Means of Investigation

Basically, as for LMWLCs, structure determination of the LCPs is based on thermal 

On the other hand, it has been shown on LMWLCs that the well-known SmC, where the molecules are tilted with respect to the layer normal, is no longer the only possibility to obtain a fluid biaxial phase [63], As a consequence, a strict determination of the chiral smectic phase structure requires not only a careful analysis of the X-ray diagrams obtained on powder as well as on aligned samples, but also a study of the electrooptic response, which allows discrimination between the ferroelectric, the antiferro-electric, and the ferrielectric behavior. 

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Growth reactions at surfaces will certainly continue to be tlie focus of much research. In particular, the synthesis of novel materials is an exciting field that holds much promise for the nanoscale engineering of materials. Undoubtedly, the advent of STM as a means of investigating growth reactions on the atomic scale will influence the llitiire of nanoscale teclmology. 

Analytical chemistry has in recent years been equipped with a number of powerful means of investigation. Their application, especially that of gas-phase chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometer, has demonstrated the presence of a certain number of thiazoles in natural products such as fruits or cereals (287. 288, 297). The many results are shown in Table III-59. 

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One of the chief reasons for the recent extensive work in this field has been the recognition that ion-molecule reactions are highly relevant to radiation chemistry. The possibility that certain simple reactions, such as the formation of H3+, participate in the mechanism of product formation was appreciated much earlier 14), but wider applicability of this concept required that the generality of such reactions be demonstrated by an independent, unequivocal method. Mass spectrometry has been the predominant means of investigating ion-molecule reactions. The direct identification of reactant and product ions is appealing, at least in part, because of the conceptual simplicity of this approach. However, the neutral products of ion-molecule reactions cannot be determined directly and must be inferred. Gross chemical measurements can serve as an auxiliary technique since they allow identification of un-... 

On the basis of the solution and solid state 15N results, an equilibrium involving the half protonated form of the base in the solution of the complex salt has been identified. The 13C results for the solutions, on the other hand, are very similar to those found for the solid state, and are rather insensitive to salt formation. So it seems that the 15N NMR data provide the most suitable means of investigating the structure of the compounds studied in both solution and the solid state. 

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One means of Investigating molecular structures Is to determine the extent to which a solid can be destabilized by heat before It decomposes. Significant molecular mobility activated In brown coals at temperatures between 300 and 600 K has been related to the fusion of the extractable, allphatlc-rlch fraction of the coals ( ). 

We, therefore, decided to study the reaction of a molecular stream passing through an exhausted enclosure which is permeated by radiation corresponding to a temperature that would be sufficient under ordinary circumstances to produce chemical reaction. Since, in the molecular stream, the gas is at so low a concentration that the mean free path is considerably longer than the length of the stream, the number of collision is negligible. This method seems, therefore, to offer a direct means of investigating the reaction due to radiation alone. 

NMR spectroscopy is probably the physical method most widely used by chemists it provides a powerful means of investigating structure and dynamics. Almost all the... 

To determine precision at multiple collection time points for the dissolution profile of a modified release formulation, normalization to the final time point (or infinite time point) will eliminate tablet-to-tablet and lot-to-lot variation. Figure 4.1 illustrates the way that normalization is used to remove tablet-to-tablet variation. However, the normalization technique should be used during development only as a means of investigation of the profile. The final formulation should be sufficiently robust to produce complete release at its final time point. Normalization to remove lot-to-lot variation can be performed using the following equation ... 

General system theory is a highly versatile tool that provides a useful means of investigating many research and development projects. Although other approaches to research and development often focus on the detailed internal structure and organization of the system, our approach here will be to treat the system as a whole and to be concerned with its overall behavior. 

Phase plane plots are not the best means of investigating these complex dynamics, for in such cases (which are at least 3-dimensional) the three (or more) dimensional phase planes can be quite complex as shown in Figures 16 and 17 (A-2) for two of the best known attractors, the Lorenz strange attractor [80] and the Rossler strange attractor [82, 83]. Instead stroboscopic maps for forced systems (nonautonomous) and Poincare maps for autonomous systems are better suited for investigating these types of complex dynamic behavior. 

These methods provide an accurate means of investigating translation-vibration and translation-rotation transfer. The passage of a sound wave through a gas involves rapidly alternating adiabatic compression and rarefaction. The adiabatic compressibility of a gas is a function of y, the ratio of the specific heats, and the classical expression for the velocity, V, of sound in a perfect gas is... 

As a consequence of the Curtin-Hammett principle, one of the most useful means of investigating a mechanism is (not altogether unexpectedly) to measure the distribution of product(s). One prerequisite for measuring product distribution is a proper assay. 

The scope and limitations of the use of DSC as a means of investigating the reaction dynamics of potentially hazardous chemical reactions is discussed. For existing processes, examination of production samples taken at various stages of the overall process sequence can identify the stage at which maximum heat production is occurring, as the most critical phase for control requirements. The existence of an induction period can also be established, and use of the instrument in its more sensitive isothermal mode can yield information on consecutive reactions and catalytic effects... 

Before the advent of low energy beams, the only means of investigating positron interactions with atoms and molecules was to study their annihilation. Information could thereby be obtained directly on the annihilation cross section but only indirectly for other processes such as elastic scattering. In this chapter we consider the annihilation of so-called free positrons in gases. The fate of positrons which have formed positronium prior to annihilation is treated in Chapter 7. 

In rivers and streams heavy metals are distributed between the water, colloidal material, suspended matter, and the sedimented phases. The assessment of the mechanisms of deposition and remobilization of heavy metals into and from the sediment is one task for research on the behavior of metals in river systems [IRGOLIC and MARTELL, 1985]. It was hitherto, usual to calculate enrichment factors, for instance the geoaccumulation index for sediments [MULLER, 1979 1981], to compare the properties of elements. Distribution coefficients of the metal in water and in sediment fractions were calculated for some rivers to find general aspects of the enrichment behavior of metals [FOR-STNER and MULLER, 1974]. In-situ analyses or laboratory experiments with natural material in combination with speciation techniques are another means of investigation [LANDNER, 1987 CALMANO et al., 1992], Such experiments manifest univariate dependencies for the metals and other components, for instance between different metals and nitrilotriacetic acid [FORSTNER and SALOMONS, 1991], but the interactions in natural systems are often more complex. 

A similar conclusion was drawn based on nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) calculations, that is, there is no significant aromatic character to a 1,2-dihydrodiazete. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis provides the means of investigating the extent of electron delocalization within a given structure and also indicates the bond order. In Lewis-type bonding orbitals electron density is depleted with increase in the occupancy in antibonding or non-Lewis orbitals. In the case of cis-14 or trans-14, there is less occupancy in non-Lewis orbitals and the bond order is more like localized bonds N-N (1.01), C-N (1.06) and C=C (1.76), which are similar to the nonaromatic substances. 

The use of low temperature adsorption provided the best understood and most accurate means of investigating surface changes. 

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