Primary absorption, fluorescence

Fig. 10. Jablonski diagram showing the near-degenerate A[S]A [T] X and )K[S]K IT] K states at Q % Q0. Some primary photochemical processes are (/) absorption, (/ ) fluorescence, (//) and (ii") intersystem crossing, (ii7) and (iii ) vibrational relaxation and excitation, and (iv) phosphorescence.

Secondary absorption Absorption of the emitted radiation in fluorescence or phosphorescence spectrometry compare with primary absorption. 

There are three main matrix effects in XRF primary absorption, secondary absorption and secondary fluorescence. Primary absorption refers to the radiation that is absorbed on the beam s path to reach the atoms to be excited. Secondary absorption refers to absorption of fluorescent radiation from atoms that occur along its path inside the specimen to the detector. Secondary fluorescence refers to the fluorescent radiation from the atoms which are excited by the fluorescent radiation of atoms with a higher atomic number in the same specimen. This phenomenon is possible when energy of the primary fluorescent radiation from heavier atoms is sufficient to excite secondary fluorescence from lighter atoms in the specimen. The absorption effects reduce the intensity of characteristic X-ray lines in spectrum, while secondary fluorescence increases the intensity of lighter elements. The matrix factors of EDS analysis in an electron microscope (EM) are described later in Section 6.8. 

Fig. 15. (A) Absorption, fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra of BChl a in vitro at 77 K spectra scaled for convenient presentation also note break of horizontal scale (B) Phosphorescence spectrum of quinone-depleted (-Q) and quinone-containing (+Q) Rb. sphaeroides reaction centers in polyvinyl-alcohol film at 22 K (C) Energy diagram for the components involved in triplet-triplet energy transfer with carotenoids. (A) and (B) and numerical values for the triplet-state energies of BChls a and b and the primary-donors of Rb. sphaeroides and Rp. viridis, i.e., [BChl a and [BChl bjj, respectively, are taken from Takiff and Boxer (1987) Phosphorescence spectra ofbacteriochlorophylls. J Am Chem Soc 110 4425.

The spectroscopic and photochemical properties of the synthetic carotenoid, locked-15,15 -cA-spheroidene, were studied by absorption, fluorescence, CD, fast transient absorption and EPR spectroscopies in solution and after incorporation into the RC of Rb. sphaeroides R-26.1. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification of the synthetic molecule reveal the presence of several Ai-cis geometric isomers in addition to the mono-c/x isomer of locked-15,15 -c/x-spheroidene. In solution, the absorption spectrum of the purified mono-cA sample was red-shifted and showed a large c/x-peak at 351 nm compared to unlocked all-spheroidene. Spectroscopic studies of the purified locked-15,15 -mono-c/x molecule in solution revealed a more stable manifold of excited states compared to the unlocked spheroidene. Molecular modeling and semi-empirical calculations revealed that geometric isomerization and structural factors affect the room temperature spectra. RCs of Rb. sphaeroides R-26.1 in which the locked-15,15 -c/x-spheroidene was incorporated showed no difference in either the spectroscopic properties or photochemistry compared to RCs in which unlocked spheroidene was incorporated or to Rb. sphaeroides wild type strain 2.4.1 RCs which naturally contain spheroidene. The data indicate that the natural selection of a c/x-isomer of spheroidene for incorporation into native RCs of Rb. sphaeroides wild type strain 2.4.1 was probably more determined by the structure or assembly of the RC protein than by any special quality of the c/x-isomer of the carotenoid that would affect its ability to accept triplet energy from the primary donor or to carry out photoprotection. 

Radiation absorbed by atoms under conditions used in atomic absorption spectrometry may be re-emitted as fluorescence. The fluorescent radiation is characteristic of the atoms which have absorbed the primary radiation and is emitted In all directions. It may be monitored in any direction other than in a direct line with radiation from the hollow-cathode lamp which ensures that tha detector will not respond to the primary absorption process nor to unabsorbed radiation from the lamp. The intensity of fluorescent emission is directly proportional to the concentration of the absorbing atoms but it is diminished by collisions between excited atoms and other species within the flame, a process known as quenching. Nitrogen and hydrocarbons enhance quenching, and flames incorporating either should be avoided or their effect modified by dilution with argon. 

