NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 02/04/98 # 97_46

Kinetics	Optical Spectra	Thermodynamics
ESR Studies	Excited States	Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry	Related Experimental Studies	Multiphase Systems
Polymers	Biological and Medical Aspects	Solar Energy
Industrial and Environmental Applications	Theoretical Studies	Reviews

Kinetics

Determination of two-photon-generated free-carrier lifetime in semiconductors by a single-beam Z-scan technique.
Zhang, X., Fang, H., Tang, S., Ji, W., Appl. Phys. B: Lasers Opt. 65(4-5): 549-54 (1997).

Ultrafast photoluminescence dynamics in a quasi-one-dimensional halogen-bridged mixed-valence complex [Pt(en)₂][Pt(en)₂Cl₂](ClO₄)₄.
Kobayashi, T., Sekikawa, T., Yamashita, M., Chem. Lett. (10): 1029-30 (1997).

Efficient quenching of the fluorescence of aromatic guests by [beta]-cyclodextrin-tethered viologens via inclusion complexation.
Park, J.W., Park, S.H., Lee, B.A., Lee, S.Y., Chem. Lett. (10): 1043-4 (1997).

Photoreactivity of diethanolamine with octacyanomolybdate(IV) and -tungstate(IV).
Ali, S.I., Majid, K., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(11): 819-24 (1997).

Kinetic modeling of the photooxidation of dimethyldisulfide in the liquid phase.
Robert-Banchereau, E., Lacombe, S., Ollivier, J., Micheau, J.C., Lavabre, D., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(11): 825-34 (1997).

The photophysical behavior of 3-chloro-7-methoxy-4-methylcoumarin related to the energy separation of the two lowest-lying singlet excited states.
de Melo, J.S., Becker, R.S., Elisei, F., Macanita, A.L., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6062-9 (1997).

Three pulse stimulated photon echo experiments as a probe of polar solvation dynamics: Utility of harmonic bath models.
Passino, S.A., Nagasawa, Y., Fleming, G.R., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6094-108 (1997).

Photoisomerization of sterically hindered merocyanine dyes.
Benniston, A.C., Harriman, A., McAvoy, C., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(20): 3653-62 (1997).

Reaction-diffusion waves - Homogeneous and inhomogeneous effects.
Johnson, B.R., Scott, S.K., Taylor, A.F., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(20): 3733-6 (1997).

Photoreactivities of two kinds of bimolecular crystals formed from acridine and phenothiazine.
Koshima, H., Wang, Y., Matsuura, T., Miyahara, I., Mizutani, H., Hirotsu, K., Asahi, T., Masuhara, H., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (10): 2033-8 (1997).

Structural volume changes in photoinduced electron transfer reactions. Laser-induced optoacoustic studies of speciation during the quenching reaction of excited Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ by Fe(III) in aqueous solutions.
Borsarelli, C.D., Corti, H., Goldfarb, D., Braslavsky, S.E., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7718-24 (1997).

Near-IR absorption spectrum of aromatic excimers.
Katoh, R., Katoh, E., Nakashima, N., Yuuki, M., Kotani, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7725-8 (1997).

Peptide conformational dynamics and vibrational Stark effects following photoinitiated disulfide cleavage.
Volk, M., Kholodenko, Y., Lu, H.S.M., Gooding, E.A., DeGrado, W.F., Hochstrasser, R.M., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(42): 8607-16 (1997).

Model systems for observing photoredox reactions of carotenoids.
Moore, A.L., Moore, T.A., Gust, D., Silber, J.J., Sereno, L., Fungo, F., Otero, L., Steinberg-Yfrach, G., Liddell, P.A., Hung, S.C., Imahori, H., Cardoso, S., Tatman, D., Macpherson, A.N., Pure Appl. Chem. 69(10): 2111-6 (1997).

On the photophysics and photochemical properties of carotenoids and their role as light-harvesting pigments in photosynthesis.
Frank, H.A., Chynwat, V., Desamero, R.Z.B., Farhoosh, R., Erickson, J., Bautista, J., Pure Appl. Chem. 69(10): 2117-24 (1997).

Charge recombination in photoexited charge transfer complexes between fullerenes and triphenylamine. Effect of the solvent polarity.
Nadtochenko, V.A., Brazgun, F.F., Russ. Chem. Bull. (Transl. of Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.) 46(6): 1074-81 (1997).

Kinetics of the interaction of ketyl and semiquinone radicals with dioxygen. Concerted electron and proton transfer involving ketyl and semiquinone radicals.
Tatikolov, A.S., Russ. Chem. Bull. (Transl. of Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.) 46(6): 1082-8 (1997).

Optical Spectra

Imine-bridged planar poly(phenylenethiophene)s and polythiophenes.
Zhang, Q.T., Tour, J.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9624-31 (1997).

Using cluster studies to approach the electronic structure of bulk water: Reassessing the vacuum level, conduction band edge, and band gap of water.
Coe, J.V., Earhart, A.D., Cohen, M.H., Hoffman, G.J., Sarkas, H.W., Bowen, K.H., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6023-31 (1997).

