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Valkunas L, Trinkunas G and Liuolia V 1998 Exciton annihilation in molecular aggregates Resonance Energy Transfer ed D L Andrews and A A Demidov (New York Wiley) pp 244-307... 

Here we have the formation of the activated complex from five molecules of nitric acid, previously free, with a high negative entropy change. The concentration of molecular aggregates needed might increase with a fall in temperature in agreement with the characteristics of the reaction already described. It should be noticed that nitration in nitromethane shows the more common type of temperature-dependence (fig. 3.1). 

As Morawetz puts the matter, an acceptance of the validity of the laws governing colligative properties (i.e., properties such as osmotic pressure) for polymer solutions had no bearing on the question whether the osmotically active particle is a molecule or a molecular aggregate . The colloid chemists, as we have seen, in regard to polymer solutions came to favour the second alternative, and hence created the standoff with the proponents of macromolecular status outlined above. 

Hydrophobicity ( water-hate ) can dominate the behavior of nonpolar solutes in water. The key observations are (1) that very nonpolar solutes (such as saturated hydrocarbons) are nearly insoluble in water and (2) that nonpolar solutes in water tend to form molecular aggregates. Some authors refer to item 1 as the hydrophobic effect and to item 2 as the hydrophobic interaction. Two extreme points of view have been taken to account for these observations. 

The rates of intermolecular Diels-Alder reactions of hydrophobic dienes and dienophiles are significantly increased when the cycloadditions are performed in pure ethylene glycol (EG) [49a]. Some examples are illustrated in Scheme 6.30. This performance is due to the fact that the EG (i) forms extensive hydrogen bonding, (ii) is able to solubilize hydrophobic dienes and dienophiles, and (hi) forms molecular aggregations with the reactants. 

Molecular aggregation and its applicability to synthesis. The Diels-Alder reaction [49] O = o... 

In the case of amphiphilic molecules, characterized by the coexistence of spatially separated apolar (alkyl chains) and polar moieties, both parts cooperate to drive the intermolecular aggregation. This simple but pivotal peculiarity makes amphiphilic molecules soluble in both polar and apolar solvents and able to realize, in suitable conditions, an impressive variety of molecular aggregates characterized by spatially separated apolar and polar domains, local order at short times and fluidity at long times, and differences in size, shape (linear or branched chains, cyclic or globular aggregates, extended fractal-like molecular networks), and lifetime. 

An enormous literature has been produced in recent decades in the field of molecular aggregation of amphiphilic molecules in liquid systems, emphasizing the extremely wide variety of accessible structures and dynamics. Among these molecular aggregates, in this chapter our attention will be restricted to those formed by some amphiphilic molecules (surfactants) in apolar solvents called reversed micelles [1]. 

Yoshidome, M. (2006) Study of molecular aggregates on solid surface using scanning tunneling microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, Ph.D. thesis, Tohoku University. 

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) [8] The layers are formed by heterologous interaction between reactive groups, such as thiols, and noble metals, such as gold or silver. Since the molecules are selectively adsorbed on these metals, film growth stops after the first monolayer is completed. The molecular aggregation is enthalpy driven, and the final structure is in thermodynamic equilibrium. 

Maruyama, N., Koito, T Nishida, J Cieren, X., Ijrro, K, Karthaus, O. and Shimomura, M. (1998) Mesoscopic patterns of molecular aggregates on solid substrates. Thin Solid Films, 327—329, 854-856. 

When the variation of any colligative property of a surfactant in aqueous solution is examined, two types of behavior are apparent. At low concentrations, properties approximate those to be expected from ideal behavior. However, at a concentration value that is characteristic for a given surfactant system (critical micelle concentration, CMC), an abrupt deviation from such behavior is observed. At concentrations above the CMC, molecular aggregates called micelles are formed. By increasing the concentration of the surfactant, depending on the chemical and physical nature of the molecule, structural changes to a more... 

Silver(I) complexes with polyamines also form molecular aggregates, thus hexamethylenetetramine yields 2D and 3D coordination networks,613 polymeric chains are obtained with diethylene-triamine, tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, or A,A -bis(aminoethyl)propane-l,3-diamine,426 and 2D networks are formed with thiocyanate and bridging polyamines.61... 

The article concludes by examining recent research involving transmembrane ion channels particularly those molecular aggregates and macromolecular systems where helicity is involved in construction of the channel. 

The energy difference I/ , -F2I=2 V12 is known as Davydov or exciton splitting, Figure 8.3. The shift of energy levels gives rise to new bands in the absorption spectrum denoted as the upper and lower Davydov (exciton) components. These components are the H- and J-bands observed in absorption spectra of molecular aggregates. 

The intermolecular interaction described above provides information about the magnitude of spectral shifts, but it does not explain why the absorption spectra of molecular aggregates usually have either an H- or J-band. The square of transition dipole moment (in Debye2 units) is usually termed the dipole strength and is related to the intensity of the absorption band as (van Amerongen et al. 2000)... 

Tomasi, J. 1982. Electrostatic Molecular Potential Model and Its Application to the Study of Molecular Aggregations. In Molecular Interactions. H. Ratajezak and W. T. Orville-Thomas, eds. Wiley, New York. 

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