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Development of the PLFNCs is one of the latest evolutionary steps in polymer technology. The PLFNCs offer attractive potential for diversification and application of conventional polymeric materials. Some of the PLFNCs are already commercially available and applied in industrial products. 

As it was mentioned above, up to now only the dynamic interaction of dissimilar particles was treated regularly in terms of the standard approach of the chemical kinetics. However, our generalized approach discussed above allow us for the first time to compare effects of dynamic interactions between similar and dissimilar particles. Let us assume that particles A and B attract each other according to the law U v(r) = — Ar-3, which is characterized by the elastic reaction radius re = (/3A)1/3. The attraction potential for BB pairs is the same at r > ro but as earlier it is cut-off, as r ro. Finally, pairs AA do not interact dynamically. Let us consider now again the symmetric and asymmetric cases. In the standard approach the relative diffusion coefficient D /D and the potential 1/bb (r) do not affect the reaction kinetics besides at long times the reaction rate tends to the steady-state value of K(oo) oc re. 

In semiconductors containing isoelectronic centres with an attracting potential for electrons or holes mentioned in Sect. 1.3.2, free excitons can be trapped because of the preferential interaction of these centres with the electron (or hole) part of the exciton. The hole (resp. electron) part of the exciton is then comparable to a hole (resp. electron) bound to a neg-... 

It was mentioned in Sect. 1.3.2 that in semiconductors, isoelectronic impurity centres could present a relatively strong attracting potential for electrons or holes. Excitons can be trapped by or created at these isoelectronic centres to form an isoelectronic bound exciton (IBE). The electron (hole) of this exci-ton is also more strongly bound to the isoelectronic centre than in classical excitons and the second constituent of the exciton, hole (electron) can be considered to be bound to a compound negative or positive ion. These structures are similar to those of neutral donors or acceptors and they are called isoelectronic donors or acceptors [104]. When formed by near band-gap or above band-gap laser illumination, the long lifetimes of these IBEs result in sharp PL lines, and this has for some time aroused interest for these centres as potential near IR radiation emitters. 

When an AH acid molecule is engaged in an A—H.. B hydrogen bond the basic group represents a supplementary attraction potential for the proton and can create a second (II) potential well, as illustrated dia-... 

The idea that the vibrational enhancement of the rate is due to the attractive potential for excited vibrational states of the reactant is closely related to the observation made long ago based on transition state theory [25,26]. Poliak [25] found that for vibrationally highly excited reactants the repulsive pods (periodic orbit dividing snrface) is way out in the reactant valley, and the corresponding adiabatic barrier is shallow Based on this theory one can explain why dynamical thresholds are observed in reactions with vibrationally excited reactants. The simplicity of the theory and its snccess for mostly collinear reactions has a real appeal. However, to reconcile the existence of a vibrationally adiabatic barrier with the captnre-type behavior - which seems to be supported by the agreement of the calculated and experimental rate coefficients [23] -needs further study. 

The long range attractive potential for a diatomic dissociation is given by V r) = r ", where n is the interaction parameter. Typically = 6 for a neutral molecule (recall the Lennard-Jones 6-12 potential). On the other hand, for an ionic dissociation into an ion and a polarizable neutral, n = 4. The Hamiltonian for such a two-body central force system can be expressed in the center of mass as a one-body problem with reduced mass p. and relative velocity v. In polar coordinates, this takes the form [(Eq. 2.15)]... 

The expression obtained by integration as indicated above for the case of two spherical particles is rather complicated. It will be given in Chapter XI of Part III. More simple expressions arc obtained in the case of two large parallel plates, especially in the limiting cases that the plate distance is either large or small in comparison to the thickness of the plates. The attractive potential for two plates of thickness at a distance 2d from each other, is found to be... 

Choudhury, N. and B. M. PettitL 2005a. Local density profiles are coupled to solute size and attractive potential for nanoscopic hydrophobic solutes. Molecular Simulation. 31,457. 

Sato modified the LEP method, and the resulting semi-empirical method is known as LEPS. Sato uses the Morse potential for the attractive potential. For the repulsive potential one uses the expression... 

In a series of papers Hachisu. Kobayasi, and Kose (375-379) reviewed the literature and investigated the subject in further detail. The particles can form ordered arrays without being in actual contact. In these arrays particles are all the same size and other sizes are excluded. The phenomenon involves a phase transition when the concentration exceeds a certain volume fraction, usually 0.5 . 0.1, whereby a second more concentrated phase is formed within which the particles are in an ordered arrangment. This is known as the Kirkwood-Alder transition (380-382) and is a purely statistical effect that does not require an attractive potential for its explanation. It is inhibited when ionic repulsion forces exceed a low level. The transition can occur in suspensions in aqueous and nonaqueous liquids. In aqueous systems it will not occur even when the particles are very uniform, unless the system is low in electrolytes. 

Opportunity of synthesizing a bioadhesive polymer to selectively create specific molecular interactions with a specific target (such as a receptor on the cell membrane of a specific tissue) is a very attractive potential for targeted delivery (Fig. 6.5). The potential of a specific receptor-bioadhesive polymer interaction can circumvent the limiting factors of rapid mncus turnover and short residence time. In contrast with general mucoadhesive polymers (which bind to the mucosal surface universally) a specific receptor mediated interaction with the mucosal surface could permit for direct binding to the ceU snrface, rather than only the mucns... 

Another way to induce visible-light photocatalytic activity is the chemical bonding of carboxyl groups onto the SrTiOs surface during the microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis in KOH methanol-oleic acid solutions [30]. This behavior was assigned to a dipole layer that induced an attracting potential for electrons inside the SrTiOs nanoparticles. The photocatalysts were tested in the photooxidative decomposition of NO [31]. 

In region (2), the excess electron can be viewed as being localized in preexisting traps (vacancies, holes) or in potential fluctuations which develop into deeper traps. The configurational fluctuations of the liquid are not affected by the excess electron and the trapping site represents an attractive potential for the electron. The state of the electron is described by a localized wave function. Transport occurs by multiphonon absorption of the electron and transfer to a new trapping site or by photodiffusion. An exception are the electron bubbles in IHe, INe, and IH2 which are discussed in Section 7.2. 

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