Resonance sensitivity

Soreq [41] has developed a nitrogen-rich (31% by weight) N-based ionization detector liquid scintillator based on di-methyl-tetrazole that is resonance sensitive (24% efficient for resonant photons) and is well suited for the explosive detection application. 

The previous example illustrates the superior mass sensitivity of the SAW device in comparison with the TSM resonator sensitivity is some 200 times larger for the 100-MHz SAW device than for the 5-MHz TSM resonator. Part (b) of the Solution also reveals that mass sensitivity, when expressed in the form dfldp, increases with /. ... 

NMR characterization was performed to elucidate the structure. For comparison, the same set of experiments was collected for the parent drug substance. Unfortunately, because of solubility differences, the parent was dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide, while the degradant was dissolved in methanol. This somewhat complicated comparison of the corresponding proton resonances. Sensitivity was an issue with this sample because of mass limitations only 0.6 mg were available for the NMR experiments. 

A question posed by Wong and Poehlein [53] regarding the monomer system of styrene-acrylic acid is whether sequence distribution information can be determined in NMR spectra. In this work, they examined and C-NMR spectra of S-AA copolymers to determine the resonances sensitive to the copolymer microstructure. The compositions of the copolymers were measured by NMR and the reactivity ratios calculated. The triad sequences were assigned by experiments and the Alfrey-Mayo (AM) statistics-kinetics model. 

Jain, P. K., and El-Sayed, M. A. (2007) Surface plasmon resonance sensitivity of metal nanostructures Physical basis and universal scaling in metal nanoshells,/. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 17451-17454. 

RRS Resonance Raman spectroscopy [212, 213] Incident light is of wave length corresponding to an absorption band Enhanced sensitivity... 

The surface work fiincdon is fonnally defined as the minimum energy needed m order to remove an electron from a solid. It is often described as being the difference in energy between the Fenni level and the vacuum level of a solid. The work ftmction is a sensitive measure of the surface electronic structure, and can be measured in a number of ways, as described in section B 1.26.4. Many processes, such as catalytic surface reactions or resonant charge transfer between ions and surfaces, are critically dependent on the work ftmction. 

The energies of the selective adsorption resonances are very sensitive to the details of the physisorption potential. Accurate measurement allied to computation of bound state energies can be used to obtain a very accurate quantitative fonn for the physisorption potential, as has been demonstrated for helium atom scattering. For molecules, we have... 

Infrared and Raman spectroscopy each probe vibrational motion, but respond to a different manifestation of it. Infrared spectroscopy is sensitive to a change in the dipole moment as a function of the vibrational motion, whereas Raman spectroscopy probes the change in polarizability as the molecule undergoes vibrations. Resonance Raman spectroscopy also couples to excited electronic states, and can yield fiirtlier infomiation regarding the identity of the vibration. Raman and IR spectroscopy are often complementary, both in the type of systems tliat can be studied, as well as the infomiation obtained. 

Time-resolved spectroscopy has become an important field from x-rays to the far-IR. Both IR and Raman spectroscopies have been adapted to time-resolved studies. There have been a large number of studies using time-resolved Raman [39], time-resolved resonance Raman [7] and higher order two-dimensional Raman spectroscopy (which can provide coupling infonuation analogous to two-dimensional NMR studies) [40]. Time-resolved IR has probed neutrals and ions in solution [41, 42], gas phase kmetics [42] and vibrational dynamics of molecules chemisorbed and physisorbed to surfaces [44]- Since vibrational frequencies are very sensitive to the chemical enviromnent, pump-probe studies with IR probe pulses allow stmctiiral changes to... 

As already mentioned, electronically resonant, two-pulse impulsive Raman scattering (RISRS) has recently been perfonned on a number of dyes [124]. The main difference between resonant and nom-esonant ISRS is that the beats occur in the absorption of tlie probe rather than the spectral redistribution of the probe pulse energy [124]. These beats are out of phase with respect to the beats that occur in nonresonant ISRS (cosinelike rather tlian sinelike). RISRS has also been shown to have the phase of oscillation depend on the detuning from electronic resonance and it has been shown to be sensitive to the vibrational dynamics in both the ground and excited electronic states [122. 124]. 

Figrue BTl 1.1 shows the range of radiolfequencies where resonances may be expected, between 650 and 140 MHz, when Bq = 14.1 T, i.e. when the H resonance frequency is 600 MHz. There is one bar per stable isotope. Its width is the reported chemical shift range (Bl.11.5) for that isotope, and its height corresponds to the log of the sensitivity at the natural abundance of the isotope, covering about six orders of magnitude. The... 

Figure Bl.11.1. Resonance frequencies for different nuclei in a field of 14.1 T. Widths indicate the quoted range of shifts for each nucleus, and heights mdicate relative sensitivities at the natural isotopic abundance, on a log scale covering approximately six orders of magnitude. Nuclei resonatmg below 140 MHz are not shown.

The absolute measurement of areas is not usually usefiil, because tlie sensitivity of the spectrometer depends on factors such as temperature, pulse length, amplifier settings and the exact tuning of the coil used to detect resonance. Peak intensities are also less usefiil, because linewidths vary, and because the resonance from a given chemical type of atom will often be split into a pattern called a multiplet. However, the relative overall areas of the peaks or multiplets still obey the simple rule given above, if appropriate conditions are met. Most samples have several chemically distinct types of (for example) hydrogen atoms within the molecules under study, so that a simple inspection of the number of peaks/multiplets and of their relative areas can help to identify the molecules, even in cases where no usefid infonnation is available from shifts or couplings. 

Similar experiments exist to correlate the resonances of different types of nucleus, e.g. C with H, provided that some suitable couplings are present, such as It is necessary to apply pulses at both the relevant frequencies and it is also desirable to be able to detect either nucleus, to resolve different peak clusters. Detection tlirough the nucleus with the higher frequency is usually called reverse-mode detection and generally gives better sensitivity. The spectrum will have the two different chemical shift scales along its axes... 

The negative sign in equation (b 1.15.26) implies that, unlike the case for electron spins, states with larger magnetic quantum number have smaller energy for g O. In contrast to the g-value in EPR experiments, g is an inlierent property of the nucleus. NMR resonances are not easily detected in paramagnetic systems because of sensitivity problems and increased linewidths caused by the presence of unpaired electron spins. 

The sharpness of the frequency response of a resonant system is conunonly described by a factor of merit, called the quality factor, Q=v/Av. It may be obtained from a measurement of the frill width at half maxuuum Av, of the resonator frequency response curve obtained from a frequency sweep covering the resonance. The sensitivity of a system (proportional to the inverse of tlie minimum detectable number of paramagnetic centres in an EPR cavity) critically depends on the quality factor... 

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