Detection of cyclic carbon clusters. 1. Isotopic study of the [nu](e') mode of cyclic C₆ in solid Ar.
Wang, S.L., Rittby, C.M.L., Graham, W.R.M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6032-7 (1997).

Spectroscopic properties and quantum yield of Cu-doped SiO₂ glass.
Fujimoto, Y., Nakatsuka, M., J. Lumin. 75(3): 213-9 (1997).

Spectroscopic and photophysical properties of covalent ether-bonded porphyrin-chlorin heterodimers.
Zenkevich, E.I., Knyukshto, V.N., Shulga, A.M., Kuzmitsky, V.A., Gael, V.I., Levinson, E.G., Mironov, A.F., J. Lumin. 75(3): 229-44 (1997).

Photochemistry of chlorocarbonyl gold(I).
Kunkely, H., Vogler, A., J. Organomet. Chem. 541(1-2): 177-9 (1997).

Optical metal-to-metal charge transfer in [Fe^III(C₅H₄PPh₂)₂Re^I(CO)₃Cl]⁺.
Oldenburg, K., Vogler, A., J. Organomet. Chem. 544(1): 101-3 (1997).

Catalytic polyaddition of benzene to fullerene and properties of the reaction product.
Kogan, Y.L., Belov, M.Y., Fokeeva, L.S., Fogel, V.R., Davydova, G.I., Volkov, Y.A., Russ. Chem. Bull. (Transl. of Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.) 46(6): 1171-3 (1997).

Thermodynamics

Modulation of flat-band potential and increase in photovoltage for n-Si electrodes by formation of halogen atom terminated surface bonds.
Fujitani, M., Hinogami, R., Jia, J.G., Ishida, M., Morisawa, K., Yae, S., Nakato, Y., Chem. Lett. (10): 1041-2 (1997).

Structural and electrochemical properties of a novel N,N'-dialkyl-substituted quinone diimine.
Temme, O., Laschat, S., Frohlich, R., Wibbeling, B., Heinze, J., Hauser, P., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (10): 2083-5 (1997).

Adiabatic electron transfer: Comparison of modified theory with experiment.
Nelsen, S.F., Ismagilov, R.F., Trieber, D.A., Science (Washington, D. C.) 278(5339): 846-9 (1997).

ESR Studies

Perspectives of single-molecule magnetic-resonance spectroscopy.
Kohler, J., Schmidt, J., C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. IIb: Mec., Phys., Chim., Astron. 324(6): 373-87 (1997).

Syntheses and spin trappings of 3-hydroxymethyl-5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide and 3-(3-hydroxypropyl)-5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide.
Sato, R., Ito, K., Igarashi, H., Uejima, M., Nakahashi, K., Morioka, J., Takeishi, M., Chem. Lett. (10): 1059-60 (1997).

Paramagnetic states of four iron four sulfur clusters. 1. EPR single-crystal study of 3+ and 1+ clusters of an asymmetrical model compound and general model for the interpretation of the g-tensors of these two redox states.
Le Pape, L., Lamotte, B., Mouesca, J.-M., Rius, G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9757-70 (1997).

Paramagnetic states of four iron four sulfur clusters. 2. Proton ENDOR study of a 1+ state in an asymmetrical cluster.
Le Pape, L., Lamotte, B., Mouesca, J.-M., Rius, G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9771-81 (1997).

Identification of the protonated oxygenic ligands of ribonucleotide reductase intermediate X by Q-band ^1,2H CW and pulsed ENDOR.
Willems, J.P., Lee, H.I., Burdi, D., Doan, P.E., Stubbe, J., Hoffman, B.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9816-24 (1997).

Synthesis and electrochemistry of electronegative spiroannelated methanofullerenes: Theoretical underpinning of the electronic effect of addends and a reductive cyclopropane ring-opening reaction.
Knight, B., Martin, N., Ohno, T., Orti, E., Rovira, C., Veciana, J., Vidal-Gancedo, J., Viruela, P., Viruela, R., Wudl, F., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9871-82 (1997).

EPR study of phosphafulvene radical anions.
Al Badri, A., Chentit, M., Geoffroy, M., Jouaiti, A., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(20): 3631-5 (1997).

Highly mobile solvent holes in viscous squalane solutions as detected by quantum beats and MARY spectroscopy techniques.
Usov, O.M., Stass, D.V., Tadjikov, B.M., Molin, Y.N., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7711-7 (1997).

Singlet-born SCRP observed in the photolysis of tetraphenylhydrazine in an SDS micelle: Time dependence of the population of the spin states.
Fukuju, T., Yashiro, H., Maeda, K., Murai, H., Azumi, T., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7783-6 (1997).

The ESR spectra of the spin-adducts of branched perfluorinated [sigma]-radicals with fullerene-60.
Tumanskii, B.L., Shaposhnikova, E.N., Bashilov, V.V., Solodovnikov, S.P., Bubnov, N.N., Sterlin, S.R., Russ. Chem. Bull. (Transl. of Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.) 46(6): 1174-6 (1997).

