NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 05/01/97 # 97_08

Kinetics

Optical Spectra

Conspicuous absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic properties of 3,3'-dihydroxy-2,2'-bipyridines in solution.
Johansson, L.B.A., Persson, L., Langhals, H., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 92(24): 4909-11 (1996).

Spectral sensitization and photographic characteristics of naphthothiazolo carbocyanine dye.
Kim, Y.-C., J. Photosci. 3(2): 65-9 (1996).

Resonance Raman spectra of 4(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) and of its Cu(II) and Zn(II) chelates: The nature of the low-energy electronic transition.
deOliveira, L.F.C., Santos, P.S., Ribeiro, M.C.C., J. Raman Spectrosc. 28(1): 53-9 (1997).

Thermodynamics

One-electron redox processes of the Cu-II chelate of 3,8,12,17-tetraethyl-2,7,13,18-tetramethylbilin-1,19-dione.
Anglada, M.C., Farrera, J.A., Ribo, J.M., Tetrahedron Lett. 38(4): 669-72 (1997).

ESR Studies

ESR study of the insulator-conductor transition in polyimide Kapton induced by swift heavy ion irradiations.
Salvetat, J.-P., Berthault, A., Brisard, F., Costantini, J.-M., Davenas, J., Radiat. Eff. Defects Solids 136(1-4): 1177-82 (1995).

Scavenging of free radicals by tenoxicam. A participating mechanism in the antirheumatic/antiinflammatory efficacy of the drug.
Maffei Facino, R., Carini, M., Saibene, L., Arch. Pharm. (Weinheim, Ger.) 329(10): 457-63 (1996).

Solid-state spin trapping of the hydroxyl radical formed by gamma-irradiation in ice and the scavenging effect of sodium L-ascorbate.
Yoshioka, H., Yoshioika, H., Hasegawa, K., Biosci., Biotechnol., Biochem. 60(12): 1971-5 (1996).

Dependence on electronic structure of the site of proton transfer from alkane radical cations to alkane molecules: ESR evidence in irradiated CCl₃F/alkane and pentane-d₁₂/alkane systems.
Stienlet, D., Ceulemans, J., Bull. Magn. Reson. 18(1-2): 43-7 (1996).

In vivo ESR observation of nitrosobenzene-based bioradicals in living animals: Free radical scavenging activities of natural carotenoids.
Fujii, H., Nishino, H., Koscielniak, J., Berliner, L.J., Bull. Magn. Reson. 18(1-2): 55-9 (1996).

Powder ESR spectra of specific alkyl radicals: Selective ESR observation of specific alkyl radicals in [gamma]-irradiated cis-decalin-d₁₈ chloroalkane and bromoalkane systems at cryogenic temperatures.
Stienlet, D., Ceulemans, J., Bull. Magn. Reson. 18(1-2): 104-6 (1996).

Alkane aggregation and proton transfer from alkane radical cations to alkane molecules in [gamma]-irradiated CCl₃F/alkane systems at cryogenic temperatures: A summary of ESR evidence.
Luyckx, G., Ceulemans, J., Bull. Magn. Reson. 18(1-2): 107-9 (1996).

Electron spin resonance identification of a methyl associated organic radical in irradiated amorphous SiO₂.
Austin, W.R., Leisure, R.G., J. Appl. Phys. 80(12): 6646-50 (1996).

Preparation of BaTi₄O₉ by a sol-gel method and its photocatalytic acitvity for water decomposition.
Kohno, M., Ogura, S., Inoue, Y., J. Mater. Chem. 6(12): 1921-4 (1996).

Surface modification of TiO₂ nanoparticles with bidentate ligands studied by EPR spectroscopy.
Rajh, T., Tiede, D.M., Thurnauer, M.C., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 205-207(Pt. 2): 815-20 (1996).

Time-resolved EPR studies on the excited triplet states of rare-earth porphyrins and phthalocyanines.
Yamauchi, S., Ishii, K., Ohba, Y., Konami, H., Kidorui 28: 200-1 (1996).

A comparative EPR study of ion implantation induced damage in Si, Si_1-xGe_x (x!=0) and SiC.
Barklie, R.C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 120(1-4): 139-46 (1996).

Controlling of radical-ion pair reactions by microwave radiation: Photoconductivity-detected magnetic resonance.
Murai, H., Matsuyama, A., Ishida, T., Iwasaki, Y., Maeda, K., Azumi, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 619-22 (1997).

