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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

A comparative study of the spectral and kinetic properties of photochromic derivatives of perfluorocyclopentene diarylethenes.
Strokach, Y.P., Valova, T.M., Golotyuk, Z.O., Barachevsky, V.A., Yarovenko, V.N., Kalik, M.A., Krayushkin, M.M., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 99(5): 714-8 (2005).

Tuning the electronic communication and rates of intramolecular electron transfer of dimers of trinuclear ruthenium clusters: Bridging and ancillary ligand effects.
Salsman, J.C., Ronco, S., Londergan, C.H., Kubiak, C.P., Inorg. Chem. 45(2): 547-54 (2006).

Kinetic solvent effects on proton and hydrogen atom transfers from phenols. Similarities and differences.
Nielsen, M.F., Ingold, K.U., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(4): 1172-82 (2006).

Synthesis, structures, and photoinduced electron transfer reaction in the 9,9′-spirobifluorene-bridged bipolar systems.
Wong, K.T., Ku, S.Y., Cheng, Y.M., Lin, X.Y., Hung, Y.Y., Pu, S.C., Chou, P.T., Lee, G.H., Peng, S.M., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 456-65 (2006).

Steric modulations in the reversible dimerizations of phenalenyl radicals via unusually weak carbon-centered [pi]- and [sigma]-bonds.
Zaitsev, V., Rosokha, S.V., Head-Gordon, M., Kochi, J.K., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 520-6 (2006).

Rate constants for anilidyl radical cyclization reactions.
Martinez, E., Newcomb, M., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 557-61 (2006).

Reaction of an aza[60]fullerene radical with diphenylmethanes and fluorenes: A mechanistic approach.
Vougioukalakis, G.C., Hatzimarinaki, M., Lykakis, I.N., Orfanopoulos, M., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 829-32 (2006).

Monte Carlo simulations of nanogels formation by intramolecular recombination of radicals on polymer chain. Dispersive kinetics controlled by chain dynamics.
Jeszka, J.K., Kadlubowski, S., Ulanski, P., Macromolecules 39(2): 857-70 (2006).

Photoinduced effects in the vicinity of the smectic-A-smectic-CA* transition: Polarization, tilt angle, and response time studies - art. no. 011712.
Nair, G.G., Hegde, G., Prasad, S.K., Lobo, C.V., Negi, Y.S., Phys. Rev. E: Stat. Phys., Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 73: 011712 (2006).

Effect of micron and nano-grade titanium dioxides on the efficiency of hindered piperidine stabilizers in a model oxidative reaction.
Zeynalov, E.B., Allen, N.S., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 91(4): 931-9 (2006).

Optical Spectra

Spectral manifestations of d-[pi] exchange and charge transfer interactions in Cu(II) porphyrins.
Sagun, E.I., Zenkevich, E.I., Knyukshto, V.N., Shulga, A.M., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 99(5): 731-43 (2005).

Excitonic and vibronic structure of absorption spectra of Me-PTCDI and PTCDA crystals.
Lalov, I.J., Zhelyazkov, I., Chem. Phys. 321(1-2): 223-31 (2006).

Reconfiguration of the symmetry and charge-transfer characteristics of a triply crowned 1,3,5-tris(arylalkynyl)mesitylene by successive metal ion complexation.
Hennrich, G., Rurack, K., Spieles, M., Eur. J. Org. Chem. (2): 516-21 (2006).

Stable 8-hydroxyquinolinate-based podates as efficient sensitizers of lanthanide near-infrared luminescence.
Comby, S., Imbert, D., Chauvin, A.S., Bunzli, J.C.G., Inorg. Chem. 45(2): 732-43 (2006).

Luminescence of GeO2 glass, rutile-like and [alpha]-quartz-like crystals.
Trukhin, A., Kink, M., Maksimov, Y., Jansons, J., Kink, R., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352(2): 160-6 (2006).

Optical image processing using the photoinduced anisotropy of pyrrylfulgide.
Menke, N., Yao, B.L., Wang, Y.L., Zheng, Y., Lei, M., Ren, L.Y., Chen, G.F., Chen, Y., Fan, M.G., Li, T.K., J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23(2): 267-71 (2006).

Thermodynamics

A combined photothermal and molecular dynamics method for determining molecular volume changes.
Ridley, C., Stern, A.C., Green, T., DeVane, R., Space, B., Miksosvska, J., Larsen, R.W., Chem. Phys. Lett. 418(1-3): 137-41 (2006).