Excited States

Efficient electroluminescence from tris(4-methyl-8-quinolinolato)aluminum(III).
Kido, J., Iizumi, Y., Chem. Lett. (10): 963-4 (1997).

Observation of [alpha]-terthiophene excited dimer fluorescence in aqueous solutions of [gamma]-cyclodextrin.
De Feyter, S., van Stam, J., Imans, F., Viaene, L., De Schryver, F.C., Evans, C.H., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 44-50 (1997).

Photophysical properties of tetrahydroisoquinoline: evidence for flipped intramolecular charge transfer (FICT) emission.
Bera, P.K., Chakraborty, A., Chowdhury, M., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 57-64 (1997).

Influence of stoichiometry on the optical properties of lead tungstate crystals.
Belsky, A.N., Klimov, S.M., Mikhailin, V.V., Vasilev, A.N., Auffray, E., Lecoq, P., Pedrini, C., Korzhik, M.V., Annenkov, A.N., Chevalier, P., Martin, P., Krupa, J.C., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 65-70 (1997).

Triplet states in siloxene and porous silicon.
Pioch, H., von Schuetz, J.U., Wolf, H.C., Dettlaff-Weglikowska, U., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 89-95 (1997).

Excited state proton transfer kinetics of 4-hydroxydiphenyl ether.
Rajendiran, N., Swaminathan, M., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(11): 861-7 (1997).

Erratum: Energy transfer in rigidly-linked heterodinuclear Ru(II)/Fe(II) polypyridyl complexes: Distance and linkage dependence. [Vol. 117, pg. 5881 (1995)].
Larson, S.L., Hendrickson, S.M., Ferrere, S., Derr, D.L., Elliott, C.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9937- (1997).

A novel luminescent iridium(I)-cadmium(II) binuclear complex displaying a long-lived metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited state. Synthesis and structural characterisation of I(CO)₂Ir([mu]-Ph₂Ppy)₂CdI₂ [Ph₂Ppy equals 2-(diphenylphosphino)pyridine].
Kuang, S.-M., Xue, F., Zhang, Z.-Z., Xue, W.-M., Che, C.-M., Mak, T.C.W., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (19): 3409-10 (1997).

Chemiluminescense of 1,1'-biisoquinolinium and 2,2'-biquinolinium salts. Reactions of electron-rich olefins with molecular oxygen.
Mori, Y., Isozaki, K., Maeda, K., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (10): 1969-76 (1997).

The unique molecular disorder of crystalline 4-chloro-2,6-dimethyl-3-iodopyridine N-oxide. An X-ray and spectroscopic study.
Hanuza, J., Maczka, M., Waskowska, A., Oganowski, W., Ban-Oganowska, H., van der Maas, J.H., Lutz, E.T.G., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (10): 2039-44 (1997).

Electron traps and transfer efficiency of cerium-doped aluminate scintillators.
Bartram, R.H., Hamilton, D.S., Kappers, L.A., Lempicki, A., J. Lumin. 75(3): 183-92 (1997).

Luminescence properties of Ce-activated YAG optical ceramic scintillator materials.
Zych, E., Brecher, C., Wojtowicz, A.J., Lingertat, H., J. Lumin. 75(3): 193-203 (1997).

Quenching of 2,5-diphenyloxazole (PPO) fluorescence by metal ions.
Hariharan, C., Vijaysree, V., Mishra, A.K., J. Lumin. 75(3): 205-11 (1997).

Visibly photoluminescent silica aerogels.
Ayers, M.R., Hunt, A.J., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 217(2-3): 229-35 (1997).

A combinatorial approach to the discovery and optimization of luminescent materials.
Danielson, E., Golden, J.H., McFarland, E.W., Reaves, C.M., Weinberg, W.H., Wu, X.D., Nature 389(6654): 944-8 (1997).

Photophysical studies of indole and methylindoles microheterogeneous medium.
De, R., Sinha, S., Ganguly, T., Nuovo Cimento Soc. Ital. Fis., D 19(7): 955-65 (1997).

Circular dichroism in the photoionization of nanoparticles from chiral compounds.
Paul, J., Dorzbach, A., Siegmann, K., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(16): 2947-50 (1997).

Quasi-phase-matched third-harmonic generation in a quasi-periodic optical superlattice.
Zhu, S., Zhu, Y.Y., Ming, N.B., Science (Washington, D. C.) 278(5339): 843-6 (1997).

Photochemistry

The di-[pi]-methane photorearrangement of 2,3-disubstituted benzobarrelanes: the effect of substituents of opposite polarity on the regioselectivity.
Altundas, R., Balci, M., Aust. J. Chem. 50(8): 787-93 (1997).

Interactions between Hexacyanoferrate(II) and amine Cr(III) complexes comparative thermal and photochemical study.
Stochel, G., Achrem Achremowicz, J., Karocki, A., Osman, B., Rybniewska, D., Stasicka, Z., Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci., Chem. 45(1): 31-9 (1997).

