NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 10/31/03 #03_16

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

Kinetics

Absolute rate constants for the reaction of the hydrated electron, hydroxyl radical and hydrogen atom with chloroacetones in water.
Williams, J.A., Cooper, W.J., Mezyk, S.P., Bartels, D.M., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 65(4-5): 327-34 (2002).

Reaction of oxide radical ion (O^•-) with substituted pyrimidines.
Luke, T.L., Mohan, H., Manoj, V.M., Manoj, P., Mittal, J.P., Aravindakumar, C.T., Res. Chem. Intermed. 28(4): 303-12 (2002).

Nature of sulfur centered radicals formed during pulse radiolysis of 2-mercaptopyridine in aqueous solutions.
Naik, D.B., Kishore, K., Res. Chem. Intermed. 28(6): 603-17 (2002).

Flavonoids quenching p-semiquinone anion radical.
Lin, L.-S., Lin, Y.-C., Chan, W.L., Zhongshan Daxue Xuebao, Ziran Kexueban 41(5): 124-5 (2002).

Deuterium isotope effect on the solid-state thermal isomerization of photo-coloured cis-keto species of N-salicylideneaniline.
Amimoto, K., Kanatomi, H., Nagakari, A., Fukuda, H., Koyama, H., Kawato, T., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (7): 870-1 (2003).

Study of the time-resolved IR spectrum of [alpha]-arylvinyl cations generated by laser flash photolysis.
Kotani, M., Kobayashi, S., Mishima, M., Hori, Y., Chem. Lett. 32(3): 294-5 (2003).

Reaction of OH^• radicals with H₂ in sub-critical water.
Marin, T.W., Jonah, C.D., Bartels, D.M., Chem. Phys. Lett. 371(1-2): 144-9 (2003).

Time-resolved resonance Raman and density functional study of an azirine intermediate in the 2-fluorenylnitrene ring-expansion reaction to form a dehydroazepine product.
Ong, S.Y., Zhu, P.Z., Leung, K.H., Phillips, D.L., Chem.--Eur. J. 9(6): 1377-86 (2003).

Snm as a photolabile protecting group for the cysteinyl radical direct evidence from time-resolved IR and UV/Vis spectroscopies.
Kolano, C., Sander, W., Eur. J. Org. Chem. (6): 1074-9 (2003).

Phototransformation of carbaryl in aqueous solution - Laser-flash photolysis and steady-state studies.
Brahmia, O., Richard, C., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 156(1-3): 9-14 (2003).

The rate and equilibrium constants for the reaction NO₃^• + Cl^- <-> NO₃^- + Cl^• in aqueous solutions.
Poskrebyshev, G.A., Huie, R.E., Neta, P., J. Phys. Chem. A 107(12): 1964-70 (2003).

Product formation in the Cl-initiated oxidation of cyclopropane.
DeSain, J.D., Klippenstein, S.J., Taatjes, C.A., Hurley, M.D., Wallington, T.J., J. Phys. Chem. A 107(12): 1992-2002 (2003).

Kinetics of elementary reactions in the chain chlorination of cyclopropane.
Hurley, M.D., Schneider, W.F., Wallington, T.J., Mann, D.J., DeSain, J.D., Taatjes, C.A., J. Phys. Chem. A 107(12): 2003-10 (2003).

Short-time water caging and elementary prehydration redox reactions in ionic environments.
Gauduel, Y., Hallou, A., Charles, B., J. Phys. Chem. A 107(12): 2011-24 (2003).

Benzene radical ion in equilibrium with solvated electrons.
Marasas, R.A., Iyoda, T., Miller, J.R., J. Phys. Chem. A 107(12): 2033-8 (2003).

Oxidation of 3-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyridinemethanol by chromium(VI) in acidic aqueous media; kinetic and EPR studies.
Kita, E., Wrzeszcz, G., Pol. J. Chem. 77(3): 355-64 (2003).

Kinetics and mechanisms of the ligand substitution reactions of cyclopentadienyl M tetracarbonyl, indenyl M tetracarbonyl, M = niobium or tantalum, and molybdenum₂ (carbon monoxide)₆ [[mu]-[eta]⁵,[eta]⁵-cyclopentadienylide-(carbon alkyl)₂-cyclopentadienylide] with tributylphosphine, triphenylphosphine and triphenylphosphite. Photo-assisted carbonylation of supercritical ethane, ethane and methane in supercritical carbon dioxide by trans-chlorocarbonylbis(trimethylphosphine)rhodium.
Lukmanova-Kline, D.M. Ph.D., Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 2001, 82p.

Optical Spectra

Study on the color center induced by fast neutron irradiation on BGO.
Li, X.-n., Fang, X.-m., Shanghai Daxue Xuebao, Ziran Kexueban 8(6): 535-8 (2002).

Mono-bisthienylethene ring-fused versus multi-bisthienylethene ring-fused photochromic hybrids.
Luo, Q.F., Chen, B.Z., Wang, M.Z., Tian, H., Adv. Funct. Mater. 13(3): 233-9 (2003).

Behavior of naphthoyloxyl and methoxynaphthoyloxyl radicals generated from the photocleavage of dinaphthoyl peroxides and 1-(naphthoyloxy)-2-pyridones.
Najiwara, T., Hashimoto, J., Segawa, K., Sakuragi, H., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 76(3): 575-85 (2003).