Assembly of a tetrathiafulvalene-anthracene dyad on the surfaces of gold nanoparticles: Tuning the excited-state properties of the anthracene unit in the dyad.
Zhang, G.X., Zhang, D.Q., Zhao, X.H., Ai, X.C., Zhang, J.P., Zhu, D.B., Chem.--Eur. J. 12(4): 1067-73 (2006).

Photoreactions of tricyclic [alpha]-cyclopropyl ketones and unsaturated enones synthesis of polyquinanes and analogous ring systems.
Tzvetkov, N.T., Neumann, B., Stammler, H.G., Mattay, J., Eur. J. Org. Chem. (2): 351-70 (2006).

Excited States

Investigation of photoinduced sensitized chemiluminescence by sulfonated phthalocyanines using flow injection technology.
Wang, J., Jiang, Z., Chen, N.S., Huang, J.L., Microchim. Acta 153(1-2): 79-85 (2006).

Photochemistry

Direct C-C bond formation between thymine derivatives and naphthalene through [2+2]-photocycloaddition.
Ohkura, K., Ishihara, T., Takahashi, H., Takechi, H., Seki, K., Heterocycles 66: 143-6 (2005).

Intermolecular photoreaction of benzenecarbothioamide with [gamma],d-unsaturated ketones: Application to synthesis of cycloalkane [c]-fused pyridines.
Oda, K., Haneda, M., Nishizono, N., Machida, M., Heterocycles 66: 563-6 (2005).

Unidirectional threading synthesis of isomer-free [2]rotaxanes.
Wang, Q.C., Ma, Q., Qu, D.H., Tian, H., Chem.--Eur. J. 12(4): 1088-96 (2006).

A photocontrolled [beta]-hairpin peptide.
Dong, S.L., Loweneck, M., Schrader, T.E., Schreier, W.J., Zinth, W., Moroder, L., Renner, C., Chem.--Eur. J. 12(4): 1114-20 (2006).

A photoswitchable rotaxane with an unfolded molecular thread.
Schmidt-Schaffer, S., Grubert, L., Grummt, U.W., Buck, K., Abraham, W., Eur. J. Org. Chem. (2): 378-98 (2006).

Helical conformational dynamics and photoisomerism of alternating pyridinedicarboxamide/m-(phenylazo)azobenzene oligomers.
Tie, C., Gallucci, J.C., Parquette, J.R., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(4): 1162-71 (2006).

Photoinduced 1,4-additions of indoles to enones.
Moran, J., Suen, T., Beauchemin, A.M., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 676-9 (2006).

Chain mechanism in the photocleavage of phenacyl and pyridacyl esters in the presence of hydrogen donors.
Literak, J., Dostalova, A., Klan, P., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 713-23 (2006).

Type II photoreaction of benzoyl- and (benzoylmethyl)cyclohexanone: cyclohexanone ring inversion and other factors determining their photoreactivities.
Hasegawa, T., Yang, Y.M., Kikuchi, S., Nakamura, T., Maeda, Y., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 19(2): 122-8 (2006).

Photochemical intramolecular aromatic substitutions of the imidazol-2-yl radical are superior to those mediated by Bu3SnH.
Clyne, M.A., Aldabbagh, F., Org. Biomol. Chem. 4(2): 268-77 (2006).

Visible light induced "on water" benzylic bromination with N-bromosuccinimide.
Podgorsek, A., Stavber, S., Zupan, M., Iskra, J., Tetrahedron Lett. 47(7): 1097-9 (2006).

Radiation Chemistry

Reduction of maleate and fumarate by the CO2•- anion radical.
Schutz, O., Meyerstein, D., Tetrahedron Lett. 47(7): 1093-6 (2006).

Experimental Studies

An expedient approach to allenes and polycyclic structures using propargyl radicals.
Alameda-Angulo, C., Quiclet-Sire, W., Zard, S.Z., Tetrahedron Lett. 47(6): 913-6 (2006).

Multiphase Systems

Density of TiO2-doped vitreous silica.
Shelby, J.E., Phys. Chem. Glasses 46(5): 494-9 (2005).

Relative rate constants for the heterogeneous reactions of NO2 and OH radicals with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on carbonaceous particles. Part 2: PAHs adsorbed on diesel particulate exhaust SRM 1650a.
Esteve, W., Budzinski, H., Villenave, E., Atmos. Environ. 40(2): 201-11 (2006).

Photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of SrSnO3 perovskite.
Zhang, W.F., Tang, J.W., Ye, J.H., Chem. Phys. Lett. 418(1-3): 174-8 (2006).

