Electron-photon correlations

ELECTRON-PHOTON CORRELATION STUDIES OF SPIN EXCHANGE, SPIN ORBIT AND QUANTUM BEATS. 

While the T — 0 limit has been taken formally, it should be noted that the electronic fluctuation correlations at room temperature are essentially equivalent to those at T = 0 for normal, nondegenerate systems. (Thermal photons at room temperature are generally unable to excite electronic transitions )... 

In colloidal suspensions of anisotropic particles, the static structure factor plays a prominent role in particle size analysis. We have used transient electric birefringence (TEB) and electron microscopy, in addition to laser light scattering, to correlate our analysis of particle size distributions of bentonite suspensions. The complementary nature of TEB and photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) in particle size analysis will be discussed. 

Characterisation of vesicles was achieved using a combination of methods, including photon-correlation spectroscopy, video-enhanced and cryo-electron microscopy. Measurements of the cmc of the surfactants (in the absence of salt) were made using uv-visible spectrophotometry and electrical conductivity (k). For cmc measurements, there is a convenient change in the extinction coefficient of the benzene chromophore at 262 nm. The onset of vesicle formation, and hence the determination of the esc, can be measured by 90° scattering and 180° optical turbidity measurements at 300 nm. 

The origin of these effects has been debated. One possibility is the Peierls instability [57], which is discussed elsewhere in this book In a one-dimensional system with a half-filled band and electron-photon coupling, the total energy is decreased by relaxing the atomic positions so that the unit cell is doubled and a gap opens in the conduction band at the Brillouin zone boundary. However, this is again within an independent electron approximation, and electron correlations should not be neglected. They certainly are important in polyenes, and the fact that the lowest-lying excited state in polyenes is a totally symmetric (Ag) state instead of an antisymmetric (Bu) state, as expected from independent electron models, is a consequence... 

Coupling FFF with other techniques can enhance measurement capabilities. Here, the possibility of taking fractions after the FFF separation is of great advantage. The use of photon correlation spectroscopy, for example, to determine the size of spheres eluted from sedimentation FFF yields both size and density [75]. Further comparison can be achieved with electron microscopy. In principle, every analytical technique (spectroscopy, microscopy, chemical analysis, etc.) can be performed off-line on fractions from FFF. 

Microspheres intended for nasal administration need to be well characterized in terms of particle size distribution, since intranasal deposition of powder delivery systems is mostly determined by their aerodynamic properties and particle sizes. Commonly used methods for particle size determinations described in the literature are sieving methods [108], light microscopy [58], photon correlation spectroscopy [66], and laser diffractometry [25,41,53,93], The morphology of the microparticles (shape and surface) has been evaluated by optical, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy [66, 95],... 

These processes must be monitored to confirm that the second polymer does not emerge as a separate particle type. Re-nucleation, producing a crop of new particles, may be detected by progressive determination of particle size and comparing actual with the theoretical size calculated on the basis of constant particle number. This is easier to do in those processes where the monomer for the second polymer is added slowly at a steady and known rate and samples can be taken at regular time intervals for particle-size determination by electron microscopy, photon correlation spectroscopy or by disc centrifuge photo-sediometry. For particles prepared by non-aqueous dispersion... 

The obtained latex is then characterized by its coagulum content and its particle size determined by photon correlation spectroscopy or electron microscopy. The results are given in Table V and VI. 

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