Molecular vibrations of complexes with trigonal ligands. Part V. Symmetry coordinates for tetrahedral complexes

Ligands of C_3V symmetry are assumed to be a part of a T_d complex. Suitable combinations of C_3v (a₂ + e) symmetry coordinates, which fit into the T_d model, are studied. The results constitute a useful supplement to the C_3V (a₁ + e) type coordinates studied previously. Torsional coordinates in the Ni(PF₃)₄ type model are treated in particular.     

Investigation of the proton mobility in CsH(SO4)0.76(SeO4)0.24 crystal by H NMR spectroscopy

Crystals of CsH(SO₄)_0.76(SeO₄)_0.24 formulation were studied by ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The ¹H line-shape, the T₁ and T₂ relaxation times were determined as a function of temperature. The activation energies deduced from the temperature dependence of relaxation times were compared with the activation energy issued from conductivity measurements. The results obtained are discussed and supported by the Ngai model.     

γ-巴豆酰内酯激发态动力学的共振拉曼光谱和完全活性空间自洽场(CASSCF)计算研究

采用共振拉曼光谱和完全活性空间自洽场(CASSCF)方法研究了γ-巴豆酰内酯的光吸收S₂态的结构动力学和衰变机制. 采用含时密度泛函理论方法结合光谱实验确认了紫外光谱和振动光谱. 获得了涵盖A-带吸收的4个激发波长下的共振拉曼光谱. 用CASSCF计算得到了S_1,min, S_2,min, T_1,min, T_2,min和T_3,min及其相关势能面交叉点的结构与能量. 研究了A-带共振拉曼光谱强度模式与S_2,min和CI(S₂/S₁)交叉点结构的关系. 借助El-Sayed规则分析了各系间窜跃路径的效率, 提出了γ-巴豆酰内酯从S_2,FC弛豫到基态S₀的2条主要路径: 内转换路径和系间窜跃路径.     

H and H NMR studies of cyclohexane nanocrystals in controlled pore glasses

The formation and behaviour of cyclohexane and cyclohexane-d₁₂ nanocrystals in mesoporous solids of well-defined dimensional constraints are studied by ¹H and ²H NMR. The NMR line widths, spin–spin relaxation times (T₂), spin–lattice relaxation times (T₁) and diffusivities (D) were measured as a function of temperature, and the results are discussed with reference to the values obtained for the bulk materials. The confined solids exhibit substantial changes in the phase behaviour and molecular dynamics. Thus, the line-shape measurements reveal a two-phase system consisting of a highly mobile component at the surface of the pore and a plastically crystalline phase in the centre of the pore. The liquid-like surface layer in the mesopores is observable well below the reduced transition temperature of the confined cyclohexane. However, the T₂ and diffusion measurements show that the mobile phase also embraces a minor component attributed to non-frozen liquid in pockets or offshoots.     

邻二氯苯激发态动力学

利用飞秒分辨的激光泵浦-探测技术结合飞行时间质谱和光电子速度成像方法研究了邻二氯苯第一电子单重激发态(S₁)的超快动力学.邻二氯苯的S₁态振动基态寿命为(651 ± 10) ps,对应于S₁振动基态向三重态的系间窜越过程.邻二氯苯S₁的高振动激发9a₂18a₂对应两个衰减通道,其中寿命为(458 ± 12) fs的超快过程对应于由处于振动激发的S₁向高振动激发的基态(S₀)发生的内转换过程,而寿命为(90 ± 10) ps过程则对应由S₁态向三重态(T₁)的系间窜越过程,电离产生的光电子能谱中长寿命的谱峰可能与系间窜越过程有关. S₁态高振动态的旋轨耦合程度比低振动态的更强,导致系间窜越过程更快.     

(2,6-Diphenyl) phenyl methacrylate—2. Radical copolymerization with methyl methacrylate. The Tgs of its copolymers with an addendum on the polymerization of (2,6-diphenyl) phenyl acrylate

The radical copolymerization of (2,6-diphenyl) phenyl methacrylate (1) with methyl methacrylate in DMF with AIBN at 70°C has the reactivity ratios r₁ = 0.071 and r₂ = 1.42, from which Q₁ = 1.45 and e₁ = 1.20. The copolymers had M_ns in the range of 10,000–40,000 and T_gs ranging from 406 to 480 K from which the hypothetical T_g for poly-1 was deduced as 500 K (227°C). Unlike 1, (2,6-diphenyl) phenyl acrylate could be polymerized to oligomers with M_n of the order of 2500.     