Secondly, the fluoresced intensity is modified by the effects of primary and secondary absorption in the specimen. This is a major source of the so-called matrix effects. Primary absorption is defined by the term / (Eo) esc V i. It reduces the effectiveness of the x-rays from the excitation source. Secondary absorption is defined by the term (Ei) esc yjri It reduces the intensity of the desired characteristic x-rays as they leave the specimen. Note that m(Eo) and /x(Ei) for the specimen are functions of the specimen composition through the relation... 

The photochemical activity of PS II reaction centers associated with primary charge separation has been documented by direct measurements of electron transfer by substrate donors (including water) or acceptors as well as by spectroscopic methods involving optical absorption, fluorescence and EPR. On the picosecond time scale it appears that the sequence of events and even the kinetics associated with the earliest steps are very similar between PS II and the purple bacterial reaction centers (15). Nevertheless, other aspects of this similarity remain to be demonstrated whether the primary electron donor of PS II consists of a special pair of chlorophylls, whether the PS II reaction center possesses a structural two-fold symmetry together with a functional asymmetry and whether there is a portion of the PS II complex that corresponds to the H polypeptide. 

Optically active polymers containing carbazole groups may be synthesised by polymerisation of intrinsically optically active carhazole-containing monomers or by copolymerisation of a variety of optically active co-monomers with nonchiral carbazole-containing monomers. Full details are given and it is concluded that the second method is most useful, not least because it permits a wider variation in polymer backbone structures. V. V. absorption fluorescence emission, NMR, and circular dickroism spectra are reported in detail and help to establish a correlation between photophysical behaviour widi both primary and secondary structural features of the polymers. 

Poly(ALethyl-2-vinylcarbazole) (formula 7a) has been prepared by free-radical polymerization, whereas poly(A -ethyl-3-vinylcarbazole) (7b) was synthesized by cationic polymerization with a boron trifluoride initiator [150], The 2-isomer is reported to exhibit higher carrier mobility than PVK, while that of the 3-isomer is lower [151], Similar polymers with optically active groups such as poly((5)-9-(2-methylbutyl)-2-vinylcarbazole) (formula 7c), poly((5)-9-(2-methylbu-tyl)-3-vinylcarbazole) and poly((5)-3-(2-methylbutyl)-9-vinylcarbazole) have been prepared by Chielini et al. [152-154], The UV-absorption, fluorescence emission, NMR, and circular dichroism spectra were reported in detail and used to establish a correlation between the photophysical behaviour and both primary and secondary structural features of the polymers,... 

In the doubly reduced RCs from R. vihdis (prepared in the state PBH Q ) the primary donor ip decays with a time constant of (90 20)ps at 280K and (150 50)ps at 80K. This result borne out by a set of absorption/fluorescence measurements supersedes the recovery time 20ps of the 870nm absorption at room temperature reported earlier on the basis of experiments performed under high excitation intensity. 

Chemical analysis of the metal can serve various purposes. For the determination of the metal-alloy composition, a variety of techniques has been used. In the past, wet-chemical analysis was often employed, but the significant size of the sample needed was a primary drawback. Nondestmctive, energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry is often used when no high precision is needed. However, this technique only allows a surface analysis, and significant surface phenomena such as preferential enrichments and depletions, which often occur in objects having a burial history, can cause serious errors. For more precise quantitative analyses samples have to be removed from below the surface to be analyzed by means of atomic absorption (82), spectrographic techniques (78,83), etc. 

In AFS, the analyte is introduced into an atomiser (flame, plasma, glow discharge, furnace) and excited by monochromatic radiation emitted by a primary source. The latter can be a continuous source (xenon lamp) or a line source (HCL, EDL, or tuned laser). Subsequently, the fluorescence radiation is measured. In the past, AFS has been used for elemental analysis. It has better sensitivity than many atomic absorption techniques, and offers a substantially longer linear range. However, despite these advantages, it has not gained the widespread usage of atomic absorption or emission techniques. The problem in AFS has been to obtain a... 