Switched external magnetic field (SEMF) CIDNP - A new technique for investigation of the spin dynamics and kinetics of short-lived reaction intermediates in weak magnetic fields.
Bagryanskaya, E.G., Gorelik, V.R., Sagdeev, R.Z., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 655-61 (1997).

Electron paramagnetic resonance and theoretical studies of transient matrix isolated eta-6-arene vanadium complexes.
Sammynaiken, R. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, CANADA, 1996, 186p.

Excited States

Study of spectroscopic behavior of anthracene substituted by tricyanovinyl in different position.
Wang, H., Chen, J., Zhang, B., Cao, Y., Ganguang Kexue Yu Guang Huaxue 14(2): 108-14 (1996).

New type of luminescence material-derivative of oxadiazole.
Huang, Z., Fu, Q., Tong, L., Qiu, Y., Wang, X., Wang, R., Gongneng Cailiao 27(4): 308-10 (1996).

Influence of metal ions on photochromic and luninescent properties of spiropyrans in solutions.
Atabekyan, L.S., Lilikin, A.I., Zakharova, G.V., Chibisov, A.K., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 30(6): 409-12 (1996).

Effect of complexation on spectral and kinetic properties of crown-substituted photochromic spironaphthoxazines.
Nazarov, V.B., Soldatenkova, V.A., Alfimov, M.V., Laraginie, P., Samat, A., Guglielmetti, R., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(9): 2220-4 (1996).

Phosphorescence lifetime of naphthalene and phenathrene in aggregated aromatic molecule-[beta]-cyclodecstrin--precipitant.
Nazarov, V.B., Gerko, V.I., Alifmov, M.V., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(9): 2225-8 (1996).

Chemiluminescence of Ru(bpy)₃Cl₂upon the thermolysis of diphenyldiazomethane in the presence of oxygen.
Nazarov, A.M., Voloshin, A.I., Yamilov, G.A., Komissarov, V.D., Kazkov, V.P., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(9): 2376-7 (1996).

Excitation of chemiluminescence in a model reaction of diphenylmethane oxidation. Evaluation of the efficiency and semiempirical calculations.
Belyakov, V.A., Vasil'ev, R.F., Federova, G.F., Tikhomirov, V.A., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(10): 2464-70 (1996).

Chemiluminescence during dimethyldioxirane isomerization in the gas phase and on a sorbent surface.
Kazakov, D.V., Voloshin, A.I., Kabal'nova, N.N., Shereshovets, V.V., Kazakov, V.P., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(10): 2582-3 (1996).

Chemiluminescence of a tris(2,2-bipyridyl)Ru^II complex in a system Ph₂CCl₂-H₂O₂-NaOH in aqueous ethanol.
Nazarov, A.M., Voloshin, A.I., Yamilova, G.A., Komissarov, V.D., Kazakov, V.P., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(10): 2593-4 (1996).

Synthesis, photophysics and photochemistry of alkynylgold(I) phosphine complexes.
Yam, V.W.-W., Choi, S.W.-K., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.(22): 4227-32 (1996).

Effects of substituents in the polymethine chain on the photoprocesses in indodicarbocyanine dyes.
Chibisov, A.K., Zakharova, G.V., Gorner, H., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 92(24): 4917-25 (1996).

Distance-dependent quenching of nile blue fluorescence by N,N-diethylaniline observed by frequency-domain fluorometry.
Lakowicz, J.R., Zelent, B., Kusba, J., Gryczynski, I., J. Fluoresc. 6(4): 187-94 (1996).

The cation binding of benzo crown ethers in acetonitrile using fluorescence spectroscopy.
Goecmen, A., Erk, C., J. Inclusion Phenom. Mol. Recognit. Chem. 26(1-3): 67-72 (1996).

Photoinduced electron transfer between conjugated polymers and a homologous series of TCNQ derivatives.
Heeger, A.J., Wudl, F., Sariciftci, N.S., Janssen, R.A.J., Martin, N., J. Phys. I 6(12): 2151-8 (1996).

Local structure and low-temperature dynamics of glass state probed by hole burning.
Machida, S., Horie, K., Kobunshi Ronbunshu 53(12): 814-22 (1996).

Pulsed photoacoustic determination of absolute fluorescent quantum yield of the laser dye rhodamine B.
Bindhu, C.V., Harilal, S.S., Issac, R.C., Nampoori, V.P.N., Vallabhan, C.P.G., Mod. Phys. Lett. B 10(22): 1103-10 (1996).

