POLARIZED PHOTO ACOUSTIC SPECTRA OF PHYCOBILISOMES IN POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILMS

Abstract— Phycobilisomes from Porphyridium cruentum , suspended in polyvinyl alcohol were found to be highly stable, and had normal absorption and fluorescence spectra. Intact phycobilisomes had a major emission peak at 680 nm, whereas upon partial dissociating the major emission was at 580 nm. Incorporation of phycobilisomes in thin polyvinyl alcohol films facilitated examination by photoacoustic spectroscopy. The photoacoustic spectra had a broad absorption maximum at 545–565 nm (phycoerythrin), which resolved as two peaks (545 and 563 nm) in absorption spectra. Stretching of films resulted in apparent chromophore reorientation in partially dissociated, but not in intact phycobilisomes. Only in dissociated phycobilisomes was observed a differential chromophore orientation at 685 nm by polarized fluorescence, which is attributed to a change in orientation of the terminal phycobilisome pigment relative to phycoerythrin.     

PHOTO ACOUSTIC SPECTRA OF PHYCOBILIPROTEINS and CHLOROPHYLLIN IN ISOTROPIC and ANISOTROPIC POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILMS

Abstract— Photoacoustic spectra (PAS) of biliproteins: R-phycoerythrin (PE) with R-phycocyanin (PC) admixture in isotropic and anisotropic polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) films were measured. The mixtures of biliproteins and chlorophyllin (Chllin) in PVA were also investigated. In order to establish the influence of PVA anisotropy on PAS amplitude, the stretched and unstretched PVA films colored by Congo red were studied. The films with PE and Chllin mixture when illuminated in the region of PE absorption, show higher PAS signals than the films with PE alone. This is explained by the excitation energy transfer from efficiently fluorescent PE to Chllin that has much lower yield of fluorescence. The stretched films always show a higher PAS signal than isotropic films because of the increase in the thermal conductivity of PVA. But normalized PAS of Congo red and Chllin in stretched PVA are similar to those in unstretched films.
Pigment molecules oriented parallel to the direction of film stretching have a lower rate of thermal deactivation compared to that of unoriented molecules as has been found by comparing PAS of differently oriented Congo red molecules using photoselection by polarized light. The same result was obtained for various PE chromophores which are differently oriented in anisotropic films.     

稀土氧化物的光声光谱

本文报导了在自制的GS-1型光声光谱仪上首次测得的La₂O₃、CeO₂、Pr₆O₁₁、Nd₂O₃、Sm₂O₃、Eu₂O₃、Gd₂O₃、Tb₄O₇、Dy₂O₃、Ho₂O₃、Er₂O₃、Tm₂O₃、Yb₂O₃、Lu₂O₃等镧系元素14个稀土氧化物的光声光谱。实验结果与文献报导的漫反射谱一致。为从事稀土化合物研究和应用的人员提供了可参考的光谱数据。     

ELECTRONIC SPECTRA OF AZA-AROMATICS IN POLYMER MATRICES†

Abstract— The absorption and fluorescence spectra of acridine, phenazine, their cations and phenazine-di-N-oxide are studied in several polymer matrices. There is a one-to-one correspondence between previously measured spectra in fluid media and those reported here for plastic media. The matrix-induced spectral shifts are dependent upon the polarity and hydrogen-bonding ability of the polymer substrate. Environmental perturbations are also produced by high pressures (0–27 kbar) applied to the polymer matrix. Specific interactions between polymer substrate and the electronically excited solutes are evident from pressure-induced red shifts of the fluorescence and changes in quantum yields under pressure. These interactions between solute and its microscopic environment are subtle and varied for this group of nitrogen hetero-cyclics, although their effects are smaller than those encountered in the adsorption of related dyes.     

POLARIZED UV-ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF RETINAL ISOMERS-I. MEASUREMENTS IN EXTREMELY THIN MONOCRYSTAL PLATELETS

Abstract Crystals of all- trans retinal and both different forms of 11- cis , 12-s- cis retinal were grown on quartz slides with faces (101), (001) and (101), respectively, forming thin platelets of less than 0.2 μm thickness. Polarized UV absorption spectra at room temperature were measured in the range from 20 to 43 × 10³ cm⁻¹ with a microscope-spectrophotometer. In this spectral range three diffuse absorption bands were observed for all crystal types at similar wave numbers. A main absorption band was found at 25–28 × 10³ cm⁻¹, and two further bands at 32–34 and 38–40 × 10³ cm⁻¹. In case of all- trans retinal the latter band is by far the weakest in this spectral range. Additionally, the crystal spectrum of all- trans retinal shows a shoulder at the low wavenumber side of the main band which cannot be resolved in the corresponding solution spectrum. In the crystal spectra of 11- cis , 12-s- cis retinal, however, only a strong dissymmetry is observed at this side of the main band.     