Reversible regulation of pyrene excimer emission by light and metal ions in the presence of photochromic spiropyran: toward creation of a new molecular logic circuit.
Guo, X.F., Zhang, D.Q., Wang, T.X., Zhu, D.B., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (7): 914-5 (2003).

Oxazolylfulgides as yellow photochromic dyes.
Matsushima, R., Morikane, H., Kohno, Y., Chem. Lett. 32(3): 302-3 (2003).

Tuning the properties of ruthenium bipyridine dyes for solar cells by substitution on the ligands -- characterisation of bis[4,4'-di(2-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethenyl)-2,2'-bipyridine][4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridine]ruthenium(II) dihexafluorophosphate.
Aranyos, V., Hjelm, J., Hagfeldt, A., Grennberg, H., Dalton Trans. (7): 1280-3 (2003).

The crystalline- state photochromism, thermochromism and X-ray structural characterization of a new spiroxazine.
Suh, H.-J., Lim, W.-T., Cui, J.-Z., Lee, H.-S., Kim, G.-H., Heo, N.-H., Kim, S.-H., Dyes Pigm. 57(2): 149-59 (2003).

Photoredox reaction of iron(III) cupferronate. Release of NO induced by ligand-to-metal charge transfer excitation.
Kunkely, H., Vogler, A., Inorg. Chim. Acta 346: 275-7 (2003).

Self-assembled supramolecular triad composed of fulleropyrrolidine bearing two pyridine moieties axially coordinated to two zinc porphyrins.
El-Khouly, M.E., Gadde, S., Deviprasad, G.R., Fujitsuka, M., Ito, O., D'Souza, F., J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 7(1): 1-7 (2003).

Synthesis of a diporphyrin dyad bearing electron-donor and electron-withdrawing substituents with potential use in the spectral sensitization of semiconductor solar cells.
Milanesio, M.E., Gervaldo, M., Otero, L.A., Sereno, L., Silber, J.J., Durantini, E.N., J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 7(1): 42-51 (2003).

Radiation damage of silicate glasses doped with Tb³⁺ and Eu³⁺.
Baccaro, S., Cecilia, A., Montecchi, M., Nikl, M., Polato, P., Zanella, G., Zannoni, R., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 315(3): 271-5 (2003).

Complexes of 2,2'-biphenol with ruthenium(II), molybdenum(V), tungsten(V) and tungsten(VI): structures, electrochemistry and spectroscopy.
Laye, R.H., Bell, Z.R., Ward, M.D., New J. Chem. 27(4): 684-91 (2003).

Blue fluorescence of Ti³⁺ ions in Ti³⁺-doped, [gamma]-irradiated SrAl_0.5Ta_0.5O₃:LaAlO₃ crystals.
Kaczmarek, S.M., Berkowski, M., Tsuboi, T., Wabia, M., Wlodarski, M., Olesinska, W., Wronska, T., Nukleonika 48(1): 35-40 (2003).

Characterization of Al₂O₃ single crystals grown by the laser-heated pedestal growth technique for potential use in radiation dosimetry.
Bloom, D., Evans, D.R., Holmstrom, S.A., Polf, J.C., McKeever, S.W.S., Whitley, V., Radiat. Meas. 37(2): 141-9 (2003).

Thermodynamics

Synthetic- potential of Si-containing imide SET photochemistry.
Chu, H.-W., Lee, Y.-J., Huaxue 60(4): 631-6 (2002).

Stereoselective photoinduced electron-transfer reaction between zinc myoglobin and new chiral quinolinium ions.
Tsukahara, K., Ueda, R., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 76(3): 561-6 (2003).

A distance-controlled oligopeptide linker as a novel photo-induced energy transfer switch by secondary structural transition.
Kishimoto, A., Mutai, T., Araki, K., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (6): 742-3 (2003).

Direct observation of charge-transfer reactions in nanoscopic test tubes: Self-ionization in HNO₃ clusters.
Gebhardt, C.R., Witte, T., Kompa, K.L., ChemPhysChem 4(3): 308-12 (2003).

Fine tuning of the photoinduced energy transfer rate in trinuclear Ru/Os 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine complexes through structural modification of the periphery.
Constable, E.C., Handel, R.W., Housecroft, C.E., Morales, A.F., Flamigni, L., Barigelletti, F., Dalton Trans. (7): 1220-2 (2003).

Charge-transfer mechanisms between gold clusters.
Torma, V., Vidoni, O., Simon, U., Schmid, G., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (6): 1121-7 (2003).

Solvent effect in a two phenoxyl radical equilibrium.
Coronel, M.E.J., Thermochim. Acta 398(1-2): 33-7 (2003).

ESR Studies

Electron spin-lattice relaxation in radicals containing two methyl groups, generated by gamma-irradiation of polycrystalline solids.
Harbridge, J.R., Eaton, S.S., Eaton, G.R., J. Magn. Reson. 159(2): 195-206 (2002).