Upon absorption of UV radiation from sunlight the bases can proceed through photochemical reactions that can lead to photodamage in the nucleic acids. Photochemical reactions do occur in the bases, with thymidine dimerization being a primary result, but at low rates. The bases are quite stable to photochemical damage, having efficient ways to dissipate the harmful electronic energy, as indicated by their ultrashort excited state lifetimes. It had been known for years that the excited states were short lived, and that fluorescence quantum yields are very low for all bases [4, 81, 82], Femtosecond laser spectroscopy has, in recent years, enabled a much... 

Direct Photolysis. Direct photochemical reactions are due to absorption of electromagnetic energy by a pollutant. In this "primary" photochemical process, absorption of a photon promotes a molecule from its ground state to an electronically excited state. The excited molecule then either reacts to yield a photoproduct or decays (via fluorescence, phosphorescence, etc.) to its ground state. The efficiency of each of these energy conversion processes is called its "quantum yield" the law of conservation of energy requires that the primary quantum efficiencies sum to 1.0. Photochemical reactivity is thus composed of two factors the absorption spectrum, and the quantum efficiency for photochemical transformations. 

The instrumentation required for atomic fluorescence measurements is simpler than that used for absorption. As the detector is placed so as to avoid receiving radiation directly from the lamp, it is not strictly necessary to use a sharp-line source or a monochromator. Furthermore, fluorescence intensities are directly related to the intensity of the primary radiation so that detection limits can be improved by employing a high-intensity discharge lamp. 

Atomic fluorescence spectrometry has a number of potential advantages when compared to atomic absorption. The most important is the relative case with which several elements can be determined simultaneously. This arises from the non-directional nature of fluorescence emission, which enables separate hollow-cathode lamps or a continuum source providing suitable primary radiation to be grouped around a circular burner with one or more detectors. 

When primary X-rays are directed on to a secondary target, i.e. the sample, a proportion of the incident rays will be absorbed. The absorption process involves the ejection of inner (K or L) electrons from the atoms of the sample. Subsequently the excited atoms relax to the ground state, and in doing so many will lose their excess energy in the form of secondary X-ray photons as electrons from the higher orbitals drop into the hole in the K or L shell. Typical transitions are summarized in Figures 8.35 and 8.36. The reemission of X-rays in this way is known as X-ray fluorescence and the associated analytical method as X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The relation between the two principal techniques of X-ray emission spectrometry is summarized in Figure 8.37. 

Quantitative concentration data are often required from XRF analyses. In principle (for both WD and ED) the intensity of the fluorescent X-ray peak is proportional to the amount of the element present. This is complicated, however, by absorption and enhancement processes. Absorption can cause both attenuation of the input (primary) radiation and the fluorescent (secondary) radiation, as discussed above. Enhancement is the result of the observed element absorbing secondary radiation from other elements present in the sample, thus giving more fluorescent radiation than would otherwise... 

Intensive effort has been devoted to the optimization of CCP structures for improved fluorescence output of CCP-based FRET assays. The inherent optoelectronic properties of CCPs make PET one of the most detrimental processes for FRET. Before considering the parameters in the Forster equation, it is of primary concern to reduce the probability of PET. As the competition between FRET and PET is mainly determined by the energy level alignment between donor and acceptor, it can be minimized by careful choice of CCP and C. A series of cationic poly(fluorene-co-phenylene) (PFP) derivatives (IBr, 9, 10 and 11, chemical structures in Scheme 8) was synthesized to fine-tune the donor/acceptor energy levels for improved FRET [70]. FI or Tex Red (TR) labeled ssDNAg (5 -ATC TTG ACT ATG TGG GTG CT-3 ) were chosen as the energy acceptor. The emission spectra of IBr, 9, 10 and 11 are similar in shape with emission maxima at 415, 410, 414 and 410 nm, respectively. The overlap between the emission of these polymers and the absorption of FI or TR is thus similar. Their electrochemical properties were determined by cyclic voltammetry experiments. The calculated HOMO and LUMO... 

Figure 8.14. Radiation densities in a sample of scattering thickness S-d = 2, with the absorption thickness Kftd as parameter. Left primary radiation right fluorescence radiation. The radiation densities are normalized to z - 0.

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