Energy transfer from tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) or tris(2,2'-bipyridine)osmium(II) to hexacyanochromate(III) in a pure crystal of double complex salt.
Otsuka, T., Takahashi, N., Kaizu, Y., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol., Sect. A 286(Nagoya Conference Proceedings on Perspectives in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solids: Molecular Design and Functionality, 1996): 591-6 (1996).

Photoluminescence spectra transformations in C₆₀ crystals under laser irradiations at low temperatures.
Negrii, V.D., Kveder, V.V., Ossipyan, Y.A., Kremenskaya, I.N., Nikolaev, R.K., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol., Sect. C 7(1-4): 237-40 (1996).

Spectroscopic properties of aromatic dicarboximides. Part 4. On the modification of the fluorescence and intersystem crossing processes of molecules by electron-donating methoxy groups at different positions. The case of 1,8-naphthalimides.
Wintgens, V., Valat, P., Kossanyi, J., Demeter, A., Biczok, L., Berces, T., New J. Chem. 20(11): 1149-58 (1996).

Performances of metachrome II as a scintillator for the far and vacuum ultraviolet spectral region.
Placentino, L., Pace, E., Naletto, G., Tondello, G., Opt. Eng. (Bellingham, Wash.) 35(11): 3342-7 (1996).

Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of photoexcitations in fullerenes.
Nakamura, A., Ichida, M., Yajima, T., Prog. Cryst. Growth Charact. Mater. 33(1-3, Frontiers in Laser Physics and Spectroscopy): 169-73 (1996).

Gas-phase chemical sensing using electrochemiluminescence.
Collins, G.E., Sens. Actuators, B B35(1-3): 202-6 (1996).

Ultrafast dynamics in intermolecular electron transfer.
Yoshihara, K., Pal, H., Shirota, H., Nagasawa, Y., Tominaga, K., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 62(Ultrafast Phenomena X): 227-9 (1996).

Effect of temperature on the fluorescence quenching of compounds of the cumarine series.
Sakhno, T.V., Korotkova, I.V., Khakhel, O.A., Teor. Eksp. Khim. 32(4): 247-50 (1996).

Energy transfer reaction of metastable He(2³S) and Ar(³P_0,2) atoms with C₂H₃CN molecule.
Hu, Y., Wang, X., Zhan, Y., Chu, Y., Li, S., Cao, D., Guo, J., Liu, Z., Gu, Y., Wuli Huaxue Xuebao 12(11): 1011-4 (1996).

Quenching and spectral shift of photoluminescence of conducting polymers induced by C₆₀.
Zakhidov, A.A., Lee, S.B., Yuldashev, S.U., Khabibullaev, P.K. Adv. Mater.--95, Proc. Int. Symp., 4th, A. ul Haq, ed., Kahuta (1996).

Fluorescence-based thin plastic film ion-pair sensors for oxygen.
Mills, A., Thomas, M., Analyst (Cambridge, U. K.) 122(1): 63-8 (1997).

Singlet oxygen production from fullerene derivatives: Effect of sequential functionalization of the fullerene core.
Hamano, T., Okuda, K., Mashino, T., Hirobe, M., Arakane, K., Ryu, A., Mashiko, S., Nagano, T., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge)(1): 21-2 (1997).

Novel fluorescence sensor for 'small' saccharides.
James, T.D., Shinmori, H., Shinkai, S., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge)(1): 71-2 (1997).

Dramatic solvent effect on the luminescence of a dinuclear gold(I) complex of quinoline-8-thiolate.
Tzeng, B.C., Chan, C.K., Cheung, K.K., Che, C.M., Peng, S.M., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge)(1): 135-6 (1997).

Triplet exciton formation in a benzophenone single crystal studied by picosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy.
Katoh, R., Kotani, M., Hirata, Y., Okada, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 631-5 (1997).

Ultrafast spectroscopy of soluble terrylene and quaterrylene.
Meyer, Y.H., Plaza, P., Mullen, K., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 643-8 (1997).

Magnetic field effects on recombination fluorescence: Comparison of VUV and fast electron excitation.
Saik, V.O., Lipsky, S., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 649-54 (1997).

Exciton dynamics in alpha-sexithienyl films.
Lanzani, G., Nisoli, M., DeSilvestri, S., Abbate, F., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 667-72 (1997).