Electron paramagnetic resonance, photo-acoustic spectroscopy and thermally stimulated luminescence for identification of thermally stimulated processes in gamma-irradiated LaBa₂F₂.
Natarajan, V., Seshagiri, T.K., Kadam, R.M., Dhobale, A.R., Tyagi, A.K., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 254(2): 227-30 (2002).

Thermal- and light-induced nanocluster formation in silver-mesogenic cyanophenyl condensed films.
Shabatina, T.I., Timoshenko, V.A., Morosov, Y., Sergeev, G.B., Mater. Sci. Eng., C C22(2): 193-6 (2002).

O^- radical anions on polycrystalline MgO.
Di Valentin, C., Ricci, D., Pacchioni, G., Chiesa, M., Paganini, M.C., Giamello, E., Surf. Sci. 521(3): 104-16 (2002).

An optical spectroscopic study on carbon- and oxygen-centered free radical adducts trapped by a bi-functional nitrone spin trap.
Sueishi, Y., Yoshioka, C., Takemoto, K., Kotake, Y., Z. Phys. Chem. (Muenchen, Ger.) 216(11): 1353-60 (2002).

Electron spin resonance of ascorbyl (Vitamin C) radicals in synthetic CaCO₃ by UV irradiation.
Sato, H., Tani, A., Ikeya, M., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42(2A): 428-33 (2003).

Electrochemical and microsomal production of free radicals from 1,2,5-oxadiazole N-oxide as potential antiprotozoal drugs.
Olea-Azar, C., Rigol, C., Mendizabal, F., Briones, R., Cerecetto, H., Di Maio, R., Risso, M., Gonzalez, M., Porcal, W., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 59(1): 69-74 (2003).

Zero-field splitting of quintet conjugated dinitrenes: 2,6-biphenylenedinitrene.
Kalgutkar, R.S., Lahti, P.M., Tetrahedron Lett. 44(13): 2625-8 (2003).

Investigation of radiation-induced defects in the electron irradiated power transistor structures.
Korshunov, F.P., Bogatyrev, Y.V., Lastovsky, S.B., Kulgachev, V.I., Anufriev, L.P., Rubtsevich, I.I., Golubev, N.F., Vacuum 70(2-3): 197-200 (2003).

Excited States

Doubly N-confused porphyrins as efficient sensitizers for singlet oxygen generation.
Araki, K., Engelmann, F.M., Mayer, I., Toma, H.E., Baptista, M.S., Maeda, H., Osuka, A., Furuta, H., Chem. Lett. 32(3): 244-5 (2003).

Sensitized reactions by benzophenones in the higher triplet excited state.
Cai, X.C., Hara, M., Kawai, K., Tojo, S., Majima, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 371(1-2): 68-73 (2003).

Synthesis and photophysics of mono-disperse phenylene ethynylene oligomers that feature ruthenium(II), osmium(II) and rhenium(I) polypyridine complexes.
Li, Y. Ph.D., Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2001, 251p.

Photochemistry and photophysical properties of metal-metal dimer complexes.
Geise-Bradley, P.M. Ph.D., Thesis, Ohio State University, Columbus, 2002, 153p.

Photochemistry

Vacuum-UV oxidation (H₂O-VUV) with a xenon excimer flow-trough lamp at 172 nm: use of methanol as actinometer for VUV intensity measurement and as reference compound for OH-radical competition kinetics in aqueous systems.
Oppenlander, T., Schwarzwalder, R., J. Adv. Oxid. Technol. 5(2): 155-63 (2002).

Spectral, thermal, and photochemical studies on certain first, second, and third generation cephalosporin antibiotics and their Cd(II) complexes.
Osman, A.H., El-Maali, N.A., Aly, A.A.M., Al-Hazmi, G.A.A., Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem. 32(4): 763-81 (2002).

Diastereospecific photochemical dimerization of a stilbene-containing daisy chain monomer in solution as well as in the solid state.
Amirsakis, D.G., Elizarov, A.M., Garcia-Garibay, M.A., Glink, P.T., Stoddart, J.F., White, A.J.P., Williams, D.J., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 42(10): 1126-32 (2003).

A novel access to 3-aryl-2-norbornyl cation.
Mella, M., Esposti, S., Fagnoni, M., Albini, A., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (6): 738-9 (2003).

Picosecond and femtosecond laser photolysis studies of a photochromic diarylethene derivative: multiphoton gated reaction.
Miyasaka, H., Murakami, M., Okada, T., Nagata, Y., Itaya, A., Kobatake, S., Irie, M., Chem. Phys. Lett. 371(1-2): 40-8 (2003).

Experimental and theoretical study on DNA-binding and photocleavage properties of chiral complexes [Delta]- and [Lambda]-[Ru(bpy)₂L] (L = o-hpip, m-hpip and p-hpip).
Mei, W.J., Liu, J., Zheng, K.C., Lin, L.J., Chao, H., Li, A.X., Yun, F.C., Ji, L.N., Dalton Trans. (7): 1352-9 (2003).

Photoreactions of 5-dicyanomethylene-7-diphenylmethylenebicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene and 2-dicyanomethylene-9-diphenylmethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4- methanonaphthalene.
Tanaka, N., Fukuoka Kyoiku Daigaku Kiyo, Dai-3-bunsatsu: Sugaku, Rika, Gijutsuka Hen 52: 29-41 (2003).

Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic, photochemical, redox, and catalytic properties of ruthenium(II) isomeric complexes containing dimethyl sulfoxide, chloro, and the dinucleating bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazole ligands.
Sens, C., Rodriguez, M., Romero, I., Llobet, A., Parella, T., Sullivan, B.P., Benet-Buchholz, J., Inorg. Chem. 42(6): 2040-8 (2003).

The photolysis of iron(III) chloride in chloroform.
Hoggard, P.E., Gruber, M., Vogler, A., Inorg. Chim. Acta 346: 137-42 (2003).

Addition of diazoalkanes to alkyne(pentacarbonyl)-chromium and -tungsten - formation of 3H-pyrazole complexes.
Abd-Elzaher, M.M., Weibert, B., Fischer, H., J. Organomet. Chem. 669(1-2): 6-13 (2003).

OH-radical reactivity and direct photolysis of triphenyltin hydroxide in aqueous solution.
Palm, W.U., Kopetzky, R., Ruck, W., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 156(1-3): 105-14 (2003).

Measurement of solvent dynamics effects on the electron transfer reaction of Co(NH₃)₄ox⁺ in mixed solvents: A quantitative approach.
Anbalagan, K., Geethalakshmi, T., Poonkodi, S.P.R., J. Phys. Chem. A 107(12): 1918-27 (2003).

A facile synthesis of indolo[2,3-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazoles via oxidative photocyclization of bisindolymaleimides.
Reddy, G.M., Chen, S.Y., Uang, B.J., Synthesis (4): 497-500 (2003).

Photochemical reactions of M(CO)₆ (M = Cr, Mo, W) with Ph₂P(S)P(S)Ph₂.
Sert, S., Sentuerk, O.S., Ugur, F., Transition Met. Chem. (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 28(2): 133-6 (2003).

Sol-gel materials: templated macrostructures and mesostructures by self-assembly and molecular dynamics of photoinduced supramolecular machines.
Chia, S. Ph.D., Thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001, 108p.

Radiation Chemistry

The order-disorder transition in ion-irradiated pyrochlore.
Lian, J., Wang, L., Chen, J., Sun, K., Ewing, R.C., Farmer, J.M., Boatner, L.A., Acta Mater. 51(5): 1493-502 (2003).

Radiolysis of kaempferol in water/methanol mixtures. Evaluation of antioxidant activity of kaempferol and products formed.
Marfak, A., Trouillas, P., Allais, D.-P., Champavier, Y., Calliste, C.-A., Duroux, J.-L., J. Agric. Food Chem. 51(5): 1270-7 (2003).

The role of electron-stimulated production of O₂ from water ice in the radiation processing of outer solar system surfaces.
Orlando, T.M., Sieger, M.T., Surf. Sci. 528(1-3): 1-7 (2003).

Experimental Studies

Convergent access to ketones, vinyl esters and vinyl bromides by a tin-free radical addition-intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer.
Ouvry, G., Zard, S.Z., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (6): 778-9 (2003).

Periodic expansion-contraction motion of photoabsorbing organic droplets during laser pbotophoretic migration in water.
Monjushiro, H., Tanaka, M., Watarai, H., Chem. Lett. 32(3): 254-5 (2003).

Sequestering ability of butylated hydroxytoluene, propyl gallate, resveratrol, and vitamins C and E against ABTS, DPPH, and hydroxyl free radicals in chemical and biological systems.
Soares, D.G., Andreazza, A.C., Salvador, M., J. Agric. Food Chem. 51(4): 1077-80 (2003).

Addition of secondary phosphines to N-vinylpyrroles.
Trofimov, B.A., Malysheva, S.F., Sukhov, B.G., Belogorlova, N.A., Schmidt, E.Y., Sobenina, L.N., Kuimov, V.A., Gusarova, N.K., Tetrahedron Lett. 44(13): 2629-32 (2003).

Multiphase Systems

Effect of substrates on epitaxial PZT films by a coating photolysis process.
Tsuchiya, T., Yamaguchi, I., Manabe, T., Kumagai, T., Mizuta, S., Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 5(2-3): 207-10 (2002).

Fundamental reactions in TiO₂ nanocrystallite aqueous solutions studied by pulse radiolysis.
Gao, R., Safrany, A., Rabani, J., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 65(6): 599-609 (2002).

Photoredox properties of ultrafine rutile TiO₂ acicular powder in aqueous 4-chlorophenol, Cu-EDTA and Pb-EDTA solutions.
Kim, S.J., Lee, H.G., Kim, S.J., Lee, J.K., Lee, E.G., Appl. Catal., A 242(1): 89-99 (2003).

Photooxidation of eosin Y in the presence of semiconducting oxides.
Poulios, I., Micropoulou, E., Panou, R., Kostopoulou, E., Appl. Catal., B 41(4): 345-55 (2003).

Reduction of carbon dioxide with water under concentrated sunlight using photocatalyst combined with Fe-based catalyst.
Guan, G.Q., Kida, T., Yoshida, A., Appl. Catal., B 41(4): 387-96 (2003).

Control of the magnetic and optical properties in molecular compounds by electrochemical, photochemical and chemical methods.
Sato, O., Hayami, S., Einaga, Y., Gu, Z.Z., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 76(3): 443-70 (2003).