Synthesis and diastereoselective structural change of a photochromic transition metal complex, ([eta]⁶-spirobenzopyran)(tricarbonyl)chromium.
Miyashita, A., Iwamoto, A., Kuwayama, T., Shitara, H., Aoki, Y., Hirano, M., Nohira, H., Chem. Lett. (10): 965-6 (1997).

Photoinduced electron transfer reaction of 3,3-dimethyl-3H-pyrazoles: The formation of solvent adducts through cyclopropene derivatives.
Miyagawa, N., Karatsu, T., Kitamura, A., Chem. Lett. (10): 1005-6 (1997).

Photolysis of C₆₀ with cyclic amino acids: Preparation of dihydrofullerenes by decarboxylation.
Zhang, W., Su, Y., Gan, L.B., Jiang, J.F., Huang, C.H., Chem. Lett. (10): 1007-8 (1997).

Photosensitive phosphazene substrates: Synthesis and characterization.
Fantin, G., Fogagnolo, M., Medici, A., Pedrini, P., Gleria, M., Minto, F., Gazz. Chim. Ital. 127(5): 287-92 (1997).

1 [sigma]⁴,2 [sigma]^x-Diphosphetes (x = 2-6): On the persistence of the P-P bond.
Sanchez, M., Reau, R., Gornitzka, H., Dahan, F., Regitz, M., Bertrand, G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9720-8 (1997).

Photoinduced isomerisation of the iridium(III) complex trans,mer-[IrCl₂(CN)(PEt₂Ph)₃] to the fac and the cis,mer isomers.
Deeming, A.J., Vassos, A.E., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (19): 3519-24 (1997).

Rhenium(I) di- and tri-carbonyl compounds of polypyridyl-like ligands: electrochemical reactions of fac-[Re(CO)₃(dpk)Cl] (dpk equals di-2-pyridyl ketone) with electrophiles and Group I and II metal ions.
Bakir, M., McKenzie, J.A.M., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (19): 3571-8 (1997).

Hexacyclo[8.7.0.0^3,8.0^5,15.0^6,13.0^12,16] heptadeca-1(10),5-diene-3,8-dicarboxylic anhydride, a tetrahydro[4]beltene with two [sigma]-conjugated double bonds.
Grimme, W., Geich, H., Lex, J., Heinze, J., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (10): 1955-8 (1997).

[pi]-Olefin-iridium complexes. 24. Photoreactions of [CpM(C₂H₄)₂] (M = Rh, Ir) with alkynes - Good source of new [pi]-complexes.
Muller, J., Akhnoukh, T., Gaede, P.E., Guo, A.L., Moran, P., Qiao, K., J. Organomet. Chem. 541(1-2): 207-17 (1997).

The photochemical generation and some exploratory reactions of the novel di-hydrido tri-ruthenium cluster (H₂Ru₃(CO)₁₀).
Leadbeater, N.E., Lewis, J., Raithby, P.R., J. Organomet. Chem. 543(1-2): 251-3 (1997).

Photochemical changes in hydrogen-loaded optical fibres with application to Bragg grating formation.
Nguty, T.A., Potton, R.J., Meas. Sci. Technol. 8(10): 1055-8 (1997).

Femtosecond optical Kerr studies of photodarkening effect on nonlinear optical properties of CdS_xSe_1-x doped glass.
Zhang, X.J., Izutsu, M., Kumagai, H., Toyoda, K., Opt. Commun. 142(4-6): 273-8 (1997).

Synthesis of cyclopenta[c]pyran skeleton of iridoid lactones.
Nangia, A., Prasuna, G., Rao, P.B., Tetrahedron 53(43): 14507-45 (1997).

Synthesis of cyclobutanetricarboxylic acid derivatives via intramolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition.
Braussaud, N., Hoffmann, N., Scharf, H.D., Tetrahedron 53(43): 14701-12 (1997).

Photocyclization of 2-cinnamylphenols via excited state proton transfer (ESPT) involving the lowest-lying styrenic singlet.
Jimenez, M.C., Miranda, M.A., Tormos, R., Tetrahedron 53(43): 14729-36 (1997).

Radiation Chemistry

Effects of oxygen-derived free radicals on the molecular weight and the polydispersity of hyaluronan solutions.
Praest, B.M., Greiling, H., Kock, R., Carbohydr. Res. 303(2): 153-7 (1997).

Electron nuclear dynamics of proton collisions with methane at 30 eV.
Jacquemin, D., Morales, J.A., Deumens, E., Ohrn, Y., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6146-55 (1997).

Free-radical-induced oxidation of hydroxymethanesulfonate in aqueous solution. 1. A pulse radiolysis study of the reactions of •(OH) and SO₄•^-.
Barlow, S., Buxton, G.V., Murray, S.A., Salmon, G.A., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(20): 3637-40 (1997).

Free-radical-induced oxidation of hydroxymethanesulfonate in aqueous solution. 2. A pulse and steady-state radiolysis study of oxygenated solutions.
Barlow, S., Buxton, G.V., Murray, S.A., Salmon, G.A., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(20): 3641-5 (1997).

Pulse radiolysis study of one-electron reduction of safranine T.
Guha, S.N., Mittal, J.P., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(20): 3647-52 (1997).

