Observed deactivation rate constant

In the following paragraphs, we will investigate the relationship between the observed deactivation rate constant kd obs and the intrinsic deactivation rate constant kd. 

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Some other important characteristics of the emission are the rate of the deactivation of the excited state and the rate of the radiative deactivation. If we measure a time-resolved emission spectrum of the emission, we will observe that the emission spectrum loses some intensity as a function of time after a pulsed excitation. This emission decay is usually monoexponential and corresponds to the rate constant of the deactivation of the excited state, or observed deactivation rate constant kobs- It is important here not to confuse this rate constant with the rate constant of the radiative deactivation (in Figure 8, k and for the fluorescence and phosphorescence rate constants of the ligand, respectively, for the radiative rate constant of the lanthanide). Despite the fact that this method measures the decay of the emission, between each time step, the nonradiative processes (the k deactivation rate constants in Figure 8) also deactivate the excited state. To better visualize the decay rates, some equations are helpful. 

In addition to mastering the various processes leading to electronic excitation of the lanthanide ions, one has to prevent excited states to de-excite via nonradiative processes. The overall deactivation rate constant, which is inversely proportional to the observed lifetime r0bs, is given by ... 

LMCT excitation, the observed quantum yield decreases significantly with increasing pressure [133] and the resulting AV values are +8.1 and + 14.3cm3 mol"1 for water and ethanol as solvent, respectively. These values were calculated from the slope of plots of ln[4>/(l - d>)] versus pressure on the assumption that the nonradiative deactivation rate constants arc independent of pressure (see Sections III and IV), and that the key photochemical reaction step occurs from the charge-transfer state directly populated during irradiation as shown in Eq. (42). 

Wodarczyk and Sackett have measured the room temperature quenching constant for HF deactivation of Br by observing both Br and HF fluorescence in an apparatus similar to that shown in Fig. 1. Electronic deactivation proceeds rapidly enough so that Case I of the kinetic scheme was observed. A comparison of the HF and Br fluorescence intensities showed that nearly every deactivating collision resulted in the population of HF(u= 1). The value of the deactivation rate constant was found to be (1.1 0.2)x 10 s torr . ... 

Although lasing has been observed to occur on the 2- l transition in NO as a result of E V transfer from Br, no systematic study of energy transfer in this system has been published. An unpublished report places the deactivation rate constant at 2.0X 10 cm molec s . The fact that the 2 1 transition is at least partially inverted suggests that Q.E. is probably greater than 1.5 for this system. Because of the Br2+2NO 2 NOBr equilibrium, an alternative to Br2 as a parent molecule will be needed to measure accurately the quenching rates and the value of Q.E. for this system. 

For He, two-body removal of He(2 5) and three-body removal of He(2 iS) have been observed. Collisional deactivation of 2 5 to 2 5 (except by electrons ) has been ruled out, so that two-body radiative combination to He2(/4 j ) is probably the dominant mechanism. This has received support from Sando, whose calculations of the intensity of two-body He(2 S) -l- He(l S) emission closely match the observed quenching rate constant. The absence of two-body removal of He(2 iS) by He is consistent with the metastable nature of He2(a S+). As the kinetics of growth of a in the He afterglow match those of the decay of He(2 5), the three-body process can be assigned to recombination into the molecular state. ... 

AU deactivation processes are competitive, so the rate constant for decay of the excited state, kobs (the observed decay rate constant) is given by the sum of rates for all deactivation processes, i.e. if all decay routes are first order process ... 

The fact that the Marcus equation (see above, Eq. 3) predicts a positive increase in AG12 with an increasingly negative AG, beyond AG = Ai2, is well known, as is the fact that the quantitative effect predicted has never been observed. What is usually seen is a leveling in rate at the diffusion-controlled limit, as in a recent electrochemical study. Alternatively, products in long-lived electronically excited states may occur. The lifetimes are themselves sometimes evidence of slow electron transfer in the inverted region, since deactivation paths by electron transfer may be available thermodynamically, but not effective kinetically. In a recent study by Meyer and co-workers, deactivation rate constants fc r of chemiluminescent states of [OsLs] " (L = various bipyridyls and phenanthrolines) have been shown to follow the energy-gap law... 

The activity of initiators in ATRP is often judged qualitatively from the dispersity of the polymer product, the precision of molecular weight control and the observed rates of polymerization. Rates of initiator consumption are dependent on the value of the activation-deactivation equilibrium constant (A") and not simply on the activation rate constant ( acl). Rate constants and activation parameters are becoming available and some valuable trends for the dependence of these on initiator structure have been established.292"297... 

On the other hand, the use of a-cyclodextrin decreased the rate of the reaction. This inhibition was explained by the fact that the relatively smaller cavity can only accommodate the binding of cyclopentadiene, leaving no room for the dienophile. Similar results were observed between the reaction of cyclopentadiene and acrylonitrile. The reaction between hydroxymethylanthracene and N-ethylmaleimide in water at 45°C has a second-order rate constant over 200 times larger than in acetonitrile (Eq. 12.2). In this case, the P-cyclodextrin became an inhibitor rather than an activator due to the even larger transition state, which cannot fit into its cavity. A slight deactivation was also observed with a salting-in salt solution (e.g., quanidinium chloride aqueous solution). 

From these equations one can approximate kf for benzophenone to be 5 x 10s sec-1. This, however, is the expected rate constant for fluorescence, which should be in competition with radiationless deactivation of the excited state kd. In actuality no fluorescence is observed for benzophenone although the fluorescence techniques are sensitive enough to detect fluorescence occurring with a quantum yield as low as 0/ = 0.001. Therefore kd must be at least 1000 times greater than kf We have... 

Bertole et al.u reported experiments on an unsupported Re-promoted cobalt catalyst. The experiments were done in a SSITKA setup, at 210 °C and pressures in the range 3-16.5 bar, using a 4 mm i.d. fixed bed reactor. The partial pressures of H2, CO and H20 in the feed were varied, and the deactivation, effect on activity, selectivity and intrinsic activity (SSITKA) were studied. The direct observation of the kinetic effect of the water on the activity was difficult due to deactivation. However, the authors discuss kinetic effects of water after correcting for deactivation. The results are summarized in Table 1, the table showing the ratio between the results obtained with added water in the feed divided by the same result in a dry experiment. The column headings refer to the actual experiments compared. It is evident that adding water leads to an increase in the overall rate constant kco. The authors also report the intrinsic pseudo first order rate-coefficient kc, where the overall rate of CO conversion rco = kc 6C and 0C is the coverage of active... 

Franzen34 photolyzed CH2N2-butadiene mixtures in the pressure range 31-335 mm., with butadiene in excess by a factor of 2-15. Franzen also observed cyclopentene as a product, the ratio of cyclopentene to vinyl cyclopropane decreasing from 0.25 at 35 mm. to 0.095 at 335 mm. Franzen proposed that some of the cyclopentene resulted from 1,4 addition of methylene to butadiene, on the grounds that all excited vinyl-cyclopropane should be collisionally deactivated at pressures as high as 335 mm. However, the ratio of cyclopentene to vinylcyclopropane obtained by Franzen at 335 mm. is close to that predicted by the ratio of rate constants for reactions (63) and (64) calculated by Frey.44... 

From the principle of microscopic reversibility it may be inferred that what is probable in absorption should also be probable in emission. A high emission probability for (it, it ) state is predicted. The rate constant for emission is observed to be large for dipole allowed it it transitions. As a consequence, other deactivating processes cannot compete with the radiative process, and a high fluorescence efficiency for such a system is usually observed. 

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