Dissociation of photochromic spiroanthrooxazine dimers in the excited state

The influence of temperature and concentration on the spectral polarization properties of the luminescence and absorption of molecules of the original form of photochromic spiroanthrooxazine (SAO) in petroleum ether and polyethylene was investigated. It was shown that the long-wave part of the absorption spectra of the molecules is formed by at least two -*-type electronic transitions, the oscillators of which are mutually orthogonal. It is suggested that the SAO molecules form dimers in nonpolar media through dipole-dipole interaction, and at high concentrations they also form higher associates. Dimers stable in the ground state dissociate when excited to the second electronic transition with a rate constant of 10¹²–10¹³ s^–1.N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow. Department of the Institute of Solid-State Physics and Semiconductors, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 211177 Vitebsk. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 99–106, January, 1992.     

Superfast electrophoresis of electron-type conducting particles

The features of concentration polarization caused by electric current through a unipolar conductive particle are considered. The peculiarities of the formation of an induced space charge near a particle with electron-type conductivity are analysed. It has been shown that the theoretical values of electrophoretic velocity for these particles are essentially smaller than those calculated for particles with ion-type conductivity.A new method to observe the superfast electrophoresis is developed. The electrophoretic velocity of graphite and activated carbon particles of different size (diameter, 200–500 μm) displaced in distilled water and electrolyte solutions in strong electric fields (100–500 V cm⁻¹) was measured. It is shown that, in contrast to classical electrophoresis, the electrophoretic mobility of such particles increases with the particle size and the external field strength. The experimental and theoretical results are compared. The discrepancy between theory and experiment is analysed.     

Excitation-energy migration in self-assembled cyclic zinc(II)-porphyrin arrays: a close mimicry of a natural light-harvesting system

The excitation-energy-hopping (EEH) times within two-dimensional cyclic zinc(II)-porphyrin arrays 5 and 6, which were prepared by intermolecular coordination and ring-closing metathesis reaction of olefins, were deduced by modeling the EEH process based on the anisotropy depolarization as well as the exciton-exciton annihilation dynamics. Assuming the number of energy-hopping sites N = 5 and 6, the two different experimental observables, that is, anisotropy depolarization and exciton-excition annihilation times, consistently give the EEH times of 8.0 +/- 0.5 and 5.3 +/- 0.6 ps through the 1,3-phenylene linkages of 5 and 6, respectively. Accordingly, the self-assembled cyclic porphyrin arrays have proven to be well-defined two-dimensional models for natural light-harvesting complexes.     

Inclusion of dynamic σ-π polarization in π-electronab initio calculations

Summary A method is presented, whereby dynamic - polarization, i.e. the correlation effect expressed by simultaneous (-*, -*) excitations, can be approximately included in a multi-reference configuration interaction (MRCI) or multi-configurational self-consistent field (MC-SCF) calculation, without need to explicitly correlate the sigma orbitals. The method, which we call the capacitance matrix method, is based on the use of conventional one-electron integrals, from which a polarization potential (SPP) contribution is computed and added to the one- and two-electron Hamiltonian. In the present form, the method requires one parameter for each type of atom, and one for each type of bond. These parameters were adjusted to reproduce the dynamic - polarization energy, computed by restricted multi-reference CI calculations, of a number of states of different hydrocarbons, and the agreement was within a few percent. Using the same parameters in CAS (Complete Active Space) SCF calculations of various states of benzene gives excitation energies, when SPP is included, which is comparable to those obtained by much more elaborate MRCI calculations.     

New FIR laser lines and frequency measurements in CD3OD

Twenty-four new submillimeter laser lines in fully deuterated methyl alcohol (CD₃OD) in the wavelength range from 52 to 328 m have been obtained in a Fabry-Perot FIR resonator by optically pumping the methanol with a cw CO₂ laser. We have made accurate wavelength measurements and have determined the relative polarization of most of the known CD₃OD laser lines. The frequencies of 13 of the strongest lines were also measured.Contribution of the U.S. Government, not subject to copyright.     

Polarization of coherent synchrotron radiation from an electron beam rotating in a plasma

After eliminating reflections from the walls of the plasma container, we observed polarization of the coherent synchrotron radiation from a relativistic electron beam rotating in a plasma. Several features of the polarization agree well with calculations based on the single particle synchrotron radiation theory. A particular polarization ratio (Fig. 3) does not, however. We deduce from this direct diffraction of the radiation by the beam electrons. This is strong evidence for beam-particle bunches of size cm. Also, there must be some absorption of the extraordinary wave to account for the observations. We suggest a way to apply these results to measure the pitch angle of the beam.Work supported by Army Research Office.     

激发极化法在找水中的应用

激发极化法(简称激电法)不受地形起伏及围岩电阻率不均匀性的影响。因此。利用激电法找水，特别是在山区找水受到了重视，并取得了良好的效果。介绍了激发极化现象和激电找水中的常用参数，给出了利用激电法找水的具体实例。     

介质球面上极化电荷及空间电场分布规律

文章对置于匀强电场中的均匀介质球内和球外的电势和电场分布进行了定量的研究,同时讨论了ε1/ε2→0和ε1/ε2→∞时,介质球表面上极化电荷的分布规律及电势、电场分布。     

铁电体的极化疲劳和历史记忆效应

电滞回线是研究铁电性的重要方法,但其中非线性电导,非线性顺电电容等非铁电性的影响难以消除.为此提出了微分电滞回线方法以取代传统的电滞回线.基于该方法,可将回线中各种非铁电性的贡献定量地分离出来,从而得到纯铁电性的贡献.对锆钛酸铅(PZT)和钛酸钡(BST)陶瓷样品的测量结果表明,纯铁电微分回线可用若干个高斯函数精确拟和,铁电体的极化疲劳就表现为高斯函数个数、峰位、峰高、半高宽等参数在外加作用下持续变化.实验还进一步证明,疲劳效应与铁电体所经历的热力学历史密切相关.     

在中空纤维膜中Dean涡降低浓差极化的试验研究

膜污染与浓差极化是不同的概念，两者是相互关联、相互影响的，浓差极化使膜表面被截留组分浓度提高，从而加速了膜污染过程的，而膜污染使部分膜孔堵塞，又会促使局部浓差极化的加剧．因而，膜污染与浓差极化成因果关系，浓差极化是导致膜渗流量下降和分离效率降低的原因．在中空纤维膜中，Dean涡这种不稳定流能有效地将膜靠近膜壁的浓差极化现象大大消除．通过设计一组试验，证明了浓差极化的危害性和Dean涡能较大程度的降低浓差极化．从能耗的观点上说，试验结果表明，有Dean涡存在的编织型中空纤维膜，其能耗低于直线型，其渗透流量和回收率高．图12．参19．