On the interpretation of two electron-one photon transitions in slow collisions between fully stripped ions and solid target

The two electron-one photon transitions occuring in slow collisions of fully stripped neon atoms with solid targets have been interpreted in terms of trapping ofL-shell electrons in bare neon atoms from the solid target and subsequent transitions toK-shell. Experimental X-ray spectra and transition probabilities can be interpreted in terms of actual transitions occurring in such cases explicitly by the present theoretical calculations which takes care of correlation and relaxation effects.     

One-electron reduction of 9, 10-anthraquinone, 1-amino-9, 10-anthraquinone and 1-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone in aqueous-isopropanol-acetone mixed solvent: A pulse radiolysis study

The semiquinone radicals produced by one-electron reduction of 9, 10-anthraquinone, 1-amino-9, 10-anthraquinone and 1-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone have been characterized in aqueous-organic mixed solvent comprising of 30.2 mol dm⁻³ water, 5 mol dm⁻³ isopropanol and 1 mol dm⁻³ acetone, using the pulse radiolysis technique. Spectroscopic characteristics, the kinetic parameters of formation and decay and one acid dissociation constants of the semiquinones and one-electron reduction potentials of the quinones have been estimated. The characteristics of the present semiquinone systems have been compared with those of other similar systems. The observed differences in characteristics of the semiquinones due to different substitutions have been analysed.     

Evaluation of dipolar shifts and paramagnetic anisotropy in penta coordinated cobalt(II) complexes

The isotropic proton shifts for the pyridine N-oxide and γ-picoline N-oxide protons have been observed in the penta coordinated adducts of these bases with bis[di(p-tolyl)dithiophosphinato] cobalt(II). The contribution to the observed shifts due to dipolar interaction has been calculated. From the dipolar shifts, it was ascertained that the pyridine N-oxide complexes have a bent structure in solution with a Co-O-N angle of 125°. An estimate of the paramagnetic anisotropy of the cobalt complex yields K_?-K_⊥ = 4244 × 10^?6 cm³/mole.     

One-electron redox reactions of troxerutin in aqueous solutions

The oxidation of flavonoids is of great interest because of their action as antioxidants with the ability to scavenge radicals by means of electron-transfer processes. The redox reactions of the flavonoid derivative troxerutin, (2-[3,4-bis-(2-hydroxyethoxy) phenyl]-3[[6-deoxy-α-L-manno-pyranosyl)-β-(D-glucopyranosyl]-oxy]-5-hydroxy-7-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-4H-1-benzo-pyran-4-one), were investigated over a wide range of conditions, using pulse radiolysis and cyclic voltammetry. The oxidation mechanism proceeds in sequential steps. One-electron redox potentials for troxerutin were found to be +1.196, +0.846 and −0.634 V vs. NHE.     

A variational coupled cluster theory for closed shells using a propagator modification procedure

A general partial summation method for including arbitrary classes of diagrams to all orders in the coupled cluster based size consistent energy functional for closed shell states is developed. Since the various reduced density matrices which appear in the energy functional are essentially the time-independent analogues of the corresponding many body Green functions, it is possible to derive Dyson-like equations for these quantities. By expanding the associated proper self energy parts in terms of the T-amplitudes, one can carry out partial summations in the reduced density matrices and thus in energy. At a higher level, higher order terms in a proper self energy can also be generated by renormalizing the internal propagators in it, and considering only the irreducible self-energy terms.     

Comparison of low-order multireference many-body perturbation theories

Tests have been made to benchmark and assess the relative accuracies of low-order multireference perturbation theories as compared to coupled cluster (CC) and full configuration interaction (FCI) methods. Test calculations include the ground and some excited states of the Be, H(2), BeH(2), CH(2), and SiH(2) systems. Comparisons with FCI and CC calculations show that in most cases the effective valence shell Hamiltonian (H(v)) method is more accurate than other low-order multireference perturbation theories, although none of the perturbative methods is as accurate as the CC approximations. We also briefly discuss some of the basic differences among the multireference perturbation theories considered in this work.     

Static dipole polarizabilities of open-shell negative ions

Summary Dipole polarizability estimates at have been calculated for the 2p and 3p open-shell negative ions in their ground and valence excited states. To complete the sequence such estimates for F^– and Cl^– in their ground¹ S state have also been made. Single configuration based linear response theory has been adopted presently with a view to study the effect of RPA-type correlations on the polarizabilities of such systems. For the 3p open-shell systems the innermost 1s core has been kept frozen. Most of the results are reported for the first time. Agreement with existing data, wherever available, is reasonable. The convergence of the polarizability estimates towards basis sets has been studied.     

Eigenvalues of large even annulenes in terms ofK 3,S 4 andS 5

Squares of the adjacency matrices of bipartite cycles (C_v) can be block-factored into matrices which correspond to vertex-weighted complete graphs forv = 6, vertex-weighted strongly regular graphs forv = 8 and 10, and vertex-weighted metrically regular graphs forv > 10. Using this fact and some properties of strongly and metrically regular graphs, it is shown that eigenvalues of large bipartite C _v graphs (i.e. large even annulenes) can be expressed by the general formula ± (2 ± (2 ± (... ± (2 +r _p)) ...), wherev = 2 ⁿ ×p,n is the number of surd () signs required andp = 3, 4 and 5. Here,r ₃,r ₄, andr ₅, are the eigenvalues of the complete graphK ₃ and the strongly regular graphsS ₄ andS ₅ respectively. The procedure does not require construction of characteristic polynomials for the determination of eigenvalues, and brings out a common topological origin for the two-fold degeneracies observed in the eigenvalue spectra of all even cycles and many odd cycles.     

Thermal stability and degradation of the post-use reclaim milk pouches during multiple extrusion cycles

In the present study, the recyclability of the post-use milk pouches (50/50 LDPE–LLDPE blend) was evaluated with or without adding stabilizer. Thoroughly washed and dried post-use milk pouch films were extruded five times at high temperature (483–513 K) in the open atmosphere. The mode of degradation during extrusion operation was studied by melt flow index (MFI), rheological properties, gel content and FT-IR analysis. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis was carried out to evaluate the thermal stability of the stabilized and un-stabilized recycled mass from post-use milk pouch under this investigation. Mechanical properties (tensile strength, % elongation at break, tensile modulus and hardness) of the un-stabilized extruded material were significantly affected as a result of thermooxidative degradation during extrusion in presence of air. After all, stabilization with 0.4% anti-oxidant satisfactorily retains all the initial properties of the recycled material.     

Redox reactions of disulfiram: a pulse-radiolysis study

Redox reactions of disulfiram (DSF) were studied in aqueous solutions using the pulse-radiolysis technique. Reactions of DSF with one-electron oxidants Br₂ ^- and N₃, generated pulse radiolytically in aqueous solution at pH 7, yielded a transient (_max = 480 nm) which exhibited the characteristics of a disulphide cation radical and decayed by second-order kinetics. Reactions of DSF with halogenated peroxyl radicals CCl₃O₂, CHCl₂O₂, CH₂ClO₂ and CBr₃O₂ led to the formation of an adduct absorbing at 580 nm. The reduction potential was estimated to be 1.24 ± 0.06 V vs. NHE.