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Photoinduced electron transfer in molecular organizates at the gas-water interface
1994
Abstract The influence of the molecular geometry is of fundamental importance for a better understanding of the photoinduced electron transfer mechanism. Because of their typical molecular structures, cyclophane rings have proved to be suitable for this purpose as electron acceptor molecules adsorbed under an amphiphile monolayer. We used a pyrene-labelled phospholipid derivative both as molecular anchor for the cyclophane ring and electron donor molecule. The co-spreading technique was used to prepare the complex monolayers. Surface pressure and surface potential measurements have indicated similar monolayer behaviour as with dimyristoylphosphatidic acid as anchor molecule, leading to the …
Chemical structure and internal diffusion within polymer chains in the melt
1985
The single chain dynamics of polydimethylsiloxane in the melt is studied by means of quasielastic neutron scattering. For this polymer the wave vector range 0.03 A−1≦q≦0.30 A−1 covers the regime of universal modes as well as local diffusive processes. A model is described which incorporates the specific chemical structure of the macromolecule and allows to interpret our data in the full wave vector regime. The only parameter which enters the model, the monomer diffusion constantDm, is found to be (1.2±0.2)·10−5 cm2s−1.
Residual order in amorphous dry films of polymer latices: indications of an influence of particle interaction
2002
Abstract We report small angle X-ray scattering and atomic force microscopy measurements on macroscopically thick, dry films of polymer latex particles. While the surface of dried droplets has long range order due to layering effects, the overall bulk structure is amorphous. This holds for both low charge polymethylmetacrylate particles and for highly charged polystyrene particles with additional stabilisation with sodiumdodecylsurfate. In the latter case, however, considerable amounts of residual crystal-like order is observed.
Measurement of the strain-optic coefficients of PMMA from 800 to 2000 nm
2020
The strain-optic coefficients of PMMA are measured in a broad wavelength range from 800 to 2000 nm. The sensitivity of the azimuthal whispering gallery mode resonances to the strain is exploited to measure the strain-optic coefficients of PMMA micro-rods. The technique is based on measuring the wavelength shift of the resonances of both polarizations states, the TE and TM, when an axial strain is applied to the polymer rods. This method enables the determination of the strain-optic coefficients of the material in a broad wavelength range. In particular, in the near-infrared range, the PMMA exhibits negligible dispersion and anisotropy, and the strain-optic coefficients show constant values …
Mechanism of Trichloroethene Hydrodehalogenation: A First-Principles Kinetic Monte Carlo Study
2014
A hydrodehalogenation (HDC) reaction of trichloroethene (TCE) has gained a lot of interest due to its possible application in water purification, but the reaction mechanism has been subject to much controversy. In this work, HDC of TCE on Pd(111) was examined by carrying out kinetic Monte Carlo simulations based on DFT-calculated thermodynamic and kinetic parameters. Obtained kMC results show that the HDC follows a so-called direct pathway, which means that, after adsorption on a catalyst, TCE quickly dechlorinates, producing CH–C and then, more slowly, hydrogenates to form hydrocarbon products. This is reflected in the surface coverage snapshots, where intermediates corresponding to the di…
Impact of aggregates on excitation dynamics in transparent polymer films doped by dipolar molecules
2008
Abstract Optical properties of transparent polymer films of polymethylmethacrylate doped (up to 25 wt.%) by dipolar N , N -dimethylaminobenzylidene 1,3-indandione (DMABI) molecules were studied. Formation of DMABI nanocrystallites, increasing in their density and size with dopant concentration, was revealed by optical microscopy. Transformation of the fluorescence spectrum from the molecular-like emission (for the low dopant concentration below 1 wt.%) to highly red-shifted fluorescence corresponding to self-trapped excitons in the crystallites was observed. It was shown, that due to the resonant energy transfer in the blend, the DMABI nanocrystals can serve as efficient fluorescence marker…
Aggregation Processes and Formation of Silico-calco-alkaline Gels under High Ionic Strength
2002
This paper presents a systematic in situ study of the process of formation of silico-calco-alkaline gels starting from a liquid colloidal solution containing different alkaline ions and different calcium concentration until the final gel state. The combined use of X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering (SAS) and dynamical rheometry techniques lead to a consistent description of the structure of the aggregates and of the mechanisms of aggregation involved in gel formation. SAS results indicate that the aggregates are fractal objects, their structure strongly depending on calcium ion concentration. The differences in gelation kinetics for systems containing different alkaline ions were attr…
Self-diffusion in polymer solutions using the bond-fluctuation MC-algorithm
1991
Abstract A lattice Monte Carlo study of the self-diffusion of polymer chains in an athermal solution of equal chains is presented. The examined chain lengths, N (= 20–200), and volume fractions, φ (= 0.025-0.5), cover the range from dilute solution to concentrated solution, respectively. The dynamics show a gradual crossover from Rouse to reptation-like behaviour. Analysing the data according to a scaling theory and taking into account the density dependence of the microscopic length and time-scales, an almost perfect scaling of the self-diffusion coefficient is achieved. The high statistical accuracy of the data (103–104 chains per parameter combination) was obtainable by using a transpute…
Synthesis, crystal structures, and solid state quadratic nonlinear optical properties of a series of stilbazolium cations combined with gold cyanide …
2011
Three salts built up from (E)-4′-(dimethylamino)-stilbazolium (DMAS)H+, (E)-4′-(diethylamino)-stilbazolium (DEAS)H+, (E)-4′-{2-(methoxymethyl) pyrrolidinyl}-stilbazolium (MPS)H+, and gold cyanide as a counter-ion, are reported. The crystal structures have been solved for (DEAS)H+ Au(CN)2− (Cc space group), and for (MPS)H+ Au(CN)2− (P1 space group). The semi-empirical (ZINDO) calculated static hyperpolarizability (β0) of (MPS)H+ is equal to 147 × 10−30 cm5esu−1, in solid state, which is 25% higher than that of the cation of the well known (E)-4′-(dimethylamino)-methylstilbazolium tosylate (DAST). (MPS)H+ Au(CN)2− exhibits a unique crystal structure in which the cations are perfectly aligned.…
The influence of counterions and hydrophobic moieties on the thermostability of Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers
1994
Abstract Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) multilayers with various counterions and different organic moieties (one- and two-chain fatty acids, polymeric acid) are prepared to investigate on line temperature-dependent structural changes and desorption by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), interference-enhanced reflection and Nomarsky microscopy. On temperature increase a sequence of phase transitions can be observed. A crystalline LB film melts to a fluid phase and eventually desorbs either from droplets or from a homogeneous film. The phase sequence depends on the counterion: nickel stearate and magnesium stearate melt while the layered structure is conserved; SAXS measurements reveal a continuous,…