Vibronic state specific predissociation rates from excited electronic states

It is shown that predissociation can be perceived as a primary process due to the continuum part of a Morse oscillator potential. In the model proposed here internal conversion to the ground state is thus not necessarily the primary process of a consecutive dissociation but may be a simultaneous decay. As a consequence, dissociation rates should show strong variations from specific (ro-) vibrational states of the first excited electronic states that are similar to those known from “pure” internal conversion rates. This behaviour is demonstrated by calculating predissociation rates for the process. Especially the out-of-plane modes seem to play an extraordinary role in the excess energy behaviour of the predissociation rate. At lower excess energies, rates from single vibronic levels with out-of-plane mode characteristics may show an increase by several orders of magnitude. Received: 13 November 1998     

多组分金属催化剂表面漫反射紫外可见光谱研究

研究了二氧化碳加氢甲烷化二组分、三组分担载型金属催化剂表面漫反射紫外可见光谱（ＤＲＵＶＳ）。根据ＤＲＵＶＳ提供的信息,揭示了催化剂组分间相互作用结果对催化活性的影响;不同助剂量催化剂ＤＲＵＶＳ特征强度与催化活性间定量关系也得到合理确定 。     

单参考态微扰理论发散问题的理论研究

本文对闭壳层和开壳层分子系统由于加入弥散函数导致的单参考态微扰理论的发散问题进行了深入的研究. 发现对开壳层系统,微扰能量的振幅随体系自旋多重度的增加而增加. 本文利用Feenberg变换来处理微扰理论的发散问题. 通过调节Feenberg 变换的参数λ来加速微扰序列的收敛性. 数值计算表明,存在一个λ值,微扰序列收敛最快. 还发现该λ值随着自旋多重度增加而增加.     

番茄碰伤和可溶性固形物近红外光谱同时在线检测

可溶性固形物和碰伤是影响番茄品质的两个主要因素。研究的目的是探索可见近红外漫透射光谱同时在线检测番茄碰伤和可溶性固形物的可行性。在单通道送果速度5个每秒条件下,采集番茄近红外漫透射光谱。对比分析碰伤与正常番茄样品的近红外漫透射光谱特性,结果表明,碰伤与正常番茄样品的近红外漫透射光谱在光强上存在明显差异,碰伤果光强要强于正常果,其原因可能是碰伤后果肉变软,透光性变强;在650和675 nm处碰伤果比正常果要多两个吸收峰,可能是碰伤后,番茄表皮颜色发生变化所致。选取贡献率占比最多的前三个主成数,对正常果与碰伤果近红外漫透射光谱主成分定性分析,正常果与碰伤果不能有效聚类,故近红外漫透射光谱主成分定性分析效果不明显,需选择建立高维近红外漫透射光谱定性判别模型。故建立了碰伤番茄样品的近红外漫透射光谱偏最小二乘定性判别模型,误判率为0%,能正确判别碰伤果,故选用碰伤番茄样品的近红外漫透射光谱偏最小二乘定性判别模型作为番茄碰伤果在线剔除分选模型。通过对未参与建模的样品进行验证,能正确识别出碰伤果。经近红外漫透射光谱偏最小二乘定性判别模型剔除碰伤果后,按照可溶性固形物指标进行分级。分别使用全部波段和606～850 nm的波段进行建模预处理,且对全部波段和606～850 nm波段光谱进行2阶导数预处理,前后平滑设为9,利用连续投影算法与遗传算法优选可溶性固形物的光谱建模变量,对比发现,利用未经算法筛选过的606～850 nm波段光谱变量进行建模,效果最好,建立了可溶性固形物在线检测模型,预测集均方根误差为0.43 Brix°。采用未参与建模的样品进行碰伤和可溶性固形物同时在线检测验证,碰伤样品的分选准确率达96%,可溶性固形物样品的分选准确率达91%。表明：番茄碰伤和可溶性固形物近红外漫透射光谱同时在线检测是可行的。     

A phase field model for vesicle–substrate adhesion

In this paper, a phase field model is developed for vesicle adhesion involving complex substrate and vesicle geometries. The model takes into account an adhesion potential that depends on the distance of vesicle to the substrate. A variational problem is solved in a 3D computational domain by minimizing the contribution of bending elastic energy and the adhesion energy under the constraints of total surface area and volume, described via a phase function. An adaptive finite element method is used to efficiently compute the numerical solutions of the model. The computational results are validated through comparison of several axisymmetric shapes with the sharp-interface ODE solution. Moreover, we compute shapes for non-axisymmetric situations to support the observation that concave substrates favor adhesion.     