Redox reactions of chloramphenicol and some aryl peroxyl radicals in aqueous solutions: A pulse radiolytic study.
Kapoor, S., Varshney, L., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7778-82 (1997).

Ab-initio calculations on arginine-disulfide complexes modeling the one-electron reduction of lysozyme. Comparison to an experimental reinvestigation.
Berges, J., Kassab, E., Conte, D., Adjadj, E., Houee-Levin, C., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7809-17 (1997).

Effects of [gamma]-ray irradiation on photoluminescence spectra from Si-rich silicon oxide.
Ma, S.Y., Zhang, B.R., Qin, G.G., Ma, Z.C., Zong, W.H., Meng, X.T., Mater. Res. Bull. 32(10): 1427-33 (1997).

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Negative electric-field dependence of hole drift mobility for a molecular glass of tri(o-terphenyl-4-yl)amine.
Kageyama, H., Ohnishi, K., Nomura, S., Shirota, Y., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 137-41 (1997).

Fluorinated biphenyls from aromatic arylations with pentafluorobenzenediazonium and related cations. Competition between arylation and azo coupling.
Kosynkin, D., Bockman, T.M., Kochi, J.K., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (10): 2003-12 (1997).

The selective functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons. 40. Aspects of Fe^II based peroxide fragmentation in pyridine solution.
Barton, D.H.R., Launay, F., Tetrahedron 53(43): 14565-78 (1997).

Multiphase Systems

Spectroelectrochemical and photoelectrochemical study of tungsten trioxide particulate films.
Su, L.Y., Lu, Z.H., Appl. Spectrosc. 51(10): 1587-90 (1997).

Aqueous free radical chemistry of mercury in the presence of iron oxides and ambient aerosol.
Lin, C.J., Pehkonen, S.O., Atmos. Environ. 31(24): 4125-37 (1997).

Photoreduction of carbon dioxide with methane over ZrO₂.
Kohno, Y., Tanaka, T., Funabiki, T., Yoshida, S., Chem. Lett. (10): 993-4 (1997).

Facile fabrication procedure for C₆₀-doped silicon oxide thin films.
Hasegawa, I., Shibusa, K., Kobayashi, S., Nonomura, S., Nitta, S., Chem. Lett. (10): 995-6 (1997).

External electric field effect on interlayer vectorial electron transfer from photoexcited oxacarbocyanine to viologen in Langmuir-Blodgett films.
Ito, T., Yamazaki, I., Ohta, N., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 125-31 (1997).

Atomistic studies of O₂ dissociation on Pt(111) induced by photons, electrons, and by heating.
Stipe, B.C., Rezaei, M.A., Ho, W., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6443-7 (1997).

Dynamics of dissociative scattering: Hyperthermal energy collisions of state-selected OCS⁺ on Ag(111).
Morris, J.R., Kim, G., Barstis, T.L.O., Mitra, R., Jacobs, D.C., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6448-59 (1997).

Interlayer energy transfer between pyrene-dodecanoic acid and NBD-dodecanoic acid in Langmuir-Blodgett films.
Yu, Q., Vuorimaa, E., Tkachenko, N.V., Lemmetyinen, H., J. Lumin. 75(3): 245-53 (1997).

Photodegradation of thin films of polygermanes.
Mochida, K., Nagano, S., Kawata, H., Wakasa, M., Hayashi, H., J. Organomet. Chem. 542(1): 75-9 (1997).

Surface photovoltage of porphyrin layers using the Kelvin probe technique.
Moons, E., Goossens, A., Savenije, T., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(42): 8492-8 (1997).

Intrazeolite photochemistry. 19. Effect of the ''spectator'' pyridine on the behavior of carbonyl triplet states in the zeolite NaY.
Scaiano, J.C., Kaila, M., Corrent, S., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(42): 8564-8 (1997).

Photoinduced charge-transfer reaction between pyrene and N,N'-dimethylaniline on silica gel surfaces.
Zhang, G.H., Thomas, J.K., Eremenko, A., Kikteva, T., Wilkinson, F., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(42): 8569-77 (1997).

Giant blue shift of photoluminescence in strongly excited type-II ZnSe/BeTe superlattices.
Zaitsev, S.V., Kulakovskii, V.D., Maksimov, A.A., Pronin, D.A., Tartakovskii, I.I., Gippius, N.A., Litz, M.T., Fisher, F., Waag, A., Yakovlev, D.R., Ossau, W., Landwehr, G., JETP Lett. 66(5): 376-81 (1997).

Anomalous evolution of photoluminescence in porous silicon in an electric field.
Kostishko, B.M., Gonchar, L.I., JETP Lett. 66(5): 382-6 (1997).

Self-assembly of photoluminescent copper(I)-dithiol multilayer thin films and bulk materials.
Brust, M., Blass, P.M., Bard, A.J., Langmuir 13(21): 5602-7 (1997).