SiO₂ colloidal effects on the twisted intramolecular charge transfer of p-N,N-dimethylaminobenzoic acid in acetonitrile.
Kim, Y., Cheon, H.W., Yoon, M., Song, N.W., Kim, D., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 673-9 (1997).

Synthesis and chemiluminescence of 1,3-disubstituted 4-hydroxypyrazolo[4',3':5,6]pyrido[2,3-d]pyridazine-5,8(6H,7H)-diones.
Tominaga, Y., Yoshioka, N., Minematsu, H., Kataoka, S., Heterocycles 44: 85-8 (1997).

Photoluminescence of C₆₀-doped matrixes.
Wang, D., Zuo, J., Zhang, Q., Luo, Y., Ruan, Y., Wang, Z., J. Appl. Phys. 81(3): 1413-6 (1997).

Luminescence spectra of matrix isolated N₂ at high pressure and low temperature.
Semling, M., Jordan, M., Syassen, K., Jodl, H.J., Signorini, G.F., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1336-45 (1997).

Recombination dynamics of photodissociated I₂^- in size selected Ar and CO₂ clusters.
Vorsa, V., Nandi, S., Campagnola, P.J., Larsson, M., Lineberger, W.C., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1402-10 (1997).

Laser induced fluorescence diagnostic for measuring small magnetic fields.
Noonan, W.A., Jones, T.G., Ottinger, P.F., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68(1, Pt. 2): 1032-5 (1997).

Charge-transfer complex formation and photo-induced electron-transfer reaction of dibenzo-7-silabicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-dienes.
Kako, M., Mori, M., Hatakenaka, K., Kakuma, S., Nakadaira, Y., Yasui, M., Iwasaki, F., Tetrahedron 53(4): 1265-74 (1997).

Charge-cumulated hetarenes .1. (Pyrimidin-2,4,6-triyl)-tris-hetarenium salts.
Schmidt, A., Hetzheim, A., Tetrahedron 53(4): 1295-300 (1997).

Photochemistry

The photoproduct derived from 9-cyano-dibenzobarrelene.
Muneer, M., George, M.V., Rath, N.P., Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun. C52: 2800-2 (1996).

Novel photo-rearrangements of 3,3,5-triaryl-1,2-dioxolanes: evidence for 1,5-dioxyl diradical intermediates.
Kamata, M., Nishikata, Y., Kato, M., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge)(21): 2407-8 (1996).

Synthesis, structure, and spectral and photochemical properties of indole fulgides with an adamantylidene fragment.
Aldoshin, S.M., Utenyshev, A.N., Metelitsa, A.V., Knyazhanskii, M.I., Lyashik, O.T., Medyantseva, E.A., Minkin, V.I., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(9): 2301-5 (1996).

Photochemical interaction of phosphine hydride complexes of molybdenum and tungsten with carbon dioxide.
Gak, Y.V., Pivovarov, A.P., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(9): 2324-6 (1996).

Photochemical conversion of C-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-N-phenyl- and C,N-di(p-bromphenyl)nitrones in liquid and crystal phases.
Utenyshev, A.N., Aldoshin, S.M., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.(11): 2670 (1996).

Radical additions to fluoroolefins. Photochemical fluoroalkylation of alkanols and alkane diols with perfluoro vinyl ethers; photo-supported O-alkylation of butane-1,4-diol with hexafluoropropene.
Cirkva, V., Polak, R., Paleta, O., J. Fluorine Chem. 80(2): 135-44 (1996).

Redox properties of photoexcited (nBu₄N)₃PW₁₂O₄₀/Fe^IIIporphyrins composite systems.
Maldotti, A., Molinari, A., Argazzi, R., Amadelli, R., Battioni, P., Mansuy, D., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 114(1-3): 141-50 (1996).

Strategies for spirocyclic-amine synthesis based on iminium salt set-photochemistry.
Kavash, R.W., Mariano, P.S., J. Photosci. 3(2): 49-60 (1996).

The reaction of cyclopentadienylidine, fluorenyldene and tetrachlorocyclopentadienylidene with alcohols. A laser flash photolysis study.
Olson, D.R., Platz, M.S., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 9(11): 759-69 (1996).

Chemical and photochemical reactivity of gold(i) dinuclear complexes.
Foley, J.B. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. of Maine, Portland, ME, 1996, 210p.

I. Mercury photosensitization of arenes. II. Palladium colloids as selective catalysts in organic transformations.
Fowley, L.A. Ph.D., Thesis, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, 1996, 99p.