Triplet-EPR spectroscopy on the Diels-Alder adduct of C60 and 4,5-dimethoxy-o-quinodimethane in frozen solution

Pulsed-EPR spectroscopy was used to study a modified C₆₀ molecule (1) in its photoexcited triplet state. The analysis of the triplet EPR lineshape shows a break of the high symmetry of the lowest populated triplet state of C₆₀ due to the modification of the C₆₀ unity. The reported temperature dependence of the spectra is influenced by relaxation effects. Lineshape simulations based on a triplet Hamiltonian including anisotropic T₁/T₂ relaxation were performed. The results are discussed in relation to the behaviour of pure ³C₆₀.     

过氧硝酸乙酰酯分解反应的速率常数

在G3MP2B3结构优化和能量计算的基础上, 采用RRKM理论和疏松过渡态模型重新估算了过氧硝酸乙酰酯(PAN)的热分解反应PAN→CH₃C(O)OO+NO₂(R1)的反应速率常数, 得到与实验值吻合的结果.用同样的模型计算了PAN→CH₃C(O)O+NO₃(R2)的反应速率常数. 结果表明, 在相同的反应条件下, R1是主要的分解通道, R2是次要通道, R2的反应速率常数比R1的小两个数量级.     

飞秒时间分辨的光电子谱对苯S2态的超快动力学研究

结合飞秒时间分辨的质谱技术与时间分辨的光电子影像技术对苯S₂激发态的超快动力学进行了研究.苯分子吸收两个400 nm的光子被激发到S₂态,之后再用一个267 nm的光子对其进行探测.获得的母体离子产率随泵浦探测时间延迟的变化曲线包含了两个不同的时间寿命组分.第一个时间寿命组分(90 ± 1) fs被归纳为S₂态到S₁/S₀态的内转换过程;第二个时间寿命组分(5.0 ± 0.2) ps被归纳为S₁态的衰减过程.实验中观察到的第二个寿命组分小于早前的研究结果,这表明了在S₁态的衰减过程中还可能存在其他的过程.从时间分辨的光电子影像提取得到的光电子能谱中发现了一个新的失活过程,该过程被归结为激发态S₁的振动态与“热”三重态T₃之间的系间交叉过程.     

Kinetics study of the gas-phase reactions of C2F5OC(O)H and n-C3F7OC(O)H with OH radicals at 253–328 K

The rate constants, k₁ and k₂ for the reactions of C₂F₅OC(O)H and n-C₃F₇OC(O)H with OH radicals were measured using an FT-IR technique at 253–328 K. k₁ and k₂ were determined as (9.24 ± 1.33) × 10⁻¹³ exp[−(1230 ± 40)/T] and (1.41 ± 0.26) × 10⁻¹² exp[−(1260 ± 50)/T] cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹. The random errors reported are ±2 σ, and potential systematic errors of 10% could add to the k₁ and k₂. The atmospheric lifetimes of C₂F₅OC(O)H and n-C₃F₇OC(O)H with respect to reaction with OH radicals were estimated at 3.6 and 2.6 years, respectively.     

Gradient expansion of the kinetic energy density functional: Local behavior of the kinetic energy density

Calculations with Hartree—Fock electron densities for the rare gas atoms He through Xe show that the gradient expansion for the kinetic energy functional, T[] = T₀[] + T₂[] + T₄[] + … = ∫t() dτ, approximates the kinetic energy by averaging over the shell structure present in the true local kinetic energy density, t(), and that the accuracy of the gradient expansion improves with increasing atomic number. Components of t(), t₀(), t₂() and t₄(), are exhibited and discussed. The defined function t() is everywhere positive.     

Thermodynamic stabilities of NiTeO3 and Ni3TeO6 by solid oxide electrolyte e.m.f. method

The e.m.f. of the galvanic cells Pt,C,Te(l),NiTeO₃,NiO/15 YSZ/O₂ (P_o2 = 0.21 atm),Pt and Pt,C,NiTeO₃,Ni₃TeO₆,NiO/15 YSZ/O₂ (P_o2 = 0.21 atm),Pt (where 15 YSZ=15 mass% yttria-stabilized zirconia) was measured over the ranges 833–1104 K and 624–964 K respectively, and could be represented by the least-squares expressions E₍₁₎±1.48 (mV) = 888.72 − 0.504277 (K) and E_(II) ±4.21 (mV) = 895.26 − 0.81543T (K).