Substrate-dependent aggregation and energy transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett films of 5-(4-N-octadecylpyridyl)-10,15,20-tri-p-tolylporphyrin studied by ultraviolet-visible and fluorescence spectroscopies.
Zhang, Z.J., Verma, A.L., Nakashima, K., Yoneyama, M., Iriyama, K., Ozaki, Y., Langmuir 13(21): 5726-31 (1997).

Photochromic and photoelectrochemical behavior of thin semiconductor WO₃ films.
Su, L.Y., Fang, J.H., Lu, Z.H., Mater. Chem. Phys. 51(1): 85-7 (1997).

Nanoholes on silicon surface created by electron irradiation under ultrahigh vacuum environment.
Takeda, S., Koto, K., Iijima, S., Ichihashi, T., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(16): 2994-7 (1997).

Transient spectroscopy of Frenkel and charge transfer excitons in [alpha]-sexithienyl films.
Lanzani, G., Frolov, S.V., Lane, P.A., Vardeny, Z.V., Nisoli, M., De Silvestri, S., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(16): 3066-9 (1997).

Polymers

Photodegradation of electron-beam cured polymeric coatings.
Jakubiak, J., Nowakowska, M., Coqueret, X., Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci., Chem. 45(1): 71-7 (1997).

Metallopolymers: Preparation of polymer films with a high content of metal centers via photopolymerization of metal-containing liquid-crystalline monomers.
Marcot, L., Maldivi, P., Marchon, J.-C., Guillon, D., Ibn-Elhaj, M., Broer, D.J., Mol, G.N., Chem. Mater. 9(10): 2051-8 (1997).

Femtosecond dynamics of excitons in [pi]-conjugated oligomers: the role of intrachain two-exciton states in the formation of interchain species.
Klimov, V.I., McBranch, D.W., Barashkov, N.N., Ferraris, J.P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 109-17 (1997).

Direct measurement of the dipole moment of a metastable merocyanine by electromechanical interferometry.
Levitus, M., Glasser, G., Neher, D., Aramendia, P.F., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 118-24 (1997).

p-Nitroacetanilide in the presence of triethylamine as a photoinitiator system for vinyl polymerization.
Encinas, M.V., Rufs, A.M., Norambuena, E., Giannotti, C., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(15): 3095-100 (1997).

Synthesis of silicon-containing vinyl ether monomers and oligomers and their photoinitiated polymerization.
Itoh, H., Kameyama, A., Nishikubo, T., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(15): 3217-25 (1997).

Excimer laser induced surface photochemical reaction of 1,2-diaminoethane with poly(Tetrafluoroethylene).
Revesz, K., Hopp, B., Bor, Z., Langmuir 13(21): 5593-601 (1997).

Synthesis of photoreactive polymers by a distannoxane catalyzed transesterification. Polycondensation of alpha,omega-dicarbomethoxy-1,4-oligobutadiene with a photoreactive diol.
Campistron, I., Reyx, D., Hamza, M., Oulmidi, A., Macromol. Symp. 122: 329-34 (1997).

Chemical modifications of PET induced by swift heavy ions.
Steckenreiter, T., Balanzat, E., Fuess, H., Trautmann, C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 131(1-4): 159-66 (1997).

Excimer laser interaction with mixed PMMA copper acetylacetonate films.
Beauvois, S., Renaut, D., Jadin, A., Lazzaroni, R., Laude, L.D., Bredas, J.L., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 131(1-4): 167-71 (1997).

Photo-induced alternating copolymerization of N-substituted maleimides and electron donor olefins.
Jonsson, S., Sundell, P.E., Shimose, M., Clark, S., Miller, C., Morel, F., Decker, C., Hoyle, C.E., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 131(1-4): 276-90 (1997).

Kinetic study on the radiation-induced polymerization of HDDA and HDDMA.
Takacs, E., Wojnarovits, L., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 131(1-4): 295-9 (1997).

How many [2+2] four-membered rings are formed on a C₆₀ molecule when photopolymerization is saturated?
Onoe, J., Takeuchi, K., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(16): 2987-9 (1997).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Evaluation of the role of specific acidic amino acid residues in electron transfer between the flavodoxin and cytochrome c₃ from Desulfovibrio vulgaris [Hildenborough].
Feng, Y.C., Swenson, R.P., Biochemistry 36(44): 13617-28 (1997).

Characterization of the unbound 2[Fe₄S₄]-ferredoxin-like photosystem I subunit PsaC from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus.
Bentrop, D., Bertini, I., Luchinat, C., Nitschke, W., Muhlenhoff, U., Biochemistry 36(44): 13629-37 (1997).

Strand-specific modulation of UV photoproducts in 5S rDNA by TFIIIA binding and their effect on TFIIIA complex formation.
Liu, X.Q., Conconi, A., Smerdon, M.J., Biochemistry 36(44): 13710-7 (1997).

A conserved glutamic acid in helix VI of cytochrome bo₃ influences a key step in oxygen reduction.
Watmough, N.J., Katsonouri, A., Little, R.H., Osborne, J.P., Furlong-Nickels, E., Gennis, R.B., Brittain, T., Greenwood, C., Biochemistry 36(44): 13736-42 (1997).

