Absorption spectra effect

A different example of non-adiabatic effects is found in the absorption spectrum of pyrazine [171,172]. In this spectrum, the, Si state is a weak structured band, whereas the S2 state is an intense broad, fairly featureless band. Importantly, the fluorescence lifetime is seen fo dramatically decrease in fhe energy region of the 82 band. There is thus an efficient nonradiative relaxation path from this state, which results in the broad spectrum. Again, this is due to vibronic coupling between the two states [109,173,174]. 

To verify effectiveness of NDCPA we carried out the calculations of absorption spectra for a system of excitons locally and linearly coupled to Einstein phonons at zero temperature in cubic crystal with one molecule per unit cell (probably the simplest model of exciton-phonon system of organic crystals). Absorption spectrum is defined as an imaginary part of one-exciton Green s function taken at zero value of exciton momentum vector... 

Effect of the monochromator s slit width on noise and resolution for the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of benzene. The slit width increases from spectrum (a) to spectrum (d) with effective bandpasses of 0.25 nm, 1.0 nm, 2.0 nm, and 4.0 nm. 

RAIRS spectra contain absorption band structures related to electronic transitions and vibrations of the bulk, the surface, or adsorbed molecules. In reflectance spectroscopy the ahsorhance is usually determined hy calculating -log(Rs/Ro), where Rs represents the reflectance from the adsorhate-covered substrate and Rq is the reflectance from the bare substrate. For thin films with strong dipole oscillators, the Berre-man effect, which can lead to an additional feature in the reflectance spectrum, must also be considered (Sect. 4.9 Ellipsometry). The frequencies, intensities, full widths at half maximum, and band line-shapes in the absorption spectrum yield information about adsorption states, chemical environment, ordering effects, and vibrational coupling. 

Many other measures of solvent polarity have been developed. One of the most useful is based on shifts in the absorption spectrum of a reference dye. The positions of absorption bands are, in general, sensitive to solvent polarity because the electronic distribution, and therefore the polarity, of the excited state is different from that of the ground state. The shift in the absorption maximum reflects the effect of solvent on the energy gap between the ground-state and excited-state molecules. An empirical solvent polarity measure called y(30) is based on this concept. Some values of this measure for common solvents are given in Table 4.12 along with the dielectric constants for the solvents. It can be seen that there is a rather different order of polarity given by these two quantities. 

When an ionic solution contains neutral molecules, their presence may be inferred from the osmotic and thermodynamic properties of the solution. In addition there are two important effects that disclose the presence of neutral molecules (1) in many cases the absorption spectrum for visible or ultraviolet light is different for a neutral molecule in solution and for the ions into which it dissociates (2) historically, it has been mainly the electrical conductivity of solutions that has been studied to elucidate the relation between weak and strong electrolytes. For each ionic solution the conductivity problem may be stated as follows in this solution is it true that at any moment every ion responds to the applied field as a free ion, or must we say that a certain fraction of the solute fails to respond to the field as free ions, either because it consists of neutral undissociated molecules, or for some other reason ... 

IR absorption spectrum of the initial tantalum-saturated solution displays a weak band at about 880 cm 1, which corresponds to TaO bonds. The formation of the oxyfluorotantalate complex seems to be similar to the formation of oxyfluoroniobate in a niobium-saturated solution, but in the case of tantalum, the above effect is more emphasized. 

THE EFFECT OF SUBSTITUENTS ON THE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF BENZOIC ACID... 

In Section 17.13 reference has been made to the influence of various substituents in the benzene ring on the absorption of ultraviolet radiation, and the purpose of this exercise is to examine the effect in the case of benzoic acid by comparing the absorption spectrum of benzoic acid with those given by 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 4-aminobenzoic acid. 

Examine the seven absorption spectra, record the Amax values of absorption peaks comment upon the effect of —OH and —NH2 groups upon the absorption spectrum of benzoic acid, and of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide upon the spectra of the two substituted benzoic acids. 

Actifed is a medicinal preparation in which the effective components are the two drugs pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and triprolidine hydrochloride. The absorption spectrum of Actifed tablets dissolved in 0.1M hydrochloric acid is similar to that shown in Fig. 17.14(a) which is clearly of no value for quantitative determinations. A second derivative spectrum however is similar in character to that shown in Fig. 17.14(6) in which peak C corresponds to the pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and D to the triprolidine hydrochloride and from which it is possible to make quantitative measurements. Experience showed that it is advisable to use different response times for the two peaks with the instrument used a response setting of 3 was found to give the best results for pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, whilst a setting of 4 was best for the triprolidine hydrochloride. 

Aqueous geranium extract inhibited TMV starch lesion formation in cucumber cotyledons. Starch lesions were completely inhibited by vacuum infiltrating effective dosages at any time between 1 and 33 hours after virus inoculation. Between 33 and 72 hours, inhibition decreased progressively. The active ingredient in the geranium extract was identified by means of ultraviolet absorption spectrum and... 

A supramolecular assembly of macromolecules bearing antenna dendron has been reported. Pyrazole-anchored PBE dendrons were synthesized to examine the coordination behavior to transition-metal cations (Cu, Au, Ag) [31]. Self-assembled metallacycles were found. The Cu-metallacycle further formed luminescent fibers about 1 pm in diameter. The luminescence (605 nm) occurred by the excitation of the dendron (280 nm) and the excitation spectrum was coincident with the absorption spectrum of the dendron, suggesting the antenna effect. Interestingly, the luminescence of the Cu-metallacycle fiber disappeared when the fiber was dissociated into the individual metallacycles in C2H2. 

The absorption and fluorescence spectra of a neat film made of RdB-den-drimer are shown in Fig. 2. The absorption spectrum in visible-wavelength region was similar to that obtained from a solution of RdB with a concentration less than 0.1 mmol/1. Interpretation of the fluorescence in terms of the Frank-Condon mechanism indicated that the core RdB chromophore behaved with a site-isolation effect and had little interaction with the neighboring chro-... 

Licht et al. [17] developed a method of numerical analysis to describe the above-quoted equilibria of the 11 participating species (including alkali metal cations) in aqueous polysulfide solution, upon simple input to the algorithm of the temperature and initial concentration of sulfur, alkali metal hydroxide, and alkali metal hydrosulfide in solution. The equilibria constants were evaluated by compensation of the polysulfide absorption spectrum for the effects of H8 absorption and by computer analysis of the resultant spectra. Results from these calculations were used to demonstrate that the electrolyte is unstable, and that gradual degradation of polysulfide-based PECs (in the long term) can be attributed to this factor (Chap. 5). 

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