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Explain why for large molecules emission from higher excited states is rarely observed. 

Figure 30.10 Schematic view of the LPAS set-up for the detection of volatile molecule emission from plants. Courtesy of F.J.M. barren (2006)...

Photoexcited fluorescence from spread monolayers may be studied [158,159] if the substance has both a strong absorption band and a high emission yield as in the case for chlorophyll [159]. Gaines and co-workers [160] have reported on the emission from monolayers of Ru(bipyridine)3, one of the pyridine ligands having attached C g aliphatic chains. Ruorescence depolarization provides information about the restriction of rotational diffusion of molecules in a monolayer [161], Combining pressure-area... 

IRE Infrared emission [110] Infrared emission from a metal surface is affected in angular distribution by adsorbed species Orientation of adsorbed molecules... 

Mobility of this second kind is illustrated in Fig. XVIII-14, which shows NO molecules diffusing around on terraces with intervals of being trapped at steps. Surface diffusion can be seen in field emission microscopy (FEM) and can be measured by observing the growth rate of patches or fluctuations in emission from a small area [136,138] (see Section V111-2C), field ion microscopy [138], Auger and work function measurements, and laser-induced desorption... 

While a laser beam can be used for traditional absorption spectroscopy by measuring / and 7q, the strength of laser spectroscopy lies in more specialized experiments which often do not lend themselves to such measurements. Other techniques are connnonly used to detect the absorption of light from the laser beam. A coimnon one is to observe fluorescence excited by the laser. The total fluorescence produced is nonnally proportional to the amount of light absorbed. It can be used as a measurement of concentration to detect species present in extremely small amounts. Or a measurement of the fluorescence intensity as the laser frequency is scaimed can give an absorption spectrum. This may allow much higher resolution than is easily obtained with a traditional absorption spectrometer. In other experiments the fluorescence may be dispersed and its spectrum detennined with a traditional spectrometer. In suitable cases this could be the emission from a single electronic-vibrational-rotational level of a molecule and the experimenter can study how the spectrum varies with level. 

For molecules we can use Bom-Oppenlieimer wavefimctions and talk about emission from one vibronic level to another. Equation (B1.1.5T equation tb 1.1.6) and equation tb 1.1.7) can be used just as they were for absorption. If we have an emission from vibronic state iih to the lower state a, the rate constant for emission would be given by... 

Typical singlet lifetimes are measured in nanoseconds while triplet lifetimes of organic molecules in rigid solutions are usually measured in milliseconds or even seconds. In liquid media where drfifiision is rapid the triplet states are usually quenched, often by tire nearly iibiqitoiis molecular oxygen. Because of that, phosphorescence is seldom observed in liquid solutions. In the spectroscopy of molecules the tenn fluorescence is now usually used to refer to emission from an excited singlet state and phosphorescence to emission from a triplet state, regardless of the actual lifetimes. 

To our surprise and satisfaction, the general approach worked the CBI derivatives did chemiluminescence, and the sensitivity enhancement was 30- to 50-fold over fluorescence With this success, we embarked on a more thorough study of chemiluminescence with the goal of optimizing the method. Identifiable parameters that affected the efficiency of light emission from a chemically generated fluorescent molecule included ... 

To understand how these parameters affected the efficiency of the chemiluminescent reaction, we examined the mechanism originally proposed by Rauhut (26). As shown in Scheme 2, hydrogen peroxide reacts with an oxalate ester, such as 2,4,6-trichlorophenyl oxalate (TCPO), in a two-step process to form a reactive intermediate for which Rauhut suggested structure 1, the 1,2-dioxetanedione. The dioxetanedione then interacts with an acceptor (ACC) to produce two molecules of COj and the excited state of the acceptor. The last stage of the sequence is fluorescence emission from the acceptor. 

The time-averaged potential profile is shown in Figure 4b. As ions cannot follow the oscillations in the applied electric field, it is this profile that ions experience. The bulk plasma is characterized by a constant potential, Vpi. In both sheaths (regions between plasma bulk and the electrodes), the ions experience a potential difference and are accelerated towards the electrodes. This leads to energetic ion bombardment of the electrodes. Electrons are expelled from the sheaths, so all ionization and dissociation processes must occur in the plasma bulk. Plasma light, resulting from emission from excited molecules, is emitted only from the plasma bulk the sheaths are dark. 

One of the first explanations for the afterglow of organic compounds in rigid solutions after exposure to UV light was offered by Perrin.<12) Perrin postulated that the excited molecules could undergo a transition to a metastable state of lower energy. Emission from this state was thought to be... 

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