Characterization and properties of Ge1-x-Cx:H compounds obtained by X-ray CVD of germane/ethyne systems: Effect of the irradiation dose.
Benzi, P., Bottizzo, E., Demaria, C., Chem. Vap. Deposition 12(1): 25-32 (2006).

Growth dynamics of hydrogenated silicon nanoparticles under realistic conditions of a plasma reactor.
Vach, H., Brulin, Q., Chaabane, N., Novikova, T., Cabarrocas, P.R.I., Kalache, B., Hassouni, K., Botti, S., Reining, L., Comput. Mater. Sci. 35(3): 216-22 (2006).

Facile light-triggered one-step synthesis of small and stable platinum nanoparticles in an aqueous medium from a [beta]-cyclodextrin host-guest inclusion complex.
Giuffrida, S., Ventimiglia, G., Petralia, S., Conoci, S., Sortino, S., Inorg. Chem. 45(2): 508-10 (2006).

Ultrafast excited-state electron transfer at an organic liquid/aqueous interface.
McArthur, E.A., Eisenthal, K.B., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(4): 1068-9 (2006).

Synthesis and photo-catalytic property of a hollandite-type compound (K2Ga2Sn6O16).
Mori, T., Takahashi, M., Nakajima, H., Fujimoto, T., Watanabe, M., J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 26(4-5): 583-7 (2006).

Ring-opening metathesis polymer sphere-supported seco-porphyrazines: Efficient and recyclable photooxygenation catalysts.
Fuchter, M.J., Hoffman, B.M., Barrett, A.G.M., J. Org. Chem. 71(2): 724-9 (2006).

Photochemical deposition of NiCoOx thin films from Ni/Co heteronuclear triketonate complexes.
Buono-Core, G.E., Tejos, M., Cabello, G., Guzman, N., Hill, R.H., Mater. Chem. Phys. 96(1): 98-102 (2006).

Stochastic and photochromic switching of diarylethenes studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy.
van der Molen, S.J., van der Vegte, H., Kudernac, T., Amin, I., Feringa, B.L., van Wees, B.J., Nanotechnology 17(1): 310-4 (2006).

Chirality-induced spin-selective properties of self-assembled monolayers of DNA on gold - art. no. 036101.
Ray, S.G., Daube, S.S., Leitus, G., Vager, Z., Naaman, R., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96: 036101 (2006).

Composite thermochromic thin films: (TiO2)-(VO2) prepared from titanium isopropoxide,VOCl3 and water.
Qureshi, U., Manning, T.D., Blackman, C., Parkin, I.P., Polyhedron 25(2): 334-8 (2006).

Study on photocatalytic oxidation for determination of the low chemical oxygen demand using a nano-TiO2-Ce(SO4)2 coexisted system.
Chai, Y.H., Ding, H.C., Zhang, Z.H., Xian, Y.Z., Pan, Z.S., Jin, L.T., Talanta 68(3): 610-5 (2006).

Determination of chemical oxygen demand values by a photocatalytic oxidation method using nano-TiO2 film on quartz.
Li, J.Q., Li, L.P., Zheng, L., Xian, Y.Z., Jin, L.T., Talanta 68(3): 765-70 (2006).

Polymers

Radiation grafting of methyl methacrylate on radiation crosslinked natural rubber film Part I. Grafting conditions and grafting yield.
Chaudhari, C.V., Bhardwaj, Y.K., Sabharwal, S., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 267(1): 113-9 (2005).

Postexposure evolution of a photoinduced grating in a polymer material with phenanthrenequinone.
Veniaminov, A.V., Bartsch, E., Popov, A.P., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 99(5): 744-50 (2005).

Dynamics of pulsed recording of holographic diffraction gratings in photopolymer materials.
Shelkovnikov, V.V., Vasilev, E.V., Gerasimova, T.N., Pen, E.F., Plekhanov, A.I., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 99(5): 806-15 (2005).

Determination of the debris produced from poly(ethylene terephthalate) during KrF excimer laser ablation.
Shin, D.S., Lee, J.H., Suh, J., Kim, T.H., Appl. Surf. Sci. 252(6): 2319-27 (2006).

Effect of substrate temperature on the plasma polymerization of poly(methyl methacrylate).
Casserly, T.B., Gleason, K.K., Chem. Vap. Deposition 12(1): 59-66 (2006).

Surface chemical etching behaviour of pristine and high energy Li ion irradiated kapton-H polyimide.
Garg, M., Sharma, A., Quamara, J.K., Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 44(1): 66-70 (2006).

