Molybdenum(VI) oxosulfato complexes in MoO3-K2S2O7-K2SO4 molten mixtures: stoichiometry, vibrational properties, and molecular structures.

The structural and vibrational properties of molybdenum(VI) oxosulfato complexes formed in MoO(3)–K(2)S(2)O(7) and MoO(3)–K(2)S(2)O(7)–K(2)SO(4) molten mixtures under an O(2) atmosphere and static equilibrium conditions were studied by Raman spectroscopy at temperatures of 400–640 °C. The corresponding composition effects were explored in the X(MoO)(3)(0) = 0–0.5 range.

An operando Raman study of molecular structure and reactivity of molybdenum(VI) oxide supported on anatase for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane.

Supported molybdenum oxide catalysts on TiO(2) (anatase) with surface densities in the range of 1.8-17.0 Mo per nm(2) were studied at temperatures of 410-480 °C for unraveling the configuration and molecular structure of the deposited (MoO(x))(n) species and examining their behavior for the ethane oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH).

Stoichiometry, vibrational modes, and structure of niobium(V) oxosulfato complexes in the molten Nb(2)O(5)-K(2)S(2)O(7)-K(2)SO(4) system studied by Raman spectroscopy.

The structural and vibrational properties of NbV oxosulfato complexes formed in Nb2O5-K2S2O7 and Nb2O5-K2S2O7-K2SO4 molten mixtures with 0 C2n-; a simple formalism exploiting the relative Raman band intensities is used for determining the stoichiometric coefficient, n, pointing to n = 3 and to the following reaction: Nb2O5 + 3S2O72- --> 2NbO(SO4)33-, which is consistent with the Raman spectra of the molten mixtures.

Thermodynamic analysis of reaction equilibria in ionic and molecular liquid systems by high-temperature Raman spectroscopy.

A formalism for correlating relative Raman band intensities with the stoichiometric coefficients, the equilibrium constant, and the thermodynamics of reaction equilibria in solution is derived. The proposed method is used for studying: (1) the thermal dissociation of molten KHSO(4) in the temperature range 240-450 degrees C; (2) the dinuclear complex formation in molten TaCl(5)-AlCl(3) mixtures at temperatures between 125 and 235 degrees C. The experimental and calculational procedures for exploiting the temperature-dependent Raman band intensities in the molten phase as well as (if applicable) in the vapors thereof are described and used for determining the enthalpy of the equilibria: (1) 2HSO(4)(-)(l) <--> S(2)O(7)(2-)(l) + H(2)O(g), DeltaH(0)=64.

pH-Tunable rheological properties of a telechelic cationic polyelectrolyte reversible hydrogel.

Steady shear properties and linear and nonlinear viscoelastic behaviors of a poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly(dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate)-poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer, (PMMA-PDMAEMA-PMMA), telechelic polymers in salt-free aqueous solution have been investigated as a function of concentration and pH. Above a critical concentration, a transient physical network is formed through an association mechanism between hydrophobic end groups, leading to a gel-like behavior. The gel-like polymer solutions were shown to exhibit a peculiar flow behavior, associated with time fluctuation of the transient first normal stress difference, attributed to orientation effects of the stiff charged polymer chains.

Crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of Na(2)K(6)(VO)(2)(SO(4))(7).

Red-brown crystals of a new mixed alkali oxo sulfato vanadium(V) compound Na(2)K(6)(VO)(2)(SO(4))(7), suitable for X-ray determination, have been obtained from the catalytically important binary molten salt system M(2)S(2)O(7)-V(2)O(5) (M = 80% K and 20% Na). By slow cooling of a mixture with the mole fraction X(V(2)O(5)) = 0.24 from 325 degrees C, i.