The Influence of Temperature on C153 Steady-State Absorption and Fluorescence Kinetics in Hydrogen Bonding Solvents

In a recent paper (J Fluoresc (2011) 21:1547–1557) a temperature induced modulation of Coumarin 153 (C153) fluorescence lifetime and quantum yield for the probe dissolved in the polar, nonspecifically interacting 1-chloropropane was reported. This modulation was also observed in temperature dependencies of the radiative and nonradiative rates. Here, we show that the modulation is also observed in another 1-chloroalkane—1-chlorohexane, as well as in hydrogen bonding propionitrile, ethanol and trifluoroethanol. Change in the equilibrium distance between S ₀ an S ₁ potential energies surfaces was identified as the source of this modulation. This change is driven by temperature changes. It leads to a modulation of the fluorescence transition dipole moment and it is the primary source of the experimental effects observed. Additionally, we have found that proticity of the solvent induces a rise in the fluorescence transition dipole moment, which leads to a shortening of the fluorescence lifetime. Hydrogen bonds are formed by C153 also with hydrogen accepting solvents like propionitrile. We show that while such bonds do not affect the transition probability, they do change the S₀ an S₁ energy gap which in turn implies a change in non-radiative transition rate in a similar way as in protic solvents, as well as in the fluorescence spectrum position. Finally, the influence of temperature on the energies of hydrogen bonds formed by C153 when acting as hydrogen donor or acceptor is reported.     

Scientific Review: Neutron Compton Scattering Unveils Short-Lived Quantum Entanglement of Hydrogen in Condensed Matter

Multiparticle quantum entanglement (QE) and its dynamical properties are in the focus of several experimental and theoretical fields of modern physics and engineering (e.g., quantum optics, quantum computation, quantum cryptography, and teleportation). This is due to the potential applicability of QE for quantum computers and quantum information technology. If the quantum entangled particles are sufficiently isolated from their environment, coherence can persist for long times and quantum phenomena are revealed. However, under realistic conditions, the entangled objects are continuously interacting with their environment. Thus, coherence is lost and classicality emerges. This process is called decoherence [1] and represents the main problem for the realization of a quantum computer.     

Interactions of Electromagnetic Radiation with Electrolytes at High to Ultra-High Frequencies

Abstract

At frequencies above one megahertz, the behaviour of electrolytic solutions changes from an ionic conductor to a lossy dielectric. High frequency conductance measurements of aqueous electrolytes (Na₂SO₄ and KCl) have been made by continuous wave and pulse admittance methods, in cells with immersed, shiny Pt electrodes to study this transition. Peak conductance frequencies as a function of concentration did not conform to the classical circuit representation of a resistance and capacitance. Measured phase angles indicate that relatively concentrated electrolytes (0.001 ? 1 M) exhibit inductance due to electromagnetic and perhaps mass (inertial) effects. Modelling was possible with a constant value of the inductance, L, and capacitance, C, using a simple RLC equivalent circuit. Ion and solvent perturbations in high frequency electrical fields first are discussed in terms of a damped harmonic oscillator model, whose macroscopic response is self-consistent and equivalent mathematically to RLC network. However, it is improbable that mass effects are sufficiently large to explain the majority of the inductance, which arises primarily from the transmission of energy through the solution. Obviously, the skin effects found in electrolytes will be distinct from those for metallic conductors.     

全原子分子动力学模拟研究丙氨酸二肽水溶液的结构和氢键作用

采用全原子分子动力学模拟研究了丙氨酸二肽分子在水溶液中的结构和氢键作用。径向分布函数和氢键统计用于分子动力学模拟的分析。从径向分布函数（RDF）发现不同类型的强氢键显示出不同的形成能力,而体系中的C−H•••O弱相互作用较为明显,也不能忽略。氢键统计分析的结果也证实了这一点。分子内距离、回转半径和骨架二面角用于表征丙氨酸二肽分子在水溶液中的构象变化。丙氨酸二肽分子在水溶液中的柔顺性较好,构象在折叠和伸展之间相互转换。     

Structures and Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Urea-water System Studied by All-atom MD Simulation and Chemical Shifts in NMR Spectrum

采用分子动力学模拟方法结合核磁共振化学位移和粘度对尿素水溶液在稀浓度范围内的结构和弱相互作用进行研究. 从径向分布函数(RDF)分析看出,尿素水溶液中存在着几种不同类型、不同氢键形成能力的传统氢键. 氢键网络分析发现尿素水溶液体系在水富集区域,水分子倾向于自身缔合形成稳定的分子簇结构,而随着尿素浓度的逐渐增加,水的有序结构受到破坏,水分子和尿素分子发生了交叉缔合作用形成氢键,尿素分子有形成自身缔合的趋势. 分子动力学统计的平均氢键数与核磁共振化学位移和粘度数据结果进行比较,发现它们的变化趋势一致,证明了实验和理论结果有很强的可靠性.     

IR Spectroscopic Evidence of Hydrogen Bonding in Piperidine

Abstract

The IR spectra of piperidine dissolved in n-heptane revealed that a self-association equilibrium via weak hydrogen bonds exists in this system. The dimerisation constant was found to be 0.35 1·mol^?1 at 29°. No higher associates than dimers were found.     

Miscibility and Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Blends of Poly(hydroxyether ketone) and Poly(4-vinyl pyridine)

The influence of silica nanoparticles on the tensile properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) fibers was investigated. The results showed that mechanical properties of PET fibers were improved through nano‐silica incorporation. Two maxima of the modulus‐strain curves of PET/silica nanocomposites (PETS) fibers are always higher than those of pure PET (PET0) fibers. The results of microstructure investigations suggested that the amorphous orientation factor of PETS fibers is higher than that of PET0 fibers. It is suggested that the increase of amorphous orientation factor contributed to the improvement of tensile properties of PET fibers. Considering the difference in modulus‐strain curves of PET0 and PETS fibers, it is believed that the addition of nanoparticles not only improved the amorphous orientation factor but also changed the load units of PET fibers when strained, which also resulted in the improvement of tensile properties.     

不同溶剂中番茄红素的荧光光谱及其特性研究

用970CRT荧光光度计测定了番茄红素在正己烷、乙酸乙酯、四氢呋喃、氯仿、丙酮和苯等6种溶剂中的荧光光谱以及番茄红素在四氢呋喃溶液中不同浓度下的荧光光谱。对所测光谱分析得出:6种溶剂中荧光光谱的最大峰值波长(λmax)分别为542.5 nm5、48.2 nm5、55.0 nm、555.7 nm、556.4 nm和565.7 nm,由于溶剂效应,随溶剂极性由小到大,荧光光谱的最大峰值波长(λmax)逐渐红移,由这些峰值波长计算得出相应的番茄红素分子在6种溶剂中的跃迁能ET分别为220.5 kJ/mol2、18.2 kJ/mol2、15.6 kJ/mol2、15.3 kJ/mol2、14.9 kJ/mol和211.5 kJ/mol,可见跃迁能ET也随溶剂极性增大而降低;当番茄红素在四氢呋喃溶液中的质量浓度低于50μg/ml时,溶液的荧光强度随溶液浓度增加而增大,当质量浓度高于50μg/ml时,由于番茄红素的激发态分子与基态分子相互作用,荧光强度反而减小;在浓度低于80μg/ml的溶液中,番茄红素的荧光光谱除最大峰值外还有三个较小峰值,据此计算得出相应的番茄红素分子的跃迁能分别为E(T1)=278.2 kJ/mol、E(T2)=260.2 kJ/mol和E(T3)=239.3 kJ/mol。     

不同溶剂中苯酚的紫外光谱

主要研究苯酚在不同的溶剂中的紫外光谱。结果发现,苯酚紫外光谱的两个强吸收峰在碱性溶剂中会发生红移,分别从210nm红移至234nm、270nm红移至287nm,而在酸性溶剂中则无明显变化,溶剂极性对两个吸收峰强度也有影响。     

HArF和HNO二聚体相互作用氢键的理论研究

用二阶微扰理论结合6-311+G**、6-311++G**和6-311++G(2d,2p)基组对氢键相互作用二聚体HNO···HArF进行研究．在MP2/6-311+G**、MP2/6-311++G**和MP2/6-311++G(2d,2p)水平上，利用标准方法和均衡校正方法对二聚体进行了几何优化、振动频率和相互作用能的计算．对于相互作用能采用G2MP2方法计算．计算结果表明存在两种稳定的二聚体HNO···HArF结构，在这两种结构中，Dimer I(H···F)比Dimer II(H···O)更加稳定．通过振动频率的计算表明，在Dimer I(H···F)中存在N-H···F蓝移氢键，在DimerII(H···O)中存在Ar-H···O红移氢键，并对蓝移氢键加以确认．利用电子密度拓扑学分析和自然键轨道分析对于氢键红移和蓝移进行了合理解释．     

受限于对称性破缺狭缝间氢键流体的相平衡研究

利用密度泛函理论并结合改进的基本度量理论研究了受限于对称性破缺狭缝间氢键流体的相平衡. 首先根据氢键流体的吸附-脱附等温线及相应巨势获得不同条件下氢键流体的相图. 进一步讨论了氢键作用、狭缝间距、狭缝与流体分子间相互作用及对称性破缺程度等因素对氢键流体相平衡的影响. 结果表明, 由于狭缝与流体分子及流体分子间的相互作用存在竞争, 使得受限于对称性破缺条件下的氢键流体呈现更为复杂的相态特征.     

番茄红素在不同溶剂中的分光光度法分析

番茄红素因其抗氧化活性强,具有多种养生保健功效,日益受到重视,但番茄红素的提取测定方法繁琐复杂,很难广泛应用。采用分光光度法,以石油醚、丙酮、甲醇为溶剂,二氯甲烷为助溶剂,先从吸收光谱差异入手,确定最大吸收波长,再于最大吸收波长处,以不同浓度的番茄红素标准液测定其吸光度值,制作标准曲线,得到回归方程,并考察二氯甲烷的量,浸提时间等对番茄红素提取效果的影响,探索分光光度法测定番茄红素的简单快速的分析方法。实验结果表明,以石油醚为溶剂,波长474 nm,加入5 mL的二氯甲烷助溶,浸提时间为40 min时,是用分光光度法测定番茄红素的最佳方法。     

Infrared Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Sterically Hindered Hydroxy Compounds

Hydrogen bonding in five benzhydrols and triphenyl methanol have been studied in the solid phase and on dissolution. Attempts have been made to characterize possible molecular species in the solid structure.     

银团簇上吸附氧原子与氢气作用的研究

The interactions between Ag_nO^-(n=1-8) and H₂ (or D₂) were explored by combination of the mass spectroscopy experiments and density function theory (DFT) calculations. The experiments found that all oxygen atoms in Ag_nO^-(n=1-8) are inert in the interactions with H₂ or D₂ at the low temperature of 150 K, which is in contrast to their high reactivity with CO under the same condition. These observations are parallel with the preferential oxidation (PROX) of CO in excess hydrogen catalyzed by dispersed silver species in the condensed phase. Possible reaction paths between Ag_nO^-(n=1-8) and H₂ were explored using DFT calculations. The results indicated that adsorption of H₂ on any site of Ag_nO^-(n=1-8) is extremely weak, and oxidation of H₂ by any kind of oxygen in Ag_nO^-(n=1-8) has an apparent barrier strongly dependent on the adsorption style of the "O". These experiments and theoretical results about cluster reactions provided molecule-level insights into the activity of atomic oxygen on real silver catalysts.     

1H NMR Study of Hydrogen Bonding and Hydrogen to Deuterium Isotope Exchange in Ureido Sugars

Abstract

The acidic properties of ureido NH protons in two new derivatives of methyl 3,4,6-triacetyl-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranoside and i-butylamine (1) and L-leucine (2) were studied by ¹H NMR. Stronger influence of polar aprotic solvents, more effective interaction with nitroxyl radical and faster H/D exchange indicate that N1'-H proton which is proximate to the glucopyranose ring is more acidic than N3'-H one in both ureido sugars, this conclusion was supported by semi-empirical AM1 calculation. Hydrogen to deuterium exchange rates are 1.2 x 10^?2 to 5.5x 10^?3 M^?1 min^?l. Significantly slower exchange of N3'-H proton standing by Leu residue in 2 can be explained by the existence of internal H-bonds.     

Near Infrared Spectrophotometric Study of Hydrogen Bonding in Primary Aliphatic Amines

The aim of this report is to demonstrate that the combination bands of NH₂ are useful to compare the association interactions of the NH₂ group of primary aliphatic amines with the recognized weak proton donor solvents, chloroform and isopropyl alcohol for example and with the weaker π-electron donors benzene and pyridine, for example. Examples of families of isosbestic curves characteristic of typical equilibrium reactions of an amine with the complexing solvents are presented including the proton donor-acceptor system, 4-phenylbutylamine with benzene.     

核黄素在不同极性溶剂中的光谱特性研究

实验测得核黄素在水、二甲基亚砜(DMSO)和三氯甲烷三种不同极性溶剂中的稳态吸收光谱、荧光光谱和时间分辨荧光光谱,研究了溶剂对核黄素光谱性质的影响。实验结果表明,在不同极性的溶剂中,核黄素的吸收峰位置几乎不变,而荧光光谱峰值随着溶剂极性的增大而出现红移。这是由于溶质分子的电子激发及溶剂化效应引起的电子重新分布导致它在极性溶剂中第一激发单重态能级的变化。在时间分辨荧光光谱实验中,核黄素在水溶液中荧光寿命也高于在其他两种溶剂中,荧光寿命的延长可归因于核黄素与氢键对体溶剂之间的分子间氢键相互作用。应用Gaussian09软件,采用密度泛函理论和含时密度泛函理论,结合基于密度的溶剂化模型,对不同极性溶剂中的核黄素分子进行基态和激发态优化和计算。通过前线分子轨道分析,核黄素的受激跃迁属于苯环和含氮杂环上的π电子向苯环及C N,C O共轭双键的反键轨道π*的跃迁。分子偶极矩的计算结果表明,核黄素分子的第一激发态偶极矩大于基态偶极矩,偶极矩的增大,导致溶质与溶剂分子之间的相互作用的增大。而溶剂分子与溶质分子基态和激发态的相互作用程度不同,使得吸收峰和荧光峰出现不同变化情况。极性越大的溶剂越有利于对激发态的稳定作用,使激发态能量降低,相应的发射波长发生红移。最后,通过分子表面静电势和弱相互作用分析,在水溶剂中考虑氢键作用对核黄素分子光谱的影响。多聚体结构的理论吸收和发射峰值更接近实验结果,说明多聚体结构合理。水分子二聚体与核黄素形成的环状结构,有利于提高核黄素分子的刚性,有利于荧光的发射,减少非辐射跃迁的几率,荧光寿命延长。     

Soliton Interactions with Different Dispersion Curve Functions in Heterogeneous Systems

In practical optical communication systems, there are some factors that can affect transmission quality of optical solitons. The constant coefficient nonlinear Schr¨odinger(NLS) equation has been unable to meet the actual research needs. We need to use the variable coefficient NLS equation to simulate an actual system, so as to explore its potential application value. Based on the variable coefficient NLS equation, six dispersion decreasing fibers(DDFs) with different dispersion curve functions ...     

NMR Study of the Hydrogen Bonding of Sterically Hindered Phenols with Alicyclic Ethers and Pyridine

In a preliminary report¹ it was shown that the hydrogen-bond chemical shift, δ_AB, correlates with the change in enthalpy, δH, in the interaction of chloroform with a series of closely related oxygen and nitrogen bases. In this communication, we report the hydrogen bonding parameters for the interaction in cyclohexane medium between 2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenol and tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran and pyridine, and between 2,6-di-1-adamantyl-4-t-butylphenol and pyridine. There is correlation between the δ_AB and δ_AE for the same proton donor (2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenol) and the closely related alicyclic bases, and for the same base (pyridine) and the two closely related sterically hindered phenols. The temperature dependence of the δ_AB in these systems is also reported.     

不同体系下氢键对聚丙烯酰胺光谱的影响

采用红外,紫外光谱分析不同体系下氢键对部分水解高分子聚丙烯酰胺光谱的影响。研究表明,高分子聚丙烯酰胺中的酰胺基与部分水解的羧酸基能形成分子内氢键导致酰胺基中游离-NH₂特征吸收峰向低频方向移动;聚丙烯酰胺在水溶液中随浓度的增大主要形成分子内氢键使最大吸收波长发生红移;在含中等浓度钠离子和钙离子的水溶液体系下,分子内氢键和分子间氢键同时存在,在含高浓度钠离子和钙离子体系下,则主要形成分子间氢键。不同体系下,氢键对聚丙烯酰胺光谱的影响不同：在水溶液体系下,其最大吸收波长红移8 nm,在钠离子单独存在的体系下,最大吸收波长红移4 nm,在钙离子和钠离子同时存在的体系下,最大吸收波长红移2 nm。