The Photochemical Methylenecyclopropane Rearrangement of Feist's Ester

In contrast to the thermal rearrangement, the photochemically induced methylenecyclopropane rearrangement of diethyl trans-methylenecyclopropane-2,3-dicarboxylate (I) and of ethyl ethoxycarbonylcyclopropylideneacetate (syn or anti) produced diethyl cis-methylenecyclopropane-2,3-dicarboxylate. A true photoequilibrium was not observed.     

Electron injection in amorphous 3-methylpentane

The main characteristics of the current obtained when photo-injecting electrons into glassy 3-methylpentane have been investigated: decrease of the thermalization range during glass configurational relaxation, space charge build-up inside the sample due to deeply trapped electrons in the glass and effect of the excitation light wavelength. The thermalization range is found to be ≈ 80Å.     

Detection and study of Rb I Rydberg states

We describe the details of an experiment using an atomic beam of rubidium which allowed us to detect by field ionization techniques the np Rydberg states from n = 28 up to n = 78, to detect also ns and nd states using a Stark mixing, and for all of these detected states to check the classical law E_c = [16n^*4]^?1 concerning the critical ionizing electric field E_c. It turns out that for n as high as 65 this law is quite well verified.     

A statistical model for transitions in nematic liquid crystals

The two-lattice model of Lennard-Jones and Devonshire has been modified and applied to the study of the transition from the nematic to the isotropic phase. We have used the concept of external degrees of freedom for molecules introduced by Prigogine and applied to the case of chain liquids.