KINETICS OF DYNAMIC HOLOGRAM RECORDING IN POLYMER FILMS WITH IMMOBILIZED BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Abstract
Polymer films with immobilized photosensitive membrane protein, bacteriorhodopsin (BR), were prepared and investigated. A sensitive holographic interferometer with phase modulated optical beams was used for investigation of kinetics of dynamic hologram recording in BR polymer films. It was found that phase hologram formation consisted of two quasi-exponential stages demonstrating existence of a diffusive process in obtained films. It was shown that the kinetics of a phase hologram recording by high intensity beams do not correlate with the exponential law. The applicability of BR polymer films as reversible photorefractive materials for dynamic holography and real-time interferometry was discussed.     

KINETICS OF DYNAMIC HOLOGRAM RECORDING IN POLYMER FILMS WITH IMMOBILIZED BACTERIORHODOPSIN

Abstract— Polymer films with immobilized photosensitive membrane protein, bacteriorhodopsin (BR), were prepared and investigated. A sensitive holographic interferometer with phase modulated optical beams was used for investigation of kinetics of dynamic hologram recording in BR polymer films. It was found that phase hologram formation consisted of two quasi-exponential stages demonstrating existence of a diffusive process in obtained films. It was shown that the kinetics of a phase hologram recording by high intensity beams do not correlate with the exponential law. The applicability of BR polymer films as reversible photorefractive materials for dynamic holography and real-time interferometry was discussed.     

PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTRA OF SOME BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES BETWEEN 300 AND 130 nm

Photoacoustic spectra of the biological molecules thymine, adenine, tyrosine, ergosterol and polyadenylic acid were obtained in the 300-130 nm region of photon wavelength using synchrotron radiation as a light source. Photoacoustic measurements were performed with thin solid films of these molecules made by vacuum evaporation, except for polyadenylic acid whose thin films were made from the aqueous solution. It was found that the spectra exhibit absorption structures which are in good agreements with those found from conventional transmission measurements. Some of the spectra, however, exhibit a marked deviation from the transmission data in the region below 145 nm, which may be indicative of photon absorption with subsequent photoelectron emission.     

PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF AMMONIA-INDUCED CHANGES IN ELECTROSTATICALLY-ASSEMBLED CONJUGATED POLYMER FILMS

ABSTRACT

Exposure of electrostatically assembled polyelectrolyte films comprised of the anionic carboxylic conjugated polymer poly[2-(3-thienyl)-ethanolhydroxycarbonylmethyl-urethane], hereafter referred to as H-PURET, and polycations such as poly(diallyldimethylammonium) chloride, here after referred to as PDADMAC, to aqueous ammonia vapor leads to dra matic changes in the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum. In the case of H-PURET/PDADMAC, a shift from 442 to 494 nm is observed upon overnight ammonia exposure. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to investigate the mechanism of the changes in optical properties. The C1s, O1s and S2p core levels exhibit negligible ammonia-induced changes. Two N1s peaks are observed in virgin H-PURET/PDADMAC assemblies, and ammonia exposure causes the nitrogen peak corresponding to the H-PURET side chain to become more intense relative to that of the PDADMAC layer. This selective change in the N1s feature suggests that ammonia interacts with the polythiophene side-chain, presumably by deprotonating the fraction of carboxylic acid groups that remain in the H-PURET layer. This deprotonation apparently leads to structural or single chain conformational changes in the conjugated polymer layers that alter the electronic absorption spectrum.     

聚合物多层膜的表面分子工程

概述了作者及其研究群体发展的基于氢键、配位键和共价键的聚合物交替沉积组装方法.在此基础上,重点讨论将溶液中的超分子组装与界面交替沉积相结合的非常规界面交替沉积组装方法.通过结构构筑与功能组装的结合,实现了不同表面物理化学性质的可控调节,包括仿生矿化、超疏水涂层、可控组装与释放、表面分子印迹等.这些研究结果对发展基于聚合物多层膜的表面分子工程具有重要意义.     

PHOTOCHROMISM AND LUMINESCENCE OF DOPANT CHROMOPHORES THROUGH TWO-PHOTON IONIZATION IN POLYMER FILMS

Two-photon ionization and recombination processes of an aromatic chromophore doped in polymer films werestudied and the features of these processes were discussed in relation to photofunctional polymers, An aromatic moleculehaving low ionization potential, e.g., N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylene diamine doped in poly(methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) film was easily photoionized by intense laser ligh excitation, giving a colored radical cation (photochromism) anda trapped electron in PMMA matrix. As a reversed process, the radical cation recombined with the trapped electron, showingdiscoloration and emitting luminescence, either isothermal luminescence (ITL), or thermoluminescence (TL). In this report,ITL and TL through the charge recombination process were studied and the luminescence was suggested as a mean of the read-out of photorecording.     

漆酚醛胺聚合物多孔膜的制备

以漆酚醛胺聚合物(UFDP)为成膜材料,利用水辅助自组装的固体基板展开法和水面展开法制备了漆酚醛胺聚合物多孔膜.研究了在静态(即不在聚合物表面吹扫氮气)高湿度环境下聚合物溶液浓度、环境湿度和固体基板等因素对多孔膜形貌的影响.结果表明,水面展开法更有利于形成单层的多孔膜而固体基板展开法得到的是多层的多孔膜.当UFDP聚合物浓度为6.0 mg/mL,环境相对湿度为90%时,用水面展开法制得的单层多孔膜的孔径分布较均匀.     

RUPTURING OF POLYMER FILMS WITH RUBBING-INDUCED SURFACE DEFECTS

It has been a long-standing question whether dewetting of polymer film from non-wettable substrate surfaceswherein the bicontinuous morphology never forms in the dewetting film is due to spinodal instability or heterogeneousnucleation. In this experiment, we use a simple method to make the distinction through introduction of topographical defectsof the films by rubbing the sample surface with a rayon cloth. Spinodal dewetting is identified for those films that dewet by acharateristic wavevector, q, independent of the density of rubbing-induced defects. Heterogeneous nucleation, on the otherhand, is identified for those with q increasing with increasing density of defects. Our result shows that PS films on oxidecoated silicon with thickness less than ≈ 13 nm are dominated by spinodal dewetting, but the thicker films are dominated bynucleation dewetting. We also confirm that spinodal dewetting does not necessarily lead to a bicontinuous morphology in thedewetting film, contrary to the classic theory of Cahn.     

MOLECULAR TRANSPORT OF ORGANIC LIQUIDS THROUGH POLYMER FILMS

Abstract

The molecular transport of small molecules through polymer films has been the subject of active research over almost three decades [1–8]. The main thrust in this area is either to accumulate a large body of experimental data to assess the stability of polymer films for extreme serviceability or to develop new theories which describe the phenomenology of transport processes, the latter often being studied in terms of three important parameters: permeation, diffusion, and solubility, in adition to the swelling phenomenon.     

用偏振红外光谱表征经单轴和双轴拉伸的PET薄膜

用偏振红外光谱方法研究了拉伸速率和不同拉伸方式,包括单轴拉伸、双轴同时拉伸和双轴依次拉伸等,对PET薄膜取向的影响。对由不同拉伸方式制得的反式结构含量和密度均基本相同的试样进行比较得出:单轴拉伸试样中分子链相对拉伸方向的轴取向程度最高,分子链在薄膜平面内的取向分布亦最不均匀;双轴拉伸试样中分子平面(苯环面)相对薄膜平面有明显的平面取向,而单轴拉伸试样中分子平面和薄膜平面基本上无共平面趋势。在所用的实验条件下,拉伸速率对取向程度几乎没有影响。     

玻璃基板作用下高分子共混物薄膜相形态发展过程

研究了玻璃基板作用下极性高聚物为低组分的共混物薄膜在退火条件下相形态的发展过程 .选用聚苯乙烯 (PS) 聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯 (PMMA)与聚苯乙烯 (PS) 聚ε 己内酯 (PCL)两个体系 ,在玻璃基板上Spin Coating成膜后退火 .由于共混物薄膜中极性相对较大的高聚物组分 (PMMA和PCL)相对于极性较小的PS组分对玻璃基板具有更好的润湿性 ,所以在上述的两个共混薄膜体系中其相形态分别显示PMMA和PCL在低组分比例下最终发展成为连续相 .利用扫描电镜以及元素分析很好地验证了以上的结论 ,并且对其机理进行了解释 .此外 ,改变PS的分子量与PCL共混 ,研究了组分粘度对薄膜相形态发展的影响 .结果表明 ,PS组分粘度越大 ,共混物薄膜相结构发展速度越慢     

光致取向调控偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物的阻隔特性研究

研究了液晶分子的排列方式对聚合物膜阻隔特性的影响,采用473 nm线偏振光照无定形偶氮液晶聚合物,使其介晶基元发生从无序到有序的取向排列.用膜透射率变化和锥光干涉图表征了分子的取向,其锥光干涉图为粗黑十字,说明在线偏振光下作用下液晶分子取向形成了单相畴沿面内排列的有序态.用金属表面氧化法进一步研究了取向态聚合物膜的阻隔...