Micelle-enhancing effect on a flavin-photosensitized reaction of benzyl alcohols in aqueous solution.
Yasuda, M., Nakai, T., Kawahito, Y., Shiragami, T., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 76(3): 601-5 (2003).

Chemical modification of diamond powder using photolysis of perfluoroazooctane.
Nakamura, T., Ishihara, M., Ohana, T., Koga, Y., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (7): 900-1 (2003).

Enantioselective photopinacolization of benzophenone and benzhydrol intercalated in Mg-Al LDH interlayers.
Shichi, T., Minamikawa, Y., Yasuda, N., Yamada, N., Okamoto, Y., Takagi, K., Chem. Lett. 32(3): 240-1 (2003).

Photo-catalytic reduction of chromium in aqueous solution by Fe³⁺ doped TiO₂ nanoparticles.
Thakare, S.R., Jugele, R.N., Indian J. Chem., Sect. A: Inorg., Bio-inorg., Phys., Theor. Anal. Chem. 42(3): 513-5 (2003).

Testing and performance of immobilized Fenton photoreactions via membranes, mats and modified copolymers.
Fernandez, J., Nadtochenko, V., Enea, O., Bozzi, A., Yuranova, T., Kiwi, J., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 107-13 (2003).

Semiconductors as sensitisers for the radical addition of tertiary amines to electron deficient alkenes.
Marinkovic, S., Hoffmann, N., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(3): 175-82 (2003).

Ion trap tandem mass spectrometric identification of thiabendazole phototransformation products on titanium dioxide.
Calza, P., Baudino, S., Aigotti, R., Baiocchi, C., Pelizzetti, E., J. Chromatogr., A 984(1): 59-66 (2003).

Photochromic naphthopyrans in sol-gel ormosil coatings.
Zayat, M., Levy, D., J. Mater. Chem. 13(4): 727-30 (2003).

TiO₂ photocatalytic oxidation of nitric oxide: transient behavior and reaction kinetics.
Devahasdin, S., Fan, C., Li, K.Y., Chen, D.H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 156(1-3): 161-70 (2003).

Oxygen evolution sensitized by tin porphyrin in microheterogeneous system and membrane systems.
Wang, S., Hori, T., J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 7(1): 37-41 (2003).

Effects of electron irradiation on structure and bonding of SF₆ on Ru(0001).
Faradzhev, N.S., Kusmierek, D.O., Yakshinskiy, B.V., Madey, T.E., Low Temp. Phys. 29(3): 215-22 (2003).

Variation of the absorption spectra and optical energy gap with [gamma]-ray irradiation and heat treatment in SbNbO₄ films deposited on MgO and quartz substrates.
Abu-El-Fadl, A., Mohamad, G.A., Yamazaki, T., Mater. Chem. Phys. 80(1): 239-49 (2003).

A model of radiation effects in nitride-oxide films for power MOSFET applications.
Raparla, V.A.K., Lee, S.C., Schrimpf, R.D., Fleetwood, D.M., Galloway, K.F., Solid-State Electron. 47(5): 775-83 (2003).

Photodissociation of CH₃I/Cu(1 1 0)-X (X = I, Cl) at [lambda]=308 nm: control of photodissociation dynamics by surface environment.
Jensen, E.T., Surf. Sci. 528(1-3): 204-9 (2003).

Electron induced degradation of E-beam evaporated MgO layers.
Caron, M., Geittner, P., Much, G., Surf. Sci. 528(1-3): 97-102 (2003).

Polymers

UV isomerisation in nematic elastomers as a route to photo-mechanical transducer.
Cviklinski, J., Tajbakhsh, A.R., Terentjev, E.M., Eur. Phys. J. E 9(5): 427-34 (2002).

Swelling behavior of modified CMC hydrogel prepared by radiation crosslinking.
Liu, P., Peng, J., Wu, J., Gaofenzi Xuebao (6): 756-9 (2002).

Photochemically generated polyacrylonitrile-silica nanocomposites: Optimized fabrication and characterization.
Giunta, P.R., Bossio, R.E., Stiegman, A.E., Marshall, A.G., Chem. Mater. 15(6): 1289-95 (2003).

Photoinduced alignment of liquid crystals parallel to the polarization direction of linearly polarized light.
Xu, C.Y., Shiono, T., Ikeda, T., Wang, Y.H., Takeuchi, Y., J. Mater. Chem. 13(4): 669-71 (2003).

Influence of gamma irradiation on the formation of methanol induced micro-cracks in polycarbonate.
Ramani, R., Shariff, G., Thimmegowda, M.C., Sathyanarayana, P.M., Ashalatha, M.B., Balraj, A., Ranganathaiah, C., J. Mater. Sci. 38(7): 1431-8 (2003).

Delocalized free electron densities in degraded polystyrene and polypropylene macroradicals: The source of different photooxidation rates.
Shyichuk, A., Melnyk, D., White, J.R., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 41(8): 1070-6 (2003).

Influence of the annealing conditions on the polarization and electromechanical response of high-energy-electron irradiated poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) copolymer.
Xia, F., Wang, Y.K., Li, H.F., Huang, C., Ma, Y., Zhang, Q.M., Cheng, Z.Y., Bateman, F.B., J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 41(8): 797-806 (2003).

