Passive layers on tin, CuSn4 and CuSn19 were prepared in 0.1 N KOH (pH 12.5) under potentiostatic control with systematic variation of the relevant parameters, such as potential and time, and examined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy...
Keywords: Sn, CuSn, XPS, Passivity
11/2005 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSurface analytical findings of thick anodic passive layers on titanium are discussed and analysed in order to give a critical overview about possible artefacts for the system Ti/TiO2...
Keywords: Anodic Oxide on Titanium, Surface Morphology, XPS, AES, Sputter Effects
11/2005 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagSurface studies of ionic liquids are particularly important for all kinds of multiphasic operations employing ionic liquids, e.g. biphasic homogeneous catalysis or supported ionic liquid phase catalysis...
Keywords: Ionic Liquids, XPS, Surface, Composition, Orientation
10/2006 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagIn this study the rate and extent of mercury incorporation into different morphological fractions, i.e., fibers, mechanically peeled fibers, primary and secondary fines, of an unbleached softwood kraft pulp were evaluated...
Keywords: ESCA, extractives, fiber surfaces, fines, lignin, mercurization, softwood kraft pulp, XPS
01/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterThree different XPS methods based on the O/C atomic ratio, C1 carbon content, and Hg amount are compared in this study to quantify the surface coverage of various pulp fiber surfaces by lignin and extractives...
Keywords: ESCA, extractives, fiber surfaces, lignin, mercurization, softwood kraft pulp, thermomechanical pulp, wheat-straw pulp, XPS
01/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterDifferent methods for estimation of the surface coverage by extractives and lignin were critically compared...
Keywords: chemical pulp, ESCA, lignin, surface chemistry, spectrometry, thermomechanical pulp, wood extractives, XPS
03/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterThe electronic attributes of an electrochemically deposited copper monolayer on Au(111) were compared to its bulk equivalent by XPS experiments...
Keywords: Cu-UPD, Ag-UPD, XPS, Surface Core Level Shifts, Thymine Adsorption
09/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagMultiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been pretreated with HNO3 and used for the adsorption of radionuclide 152+154Eu(III) from aqueous solutions...
Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, Eu(III), Adsorption, XPS, Kinetic desorption
01/2008 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag