Photoinduced intramolecular charge separation in donor/acceptor-substituted bicyclohexylidene and bicyclohexyl

The photophysical properties of a bicyclohexylidene (1DA) and a bicyclohexyl (2DA) substituted with an anilino electron donor and a dicyanoethylene electron acceptor have been studied. Quenching of local donor emission is observed for these compounds as well as quenching of the "pseudo-local" acceptor emission. Transient absorption spectra show dialkylanilino-type radical-cation and dicyanoethylene-type radical-anion absorptions. These results show that intramolecular charge separation takes place in 1DA and 2DA. This was corroborated by time-resolved microwave conductivity measurements from which large excited-state dipole moments were found for both 1DA and 2DA. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that in the charge-separated state in cyclohexane for 2DA, molecular folding takes place on a nanosecond timescale. For 1DA in cyclohexane, either charge separation takes place in a (fully) folded conformation or very rapid (subnanosecond timescale) folding takes place subsequent to charge separation. In addition to this difference in conformational behavior, the presence of the exocyclic double bond between the cyclohexyl-type rings results in efficient quenching of the anilino donor triplet state and acceleration of the charge recombination rate by a factor of 20.     

Gas chromatography/isotope-ratio mass spectrometry method for high-precision position-dependent 15N and 18O measurements of atmospheric nitrous oxide

We describe an automated gas chromatography/isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) method for the determination of the (18)O and position-resolved (15)N content of nitrous oxide at natural isotope abundance. The position information is obtained from successive measurement of the isotopic composition of the N(2)O(+) ion at m/z 44, 45, 46 and the NO(+) fragment ion at m/z 30, 31. The fragment ion analysis is complicated by a non-linearity in the mass spectrometer that has to be taken into account. Evaluation of the absolute peak areas allows for a simultaneous determination of the N(2)O mixing ratio for atmospheric samples. Samples with mixing ratios ranging from a few nmol/mol up to the percent level can be analyzed using different sample inlet systems. The high concentration inlet system provides an easy and quick method to carry out various diagnostic tests, in particular to perform realistic linearity tests. A gas chromatographic set-up with a split column and a backflush possibility improves analytical precision and excludes interferences by substances with long retention times from preceding runs. We also describe a new open split interface that uses only a single transfer capillary to the mass spectrometer for sample and reference gas.     

Mass spectrometric method for the absolute calibration of the intramolecular nitrogen isotope distribution in nitrous oxide

A mass spectrometric method to determine the absolute intramolecular (position-dependent) nitrogen isotope ratios of nitrous oxide (N₂O) has been developed. It is based on the addition of different amounts of doubly labeled ¹⁵N₂O to an N₂O sample of the isotope ratio mass spectrometer reference gas, and subsequent measurement of the relative ion current ratios of species with mass 30, 31, 44, 45, and 46. All relevant quantities are measured by isotope ratio mass spectrometers, which means that the machines inherent high precision of the order of 10^–5 can be fully exploited. External determination of dilution factors with generally lower precision is avoided. The method itself can be implemented within a day, but a calibration of the oxygen and average nitrogen isotope ratios relative to a primary isotopic reference material of known absolute isotopic composition has to be performed separately. The underlying theoretical framework is explored in depth. The effect of interferences due to ¹⁴N¹⁵N¹⁶O and ¹⁵N¹⁴N¹⁶O in the ¹⁵N₂O sample and due to ¹⁵N ₂ ⁺ formation are fully accounted for in the calculation of the final position-dependent nitrogen isotope ratios. Considering all known statistical uncertainties of measured quantities and absolute isotope ratios of primary isotopic reference materials, we achieve an overall uncertainty of 0.9 (1). Using tropospheric N₂O as common reference point for intercomparison purposes, we find a substantially higher relative enrichment of ¹⁵N at the central nitrogen atom over ¹⁵N at the terminal nitrogen atom than measured previously for tropospheric N₂O based on a chemical conversion method: 46.3±1.4 as opposed to 18.7±2.2. However, our method depends critically on the absolute isotope ratios of the primary isotopic reference materials air–N₂ and VSMOW. If they are systematically wrong, our estimates will also necessarily be incorrect.     

