Reactions of the gas-phase synthesis of tin vanadates, borates, and molybdates were studied. Standard enthalpies of formation and atomization of gaseous salts SnV 2 O 6 , SnB 2 O 4 , Sn 2 B 2 O 5 , SnMoO 4 , Sn 2 MoO 5 , and SnMo 2 O 7 were determined.

The inapplicability of the 'additivity rule' is shown. This finding is in good agreement with a tendency to changing ionization cross-sections in the Periodic Table row of gaseous M, МО and МО2 species.

The stability of gaseous species TiMoOn and TiWOn (n = 3, 4, 5) was confirmed by high-temperature mass spectrometry. A number of gas-phase reactions involving titanium-containing gaseous salts were studied. Enthalpies of reactions of gaseous TiXOn (X = Mo, W; n = 3, 4, 5) formation were evaluated theoretically and the obtained values are in agreement with the experimental ones.

An interplay between electrostatics and deformation of surfactant tails is responsible for the spontaneous formation of pores in self-assembled bilayers.