Absorption spectra, of excited

Porter G and Topp M R 1968 Nanosecond flash photolysis and the absorption spectra of excited singlet states Nature 220 1228-9... 

Excitation of molecules inherently generates new electronic species which have their own unique absorption spectra. Ordinarily, secondary absorption due to electronically excited molecules is not observed because of the extremely low steady-state concentrations formed with moderate illumination. However, there are two general methods in which the transient absorption spectra of excited molecules may be observed (a) high-intensity irradiation of a solution of the solute in a rigid matrix, and (6) flash photolysis of the solute in either solution or solid state followed by a secondary flash from an analysis lamp. 

Veremeichik, T. F. (1973) Optical absorption spectra of excited Cr3+ ions in magnesium spinel at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures. Opt. Spektrosk., 35, 102-7. 

This may lead to an overestimation of electrochromic effects on neighbouring pigments. Finally the inclusion of double and triple excitations allows the calculation of absorption spectra of excited states including radical pairs and triplets. It seems feasible in the near future to make a calculation on the whole hexamer of the reaction center thereby getting access to the spectra of intermediate states including the electrochromic shifts. 

In these measurements, dynamic processes have been analyzed primarily by probing a transient absorption at one wavelength. In general, however, absorption spectra of excited states and chemical intermediates overlap each other. Furthermore, conformational change and orientational relaxation of the surrounding solvent molecules result in a time-dependence of the spectral band shape. For example, intramolecular exciplex systems give an absorption spectrum, the band shape of which is a function of solvent properties and delay times... 

Mantini A R, Marzocchi M P and Smulevich G 1989 Raman excitation profiles and second-derivative absorption spectra of beta-carotene J. Chem. Phys. 91 85-91... 

On emitting phases it is not possible to determine directly (in situ) the fluorescence and absorption spectra of compounds that absorb in the excitation range of luminescence indicators without distorting the measurement signal. 

The data on the absorption spectra of permanganate ion in different crystalline fields is interpreted in terms of the symmetries of the excited states predicted by our calculations. 

Tabic 6-3. Vibrational assignment of the b- and c-polarized absorption spectra of T6 single crystal at 4.2 K. The proposed assignment is in agreement with the most intense vibrational modes found by Bimbaum et al. [64] in the excitation spectra of matrix isolated tetralhiophene (T4) at low temperature. 

Fig. 4.1.3 Absorption spectra of aequorin (A), spent solution of aequorin after Ca2+-triggered luminescence (B), and the chromophore of aequorin (C). Fluorescence emission spectrum of the spent solution of aequorin after Ca2+-triggered bioluminescence, excited at 340 nm (D). Luminescence spectrum of aequorin triggered with Ca2+ (E). Curve C is a differential spectrum between aequorin and the protein residue (Shimomura et al., 1974b) protein concentration 0.5 mg/ml for A and B, 1.0 mg/ml for C. From Shimomura and Johnson, 1976.

Capellos and Suryanarayanan (Ref 28) described a ruby laser nanosecond flash photolysis system to study the chemical reactivity of electrically excited state of aromatic nitrocompds. The system was capable of recording absorption spectra of transient species with half-lives in the range of 20 nanoseconds (20 x lO sec) to 1 millisecond (1 O 3sec). Kinetic data pertaining to the lifetime of electronically excited states could be recorded by following the transient absorption as a function of time. Preliminary data on the spectroscopic and kinetic behavior of 1,4-dinitronaphthalene triplet excited state were obtained with this equipment... 

Whereas currently most studies deal with azides, a similar effort devoted to other metal salts such as nitrates and chlorates would be an important step toward understanding electrical initiation of pyrotechnics, and conversely to making possible safe, non-expl igniters. For instance, a study by Maycock (Ref 4) shows that those azides, perchlorates, and nitrates in which the solid state shows absorption on the long wavelength side of the anionic excitation band in soln, are the most unstable members of the respective series. Consequently, there is a direct relationship between the absorption spectra of pyrotechnic oxidizers and their respective sensitivities... 