I. Studies of the mechanism of action of monoamine oxidase. II. Synthesis of indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids by set-induced photocyclizations.
Hoegy, S.E. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1996, 311p.

The synthesis, characterization, and photoreactivity of polyamides and bis-amide model compounds containing molybdenum-molybdenum bonds.
Nieckarz, G.F. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1996, 161p.

Solid-state photochemical approaches to absolute asymmetric synthesis by irradiation of crystalline 4-alkoxy-2-pyridones (beta-lactams).
Wu, L.-C. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1996, 97p.

Area selective laser chemical vapor deposition of diamond and graphite.
Lindstam, M., Boman, M., Carslon, J.-O., Appl. Surf. Sci. 110(1-4): 462-6 (1997).

Dynamics of adduct formation of hydroquinone under oxidative conditions observed by laser spectroscopy.
Nadtochenko, V., Kiwi, J., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge)(1): 41-2 (1997).

Photochemistry of the nitrogen-thiocarbonyl systems. 28. Photoreactions of thiobarbiturates. Intermolecular cycloaddition with alkenes and ring contraction reaction of trithiobarbiturate.
Takechi, H., Machida, M., Chem. Pharm. Bull. 45(1): 1-7 (1997).

Photoinduced molecular transformations. Part 160. Furan annelation of 2-hydroxynaphthoquinone involving photochemical addition and radical fragmentation: exclusion of the intermediacy of [2+2] cycloadduct in a one-pot formation of furanoquinones by the regioselective 3+2 photoaddition of hydroxyquinones with alkenes.
Senboku, H., Kajizuka, Y., Kobayashi, K., Tokuda, M., Suginome, H., Heterocycles 44: 341-9 (1997).

Acid-catalyzed photoreaction of 6-chloro-1,3-dimethyluracil to p- amd m-xylene: formation of novel photocycloadducts, 6-methylene-9,11,X-trimethyl-9,11-diazapentacyclo[6.4.0.0^1,3.0^2,5.0^4,8]dodecane-10,12-diones and 5-methylene-9,11,X-trimethyl-9,11-diazapentacyclo[6.4.0.0^1,3.0^2,6.0^4,8]dodecane-10,12-diones.
Ohkura, K., Seki, K., Hiramatsu, H., Aoe, K., Terashima, M., Heterocycles 44: 467-78 (1997).

Photolysis of solid 2,6-di(4'-azidobenzylidene) cyclohexanone.
Karyakina, L.N., Oleinik, A.V., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(1): 34-7 (1997).

Photochemical decomposition of phthalic acid diazides.
Budruev, A.V., Zelentsov, S.V., Oleinik, A.V., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(1): 38-40 (1997).

Diode laser measurements of CD₃ quantum yields and internal energy for the dissociation of dimethyl sulfoxide-d₆.
Rudolph, R.N., North, S.W., Hall, G.E., Sears, T.J., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1346-52 (1997).

Photodissociation dynamics of the chloromethanes at the Lyman-alpha wavelength (121.6 nm).
Brownsword, R.A., Hillenkamp, M., Laurent, T., Vatsa, R.K., Volpp, H.R., Wolfrum, J., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1359-66 (1997).

Time- and product-resolved photodissociations of bromotoluene radical cations.
Kim, B., Shin, S.K., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1411-7 (1997).

Free-radical bromination of selected organic compounds in water.
Shaw, H., Perlmutter, H.D., Gu, C., Arco, S.D., Quibuyen, T.O., J. Org. Chem. 62(2): 236-7 (1997).

Low-temperature-matrix and room-temperature-solution photochemistry of Ru(CO)₃(dmpe) (dmpe = Me₂PCH₂CH₂PMe₂).
Whittlesey, M.K., Perutz, R.N., Virrels, I.G., George, M.W., Organometallics 16(2): 268-74 (1997).

Oxidative additions of coordinated ligands at unsaturated molybdenum and tungsten diphosphine-bridged carbonyl dimers. 1. Decarbonylation reactions of [W₂([eta]⁵-C₅H₅)₂(CO)₄([mu]-R₂PCH₂PR₂)] (R = Ph, Me).
Alvarez, M.A., Garcia, M.E., Riera, V., Ruiz, M.A., Falvello, L.R., Bois, C., Organometallics 16(3): 354-64 (1997).

