Light charged particle emission in heavy-ion reactions — What have we learnt?

Light charged particles emitted in heavy-ion induced reactions, their spectra and angular distributions measured over a range of energies, carry the signature of the underlying reaction mechanisms. Analysis of data of light charged particles, both inclusive and exclusive measured in coincidence with gamma rays, fission products, evaporation residues have yielded interesting results which bring out the influence of nuclear structure, nuclear mean field and dynamics on the emission of these particles.     

Solvent effects on the absorption spectrum and recombination kinetics of diphenylcarbonyl oxide

The absorption spectra and rate constants of diphenylcarbonyl oxide recombination in a series of solvents and their binary mixtures were determined by flash photolysis. An increase in the solvent polarity causes hypsochromic shift of the maximum in the absorption spectrum of Ph₂COO. The analysis of the solvent effect on the recombination rate constant in terms of the four-parameter Koppel—Palm equation shows that the reactivity of carbonyl oxide depends on both specific and non-specific solvations. Quantum chemical B3LYP/6-31G(d) calculations of H₂COO and PhHCOO carbonyl oxides as well as the complexes of H₂COO with acetonitrile and ethylene in different media were performed using a polarized continuum model.     

Automatic compatibility tests of HSQC NMR spectra with proposed structures of chemical compounds

A recently introduced similarity measure is extended here for comparing two-dimensional spectra. Its applicability is demonstrated with heteronuclear single-quantum correlation (HSQC) NMR spectra. For testing the compatibility of a spectrum with the proposed chemical structure, first, the spectrum is predicted on the basis of that structure and then, the proposed comparison algorithm is applied. In this context, the topics of optimization are peak picking, signal intensity measures, and optimizing the parameters of the two-dimensional comparison method. The performance is analyzed with a test set of 289 structures of organic compounds and their HSQC and ¹H NMR spectra. The results obtained with HSQC spectra are better than those achieved using the previously described one-dimensional similarity test with ¹H NMR spectra alone.     

Inverse problems of aggregation processes

The coagulation frequency is the key ingredient in the population balance (Smoluchowski) equation of coagulation kinetics. An inverse problem is formulated to extract the coagulation frequency from transient size distributions when these distributions are self-similar. Two numerical examples illustrate the procedure. The first demonstrates the inverse problem for the recovery of singular coagulation frequencies, while the second shows the procedure when self-similarity is approximate. Transient droplet coagulation experiments in a turbulent flow field have been performed. The resulting size distributions are observed to be self-similar. The inverse problem is used to determine the drop coagulation frequency. This frequency shows significant deviation from the coagulation frequencies derived from simple models of drop-drop interactions in a turbulent flow field.     

X-ray transitions from antiprotonic noble gases

The onset of antiprotonic X-ray transitions at high principal quantum numbers and the occurrence of electronic X-rays in antiprotonic argon, krypton, and xenon has been analyzed with the help of Multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock calculations. The shell-by-shell ionisation by Auger electron emission, characterised by appearance and disappearance of X-ray lines, is followed through the antiprotonic cascade by considering transition and binding energies of both the antiproton and the remaining electrons. Electronic lines could be attributed partly to specific states of the antiprotonic atom de-excitation.     

D2及高浓度H2／CH4辉光放电

D_2辉光放电实验的目的旨在进一步了解辉光放电清除水的机制,弄清辉光放电清洗时,高本底H_2与质谱仪中离子源反应生成H_2影响质谱仪分析的情况。实验是在FY-I装置(异形截面环流器)上进行的,装置结构见文献[2]。实验安排与预试环上进行的实验大致相同。重水(D_2O)在相对净化的氢纯化器内电解后,生成D_2(氘)经压电晶体阀控制输入。     

Time-resolved spectra of coumarin 30-rhodamine 6G dye mixture

The effect of acceptor concentration on the energy transfer from Coumarin 30 (donor) to Rhodamine 6G (acceptor) has been studied. The nature of energy transfer reaction has been studied through lifetime measurements by recording the time-resolved fluorescence decay curves. The energy transfer parameters calculated were used to confirm the occurrence of energy transfer on the basis of the emission-reabsorption effect.     

Novel approaches for the preparation of silica-based zwitterionic hybrid copolymers

Two novel routes for the preparation of silica-based zwitterionic hybrid copolymers were proposed. A series of zwitterionic hybrid copolymers were prepared by the sulfonation of phenyl groups and the quaternary amination of tertiary amine groups alternately. Both FT-IR and ¹H NMR spectra confirm the step products. TGA and DrTGA analyses indicate that the thermal stability of these zwitterionic hybrid copolymers is higher than 400 °C. The determination of sulfonation degree reveals that the zwitterionic hybrid copolymer (c) from sulfonation-quarteramination (Route I) has the minimal value; meanwhile the anion-exchange capacity exhibits that the zwitterionic hybrid copolymer (e) from quarteramination-sulfonation (Route II) has the minimal value. These findings demonstrate the impact of electrostatic effect on the charge content of ionic groups. MALDI-TOF mass spectra exhibit that the decrease in the stability of the charged hybrid copolymers can be ascribed to the electrostatic effect between the molecular chains. The surface SEM images demonstrate that the surface of zwitterionic hybrid copolymer (e) from quarteramination-sulfonation (Route II) has some aggregated particles and form clusters regions in the hybrid matrix, which can also be attributed to the ionic interactions between those charged groups.     

Dy~(3+):ThO_2的选择激发光谱和能级结构

本文首次用熔融法生长了Dy3 + :ThO2 晶体 ,详细研究了其光谱特性。通过 12K下格位选择激发下的发射光谱测量 ,利用晶场理论 ,确定了Dy3 + 在ThO2 中的格位对称性为C3v。列表给出了Dy3 + :ThO2 的晶场能级结构。测量和讨论了 4 F9/ 2 能级的寿命。