After correcting for the standard state of oxygen in the air reference electrode, and by combining with the standard Gibbs energies of formation of NiO and TeO₂ from the literature, the following expressions could be derived for the ΔG^°_f of NiTeO₃ and Ni₃TeO₆: ΔG_f^°(NiTeO₃) ± 2.03 (kJ mol⁻¹) = −577.30 + 0.26692T (K) and ΔG^°_f(Ni₃TeO₆)±2.54 (kJ mol⁻¹) = −1218.66 + 0.58837T (K).     

Field-cycling NMR detection of magnetoacoustically manipulated nematic ordered states: Memory effects

The proton spin–lattice relaxation time (T₁) dispersion was studied under simultaneous sonication in the nematic phase of 5CB. It appears that metastable ordered states subject to a memory effect can be induced by the combined action of an amplitude-modulated ultrasonication and a pulsed magnetic field. We argue that the acoustic amplitude modulation adds instability to the nematic phase through director order fluctuation enhancement. Different manipulated states of the director were unambiguously identified by the Larmor frequency dispersion of T₁. The field-cycling NMR technique was used for T₁ measurements.     

Non-linear dielectric studies of the isotropic-smectic phase transition in 6-DBT and 7-DBT

Results are reported for measurements of Δε/E₂ for 6-DBT and 7-DBT (5-trans-n-alkyl-2(4'-isothiocyanianophenylo)-1,3-dioxane, n = 6, 7) in the isotropic phase, in the vicinity of T_SA1, and for 6-DBT solutions in dioxane over a broad range of temperatures. In the immediate vicinity of T_SA1 divcrgence from the Landau-de Gennes model was observed. From measurements made in solutions of 6-DBT in dioxane it was concluded that the antiparallel orientation of dipoles is preferred.     

Molecular motion and phase transition in perovskite-type (CH3)nNH4−nSnCl3 (n=1–4) studied by proton NMR spin–lattice relaxation

Powder X-ray diffraction, ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectra, and ¹H NMR spin–lattice relaxation times, T₁, were measured for (CH₃)_nNH_4−nSnCl₃ (n=1–4). From the Rietveld analysis, it is shown that all four compounds crystallize into deformed perovskite-type structures at room temperature. The temperature dependence of ¹H T₁ was analyzed in terms of the CH₃ reorientation and other motions of the whole cation. Except for the phase transition in CH₃NH₃SnCl₃, which is from monoclinic to rhombohedral at 331 K, ¹H T₁ was continuously changed at other phase transitions in this compound as well as in the n=2–4 compounds, suggesting that the transitions are not caused by the change of the motional state of the cation but by an instability of the [SnCl₃]_nⁿ⁻ perovskite lattice.     

The application of different detection methods for irradiated dried anchovy and shrimp

Three different techniques, photostimulated luminescence (PSL), electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermoluminescence (TL) were applied for the detection of dried anchovy and shrimp exposed to electron beam at 0–10 kGy. PSL values for irradiated samples were more than 5000 photon counts/60 s, upper threshold (T₂), whereas those of non-irradiated samples were <700 counts (lower threshold, T₁) in anchovy and intermediate values of T₁–T₂ in shrimp. ESR measurements using both the whole samples did not show any signals specific to irradiation. However, in the case of anchovy it was possible to use bone for ESR detection, showing typical signals (g=2.002, 1.998). Minerals separated from both the samples for TL measurement showed that non-irradiated samples were characterised by glow curves situated at about 300°C with low intensity, while all irradiated samples showed glow peaked at about 200°C and its intensity was high enough to be discriminated from the non-irradiated ones. Furthermore, normalization by a re-irradiation enhanced the reliability of detection results of TL. In conclusion, a multi-step detection using different methods enhances confidence in the detection of irradiated food.     

Photochemical E/Z isomerization of aryl-substituted methanimines. AM1-CI potential energy curves along the CN double bond twisting and the N atom in-plane inversion

Potential energy curves of aryl-substituted methanimines along the C = N bond twisting and the in-plane inversion of the N atom were obtained by AM1-SDCI calculations, and the photochemical E/Z isomerization paths were elucidated. An aromatic group introduced at the C atom of the C = N group has little effect on the S₀ surface for the inversion and rotation paths, while it has a significant effect on the shape of the T₁ curve along the rotation path. It is suggested that phenylmethanimine and 2-anthrylmethanimine undergo photoisomerization by the rotation mechanism. The methoxy group introduced at the N atom raises the inversion barrier on the S₀ state, while it lowers the 90°-twistedT₁ energy. TheT₁ potential energy curves of N-methoxy-1-phenylethanimine and N-methoxy-1-(2-anthryl)ethanimine indicate that the former undergoes a two-way isomerization and the latter a one-way isomerization by the rotation mechanism, which is in accordance with experiment.     