Figure lb shows the transient absorption spectra of RF (i.e. the difference between the ground singlet and excited triplet states) obtained by laser-flash photolysis using a Nd Yag pulsed laser operating at 355 nm (10 ns pulse width) as excitation source. At short times after the laser pulse, the transient spectrum shows the characteristic absorption of the lowest vibrational triplet state transitions (0 <— 0) and (1 <— 0) at approximately 715 and 660 nm, respectively. In the absence of GA, the initial triplet state decays with a lifetime around 27 ps in deoxygenated solutions by dismutation reaction to form semi oxidized and semi reduced forms with characteristic absorption bands at 360 nm and 500-600 nm and (Melo et al., 1999). However, in the presence of GA, the SRF is efficiently quenched by the gum with a bimolecular rate constant = 1.6x10 M-is-i calculated... 

The relatively broad and featureless absorption spectra of [Fe3S4l clusters belies their complex excited-state electronic structure. This is illustrated in Fig. 5 using P. furiosus 3Fe Fd as an example (42). In addition to the protein band centered at 280 nm, the UV-visible... 

The excitation and emission wavelengths used for fluorescence detection in HPLC analysis are 350 and 450 nm for isoxanthopterin and 340 and 450 nm for 2,4,7-trioxopteridine, respectively." The absorption spectra of riboflavin present... 

Transient absorption spectra of the CeoN cluster (C6oN" ) -MePH system following laser excitation at 355 nm indicate that the photoinduced intermolecular electron-transfer from the triplet excited state of PH to the QqN cluster (CfioN) occurs as shown in Figure 15.9a. 

Figure 3.30. (a) UV-vis absorption spectra of the HPAA product (solid line) and the HPDP substrate (dash line) in a H20/MeCN (1 1) mixed solvent, (b) Picosecond time-resolved resonance Raman (ps-TR ) spectra of HPDP obtained with a 267 nm pump and 200 nm prohe wavelengths in a HjO/MeCN (1 1) mixed solvent. Resonance Raman spectrum of an authentic sample of HPAA recorded with 200 nm excitation is displayed at the top. (Reprinted with permission from reference [49]. Copyright (2006) American Chemical Society.)... 

To assess performance of the selected DFT techniques in predicting electronic absorption spectra of quinones, the authors computed excitation energies of... 

Fig. 3 Transient absorption spectra of hairpin 3G obtained at increasing delay times following 340 nm excitation with a laser system having a 150 fs instrument response function...

Solvents with different polarities and refractive indexes significantly affect carotenoid optical properties. Because the refractive index is proportional to the ability of a solvent molecule to interact with the electric held of the solute, it can dramatically affect the excited state energy and hence the absorption maxima positions (Bayliss, 1950). Figure 7.2a shows three absorption spectra of the same xanthophyll, lutein, dissolved in isopropanol, pyridine, and carbon disulfide. The solvent refractive indexes in this case were 1.38, 1.42, and 1.63 for the three mentioned solvents, respectively. 

Is the UV-stabilization only due to the screening effect (or more precisely light absorbing effect in a spectral region where the absorption spectra of polymer and UV-stabilizer overlap) of the UV-stabilizers and/or can it be enhanced by an energy transfer from the excited polymer to the stabilizer molecule ... 

Photophysical Processes in Pi butyl 4,4 -Sulfonyldibenzoate (4,4 -SD). The UV absorption spectra of dibutyl 4,4 -sulfonyl-dibenzoate (4,4 -SD) in both HFIP and 95% ethanol showed similar absorptions. The corrected excitation and emission fluorescence spectra of 4,4 -SD in HFIP at 298°K showed a structured excitation with band maxima at 236, 286, and 294 nm and a structured emission exhibiting band maxima at 322, 372, and 388 nm. The uncorrected excitation and phosphorescence spectra of 4,4 -SD in a 95% ethanol glass at 77°K displayed excitation band maxima at 268, 282, and 292 nm with strong phosphorescence emission with band maxima at 382, 398, and 408 nm with a mean lifetime (t) of 1.2 sec. 

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