Oxidative additions of coordinated ligands at unsaturated molybdenum and tungsten diphosphine-bridged carbonyl dimers. 2. Decarbonylation reactions of [Mo₂([eta]⁵-C₅H₄R)₂(CO)₄([mu]-Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂)] (R = H, Me).
Garcia, G., Garcia, M.E., Melon, S., Riera, V., Ruiz, M.A., Villafane, F., Organometallics 16(4): 624-31 (1997).

Photolysis of indomethacin in methanol.
Wu, A.B., Cheng, H.W., Hu, C.M., Chen, F.A., Chou, T.C., Chen, C.Y., Tetrahedron Lett. 38(4): 621-2 (1997).

Radiation Chemistry

Optical and magnetic resonance studies of as-grown and electron-irradiated SiC epilayers.
Son, N.T., Soerman, E., Singh, M., Chen, W.M., Hallin, C., Kordina, O., Monemar, B., Lindstroem, J.L., Janzen, E., Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 142(Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 1995): 321-4 (1996).

Amorphization of [alpha]-quartz under irradiation.
Douillard, L., Duraud, J.P., J. Phys. III 6(12): 1677-87 (1996).

Cascade defects as flux pinning centers in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_x single crystal generated by ion irradiation.
Sasaki, Y., Zhou, W.-L., Ikuhara, Y., JFCC Rev. 8: 8-13 (1996).

Investigation of thermoluminescent properties of synthetic (CVC) diamond.
Biggeri, U., Borchi, E., Bruzzi, M., Leroy, C., Sciortino, S., Bacci, T., Ulivi, L., Zoppi, M., Furetta, C., Nuovo Cimento Soc. Ital. Fis., A 109A(9): 1277-88 (1996).

Disintegration and dimerization of d-tocopherol under gamma irradiation.
Jasinska-Stepniak, A., Gogolewski, M., Zabielski, J., Rocz. Akad. Roln. Poznaniu 282: 97-103 (1996).

Radiation induced shift reaction.
Yermakov, A.N. Hydrogen Energy Prog. XI, Proc. World Hydrogen Energy Conf., 11th, T. N. Veziroglu, ed., International Association for Hydrogen Energy (1996).

Ion irradiation-induced amorphization in the Al₂O₃-SiO₂ system: A comparison with glass formation.
Wang, S.X., Wang, L.M., Ewing, R.C., Doremus, R.H., J. Appl. Phys. 81(2): 587-93 (1997).

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Oxidation potentials and electron spin resonance spectra of 1,2,3,4-dibenzocycl[2.2.3]azines and their radical cations. A novel peripheral 18[pi] system.
Matsumoto, K., Katsura, H., Yamauchi, J., Uchida, T., Aoyama, K., Machiguchi, T., Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 133(9): 891-6 (1996).

Intramolecular electron transfer in linear trinuclear complexes of copper(I), silver(I) and gold(I) bound to redox-active cyanomanganese ligands.
Brown, N.C., Carpenter, G.B., Connelly, N.G., Crossley, J.G., Martin, A., Orpen, A.G., Rieger, A.L., Rieger, P.H., Worth, G.H., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.(20): 3977-84 (1996).

Electron-transfer chemistry and redox-switching of stilbene-like heteroaromatic compounds. Syntheses, optoelectrochemical and ESR/ENDOR studies.
Spreitzer, H., Scholz, M., Gescheidt, G., Daub, J., Liebigs Ann.(12): 2069-77 (1996).

Reaction mechanism studies of unsaturated molecules using photofragment translational spectroscopy.
Longfellow, C.A. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. California, Berkeley, CA, 1996, 130p.

State-specific studies of ion-molecule reactions in the gas phase at low collision energies. Knott, W.J., (1996) Garching, Germany, Max-Planck-Inst. Quantenoptik.

Electron scattering by N₂ and CO at intermediate energies: 1-10 keV.
Garcia, G., Roteta, M., Manero, F., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 589-95 (1997).

Ion-molecule reactions in laser photolysis of mixtures of toluene with acetone and ethanol.
Matyuk, V.M., Pobezhimova, I.N., Potapov, V.K., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(1): 41-3 (1997).

A study of the structure and bonding of small aluminum oxide clusters by photoelectron spectroscopy: AlxOy- (X=1-2, y=1-5).
Desai, S.R., Wu, H.B., Rohlfing, C.M., Wang, L.S., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1309-17 (1997).

A state-selected study of the ion-molecule reactions O⁺(⁴S, ²D, ²P) + N₂.
Li, X., Huang, Y.L., Flesch, G.D., Ng, C.Y., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1373-81 (1997).

