α-Fe/Nd2Fe14B复合纳米晶的界面研究

采用正电子寿命谱和双探头Doppler展宽测量在原子尺度上研究了α-Fe/Nd2Fe14B复合纳米晶的界面结构.正电子寿命研究表明, α-Fe/Nd2Fe14B复合纳米晶存在两类界面.一类为非晶界面层, 正电子湮没寿命为155 ps; 另一类为具有原子空位的松懈界面, 含有空位尺寸大于1～2个铁原子空位的结构自由体积, 正电子湮没寿命为246 ps.电子-正电子湮没光子的共谐Doppler展宽测量表明这类松懈界面富集非磁性原子Nd和B, 这将削弱α-Fe/Nd2Fe14B复合纳米晶晶粒间的磁交换耦合.     

α-Fe／Nd2Fel4B复合纳米晶的界面研究

采用正电子寿命谱和双探头Doppler展宽测量在原子尺度上研究了α-Fe，Nd2Fel4B复合纳米晶的界面结构。正电子寿命研究表明，α-Fe/Nd2Fel4B复合纳米晶存在两类界面。一类为非晶界面层，正电子湮没寿命为155ps；另一类为具有原子空位的松懈界面，含有空位尺寸大于-2个铁原子空位的结构自由体积，正电子湮没寿命为246ps。电子-正电子湮没光子的共谐Doppler展宽测量表明这类松懈界面富集非磁性原子Nd和B，这将削弱α-Fe/Nd2Fel4B复合纳米晶晶粒间的磁交换耦合。     

钆铁磁－顺磁相变的正电子寿命研究

通过测量金属钆在居里点附近的正电子湮没寿命谱随温度变化的关系，发现钆的正电子湮没寿命在居里点近邻Ｔ＜ＴＣ一侧随温度有显著变化，而在此温区以外几乎不随温度变化     

钆铁磁——顺磁相变的正电子寿命研究

通过测量金属钆在居里点附近的正电子湮没寿命谱随温度变化的关系，发现钆的正电子湮没寿命在居里点近邻Ｔ〈ＴＣ－侧随温度有显著变化，而在此温区以外几乎不随温度变化。     

用正电子研究CuCl2在NaY上的扩散

用正电子湮没谱学研究了机械混合CuCl₂与NaY中CuCl₂在NaY沸石中的扩散.分别测量了不同质量比的CuCl₂-NaY(0～0.03)沸石分子筛经140℃烘烤1h;CuCl₂-NaY(0～0.05)经450℃烘烤4h;CuCl₂-NaY(0.01)经不同温度烘烤1h以及经300℃下烘烤烘不同时间后的正电子寿命谱.所有谱中都出现了5(或4)个寿命分量,其第3,4,5寿命分量分别与β笼、超笼及沸石微粒界面空间的大小和数量相关.实验表明,正电子湮没谱学可敏感地探测出少量CuCl₂在NaY沸石中的扩散变化.而对于只含少量氯化铜(0.01)的情况,虽经高温长时间烘烤,但仍有相当数量的氯化铜存在于NaY外表面.     

用正电子湮没谱学研究氯化稀土在NaY沸石上的分散

用正电子湮没谱学研究氯化富铈稀土与NaY沸石机械混合形成的稀土NaY沸石(RE-NaY)中,氯化稀土在NaY中的分散．分别测量不同质量比的RE-NaY(1％-20％)经500℃烘烤1h,RE-NaY(5％)经过不同温度烘烤1h,以及RE-NaY(5％)经500℃烘烤不同时间后的正电子寿命谱．所有寿命谱都出现了5个寿命分量,其中第3,4,5寿命分别与β笼、超笼及沸石微粒界面空洞的大小和数量相关．实验表明了正电子湮没谱学能敏感地表征氯化稀土在NaY中的分散．     

Na_2〔Mo_2O_4(EDTA)〕·5H_2O酸解的正电子湮没研究

用正电子湮没(PA)方法研究了Na_2[Mo_2O_4(EDTA)]·5H_2O的酸离解过程,证实不同酸浓度下存在两种顺磁离子,这与ESR结果相一致。并根据寿命谱的数据,计算出两种顺磁离子的浓度,表明PA方法与ESR方法相互配合,能较详细研究化学反应动力学过程。     

聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯中正电子湮没寿命参数温度效应的研究

对聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的非晶、低温热处理(54℃)、高温热处理(180℃)以及双轴拉伸等四种不同试样,测量了室温到180℃范围内不同温度在的正电子湮没寿命谱.根据最小二乘曲线拟合解谱结果,可知最长寿命成份的湮没参数τ和I的温度曲线分别灵敏地反映了聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的玻璃转变过程和结晶过程.据此讨论了正电子湮没寿命参数与PET转变的关联以及PET玻璃转变的有关性质.     

聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的玻璃化转变和结晶化的正电子湮没研究

研究了聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯的玻璃化转变和结晶过程对正电子湮没寿命谱的影响.结果表明,结晶过程对正电子湮没的长寿命组份τ_3的寿命值不敏感,用这种方法测得的“T_g”不随结晶度而变化,而长寿命组份的相对强度则随结晶度的增加而减小.     

用正电子湮没寿命谱法研究铝阳极氧化膜

退火纯铝(99.99%)在15%H_2SO_4中于不同电解条件下进行阳极氧化, 然后测其正电子湮没寿命谱, 寿命谱拟合为三个寿命成份, 指认第二寿命成分为e~+在氧化膜中的湮没。从I_2随电解条件的变化推知膜厚与槽压近似成正比, 在恒温和固定槽压条件下, 膜厚只能达到某极限值。根据τ_2的变化推断出, 使用较高槽压或延长电解时间均使膜的结晶度提高, 它诱发了裂缝或微洞的形成, 导致膜体松散。根据上述结论进一步分析提高膜机械性能的可能途径。     

IN VIVO CHLOROPHYLL a FLUORESCENCE TRANSIENTS AND THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN GONYAULAX POLYEDRA

Abstract— The intensity of chlorophyll a fluorescence during the early part of fluorescence induction at O , initial fluorescence, and P, peak fluorescence, was higher during the day phase of the circadian cycle than during the night phase in continuous light (LL) conditions and was positively correlated with the rate of oxygen evolution. The circadian rhythm in fluorescence in LL persisted in the presence of 10μM 3–(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), which blocks electron flow from photo-system (PS) II in photosynthesis. The rhythmic changes in fluorescence intensity are consistent with a lower rate constant for radiationless transitions during the day phase than during the night phase of the circadian rhythmicity. The circadian changes in the intensity of fluorescence were abolished at 77K, which may indicate the importance of structural changes in membranes in circadian oscillations.     

SPECTRAL INHOMOGENEITY OF THE LIGHT-HARVESTING ANTENNA OF Rhodospirillum rubrum PROBED BY TRIPLET-MINUS-SINGLET SPECTROSCOPY AND SINGLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION AT LOW TEMPERATURES

–Triplet-minus-singlet (T-S) spectra and singlet-triplet annihilation was measured on Rhodospirillum rub-rum chromatophores at low temperatures (4–77K). The T-S spectrum of the LH-1 antenna was dependent on the wavelength of excitation and thus indicative of site-inhomogeneous broadening. The data cannot be understood adequately using the two pigment pool model (B880 + B896) but, in contrast, support a model for LH-1, in which the spectral properties are determined by site-inhomogeneous broadening. Consequently, the 4 K antenna domain for singlet-triplet annihilation in LH-1 is rather small. If the temperature is raised to 77 K the annihilation domain increases, and a fit of the fluorescence quenching and triplet yield data suggests that at 77 K the connectivity is between the extreme cases of the “lake” and the isolated “puddles” models. The implications of the observed antenna inhomogeneity on low temperature annihilation and fluorescence measurements are discussed.     

PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTION SPECTRA AND LIGHT-HARVESTING IN GRIFFITHSIA MONILIS (RHODOPHYTA)

Abstract— In cells of the red alga Griffithsia monilis the action spectrum of photosynthetic oxygen production at low light intensity shows that the phycobilins (including allophycocyanin) are the major light-harvesting pigments. As the light intensity is increased carotenoids and chlorophyll a contribute proportionately more to the spectrum, since the phycobilin activity becomes light-saturated. When action spectra are performed against a background light of various monochromatic wavelengths it can be shown that chlorophyll a increases in its light-harvesting activity. Nevertheless light absorbed at a single wavelength (487 nm) by phycoerythrin (and possibly a carotenoid) still shows the highest photosynthetic activity. Fluorescence measurements at 77K indicate that a chlorophyll a fluorescence is small and that the amount of chlorophyll a _ll (f 693) is very low. A model is proposed in which the phycobilins, in phycobilisomes, pass on absorbed light energy to either photosystem, whereas light absorbed by chlorophyll is passed on mainly to photosystem I.     

High light-induced changes of 77 K fluorescence emission of pea thylakoid membranes with altered membrane fluidity

The effect of lipid phase order of isolated thylakoid membranes on fluorescent characteristics of both photosystems during illumination with high light intensity at 22 degrees C and 4 degrees C was investigated. For artificial modification of membrane fluidity two membrane perturbing agents were applied-cholesterol and benzyl alcohol. 77 K fluorescence emission and excitation spectra of control, cholesterol- and benzyl alcohol-treated thylakoid membranes were analysed in order to determine the high light-induced changes of emission bands attributed to different chlorophyll-protein complexes-F 735, emitted by photosystem I-light-harvesting complex I; and F 685 and F 695, emitted by photosystem II-light-harvesting complex II. Analysis of emission bands showed that high light treatment leads to a decrease of the area of band at 695 nm and a concomitant increase of intensity of the band at 735 nm. The involvement of different pigment pools (chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b) in the energy supply of both photosystems before and after photoinhibitory treatment was estimated on the basis of excitation fluorescence spectra. The dependence of the ratios F 735/F 685 and the band areas at 685 and 695 nm on the illumination time was studied at both temperatures. Data presented indicate that cholesterol incorporation stabilized the intersystem structure in respect to light-induced changes of fluorescence emission of PSI and PSII. It was shown that the effect of fluid properties of thylakoid membranes on the 77 K fluorescence characteristics of main pigment protein complexes of pea thyalkoid membranes depends on the temperature during high light treatment.     

LOW-TEMPERATURE FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA OF CHLOROPHYLL a SOLUTIONS

Abstract Fluorescence and fluorescence polarization spectra of chlorophyll a dissolved in ethanol, n -propanol, EM (ethanol-methanol, 4:1) and EPE (ether, n -pentane, ethanol, 5:5:2) were measured at 77 K. An emission band ('shoulder') between the two usual fluorescence bands appears in such spectra of dilute solutions (concentration ˜ 10^-5 M ) of chlorophyll a (except in EPE). The position, intensity and half-width of this band were calculated using a computer. The correlation between electronic transitions of chlorophyll a and these emission bands is discussed.     

AN EPR STUDY OF THE SPECIES PRODUCED DURING THE UV PHOTOLYSIS OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS IN METHYLTETRAHYDROFURAN AT 77 K

Abstract —The ultraviolet irradiation (290 nm ≤Λ≤ 390 nm) of indole, purine, indazole, acridine and quinoline in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran glass at 77 K produces trapped radicals. Two electron-paramagnetic-resonance (EPR) signals are found at 77 K during illumination, one at high magnetic field (3–25 times 10^-1 T) assigned to the matrix radical and the other at low field (1.3 times 10^-1 to 1–5 times 10^-1 T) attributed to the lowest triplet state of the heterocyclic molecule. Quantum yields for triplet production at 77 K are 0–34 for indole, 0.51 for purine, 0.55 for indazole, 0.15 for acridine, and 0.94 for quinoline. The rate of formation of matrix radicals varies as the n _R^th power of the incident light intensity, I ₀^nR, where 1.6 ≤ n _R=≤ 2. Solvent radical yields, which depend on the light intensity, have been determined. Under the experimental conditions, no signals attributable to trapped electrons or cations have been observed. The dependence of the reciprocal value of the rise lifetime of the low field EPR signal as a function of the intensity of exposure is in accordance with a biphotonic mechanism.     

