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There has been much activity in the study of monolayer phases via the new optical, microscopic, and diffraction techniques described in the previous section. These experimental methods have elucidated the unit cell structure, bond orientational order and tilt in monolayer phases. Many of the condensed phases have been classified as mesophases having long-range correlational order and short-range translational order. A useful analogy between monolayer mesophases and die smectic mesophases in bulk liquid crystals aids in their characterization (see [182]). 

In this chapter we review some of the most important developments in recent years in connection with the use of optical teclmiques for the characterization of surfaces. We start with an overview of the different approaches available to tire use of IR spectroscopy. Next, we briefly introduce some new optical characterization methods that rely on the use of lasers, including nonlinear spectroscopies. The following section addresses the use of x-rays for diffraction studies aimed at structural detenninations. Lastly, passing reference is made to other optical teclmiques such as ellipsometry and NMR, and to spectroscopies that only partly depend on photons. 

Some of the most interesting recent work in the optical properties of nanocrystals involves the study of single nanocrystals rather than ensembles, using near-field optical teclmiques. These relatively new optical methods can... 

The nonlinear optical teclmiques of up- and down-conversion are based on mixing optical beams in a suitable crystal (BBO, LiNbO, KDP, etc) witli tire generation of new optical frequencies tire physical principle is as follows. If two beams having optical frequencies cOp CO2 and wavevectors k, are mixed in a nonlinear optical crystal at tire appropriate angle, a new optical frequency co can be coherently generated witli tire following conditions satisfied ... 

This new optical data storage device is reported to be robust and nonvolatile. The response time for the write—read beam is in the subnanosecond range, and no refreshing is requked for long-term retention of trapped charges (95). The basic principle may be appHed to other, similar photoconductive materials. 

Phenidone, l-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone (738) (B-76M140404), has been used as a nonstaining, high contrast photographic developer. New optical brighteners containing 2-pyrazolines (739) and pyrazoles (740) have been synthesized recently and their properties and applications reviewed (75AG(E)66s). 

New optical (static as well as dynamic) techiuques for the stndy of long-range order in stractured continna are begiiming to appear and can be used to understand the constitutive properties and relations in complex (polymeric, nematic, and other stmctured) fluids. 

The oxidation of N, A-dimethylaniline by aerated, ethanolic cupric chloride to give a mixture of products including methyl and crystal violets is simple second-order when an excess of amine is used Presumably Cu(I) is re-oxidised by dissolved oxygen, for otherwise the observed linearity of log [residual amine] versus time plots would not be found as Cu(II) disappears. Under nitrogen the kinetics are complex, but a new optical absorption (472 and 1007 nm) appears immediately on mixing the reactants. This absorption decays whilst a new one at 740 nm develops. The latter absorption originates from a 1 1 complex formulated... 

In electronics and communications, the drivers are the need for further miniaturization, higher performance, and new optical technologies that provide entirely new products. For example, in aircraft, control systems have progressed from mechanical hydraulic components to fly-bywire electronic systems to the new concept of fly-by-light optical systems. This progression has depended on the development of the appropriate materials to design the performance systems. 

An investigation of the rapid changes of gastric C02 observed, possibly using the new optical fibre sensor, could lead to a better understanding of gastrointestinal physiology. 

To ascertain if an optical transition arises from a charge-transfer process (i) prepare two solutions, each containing one half of the charge-transfer couple (ii) mix the two solutions. Charge transfer is responsible if a new optical band (and hence a new colour) forms. 

The concept of dynamic silver clusters capable to transfer between molecules was also pointed out recently by Ras et al. for silver clusters prepared by photoactivation using PM A A as scaffold [20], Every specific initial ratio of silver ions to methacrylate unit, Ag+ MAA, results in distinct spectral bands (Fig. 12a, b). Thus, an initial ratio 0.5 1 gives an absorption band at 503 nm, whereas a ratio 3 1 gives a band at 530 nm. The shuttle effect was proven when for a given silver cluster solution with ratio 3 1 and absorption at 530 nm, a blue shift was achieved by the addition of pure PMAA. For instance if the added amount of polymer decreases the ratio Ag+ MAA from 3 1 to 0.5 1, the new optical band will match exactly with the band corresponding to a solution with initial ratio 0.5 1, that is 503 nm (Fig. 12c). The explanation given for this blue shift was the redistribution of the existent silver clusters in PMAA chains over the newly available PMAA chains, in other words that the clusters shuttle from partly clusters-filled chains to empty ones. 

In this chapter, we will treat those centers that produce the appearance of optical bands. This type of center is called an optically active center. We will try to understand how these centers give rise to the appearance of new optical bands (which are not present in the undoped crystal) and to predict their main features (spectral location, intensity, shape, etc.). 

In the previous chapter we have introduced the physical basis of the interpretation of optical spectra of centers in crystals. The main effect of these centers is to introduce new energy levels within the energy gap of the crystal, so that the transitions among these levels produce new optical bands that are not present in the perfect crystal. Due to these absorption and emission bands, centers in crystals are relevant for a variety of applications, such as solid state lasers, amplifiers and phosphors for fluorescent lighting and cathode ray tubes. In this chapter, we will describe the main characteristics of the relevant centers for these applications. 

Chrom means colour and electro implies an electrochemical process, so electrochromic means colour change or generation of a new optical absorption band caused by an electron-transfer reaction. 

The enantioselective addition of an allylsilane to an aldehyde catalyzed by chiral acyloxyborane (CAB) 13 is an excellent method for obtaining optically active homoallyl alcohols.Itsuno and Kumagai reported that the synthesis of a new optically active polymer with chirality on the mainchain is possible by applying this reaction to the asymmetric polymerization of bis(allylsilane) and dialdehyde (Scheme 12.11). ... 

Finally, a highly efficient organocatalytic asymmetric approach was described by Gong et al. in 2006, using chiral phosphoric acids as catalysts. These results opened a window for the development of new optically active DHPMs synthesis (Scheme 19) [96, 97]. More recently, chiral organocatalysts such as Cinchona... 

J. L. Reymond and P. Vogel, Application of new optically pure ketene equivalents derived from tartaric acids to the total, asymmetric syntheses of (+)-6-deoxycastanospermine and (+)-6-deoxy-6-fluorocastanospermine,/. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (1990) 1070-1072. 

Cardillo, G. et al.. Constituents of Dragon s blood resin. I. Structure and absolute configuration of new optically active flavans, J. Chem. Soc. C, 3967, 1971. 

ILs, specifically [C4Qlm][Bp4], and [C4Cilm]Br, have also been employed as optical sensor matrices for the detection of gaseous and dissolved COj. Recently, Ertekin and coworkers developed a new optical COj sensor that is based on the spectrophotometric signal changes of the ion pair, bromothymol blue/tetraoctylammonium (BTB /[(Cg)4N] ) [17]. The authors report pK values... 

In the present paper a new optical nondestractive method for visualisation of native cells in their natural colours without need for staining is described. A specially designed substrate for deposition of biological samples and observation of their native structure in reflected light has been used [9]. 

A new optical microscopy method which enables interference contrast imaging of biological cells has been developed. The method is based on a well known physical phenomenon, white light interference on a thin transparent film. 

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