Isolation and characterization of nitric oxide reductase from Paracoccus halodenitrificans.
Sakurai, N., Sakurai, T., Biochemistry 36(45): 13809-15 (1997).

Redox control of the catalytic cycle of flavocytochrome P-450 BM3.
Daff, S.N., Chapman, S.K., Turner, K.L., Holt, R.A., Govindaraj, S., Poulos, T.L., Munro, A.W., Biochemistry 36(45): 13816-23 (1997).

Glutamate 286 in cytochrome aa₃ from Rhodobacter sphaeroides is involved in proton uptake during the reaction of the fully-reduced enzyme with dioxygen.
Adelroth, P., Ek, M.S., Mitchell, D.M., Gennis, R.B., Brzezinski, P., Biochemistry 36(45): 13824-9 (1997).

Fluorescence spectroscopy of the longwave chlorophylls in trimeric and monomeric photosystem I core complexes from the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis.
Karapetyan, N.V., Dorra, D., Schweitzer, G., Bezsmertnaya, I.N., Holzwarth, A.R., Biochemistry 36(45): 13830-7 (1997).

Mechanism of proton entry into the cytoplasmic section of the proton- conducting channel of bacteriorhodopsin.
Checover, S., Nachliel, E., Dencher, N.A., Gutman, M., Biochemistry 36(45): 13919-28 (1997).

P-glycoprotein is a dimer in the kidney and brain capillary membranes: Effect of cyclosporin A and SDZ-PSC 833.
Jette, L., Potier, M., Beliveau, R., Biochemistry 36(45): 13929-37 (1997).

Electrochemical potential and pH dependences of [3Fe-4S]<->[M3Fe-4S] cluster transformations (M = Fe, Zn, Co, and Cd) in ferredoxin III from Desulfovibrio africanus and detection of a cluster with M = Pb.
Butt, J.N., Fawcett, S.E.J., Breton, J., Thomson, A.J., Armstrong, F.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9729-37 (1997).

Photoinduced electron transfer in ethidium-modified DNA duplexes: Dependence on distance and base stacking.
Kelley, S.O., Holmlin, R.E., Stemp, E.D.A., Barton, J.K., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9861-70 (1997).

Reorganization energy of blue copper: Effects of temperature and driving force on the rates of electron transfer in ruthenium- and osmium-modified azurins.
Di Bilio, A.J., Hill, M.G., Bonander, N., Karlsson, B.G., Villahermosa, R.M., Malmstrom, B.G., Winkler, J.R., Gray, H.B., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9921-2 (1997).

Configurational multiplicity of porphyrin [pi] cation radicals: Nickel [pi]-[pi] dimers.
Barkigia, K.M., Renner, M.W., Fajer, J., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(42): 8398-401 (1997).

The xanthophyll cycle and carotenoid-mediated dissipation of excess excitation energy in photosynthesis.
Young, A.J., Phillip, D., Ruban, A.V., Horton, P., Frank, H.A., Pure Appl. Chem. 69(10): 2125-30 (1997).

Heme: The most versatile redox centre in biology?
Chapman, S.K., Daff, S., Munro, A.W., Struct. Bonding (Berlin) 88(Metal Sites in Proteins and Models: Iron Centres): 39-70 (1997).

Metal centres of bacterioferritins or non-haem-iron-containing cytochromes b₅₅₇.
Le Brun, N.E., Thomson, A.J., Moore, G.R., Struct. Bonding (Berlin) 88(Metal Sites in Proteins and Models: Iron Centres): 103-38 (1997).

Industrial and Environmental Applications

A porous silicon-based optical interferometric biosensor.
Lin, V.S.Y., Motesharei, K., Dancil, K.P.S., Sailor, M.J., Ghadiri, M.R., Science (Washington, D. C.) 278(5339): 840-3 (1997).

Theoretical Studies

Theoretical study of application of multiple scattering of light to a dye-sensitized nanocrystalline photoelectrochemical cell.
Usami, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 105-8 (1997).

On the relative populations of excited state enantiomers, for randomly orientated molecules, obtained through the use of circularly polarized pulsed lasers.
Salam, A., Meath, W.J., Chem. Phys. Lett. 277(1-3): 199-207 (1997).

The use of Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate kinetic data and analytic approximations.
Hessler, J.P., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(11): 803-17 (1997).

Effects of neutral bases on the isomerization of conventional radical cations CH₃X•⁺ to their distonic isomers •CH₂X⁺H (X = F, OH, NH₂): Proton-transport catalysis and other mechanisms.
Gauld, J.W., Radom, L., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9831-9 (1997).

Characterization of a resting state model of peroxidases by ab initio methods: Optimized geometries, electronic structures, and relative energies of the sextet, quartet, and doublet spin states.
Loew, G., Dupuis, M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(41): 9848-51 (1997).

Vibrational energy relaxation in the condensed phases: Quantum vs classical bath for multiphonon processes.
Egorov, S.A., Berne, B.J., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6050-61 (1997).

