The mixed conductor La 2 NiO 4+δ is an attractive candidate for SOFC cathodes and oxygen separation membranes. For this purpose long term stability is required. Its structural as well as defect and transport properties have been extensively studied during the last decades but are still not fully understood. La 2 NiO 4+δ is the first member of the Ruddlesden-Popper phases La 2n+1 Ni n O 3n+1 where n=1, 2, 3,… determines the stacking sequence along the c-axis which consists of n perovskite layers between any two rock-salt layers. The rock salt layer accommodates oxygen interstitial ions, providing oxygen excess δ up to 0.25 [1,2]. The aim of this study is to understand the anisotropic morphological and structural change of the near-surface region of a single crystal of La 2 NiO 4+δ that we observed above 1273K.[3] These structural and morphological changes were studied using SEM as well as TEM (HAADF & BF) Tantalum forms a series of polytypic sulfides of general composition Cu y Ta 1+x S 2 . [1,2] The layered-type phases are good electronic and ionic conductors. The mobile Cu ions (y) and excess Ta (x) are inserted in spatially separated van der Waals gaps of a layered TaS 2 host structure. Oxidative deintercalation of Cu with iodine affords new polymorphs of Ta 1+x S 2 .They differ from known polymorphs accessible from the elements at temperatures above 1250 K by higher order staging, i.e. excess Ta (x) does accumulate in part of the van der Waals gaps thereby conferring lubricant-like properties to theses Ta-rich disulfides. The polymorphs can be classified by a code nN; n counts the number of TaS 2 slabs in the repeat unit and N refers to the lattice symmetry, i.e., H for hexagonal, T for trigonal, R for rhombohedral. The structure of a ternary 4H polytype is presented which upon progressive deintercalation of Cu topotactically transforms into a differing 4H polymorph. The transition is reflected in the divergent X-ray diffractograms showing an offset of the reflection and a drastic change in the intensity modulation of the reflections of the h0l zone. Structural features of the two polymorphs derived from the distinctive intensity modulations are high-lighted and discussed in the light of known polymorphs. Electronic and mechanistic aspects of the transformation are discussed.[1] Harbrecht B., Kreiner G., Z. anorg. Allg. Chem., 572 (1989) 2 , platinum(II) is positioned at a centre of inversion with a pseudo-square planar coordination geometry with Pt-S distances in the range 2.284(13) -2.332(2) Å at 202 K and 2.305(12) -2.327(5) at 295 K. The ligand tetrahydrotiophene possesses a conformational flexibility, manifested by a dynamic disorder. There is a phase change at 201(1) K with the b-axis doubled and a third phase with the b-axis tripled is observe at 150 and 100 K. The checkCIF/PLATON service (IUCr) gives eight Clevel alerts at 295 K which are reduced to four at 202 K. The room temperature phase has a c-axis showing negative expansion behaviour. Thermal expansion coefficients as well as diagonalised...
We investigated the compound 1T-Cu Ta S with respect to its synthesis, homogeneity range, structure and electronic properties. The average structure of 1T-Cu Ta S resembles that of the high-temperature phase of the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1T-TaS in which tantalum is partially substituted by copper. 1T-Cu Ta S readily decomposes at elevated temperatures and can only be prepared and stabilized by a sufficiently high amount of sulfur excess. XPS and NEXAFS measurements reveal that copper has the oxidation state +I in 1T-Cu Ta S, which is supported by quantum chemical calculations. The disorder introduced by copper doping causes an Anderson-type localization of the conduction electrons as manifested by a strong increase of the electrical resistivity and a Curie-type paramagnetism at low temperatures as in other doped systems 1T-M Ta S with higher valent metals. Quantum chemical calculations support this interpretation.
Zunächst stellte sich das Deutsche Museum Bonn vor: Es ist das erste Museum für zeitgenössische Forschung und Technik und eine Dependance des weltberühmten Deutschen Museums in München. Wie in München werden auch in Bonn herausragende Exponate aus Naturwissenschaft und Technik gezeigt. Eine spezielle Didaktik bringt sie den Besuchern nahe: mit Modellen und Experimenten. Das Technikmuseum will anregen, begeistern und Fragen stellen, auch mit besonderen Angeboten. Die Organisation von Veranstaltungen (Events), gehört heute zum Alltag des Museums. Am Beispiel des Deutschen Museums ließ sich dann aufzeigen, dass »Events« keine Neuschöpfung unserer Zeit sind, sondern sie es schon immer gab. Ein Vorreiter von Veranstaltungen und Vergnügungen im Museumsbereich war der vorausschauende Museumsgründer Oskar von Miller. Er hatte die Vision, Bildung und Vergnügen miteinander zu verbinden, in die Tat umgesetzt. Er war es, der besonderen Wert auf die allgemeinverständliche Erklärung der Naturphänomene, Prozesse und Apparate legte. Die vermutlich wichtigste Neuerung aber war der umfassende Einsatz von voll funktionsfähigen Originalen, Nachbauten und Modellen und von Demonstrationsversuchen zur Selbstbetätigung. Grundprinzip war, dass das Deutsche Museum vor allem unterhaltsam sein sollte. Auch der Umzug von der provisorischen Unterkunft in den Neubau auf der sogenannten Kohleninsel 1925 war ein Spektakel für die breite Öffentlichkeit, heute würde man sagen ein »Event« reinsten Wassers: ein Festzug mit verkleideten Menschen, geschmückten Festwagen, welche die Exponate, z.T. große Flugzeuge, trugen. Oskar von Miller hatte den fünf traditionellen Aufgaben des Museums (Sammeln, Bewahren, Forschen, Dokumentieren, Vermitteln) eine sechste hinzugefügt, nämlich das Unterhalten. Ausgehend von nachfolgenden Definitionen verschiedener Soziologen und von Erziehungswissenschaftlern wurde lange über den Begriff »Event« und seine Bedeutung für Museen diskutiert. Events sind:
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