Optimization of the molecular orbital energies of conjugated polymers for optical amplification of fluorescent sensors.
Liu, B., Bazan, G.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(4): 1188-96 (2006).

Improvement of photoinduced birefringence properties of optically active methacrylic polymers through copolymerization of monomers bearing azoaromatic moieties.
Angiolini, L., Benelli, T., Giorgini, L., Salatelli, E., Bozio, R., Dauru, A., Pedron, D., Macromolecules 39(2): 489-97 (2006).

Free-radical polymerization kinetics of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid in aqueous solution.
Beuermann, S., Buback, M., Hesse, P., Junkers, T., Lacik, I., Macromolecules 39(2): 509-16 (2006).

Synthesis and absorption spectra of poly(3-(phenylenevinyl)thiophene)s with conjugated side chains.
Hou, J.H., Huo, L.J., He, C., Yang, C.H., Li, Y.F., Macromolecules 39(2): 594-603 (2006).

Photoinitiation and monomer segregation behavior in polymerization of lyotropic liquid crystalline systems.
De Pierro, M.A., Guymon, C.A., Macromolecules 39(2): 617-26 (2006).

Alignment of liquid crystal on poly [methyl(phenyl)silylene] films treated with polarized UV light.
Nespurek, S., Zakrevskyy, Y., Stumpe, J., Sapich, B., Kadashchuk, A., Macromolecules 39(2): 690-6 (2006).

Three-dimensional fabrication of metallic nanostructures over large areas by two-photon polymerization.
Formanek, F., Takeyasu, N., Tanaka, T., Chiyoda, K., Ishikawa, A., Kawata, S., Opt. Express 14(2): 800-9 (2006).

Micro lens fabrication by means of femtosecond two photon photopolymerization.
Guo, R., Xiao, S.Z., Zhai, X.M., Li, J.W., Xia, A.D., Huang, W.H., Opt. Express 14(2): 810-6 (2006).

Optical control of structural morphology in azobenzene containing polymeric liquid crystals - art. no. 011703.
Camorani, P., Fontana, M.P., Phys. Rev. E: Stat. Phys., Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 7301: 011703 (2006).

Structural and physico-chemical studies on modification of polypropylene and its polyphenolic antioxidant by electron beam irradiation.
Aymes-Chodur, C., Betz, N., Legendre, B., Yagoubi, N., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 91(4): 649-62 (2006).

Photodegradation of PEEK sheets under tensile stress.
Nakamura, H., Nakamura, T., Noguchi, T., Imagawa, K., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 91(4): 740-6 (2006).

Synthesis and characterization of a UV absorbent-intercalated Zn-Al layered double hydroxide.
Feng, Y.J., Li, D.Q., Wang, Y., Evans, D.G., Duan, X., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 91(4): 789-94 (2006).

Studies on photostability of butyrylated, milled wood lignin using spectroscopic analyses.
Chang, H.T., Su, Y.C., Chang, S.T., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 91(4): 816-22 (2006).

Photo-oxidative degradation mechanisms in styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene (SEBS) triblock copolymer.
Luengo, C., Allen, N.S., Edge, M., Wilkinson, A., Parellada, M.D., Barrio, J.A., Santa, V.R., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 91(4): 947-56 (2006).

Photodegradation mechanism and stabilization of polyphenylene oxide and rigid-rod polymers.
So, Y.H., Polym. Int. 55(2): 127-38 (2006).

Synthesis and characterization of [alpha]-methylstilbene- and azobenzene-based thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers.
Rameshbabu, K., Kannan, P., Polym. Int. 55(2): 151-7 (2006).

Synthesis of novel maleimide-terminated thioetherimide oligomer and its bulk copolymerization with reactive solvents.
Liu, F., Wang, Z., Yang, H.L., Gao, L.X., Ding, M.X., Polymer 47(3): 937-45 (2006).

High pressure investigations of the photo-stimulated orientational ordering transition in a liquid crystal with photoactive dimeric molecules.
Gupta, V.K., Rao, D.S.S., Lobo, C.V., Prasad, S.K., Hiremath, U.S., Yelamaggad, C.V., Thermochim. Acta 440(2): 205-11 (2006).

Biological & Medical Aspects

Unraveling the mystery of enhanced cell-killing effect around the Bragg peak region of a double irradiation source 9C-ion beam.
Li, Q., Furusawa, Y., Kanazawa, M., Kitagawa, A., Chin. Sci. Bull. 50(22): 2546-51 (2005).