Positronium as a tool to monitor changes of chemical structure

The applicability of positron annihilation spectroscopy for chemical structural problems is demonstrated by two examples: For the swelling dynamics of an amphiphilic polymer network, very quick structural changes were indicated by positronium lifetime parameters at very low swelling ratios and a hydration mechanism was proposed accordingly. For the series [Fe_xZn_1−x(propyltetrazole)₆](BF₄)₂(x=1, 0.6, 0.4, 0.1, 0), changes in the dynamic structure were revealed by positronium lifetime spectroscopy. For compounds of x>0, temperature-induced spin-crossover was detected.     

Monolayer dispersion of NiO in NiO/Al2O3 catalysts probed by positronium atom

NiO/Al(2)O(3) catalysts with different NiO loadings were prepared by impregnation method. The monolayer dispersion capacity of NiO is determined to be about 9 wt.% through XRD quantitative phase analysis. Positron lifetime spectra measured for NiO/Al(2)O(3) catalysts comprise two long and two short lifetime components, where the long lifetimes τ(3) and τ(4) correspond to ortho-positronium (o-Ps) annihilation in microvoids and large pores, respectively. With increasing loading of NiO from 0 to 9 wt.%, τ(4) drops drastically from 88 to 38 ns. However, when the NiO loading is higher than 9 wt.%, τ(4) shows a slower decrease. Variation of λ(4) (1/τ(4)) as a function of the NiO content can be well fitted by two straight lines with different slopes. The relative intensity of τ(4) also shows a fast decrease followed by a slow decrease for the NiO content lower and higher than 9 wt.%, respectively. The coincidence Doppler broadening measurements reveal a continuous increase of S parameter with increasing NiO loading up to 9 wt.% and then a decrease afterwards. This is due to the variation in intensity of the narrow component contributed by the annihilation of para-positronium (p-Ps). Our results show that the annihilation behavior of positronium is very sensitive to the dispersion state of NiO on the surface of γ-Al(2)O(3). When the NiO loading is lower than monolayer dispersion capacity, spin conversion of positronium induced by NiO is the dominant effect, which causes decrease of the longest lifetime and its intensity but increase of the narrow component intensity. After the NiO loading is higher than monolayer dispersion capacity, the spin conversion effect becomes weaker and inhibition of positronium formation by NiO is strengthened, which results in decrease of both the long lifetime intensity and the narrow component intensity. The reaction rate constant is determined to be (1.50 ± 0.04) × 10(10) g mol(-1) s(-1) and (3.43 ± 0.20) × 10(9) g mol(-1) s(-1) for NiO content below and above monolayer dispersion capacity, respectively.     

PICOSECOND TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE OF CHLOROPHYLL IN VIVO

Abstract. The published data concerning the fluorescence kinetics of chlorophyll a in various photosynthetic species are reviewed. The effects of singlet-singlet and singlet-triplet annihilation induced by excessively high incident light intensities are discussed and related to the changes produced in the fluorescence lifetimes and quantum yields. We also review the fluorescence lifetimes of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and spinach chloroplast fragments under a variety of experimental conditions; these measurements were performed at single pulse excitation intensities of less than 5 × 10¹³ photons cm^–2 where distortion due to annihilation processes is negligible. Evidence for and against a time dependent rate equation for energy migration will be discussed with reference to the authors' work on in vitro systems.     

On the role of free volume in pick-off annihilation and positronium chemical reactions

Free volume effects are important for positronium formation, pick-off annihilation and chemical reactions. The relation between the long-lived component intensity and the number of defects is considered for the case of selective localization of positrons and positronium in ordered and disordered sites of plymers. Positronium lifetimes for the large pores (r1 nm) are discussed. In positronium chemical reactions recent results show crucial role of the bubble parameters in liquids.