CO2 isotope analyses using large air samples collected on intercontinental flights by the CARIBIC Boeing 767

Analytical details for ¹³C and ¹⁸O isotope analyses of atmospheric CO₂ in large air samples are given. The large air samples of nominally 300 L were collected during the passenger aircraft‐based atmospheric chemistry research project CARIBIC and analyzed for a large number of trace gases and isotopic composition. In the laboratory, an ultra‐pure and high efficiency extraction system and high‐quality isotope ratio mass spectrometry were used. Because direct comparison with other laboratories was practically impossible, the extraction and measurement procedures were tested in considerable detail. Extracted CO₂ was measured twice vs. two different working reference CO₂ gases of different isotopic composition. The two data sets agree well and their distributions can be used to evaluate analytical errors due to isotope measurement, ion corrections, internal calibration consistency, etc. The calibration itself is based on NBS‐19 and also verified using isotope analyses on pure CO₂ gases (NIST Reference Materials (RMs) and NARCIS CO₂ gases). The major problem encountered could be attributed to CO₂‐water exchange in the air sampling cylinders. This exchange decreased over the years. To exclude artefacts due to such isotopic exchange, the data were filtered to reject negative δ¹⁸O(CO₂) values. Examples of the results are given. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Design of polarization-maintaining retro-reflector for folded-path applications

A design of polarization-maintaining retro-reflectors(PMRRs) for folded-path applications is proposed and analyzed.The prism-based scheme enables the output light,which is parallel to the input,to have an identical state of polarization.The principle of the design is theoretically verified,and the related error is analyzed due to possible manufacturing imperfection.The maximum spatial angle error is ±2.75°.The effect on the extinction ratio and insertion loss is also discussed,which further proves the design’s feasibility in practical applications.     

On the N2O correction used for mass spectrometric analysis of atmospheric CO2

To obtain accurate values of delta(13)C(CO(2)) and delta(18)O(CO(2)) on environmental CO(2) by mass spectrometry, the raw isotope data must be corrected for the isobaric N(2)O contribution. This is one of the analytical problems limiting inter-laboratory delta(13)C(CO(2)) data consistency. The key parameter, the N(2)O relative ionisation efficiency (E(N2O)), cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy by direct measurements of pure N(2)O. The determination of (E(N2O)) by analyses on N(2)O--CO(2) mixtures of known isotope composition and mixing proportions has been recently suggested. In this work we propose a new method of N(2)O correction which uses the m/z 30 signal as a measure of the N(2)O/CO(2) ratio, so that determinations of (E(N2O)) and N(2)O content are not required. The method uses the fact that fragment-ion spectra of N(2)O and CO(2) are very specific. The formalism of the correction is considered. Various tests demonstrate that the new method is robust, stable and easy to implement in practice. The effective value (E(N2O)) (the key parameter for the new correction) has to be calibrated on known N(2)O--CO(2) mixtures by measuring (30)R signals only. The method accuracy we presently achieved is around 2.5% and any error which appears to come mostly from our N(2)O--CO(2) mixture preparation. Based on our tests and error considerations, the error of the proposed method that may be achieved is as low as +/-1.5% (relative to the correction magnitude). For tropospheric CO(2) this means +/-0.003 per thousand and +/-0.005 per thousand for delta(13)C(CO(2)) and delta(18)O(CO(2)), respectively. The proposed method may be valuable for small samples where no separate N(2)O determinations are available (e.g. ice core samples and CF-IRMS measurements) as well as for determination of (E(N2O)) and testing the 'traditional' N(2)O correction based on mass balance calculations.     

关于n+k相多体系(k≥4)封闭网的构造

本文证明了n+k多体系(k≥4)的全部可能的封闭网均可以通过若干相应的子n+3相多体系的拼合运算得出,从而为具体构造n+k相多体系(k≥4)的全部合理的封闭网,提供了基本方法。     

超导临界温度理论(Ⅱ)

在文献[1]中,我们导出了超导临界温度T-c的一个严格级数表式.本文讨论这个级数的收敛范围,以及通过解析延拓来扩展收敛范围的可能性.结论是:我们的T_c级数(指文献[1]原来的级数,或者经过延拓后的级数)在∞>λ>λ₀的整个范围内,都是收敛的.这里λ₀是Matsubara表象中使决定T_c的方程具有正实数解的最小的λ值.它实际上就是库伦赝势.因此,也许除了少数非常弱耦合的超导体以外,我们的T_c级数能适用于一切超导体.     

多光束共振光压作用下钠原子束的偏转

本文报道了多光束共振光压作用下钠原子束偏转的实验研究结果。文中提出了用多光束与原子束相互作用以增大原子束的偏转量,并可大大降低对激光功率的要求。用一台染料激光器照射钠原子束得到1×10^-2rad的偏转角,偏转距离约7.2mm,并用激光诱导原子束荧光的方法检测原子束的偏转。