Diffraction gratings of photopolymers composed of polyvinylalcohol or polyvinylacetate binder.
Choi, D.H., Feng, D.J., Yoon, H., Choi, S.H., Macromol. Res. 11(1): 36-41 (2003).

Low dielectric constant of MeV ion-implanted poly(vinylidene fluoride).
Lee, S.Y., Kim, B.H., Park, S.K., Joo, J., Beag, Y.W., Koh, S.K., Macromol. Res. 11(1): 9-13 (2003).

Single molecule force spectroscopy of azobenzene polymers: Switching elasticity of single photochromic macromolecules.
Holland, N.B., Hugel, T., Neuert, G., Cattani-Scholz, A., Renner, C., Oesterhelt, D., Moroder, L., Seitz, M., Gaub, H.E., Macromolecules 36(6): 2015-23 (2003).

Chain length dependence of radical-radical termination in free radical polymerization: A pulsed laser photolysis investigation.
Shipp, D.A., Solomon, D.H., Smith, T.A., Moad, G., Macromolecules 36(6): 2032-40 (2003).

Degradation of plasticized PVC for biomedical disposable device under soft x-ray irradiation.
Manfredini, M., Atzei, D., Elsener, B., Marchetti, A., Rossi, A., Surf. Interface Anal. 35(3): 294-300 (2003).

Surface modification of PVC endotracheal tubes by oxygen glow discharge to reduce bacterial adhesion.
Balazs, D.J., Triandafillu, K., Chevolot, Y., Aronsson, B.O., Harms, H., Descouts, P., Mathieu, H.J., Surf. Interface Anal. 35(3): 301-9 (2003).

Active control of chemical bond scission by site-specific core excitation.
Wada, S., Sumii, R., Isari, K., Waki, S., Sako, E.O., Sekiguchi, T., Sekitani, T., Tanaka, K., Surf. Sci. 528(1-3): 242-8 (2003).

Mechanical and thermal properties of gamma-ray irradiated polyethylene blends.
Al-Ali, M., Madi, N.K., Al-Thani, N.J., El-Muraikhi, M., Turos, A., Vacuum 70(2-3): 227-36 (2003).

Formation of polymeric layer during silicon etching in CF₂Cl₂ plasma.
Grigonis, A., Knizikevicius, R., Rutkuniene, Z., Tribandis, D., Vacuum 70(2-3): 319-22 (2003).

Biological & Medical Aspects

Influence of the donor side of photosystem II on the photogeneration of superoxide radicals and chlorophyll a fluorescence.
Weng, J., Zhang, S., Pan, J., Chen, J., Xu, C., J. Photosci. 9(2): 385-7 (2002).

Transdermal delivery of photosensitizer by the laser-induced stress wave in combination with skin heating.
Ogura, M., Sato, S., Kuroki, M., Wakisaka, H., Kawauchi, S., Ishihara, M., Kikuchi, M., Yoshioka, M., Ashida, H., Obara, M., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 2 41(7A): L814-L6 (2002).

Influence of protein phosphorylation on the electron-transport properties of Photosystem II.
Mamedov, F., Rintamaeki, E., Aro, E.-M., Andersson, B., Styring, S., Photosynthesis Research 74(1): 61-72 (2002).

LET dependence of lethality in Arabidopsis thaliana irradiated by heavy ions.
Shikazono, N., Tanaka, A., Kitayama, S., Watanabe, H., Tano, S., Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 41(2): 159-62 (2002).

Double strand break rejoining after irradiation of human fibroblasts with X rays or a particles: PFGE studies and numerical models.
Pinto, M., Prise, K.M., Michael, B.D., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 133-6 (2002).

Bystander effects: intercellular transmission of radiation damage signals.
Little, J.B., Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., Nagasawa, H., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 159-62 (2002).

Characterisation of a bystander effect induced in human tissue explant cultures by low LET radiation.
Mothersill, C., O'Malley, K., Seymour, C.B., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 163-7 (2002).

DNA degradation and protein peroxidation in cells exposed to hydroxyl free radicals.
Du, J., Gebicki, J.M., Redox Rep. 7(5): 329-31 (2002).

The function of the chloride ion in photosynthetic oxygen evolution.
Olesen, K., Andreasson, L.-E., Biochemistry 42(7): 2025-35 (2003).

Reusable photonucleases: plasmid scission by a uranyl ion impregnated adenine homopolymer in the presence of visible light and sunlight.
Madhavaiah, C., Verma, S., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (6): 800-1 (2003).

Construction of photosynthetic antenna complex using light-harvesting polypeptide-a from photosynthetic bacteria, R. rubrum with zinc substituted bacteriochlorophyll a.
Nagata, M., Nango, M., Kashiwada, A., Yamada, S., Ito, S., Sawa, N., Ogawa, M., Iida, K., Kurono, Y., Ohtsuka, T., Chem. Lett. 32(3): 216-7 (2003).

Hydroxyl radical is not the main reactive species involved in the degradation of DNA bases by copper in the presence of hydrogen peroxide.
Frelon, S., Douki, T., Favier, A., Cadet, J., Chem. Res. Toxicol. 16(2): 191-7 (2003).

