IR spectroscopic study of the displacement of an SF monolayer on graphite by Xe.

We report a study of displacement by xenon of a monolayer of sulphur hexafluoride initially condensed on a graphite surface. Earlier work showed that, below 112 K, Xe displaces SF almost completely in a first-order transition. Working at higher temperatures, we show that this system has a simple eutectic-like phase diagram, at least for SF not too dilute.

Solution and displacement in monolayer and multilayer binary films of SF6 and CF4 on graphite.

Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy is used to study the evolution of binary physisorbed films on graphite. A predeposited monolayer of SF6 is exposed to slowly increasing pressure of CF4 at constant temperature between 80 and 113 K. Shifts in the frequencies of the dominant vibrational mode of each species due to resonant dipole-dipole coupling serve as proxies for the areal density of each species in the monolayer.

Phase diagram of the CF₄ monolayer and bilayer on graphite.

We report an experimental study of physisorbed monolayers and bilayers of CF4 on graphite using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy supplemented by ellipsometry. The symmetric C-F stretch mode ν3 near 1283 cm(-1) in the gas is strongly blue shifted in the film by dynamic dipole coupling. This blue shift provides a very sensitive measure of the inter-molecular spacing in the monolayer and, less directly, in the bilayer.

Adsorption of CF4 on graphite preplated with a monolayer of CF3Cl.

We report a study of the adsorption of CF(4) on graphite preplated with a monolayer of CF(3)Cl, using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy combined with ellipsometry. The saturated vapor pressure of CF(3)Cl is nearly 3 orders of magnitude smaller than that of CF(4) at the same temperature, so the main control variables are the temperature and the pressure (or chemical potential) of CF(4), together with the initial coverage of CF(3)Cl. The temperature range covered is 60-105 K.

Study of SF6 adsorption on graphite using infrared spectroscopy.

We report an experimental study of adsorbed monolayers of SF(6) on graphite using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy supplemented by ellipsometry. The asymmetric S-F stretch mode nu(3) near 948 cm(-1) in the gas is strongly blueshifted in the film by dynamic dipole coupling. This blueshift is very sensitive to the intermolecular spacing in the SF(6) layer.

Infrared spectroscopic study of C(2)F(6) monolayers and bilayers on graphite.

We report an experimental study of adsorbed films of C(2)F(6) on graphite by using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy supplemented by ellipsometry. The vibrational C-F stretch modes nu(5) (parallel to the molecular axis) and nu(7) (perpendicular) in the film are strongly blueshifted by dynamic dipole coupling, and these shifts are sensitive to lattice spacing and molecular tilt. The relative strength of the absorption peaks mainly depends on the tilt angle relative to the surface normal.