating the local height of the surface. After scanning the surface area and the consecutive interpolation, the surface “vertical” landscape can be reconstructed with a high accuracy: the numerical simulation shows that the RMS surface roughness is restored with an accuracy of 6.9% while the landscape itself is reconstructed with the mean error 7.7%.

Photophysical and Photochemical Properties of Polyurethane Coumarin Studied by Means of Electronic Spectra

The spectroscopic and photochemical properties of polyurethane coumarine (PUC) in dimethyl sulf-oxide (DMSO), thetra hydro furan (THF), dimethyl formamide (DMF) and film state were investigated at room temperature under one photon excitation. Photodimer products were formed via UV irradiation. Syn head-to-head and syn head-to-tail photodimers were formed under one-photon (broadband UV) irradiation in polar solvents. The spectral investigation of the photochemical products of PUC revealed efficient fluorescence emission in the spectral region 300�400 nm, attributed to the syn-head-to-tail dimers of PUC. The results show that under irradiation of l ] 310 nm photodimerization process are increased and under UV irradiation with l [ 260 nm, photocleavage degree have been evidenced, too. Fluorescence spectra analysis of PUC in polar and film-based solvents reveals another very important result. The 375nm fluorescence wavelength of the PUC (exciting beam 310 nm) is about 30 times more intense than the same maximum in THF and in DMF. This result indicates a new method to confirm that PUC film photodimerisation occurs especially at its surface.

Measurement of synchrotron-radiation-excited Kossel patterns

Kossel line patterns contain information on the crystalline structure, such as the magnitude and the phase of Bragg reflections. For technical reasons, most of these patterns are obtained using electron beam excitation, which leads to surface sensitivity that limits the spatial extent of the structural information. To obtain the atomic structure in bulk volumes, X-rays should be used as the excitation radiation. However, there are technical problems, such as the need for high resolution, low noise, large dynamic range, photon counting, two-dimensional pixel detectors and the small spot size of the exciting beam, which have prevented the widespread use of Kossel pattern analysis. Here, an experimental setup is described, which can be used for the measurement of Kossel patterns in a reasonable time and with high resolution to recover structural information.

Fatigue Life Analysis of Shaking Table’s Exciting Beam Based on Finite Element Analysis

With large scale increases of the train speed, the development of one reliability test bed which can simulate vibration environment becomes the extremely urgent task. The shaking table is one of key reliability test equipments, and its design and development is in needs immediately. The fatigue strength is basic design index of shaking table. Based on the load time history acquired by track spectrum, combined with finite element model of exciting beam and material properties, the fatigue life of exciting beam is predicted by Miner cumulative damage rule method in this paper.

MODULATED ELECTRON EMISSION BY SCATTERING-INTERFERENCE OF PRIMARY ELECTRONS

We review the effects of scattering-interference of the primary, exciting beam on the electron emission from ordered atomic arrays. The yield of elastically and inelastically backscattered electrons, Auger electrons and secondary electrons shows a marked dependence on the incidence angle of primary electrons. Both the similarity and the relative importance of processes experienced by incident and excident electrons are discussed. We also present recent studies of electron focusing and defocusing along atomic chains. The interplay between these two processes determines the in-depth profile of the primary electron intensity anisotropy. Finally, the potential for surface-structural studies and limits for quantitative analysis are discussed, in comparison with the Auger electron diffraction (AED) and photoelectron diffraction (PD) techniques.

Optimization of Trxf Spectrometer with Bent Cut-Off Filter

A nickel-coated glass plate was used as a reflecting surface in the TRXF spectrometer with a log spiral bent cut-off filter. Optimal choice of the reflecting material has enabled us to lower the detection limit up to five times. A possibility to increase the spectrometer sensitivity by using an additional reflector bent into a transcendental profile to provide a required angular divergence of the exciting beam has been discussed.

Determination of Azo Dyes by Resonance-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

An examination of the feasibility of using Raman spectroscopy to determine strongly absorbing solutes has been made, with the use of the azo dyes Eriochrome Blue SE, Eriochrome Black T, and Eriochrome Blue Black B as target compounds. These compounds are representative of the large class of dyes which are not easily determined because of their low volatility. They also are examples of compounds which absorb strongly, causing pronounced nonlinear behavior when attempts are made to use resonance-enhanced bands to improve analytical limits of detection, and which produce intense fluorescence which interferes with Raman bands when the strong 514-nm band of the argon-ion laser is used for excitation. The efficacy of internal standard correction for eliminating the effects of self-reversal and variation in intensity of the exciting beam is demonstrated. Limits of detection for the three compounds listed above are 99 ppb, 340 ppb, and 1.5 ppm, respectively.

Quantitative Depth Profiling of Biporous Nickel Electrodes by Frequency-Domain Laser-Induced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Frequency-domain Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) was used with a He-Ne laser exciting beam to probe commercially available, powdered and pressed nickel electrodes with dual-porosity profiles. The frequency response of the electrodes was shown to be capable of providing quantitative information about the thermal conductivity and diffusivity of each of the two porous layers, provided the depth of the porosity junction in the electrode bulk is known. The reasonable agreement of the experimental data with a one-dimensional mathematical model of the photoacoustic response from a two-layer, photoacoustically saturated, continuous system indicates that powdered and pressed nickel electrodes behave photoacoustically approximately like a simple continuous composite-layer solid. This conclusion, together with experimental PAS results from uniporous electrodes, emphasizes the high potential of photoacoustic spectroscopy as a nondestructive, depth profiling, analytical technique for the determination of complex porosity profiles in electrodes manufactured for use in electrochemical energy conversion devices, such as fuel cells.