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Chain Structure. The chemical composition of poly (vinyhdene chloride) has been confirmed by various techniques, including elemental analysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, degradation studies, and in, Raman, and nmr spectroscopy. The polymer chain is made up of vinyhdene chloride units added head-to-tail ... 

In this review the definition of orientation and orientation functions or orientation averages will be considered in detail. This will be followed by a comprehensive account of the information which can be obtained by three spectroscopic techniques, infra-red and Raman spectroscopy and broad line nuclear magnetic resonance. The use of polarized fluorescence will not be discussed here, but is the subject of a contemporary review article by the author and J. H. Nobbs 1. The present review will be completed by consideration of the information which has been obtained on the development of molecular orientation in polyethylene terephthalate and poly(tetramethylene terephthalate) where there are also clearly defined changes in the conformation of the molecule. In this paper, particular attention will be given to the characterization of biaxially oriented films. Previous reviews of this subject have been given by the author and his colleagues, but have been concerned with discussion of results for uniaxially oriented systems only2,3). 

In our tip-enhanced near-field CARS microscopy, two mode-locked pulsed lasers (pulse duration 5ps, spectral width 4cm ) were used for excitation of CARS polarization [21]. The sample was a DNA network nanostructure of poly(dA-dT)-poly(dA-dT) [24]. The frequency difference of the two excitation lasers (cOi — CO2) was set at 1337 cm, corresponding to the ring stretching mode of diazole. After the on-resonant imaging, CO2 was changed such that the frequency difference corresponded to none of the Raman-active vibration of the sample ( off-resonant ). The CARS images at the on- and off- resonant frequencies are illustrated in Figure 2.8a and b, respectively. 

Fig. 3. Backscattered Raman (/R + /L) and ROA (/R — /L) spectra of poly-L-lysine in o -helical (top pair) and disordered (second pair) conformations, and of poly-L-glutamic acid in a-helical (third pair) and disordered (bottom pair) conformations in aqueous solution. Reprinted from Barron et al., 2000, Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 73, 1-49, with permission from Elsevier Science.

Fig. 26. (A) The backscattered Raman and ROA spectra of poly-L-lysine in o -helical...

R.J. Lehnert, P.J. Hendra, N. Everall and N.J. Clayden, Comparative quantitative study on the crystallinity of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) including Raman, infra-red and F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Polymer, 38(7) (1997) 1521-1535. 

Normal transmission IRLD can also be used to characterize polymeric fibers, although scattering can induce sloping baselines. Raman spectroscopy then becomes a convenient alternative. Rutledge et al. have recently probed the orientation in electrospun nanofibers composed of a core of Bombyx mori fibroin and an outer shell of poly (ethylene oxide) [24], The orientation values were low, less than 0.1, as is often the case in electrospun fibers. 

Figure 6 Reference Raman spectra of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (a) and polyamide 6,6 (b).

The use of organic polymers as conductors and semiconductors in the electronics industry has led to a huge research effort in poly(thiophenes), with a focus on the modification of their electronic properties so that they can behave as both hole and electron conductors. Casado and co-workers [60] have performed combined experimental and theoretical research using Raman spectroscopy on a variety of fluorinated molecules based on oligomers of thiophene, an example of one is shown in Figure 7. 

R. E. Martin, T. Mader, F. Diederich, Monodisperse Poly(triacetylene) Rods Synthesis of a 11.9 nm Long Molecular Wire and Direct Determination of the Effective Conjugation Length by UV/Vis and Raman Spectroscopies , Angew. Chem Int. Ed. Engl. 1999,38, 817-821. 

S. Garreau, G. Louarn, J.P. Buisson, G. Froyer, and S. Lefrant, In-situ spectroelectrochemical Raman studies of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), Macromolecules, 32 6807-6812, 1999. 

Excited state resonance Raman spectra of CuTMPyP bound to DNA or poly[d(A-T)] have been recorded [167,168], These are assigned to an exciplex formed between the porphyrin and the A-T sites of the polynucleotide. The excited state lifetime is estimated to be ca. 20 ps. Weak emission from CuTMPyP" bound to DNA has been reported and has been assigned to originate in a tripdoublet or tripquartet level [169]. It is believed that the emissive complexes are intercalated, whereas groove-bound CuTMPyP does not emit because of solvent quenching of the excited state. 

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