화학공학소재연구정보센터
Catalysis Today, Vol.28, No.1-2, 183-189, 1996
Surface-Reactions and Structures of Niobium Oxide Superfine Particles
The surface states of niobium oxide superfine particles (NOSPs) are investigated by analyzing the pressure dependence of the dispersion of complex dielectric constants. NSOPs were formed by a magnetron sputtering system. The average size was 260 +/- 25 Angstrom. The lattice constant is a = 3.45 Angstrom (bcc). NOSPs were a metastable materials which contained 50 at% oxygen. The density distributions of electric dipoles due to the surface state on the particles were obtained by approximating the data with theoretical curves. The reactivity of NSOPs was investigated on O-2, Ar and N-2. The surface reactivity of NOSPs strongly depended on the oxidation process of the niobium superfine particles. The influences of adsorption of argon were observed at the frequency regions 200 Hz < omega < 3 kHz and 400 kHz < omega, where the electric dipole density increased above 0.1 Torr of argon. In N-2 gas, the anomalies of density of electric dipoles were observed at higher regions of the frequency and the gas pressure; 600 Hz < omega and P-N2 > 4 Torr, respectively.