Luminescence properties of sol-gel synthesized silica glass induced by an ArF excimer laser.
Mukasa, K., Ono, M., Wakabayashi, R., Ishii, K., Ohki, Y., Nishikawa, H., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 30(2): 283-5 (1997).

Free radical alkylation of the remote nonactivated delta-carbon atom.
Petrovic, G., Cekovic, Z., Tetrahedron Lett. 38(4): 627-30 (1997).

Multiphase Systems

Hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic decomposition of water over cesium - loaded semiconductor photocatalysts.
Chung, K.-H., Chang, D.-R., Park, D.-C., Hwahak Konghak 34(5): 543-7 (1996).

Photochemical electron transfer in micellar systems and across surfactant vesicle bilayers, promoted by esters of 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-dicarboxylic acid.
Grubb, C.J., ColeHamilton, D.J., Whittlesey, M.K., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 92(24): 5005-12 (1996).

Sensitization of TiO₂ with phthalocyanines .1. Photo-oxidations using hydroxoaluminium tricarboxymonoamidephthalocyanine adsorbed on TiO₂.
Hodak, J., Quinteros, C., Litter, M.I., Roman, E.S., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 92(24): 5081-8 (1996).

Intercalation of iron oxide in layered H₂Ti₄O₉ and H₄Nb₆O₁₇: Visible-light induced photocatalytic properties.
Sato, T., Yamamoto, Y., Fujishiro, Y., Uchida, S., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 92(24): 5089-92 (1996).

Micellar fibers of octopus porphyrin. Photoinduced electron transfer reactions in aqueous media.
Komatsu, T., Yamada, K., Tsuchida, E., Siggel, U., Boettcher, C., Fuhrhop, J.-H., Langmuir 12(26): 6242-9 (1996).

Photocatalytic reduction/oxidation processes occurring at the carbon and nitrogen of tetranitromethane.
Minero, C., Piccinini, P., Calza, P., Pelizzetti, E., New J. Chem. 20(11): 1159-64 (1996).

Catalytic activity of FSM-16 for photometathesis of propene.
Yoshida, H., Kimura, K., Inaki, Y., Hattori, T., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge)(1): 129-30 (1997).

Photocatalytic hydrogen production by dye-sensitized Pt/SnO₂ and Pt/SnO₂ in aqueous methyl viologen solution.
Gurunathan, K., Maruthamuthu, P., Sastri, M.V.C., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 22(1): 57-62 (1997).

Evanescent wave excited fluorescence from self-assembled phthalocyanine monolayers.
Simpson, T.R.E., Revell, D.J., Cook, M.J., Russell, D.A., Langmuir 13(3): 460-4 (1997).

Polymers

Study on the structure and dynamic mechanical properties of radiation crosslinked HDPE/EPDM system.
Zhang, X., Lu, M., Han, H., Jin, Z., Tang, C., Harbin Ligong Daxue Xuebao 1(1): 130-3 (1996).

Preparation and property of radiation-induced grafted material.
Zhao, J., Tang, L., Xu, Z., Long, F., Hecheng Shuzhi Ji Suliao 13(2): 9-12 (1996).

Effect of polyfunctional monomers on radiation vulcanization of syrene-butadiene rubber.
Abdel-Aziz, M.M., Youssef, H.A., El Miligy, A.A., Yoshii, F., Makuuchi, K., J. Elastomers Plast. 28(4): 288-305 (1996).

Desorption of hydrogen molecules from a Teflon surface acted on by molecular beams.
Grankin, V.P., Tolmacheva, N.D., Tyurin, Y.I., Zh. Fiz. Khim. 70(9): 1652-6 (1996).

Internal polymer cyclization dynamics examined by pyrene excimer fluorescence.
Lee, S.C. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, 1996, 229p.

Ultrafast high energy luminescence in a high-electron-affinity conjugated polymer.
Hayes, G.R., Samuel, I.D.W., Phillips, R.T. International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, 23rd, M. Scheffler and R. Zimmermann, eds., World Scientific (1996).

pi-Conjugated soluble and fluorescent poly(thiophene-2,5-diyl)s with phenolic, hindered phenolic and p-C₆H₄OCH₃ substituents. Preparation, optical properties, and redox reaction.
Yamamoto, T., Hayashi, H., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(3): 463-74 (1997).