Method for predicting IVR-limited unimolecular reaction rate coefficients.
Shalashilin, D.V., Thompson, D.L., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6204-12 (1997).

The geometric phase effect in chemical reactions: A quasiclassical trajectory study.
Adhikari, S., Billing, G.D., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6213-8 (1997).

Surface-hopping modeling of photoinduced relaxation dynamics on coupled potential-energy surfaces.
Muller, U., Stock, G., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6230-45 (1997).

On the photoisomerization of 5-hydroxytropolone: An ab initio and nuclear wave function study.
Paz, J.J., Moreno, M., Lluch, J.M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6275-82 (1997).

Path integral method by means of generalized coherent states and its numerical approach to molecular systems. 1. Ensemble average of total energy.
Nagao, H., Shigeta, Y., Kawabe, H., Kawakami, T., Nishikawa, K., Yamaguchi, K., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6283-9 (1997).

Determination of the active space in molecular dynamics by a time-dependent wave operator method.
Jolicard, G., Tuckey, P.A., Billing, G.D., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6290-8 (1997).

Free energy and entropy for inserting cavities in water: Comparison of Monte Carlo simulation and scaled particle theory results.
Floris, F.M., Selmi, M., Tani, A., Tomasi, J., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6353-65 (1997).

A three-dimensional reduction of the Ornstein-Zernicke equation for molecular liquids.
Cortis, C.M., Rossky, P.J., Friesner, R.A., J. Chem. Phys. 107(16): 6400-14 (1997).

Nonstationary electronic states and site-selective reactivity.
Weinkauf, R., Schlag, E.W., Martinez, T.J., Levine, R.D., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7702-10 (1997).

Vibrational revivals and the control of photochemical reactions.
Meyer, S., Engel, V., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7749-53 (1997).

Evidence from ¹³C and ²⁹Si hyperfine calculations against the [sigma]*-configuration of cyclopolysilane radical anions as determined by ENDOR spectroscopy.
Guerra, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7874-8 (1997).

Ab initio studies of halogenated methyl and methylene radicals: Molecular structure, vibrational frequencies, and enthalpies of formation.
Cheong, B.S., Cho, H.G., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7901-6 (1997).

Intramolecular proton or hydrogen-atom transfer in the ground and excited states of 2-hydroxybenzoyl compounds.
Catalan, J., Palomar, J., de Paz, J.L.G., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7914-21 (1997).

Erratum: CHN₂^-: A biradical anion and a potentially new type of reactive intermediate. [Vol. 99, pg. 6548 (1995)].
Gordon, M.S., Kass, S.R., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(42): 7922 (1997).

The physical principles of simulating the structure and photophysical properties of complex heteroaromatic compounds by means of the LCAO MO SCF methods.
Obukhov, A.E., Laser Phys. 7(5): 1102-31 (1997).

Non-Bloch transients in solids: Free induction decay and transient nutations.
Shakhmuratov, R.N., Gelardi, F.M., Cannas, M., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(16): 2963-6 (1997).

Exact asymptotic relaxation of pseudo-first-order reversible reactions.
Naumann, W., Shokhirev, N.V., Szabo, A., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(16): 3074-7 (1997).

Spin densities, conformations and rotational energy barriers around the C(O)-N bond in acylaminoxyl (RC(=O)-N(-O)R'; R,R'=H,CH₃) radicals: ab initio and density functional study.
Komaromi, I., Tronchet, J.M.J., THEOCHEM 401(1-2): 55-68 (1997).

Reviews

New developments in the photonic applications of conjugated polymers.
Hide, F., Diaz-Garcia, M.A., Schwartz, B.J., Heeger, A.J., Acc. Chem. Res. 30(10): 430-6 (1997).

Stark spectroscopy: Applications in chemistry, biology, and materials science.
Bublitz, G.U., Boxer, S.G., Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 48: 213-42 (1997).

Two-photon-induced fluorescence.
Callis, P.R., Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 48: 271-97 (1997).

Theoretical studies of chemical dynamics: Overview of some fundamental mechanisms.
Nakamura, H., Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 48: 299-328 (1997).

Molecular structure and dynamics at liquid-liquid interfaces.
Benjamin, I., Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 48: 407-51 (1997).

Fast natural and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy.
Goldbeck, R.A., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., Kliger, D.S., Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 48: 453-79 (1997).

New EPR methods for investigating photoprocesses with paramagnetic intermediates.
Stehlik, D., Moebius, K., Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 48: 745-84 (1997).

Communities of molecules and reactivity in organized molecular systems.
Lattes, A., Rico-Lattes, I., C. R. Acad. Sci., Ser. IIb: Mec., Phys., Chim., Astron. 324(9): 575-87 (1997).

Does a photochemical reaction have a reaction order?
Logan, S.R., J. Chem. Educ. 74(11): 1303- (1997).

Heterogeneous photocatalysis for purification, decontamination and deodorization of air.
Peral, J., Domenech, X., Ollis, D.F., J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 70(2): 117-40 (1997).

Environmental aspects of photodegradable plastics.
Guillet, J., Macromol. Symp. 123: 209-24 (1997).