Preparation, crystal structures, EPR and reflectance spectra of two new charge-transfer salts, [CpFeCpCH2N(CH3)3]4[XMo12O40] · nCH3CN (n = 0 for X = P or n = 1 for X = Ge)

Two new charge-transfer salts, [CpFeCpCH₂N(CH₃)₃]₄[PMo₁₂O₄₀] · CH₃CN (1) and [CpFeCpCH₂N(CH₃)₃]₄[GeMo₁₂O₄₀] (2), were synthesized by the traditional solution synthetic method and their structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. Salt 1 belongs to the triclinic space group P1, and salt 2 belongs to the triclinic space group . There exist the complex interactions of the cationic ferrocenyl donor and Keggin polyanion in the solid state. The solid state UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra indicate the presence of a charge-transfer band climbing from 450 nm to well beyond 900 nm for 1, a charge-transfer band from 460 to 850 nm with λ_max = 630 nm for 2.The EPR spectra of salts 1 and 2 at 77 K show a signal at g = 2.0048 and 1.9501, respectively, ascribed to the delocalization of one electron in reduced Keggin ion in salt 1 and the Mo^VI in [GeMo₁₂O₄₀]⁴⁻ is partly reduced to Mo^V owing to the charge-transfer transitions taking place between the ferrocenyl donors and the POM acceptors. The two compounds were also characterized by IR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry.     

Study of the aerosol fragrances of eugenol derivatives in Cananga odorata using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and gas chromatography

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) method, a fast and non-destructive method without extraction, and compare it with the standard gas chromatography (GC) method currently used. A micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor (MOUDI) was used to sample all the size distributions of the aerosol particles of essential oils to investigate the relation between size distributions and the indoor concentration distributions of ylang essential oils. Correlation coefficients for DRIFTS and GC were 0.9904, 0.9910, 0.9913, and 0.9983 for eugenol, isoeugenol, methyl ether, and eugenyl acetate, respectively. The results showed that the concentrations of the four eugenol derivatives of smoke were approximately three times higher than those of mist. Additionally, the major size distributions of aerosol were 0.19 μm and 1.8 μm for the smoke and mist methods, respectively. Because these two methods produce similar results, DRIFTS is a practical method for assessing these fragrances in aerosols.     

A rapid, simple method for determining formaldehyde in drinking water using colorimetric-solid phase extraction

Formaldehyde has been detected in drinking water supplies across the globe and on board NASA spacecraft. A rapid, simple, microgravity-compatible technique for measuring this contaminant in water supplies using colorimetric-solid phase extraction (C-SPE) is described. This method involves collecting a water sample into a syringe by passage through a cartridge that contains sodium hydroxide, to adjust pH, and Purpald, which is a well-established colorimetric reagent for aldehydes. After completing the reaction in the syringe by agitating for 2 min on a shaker at 400 rpm, the 1.0-mL alkaline sample is passed through an extraction disk that retains the purple product. The amount of concentrated product is then measured on-disk using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and compared to a calibration plot generated from Kubelka-Munk transformations of the reflectance data at 700 nm to determine the formaldehyde concentration. This method is capable of determining formaldehyde concentrations from 0.08 to 20 ppm with a total work-up time of less than 3 min using only 1-mL samples.     

Rapid determination of aluminum by UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy with application of suitable adsorbents

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) can be used as a rapid and sensitive method for the quantitative determination of low amounts of aluminum. In this analytical technique, the analyte in samples are extracted onto a solid sorbent matrix loaded with a colorimetric reagent and then quantified directly on the adsorbent surface. Alternatively, colored aluminum complexes formed in solution can also be immobilized onto adsorbent surface and be measured by DRS technique. Octadecyl silica disk, methyltrioctylammonium chloride–naphthalene and MCM-41 were examined as adsorbents. Eriochrome cyanine R and quinalizarin were used as coloring reagents. Optimal sorption conditions were found for each system of analyte–reagent–adsorbent. The concentration of analyte is determined using the appropriate form of the Kubelka–Munk function. We obtained for each of the aluminium–reagent–adsorbent system a calibration curve by plotting the absorbance versus the log 10²[Al³⁺] μg ml⁻¹. The linear dynamic range extends over two orders of magnitude within 0.01–15 μg ml⁻¹ with little differences in the range and in the correlation coefficients among the adsorbents. We consider that for a rapid determination of aluminum a spot-test-DRS combination with a detection limit of 1.0 × 10⁻² μg ml⁻¹ is the more facile and preferred technique.     

Determination of diclofenac in pharmaceutical preparations by diffuse reflectance photometry

A quantitative analytical method for the determination of diclofenac in pharmaceutical preparations by diffuse reflectance in the visible region of the spectrum is presented. The color reaction is done directly in the measuring cell immediately after mixing, using small volumes of the analyte solution, of the reagent and of the buffer solutions. All reflectance measurements were carried out in a home made reflectometer equipped with a red LED as light source and a LDR as detector. The calibration curves were constructed from 1.0 to 18 mg mL⁻¹ (about 3.0 × 10⁻³ to 5.5 × 10⁻² mol L⁻¹) of sodium diclofenac or of potassium diclofenac in the analytical solution, with typical correlation coefficients equal to 0.999. The detection limit was estimated to be about 0.7 mg mL⁻¹ (2 × 10⁻³ mol L⁻¹). The method was applied to determine diclofenac in solid and liquid pharmaceutical preparations. The R.S.D. varied from 2% to 4% depending of the sample. The results were compared with those obtained with the HPLC procedure recommended by the United States Pharmacopoeia using the statistical Student's t-test procedure.