As a prototypical polyatomic molecule, ethylene, C2H4, has been of interest from the earliest days of electronmolecule collision studies 1 and has continued to attract interest up to the present 2 . Recent careful and detailed measurements 3 of the low-energy elastic differential cross section DCS pose a challenge to theory, exhibiting features that have not been reproduced in high-level calcul...

Electrochemical CO2 transformation to high-value ethylene (C2H4) at high currents and efficiencies is desired yet remains a grand challenge. We show for the first time that coupling single Sb atoms oxygen vacancies of CuO enable synergistic electrocatalytic reduction C2H4 low overpotentials. Highly dispersed occupying metal substitutional sites are synthesized under mild conditions. The overall...

In this study, multi wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were synthesized by Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using two different catalysts (Fe nanoparticles) and (Ni nanoparticles) with  two different substrates: Quartz and Alumina. Acetylene gas was used as a carbon source and Argon as a carrier gas at different temperatures and different times to study the effects of these parameters on CNT...

In this study, multi wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were synthesized by Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using two different catalysts (Fe nanoparticles) and (Ni nanoparticles) with  two different substrates: Quartz and Alumina. Acetylene gas was used as a carbon source and Argon as a carrier gas at different temperatures and different times to study the effects of these parameters on CNT...

By using the first-principles density functional theory, we calculate the partial charge densities and STM images for the intradimer di-σ and interdimer end-bridge adsorption configurations of ethylene on Ge(001). Our simulated STM images show the effects of ethylene adsorption and clarify that, although STM images and surface structures evolve as the adsorption sites of ethylene on Ge(001), th...

Rotationally resolved pulsed-field-ionization zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectra of the X-->X+ transition in ethylene and ethylene-d4 have been recorded at a resolution of 0.09 cm(-1). The spectra provide new information on the large amplitude torsional motion in the cationic ground state. An effective one-dimensional torsional potential was determined from the experimental data. Both C2...

Root segments and root-soil cores (6.5-cm diameter) from fields and nurseries of winter wheat and sorghum were tested for N2 fixation by using the acetylene reduction assay. Wheat samples (approximately 1,200) from 109 sites generally had low or no activity (0 to 3.1 nmol of C2H4 produced per h per g [dry weight] of root segments), even after 24 h of incubation. However, a commercial field of S...

The kiwifruit industry is booming worldwide. As a result, a great deal of kiwifruit waste residue (KWR) containing monosaccharides is produced and discarded. This material shows great potential for the production of platform chemicals. In this study, a series of Nb/Al oxide catalysts were synthesized via a facile and low-cost coprecipitation method, and their structures were characterized using...

Solvent-free technique was employed in this work in order to assess the influence of the calcination temperature on the activity of Al-promoted sulfated zirconia. The catalyst was analyzed by XRD and IR-spectrum method, and catalytic activity was examined by esterification reaction of oleic acid. XRD analysis revealed that a decline in the percentage of tetragonal phases of zirconia was observe...

A synthesis reaction of catalyst, olefin complex of rhodium,was chosen to explore the feasibility of probing active intermediate and intermediate process by positronium: Three different initial concentrations of ~h(111),7.6x10",3.8x10~~ and 4 . 5 ~ 1 0 ~ M were sampled. The relations between positronium lifetime intensity I, and the concentration of Rh(III),ethylene,as well as of the products w...