[60]Fullerene as a novel photoinduced antibiotic.
Kai, Y., Komazawa, Y., Miyajima, A., Miyata, N., Yamakoshi, Y., Fullerenes, Nanotubes, Carbon Nanostruct. 11(1): 79-87 (2003).

The measurement of molecular fragments from DNA components using synchrotron radiation.
Fujii, K., Akamatsu, K., Yokoya, A., Surf. Sci. 528(1-3): 249-54 (2003).

Solar Energy

Long-lived photoinduced charge separation for solar cell applications in phthalocyanine-fulleropyrrolidine dyad thin films.
Loi, M.A., Denk, P., Hoppe, H., Neugebauer, H., Winder, C., Meissner, D., Brabec, C., Sariciftci, N.S., Gouloumis, A., Vazquez, P., Torres, T., J. Mater. Chem. 13(4): 700-4 (2003).

Industrial & Environmental Applications

Degradation of 2-methylphenol (2MP) photoinduced by Fe(III) in an aqueous solution.
Halladja, S., Zertal, A., Sehili, T., J. Soc. Alger. Chim. 12(1): 1-9 (2002).

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by catalytic processes.
Centi, G., Perathoner, S., Rak, Z.S., Appl. Catal., B 41(1-2): 143-55 (2003).

Adsorptive and photocatalytic performance of TiO₂ pillared montmorillonite in degradation of endocrine disruptors having different hydrophobicity.
Ooka, C., Yoshida, H., Horio, M., Suzuki, K., Hattori, T., Appl. Catal., B 41(3): 313-21 (2003).

Photoelectrocatalytic and photocatalytic disinfection of E-coli suspensions by titanium dioxide.
Christensen, P.A., Curtis, T.P., Egerton, T.A., Kosa, S.A.M., Tinlin, J.R., Appl. Catal., B 41(4): 371-86 (2003).

Application of TiO₂-mounted activated carbon to the removal of phenol from water.
Tryba, B., Morawski, A.W., Inagaki, M., Appl. Catal., B 41(4): 427-33 (2003).

Kinetics of photodegradation and ozonation of pentachlorophenol.
Benitez, F.J., Acero, J.L., Real, F.J., Garcia, J., Chemosphere 51(8): 651-62 (2003).

Photolysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] needles under sunlight irradiation.
Niu, J., Chen, J., Martens, D., Quan, X., Yang, F., Kettrup, A., Schramm, K.-W., Environmental Pollution (Oxford, United Kingdom) 123(1): 39-45 (2003).

Solar photocatalytic degradation of metal complex azo dyes and treatment of dye house waste.
Saha, A.K., Chaudhuri, M., Indian J. Eng. Mater. Sci. 10(1): 69-74 (2003).

Photocatalytic degradation of reactive yellow 17 dye in aqueous solution in the presence of TiO₂ with cement binder.
Neppolian, B., Kanel, S.R., Choi, H.C., Shankar, M.V., Arabindoo, B., Murugesan, V., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 45-9 (2003).

Fate of nitrogen atoms in the photocatalytic degradation of industrial (Congo red) and alimentary (amaranth) azo dyes. Evidence for mineralization into gaseous dinitrogen.
Puzenat, E., Lachheb, H., Karkmaz, M., Houas, A., Guillard, C., Herrmann, J.M., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 51-8 (2003).

Mechanistic and kinetic study of solar-light induced photocatalytic degradation of Acid Orange 7 in aqueous TiO₂ suspensions.
Stylidi, M., Kondarides, D.I., Verykios, X.E., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 59-67 (2003).

Photocatalytic mineralization of humic acids with TiO₂: Effect of pH, sulfate and chloride anions.
Wiszniowski, J., Robert, D., Surmacz-Gorska, J., Miksch, K., Weber, J.V., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 69-74 (2003).

Effect of partial oxidation by ozonation on the photocatalytic degradation of humic acids.
Kerc, A., Bekbolet, M., Saatci, A.M., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 75-80 (2003).

Photocatalytic oxidation of fuel oxygenated additives in aqueous solutions.
Krichevskaya, M., Kachina, A., Malygina, T., Preis, S., Kallas, J., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 81-6 (2003).

Kinetics of atrazine degradation by photocatalytic process in aqueous solution.
Zahraa, O., Sauvanaud, L., Hamard, G., Bouchy, M., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 87-93 (2003).

Photocatalytic decomposition of fatty stains by TiO₂ thin films.
Vicente, J.P., Gacoin, T., Barboux, P., Boilot, J.P., Rondet, M., Gueneau, L., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(2): 95-8 (2003).

Heterogeneous photocatalytic reduction of ferrate(VI) in UV-irradiated titania suspensions: Role in enhancing destruction of nitrogen-containing pollutants.
Sharma, V.K., Winkelmann, K., Krasnova, Y., Lee, C., Sohn, M., Int. J. Photoenergy 5(3): 183-90 (2003).

The effect of titanium dioxide alumina beads on the photocatalytic degradation of picloram in water.
Lee, D.-J., Senseman, S.A., Sciumbato, A.S., Jung, S.-C., Krutz, L.J., J. Agric. Food Chem. 51(9): 2659-64 (2003).