Eigenmobilities in background electrolytes for capillary zone electrophoresis. I. System eigenpeaks and resonance in systems with strong electrolytes

A background electrolyte system for capillary zone electrophoresis which is composed of three strong univalent ionic constituents is investigated. The ion 1 is considered as a counter-ion and two ions, 2 and 3, are considered as co-ions in relation to the analyte ion 4. We investigate the linearized model of electromigration in such a system and calculate the eigenvalues of a corresponding matrix. The model is formulated in such a way that the eigenvalues of the system are certain mobilities, which we call eigenmobilites, which characterize specific features of the electrophoretic migration. One of the eigenmobilities is the system eigenmobility u_S causing the rise of the system peak, called here the system eigenpeak. A situation when the analyte has the same mobility as the system eigenmobility, u₄=u_S, is analyzed in detail. We show that it leads to the resonance—the mutual jump in the concentration profile of both co-ions, 2 and 3, has a shape of the spatial derivation of the originally sampled analyte profile and, moreover, it grows linearly with time. After a sufficiently long time it can be “amplified” to any value. The resonance has then a great impact on signals of indirect detection methods, like indirect UV detection or conductivity detection. In the framework of the linearized model the relative velocity slope S_X, a measure of electromigration dispersion, is expressed as S_X=F(u₁+u₄)(u₂−u₄)(u₃−u₄)/[u₄(u_S−u₄)], where u_i is the mobility of the ith ion and F is the Faraday constant. As in practice the concentration of the analyte is not infinitely small and has a certain finite value, the analyte will be at the resonance severely dispersed to a much broader spatial interval. When a specific detector is used, the signal of such an analyte can apparently be missed without any notice.     

Three-dimensional polymer gel dosimetry: basic physical properties of the dosimeter

This study concentrated on assessment of the basic physical properties of a polymer gel dosimeter evaluated by NMR. For this, BANG-2 type polymer gel was prepared. The dosimeters were irradiated by ⁶⁰Co gamma photons and by 4, 6 and 18 MV X-ray photons for doses in the range 0–50 Gy. The multi-echo CPMG sequence was used for the evaluation of T₂-relaxation times in the irradiated gel dosimeters. Dependence of 1/T₂ in terms of the following factors was studied: absorbed dose, energy of applied radiation, temperature during NMR evaluation, time between irradiation and NMR evaluation and strength of the magnetic field. An exponential dependence of the 1/T₂ response on absorbed dose in the range 0–50 Gy was observed, while in the range 0–10 Gy the data could be fitted by a linear function. This paper also describes the dependence of 1/T₂ response on: radiation energy, strength of magnetic field and time from irradiation of the dosimeters to NMR evaluation. Increase of gel dosimeter 1/T₂ response with the decrease of the temperature during NMR evaluation has been qantitatively described. The polymer gel dosimetry system used in this study proved that it is a reliable system for three-dimensional dose distribution measurement.     

Model of silicooxygen ring vibrations

In order to assign the bands in the IR spectra of silicates to the appropriate normal vibrations, a vibrational model has been proposed. A complex silicooxygen ring is considered as a ‘unit cell' composed of the appropriate number of [SiO₄]⁴⁻ tetrahedra. According to this model, in the ring silicates spectra we have to observe bands due to internal vibrations of individual tetrahedra and bands corresponding exclusively to the ring structure. Change in the tetrahedra symmetry from T_d (ideal tetrahedron) to C_2v (tetrahedron in a ring) and then to the ring symmetry: D_3h, D_4h and D_6h (ideal rings) with respect to reducible representations makes it possible to differentiate between the bands due to ring structure (pseudo-lattice vibrations) and internal modes of tetrahedra. It has been established that in the case of all ideal rings there is only one IR active vibrational mode, namely the one symmetric with respect to the axis of the highest fold, i.e. A₂″ in the case of 3-membered rings and A_2u in the case of 4- and 6-membered rings. The model proposed has been verified for different membered ring silicates.