On the sub-maximal yield and photo-electric stimulation of chlorophyll a fluorescence in single turnover excitations in plant cells.
Vredenberg, W.J., van Rensen, J.J.S., Rodrigues, G.C., Bioelectrochemistry 68(1): 81-8 (2006).

Trichotomoside: A new antioxidative phenylpropanoid glycoside from Clerodendron trichotomum.
Chae, S., Kang, K.A., Kim, J.S., Hyun, J.W., Kang, S.S., Chem. Biodiversity 3(1): 41-8 (2006).

Model studies of the (6-4) photoproduct photoreactivation: efficient photosensitized splitting of thymine oxetane units by covalently linked tryptophan in high polarity solvents.
Song, Q.H., Wang, H.B., Tang, W.J., Guo, Q.X., Yu, S.Q., Org. Biomol. Chem. 4(2): 291-8 (2006).

Solar Energy

Charge recombination in dye-sensitized nanoporous TiO2 solar cell.
Zhang, Z., Zhou, B.X., Ge, W.J., Xiong, B.T., Zheng, Q., Cai, W.M., Chin. Sci. Bull. 50(21): 2408-12 (2005).

High-efficiency carrier multiplication through direct photogeneration of multi-excitons via virtual single-exciton states.
Schaller, R.D., Agranovich, V.M., Klimov, V.I., Nature Phys. 1(3): 189-94 (2005).

Amphiphilic diblock copolymer compatibilizers and their effect on the morphology and performance of polythiophene: Fullerene solar cells.
Sivula, K., Ball, Z.T., Watanabe, N., Frechet, J.M.J., Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.) 18(2): 206-10 (2006).

Stacked-cup carbon nanotubes for photoelectrochemical solar cells.
Hasobe, T., Fukuzumi, S., Kamat, P.V., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 45(5): 755-9 (2006).

A new synthesis of acenaphthobenzoporphyrin and fluoranthobenzoporphyrin.
Okujima, T., Komobuchi, N., Uno, H., Ono, N., Heterocycles 67(1): 255-67 (2006).

Solar cells dye-sensitized with [beta]-CDI in electrolyte.
Uchida, S., Tomiha, M., Sanehira, Y., Fushimi, Y., Kobunshi Ronbunshu 63(1): 62-7 (2006).

Industrial & Environmental Applications

Birefringence control and dimension monitoring of silica-based ridge waveguides using Bragg gratings and ultraviolet irradiation - art. no. 124608.
Dai, X.L., Mihailov, S.J., Callender, C.L., Walker, R.B., Re, C.B., Jiang, J., Opt. Eng. (Bellingham, Wash.) 44: 124608 (2005).

Neural-network analysis of irradiation hardening in low-activation steels.
Kemp, R., Cottrell, G.A., Bhadeshia, H.K.D.H., Odette, G.R., Yamamoto, T., Kishimoto, H., J. Nucl. Mater. 348(3): 311-28 (2006).

Low-temperature deposition of anatase thin films on titanium substrates and their abilities to photodegrade Rhodamine B in water.
Wu, J.M., Huang, B., Zeng, Y.H., Thin Solid Films 497(1-2): 292-8 (2006).

Theoretical Studies

Hyperfine coupling constants for N2+, BO, AlO and GaO in rare gas matrices, using the polarizable continuum model.
Grein, F., Chem. Phys. Lett. 418(1-3): 100-4 (2006).

g Tensor computation of the thlopheno-1,3,2-dithiazolyl radical by the coupled-perturbed Kohn-Sham hybrid density functional method.
Mattar, S.M., Sanford, J., Goodfellow, A.D., Chem. Phys. Lett. 418(1-3): 30-5 (2006).

Near 0 eV electrons attach to nucleotides.
Gu, J.D., Xie, Y.M., Schaefer, H.F., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128(4): 1250-2 (2006).

Triplet-triplet energy-transfer coupling: Theory and calculation - art. no. 044506.
You, Z.Q., Hsu, C.P., Fleming, G.R., J. Chem. Phys. 124: 044506 (2006).

Continuous medium theory for nonequilibrium solvation: IV. Solvent reorganization energy of electron transfer based on conductor-like screening model.
Fu, K.X., Zhu, Q., Li, X.Y., Gong, Z., Ma, J.Y., He, R.X., J. Comput. Chem. 27(3): 368-74 (2006).

E-mail: ndrlrcdc.1@nd.edu
Author: K.P. Madden
Created: 7/2/97 Updated: 5/12/2006