Advanced photoresist for high-density groove-recording disc.
Ohgo, T., Nakagawa, E., Kondo, T., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42(2B): 776-7 (2003).

Preparation and characterization of a magnetically separated photocatalyst and its catalytic properties.
Gao, Y., Chen, B.H., Li, H.L., Ma, Y.X., Mater. Chem. Phys. 80(1): 348-55 (2003).

TiO₂ ceramic films prepared by micro-plasma oxidation method for photodegradation of rhodamine B.
Wu, X.H., Jiang, Z.H., Liu, H.L., Li, X.D., Hu, X.U., Mater. Chem. Phys. 80(1): 39-43 (2003).

Theoretical Studies

Excited states of analogue models of M-bacteriochlorophylls (M = Mg, Zn) in the photosynthetic reaction center: A time-dependent density functional theory study.
Yamaguchi, Y., Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 6(9): 617-25 (2002).

Substantial errors from time-dependent density functional theory for the calculation of excited states of large [pi] systems.
Grimme, S., Parac, M., ChemPhysChem 4(3): 292-5 (2003).

Hopping transport in molecularly doped polymers: joint modelling of positional and energetic disorder.
Sin, J.M., Soos, Z.G., Philos. Mag. 83(7): 901-28 (2003).

Reviews

Achieving enantio and diastereoselectivities in photoreactions through the use of a confined space.
Sivaguru, J., Shailaja, J., Uppili, S., Ponchot, K., Joy, A., Arunkumar, N., Ramamurthy, V., Organic Solid-State Reactions, F. Toda (ed.), Kluwer, Drodrecht, Neth., 2002, p.159-188

Solid-state bimolecular photoreactions in two-component molecular crystals.
Koshima, H., Organic Solid-State Reactions, F. Toda (ed.), Kluwer, Drodrecht, Neth., 2002, p.189-268

Photochemistry of alkenes, alkynes and related compounds.
Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 33: 119-54 (2002).

Photophysical processes in condensed phases.
Harriman, A., Photochemistry 33: 13-49 (2002).

Photochemistry of aromatic compounds.
Gilbert, A., Photochemistry 33: 155-93 (2002).

Photo-reduction and -oxidation.
Cox, A., Photochemistry 33: 194-241 (2002).

Photoreactions of compounds containing heteroatoms other than oxygen.
Pratt, A.C., Photochemistry 33: 242-306 (2002).

Photoelimination.
Dunkin, I.R., Photochemistry 33: 307-36 (2002).

Photolysis of carbonyl compounds.
Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 33: 53-73 (2002).

Enone cycloadditions and rearrangements: photoreactions of dienones and quinones.
Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 33: 74-118 (2002).

The fidelity of repair of radiation damage.
Jeggo, P.A., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 117-22 (2002).

Biophysical analysis of radiation induced initial DNA fragmentation.
Khvostunov, I.K., Andreev, S.G., Eidelman, Y.A., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 151-2 (2002).

Nuclear architecture and radiation induced chromosome aberrations: models and simulations.
Ballarini, F., Biaggi, M., Ottolenghi, A., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 175-82 (2002).

Mechanisms of low energy electron damage to condensed biomolecules and DNA.
Sanche, L., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 57-62 (2002).

Chemical aspects of clustered DNA damage induction by ionizing radiation.
Lomax, M.E., Gulston, M.K., O'Neill, P., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 63-8 (2002).

Simulation of DNA damage after proton and low LET irradiation.
Friedland, W., Bernhardt, P., Jacob, P., Paretzke, H.G., Dingfelder, M., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 99(1-4): 99-102 (2002).

Structure and properties of TiO₂ surfaces: a brief review.
Diebold, U., Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process. 76(5): 681-7 (2003).

Time-resolved photoionisation of radicals, clusters and biomolecules: relevant model systems.
Fischer, I., Chem. Soc. Rev. 32(2): 59-69 (2003).

Photodissociation of carboxylic acids: dynamics of OH formation.
Naik, P.D., Upadhyaya, H.P., Kumar, A., Sapre, A.V., Mittal, J.P., J. Photochem. Photobiol., C 3(3): 165-82 (2003).

Spin-chemical approach to photochemistry: reaction control by spin quantum operation.
Murai, H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., C 3(3): 183-201 (2003).

Local structures, excited states, and photocatalytic reactivities of highly dispersed catalysts constructed within zeolites.
Matsuoka, M., Anpo, M., J. Photochem. Photobiol., C 3(3): 225-52 (2003).

Reactions induced by low energy electrons in cryogenic films (Review).
Bass, A.D., Sanche, L., Low Temp. Phys. 29(3): 202-14 (2003).

Proton NMR and ESR spectroscopy of paramagnetic metalloporphyrins.
Walker, F.A., Porphyrin Handbook, K. M. Kadish, K. M. Smith and R. Guilard (eds.), Academic Press, San Diego, 2000, p.81-183

Nuclear tunneling and coherence in electron transfer reactions in solution and in photosynthetic systems.
Ando, K., Recent Research Developments in Physical Chemistry, S. G. Pandalai (ed.), Transworld Research Network, Trivandrum, India, 2002, p.275-91