The effect of benzyl alcohol on pulsed laser polymerization of styrene and methylmethacrylate.
O'Driscoll, K.F., Monteiro, M.L., Klumperman, B., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(3): 515-20 (1997).

Onset of the fast process in amorphous polypropylene as detected by quasielastic neutron-scattering and electron spin resonance techniques.
Kanaya, T., Kaji, K., Bartos, J., Klimova, M., Macromolecules 30(4): 1107-10 (1997).

Photodegradation of chain halogenated polystyrene. Poly(c-chloro and c-bromostyrene)s.
Rincon, G.A., Polym. Bull. (Berlin) 38(2): 191-6 (1997).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Anion induced blue to purple transition in bacteriorhodopsin.
Singh, A.K., Kapil, M.M., J. Photosci. 3(2): 71-6 (1996).

Study of oxyradical formation in relation to photodynamic microbicidal activity of methionine riboflavin mixture.
Tzeng, D.D.-S., Chen, R.-S., Lee, M.-H., Proc. Natl. Sci. Counc., Repub. China, Part B: Life Sci. 20(3): 92-9 (1996).

Studies on the energy transfer from phycobilisome to thylakoid membrane in cyanobacteria.
Zhao, D., Rong, S., Fang, Z., Zhiwu Xuebao 38(3): 216-22 (1996).

Stereoselectivity synthesis of 4'-benzophenone-substituted nucleoside analogs: Photoactive models for ribonucleotide reductases.
Lehmann, T.E., Berkessel, A., J. Org. Chem. 62(2): 302-9 (1997).

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Vacuum UV oxidation as a method for wastewater treatment.
Oppenlaender, T., Hall, J., Groeger, S., Chem. Unserer Zeit 30(5): 244-9 (1996).

Contribution to water purification using polyoxometalates. Aromatic derivatives, chloroacetic acids.
Mylonas, A., Hiskia, A., Papaconstantinou, E., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 114(1-3): 191-200 (1996).

Radiated preservation of haw.
Lin, W., Sun, X., Zou, J., Yun, X., Shipin Gongye Keji(5): 19-22 (1996).

Validation of the cyclobutanone protocol for detection of irradiated lipid-containing foods by interlaboratory trials.
Stevenson, M.H., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 269-84 (1996).

Identification of irradiated foods by an immunochemical method.
Kume, T., Matsuda, T., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 310-6 (1996).

Use of the peroxide method for identifying irradiated food.
Qi, S.C., Wu, J.L., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 317-25 (1996).

A rapid and simple screening test to identify irradiated food using multiple gas sensors.
Delincee, H., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 326-30 (1996).

Gas evolution as a rapid screening method for detection of irradiated foods.
Roberts, P.B., Chambers, D.M., Brailsford, G.W., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 331-4 (1996).

Determination of hydrogen in ice and in irradiated frozen chicken.
Hitchcock, C.H.S., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 335-42 (1996).

Application of the DNA "comet assay" to detect irradiation treatment of foods.
Delincee, H., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 349-52 (1996).

Detection of irradiated fresh, chilled, and frozen foods by the mitochondrial DNA method.
Marchioni, E., Bergaentzle, M., Kuntz, F., Todoriki, S., Hasselmann, C., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 355-66 (1996).

Laboratory studies of the phototransformation of organic compounds in the presence of water and/or inorganic particulate solids.
Pichat, P., Guillard, C., Hoang-Van, C., Delprat, H., Mas, D., Marme, F., Bouvier, T., Servajean, B., Transp. Chem. Transform. Pollut. Troposphere 2(Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes): 205-12 (1996).

Theoretical Studies

Radiation catalysis: defect transport towards a fractally rough surface.
Okunev, A.G., Aristov, Y.I., React. Kinet. Catal. Lett. 58(2): 349-57 (1996).

Time-dependent theory of vibronic interactions and gas phase photolysis studies of chemical vapor deposition precursors (acetylacetonate).
Talaga, D.S. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. California, Los Angeles, CA, 1996, 341p.

Rydberg electron transitions in the methyl radical.
Velasco, A.M., Martin, I., Lavin, C., Chem. Phys. Lett. 264(6): 579-83 (1997).

Ab initio MO study of the chlorophyll dimer in the photosynthetic reaction center. I. A theoretical treatment of the electrostatic field created by the surrounding proteins.
Sakuma, T., Kashiwagi, H., Takada, T., Nakamura, H., Int. J. Quantum Chem. 61(1): 134-51 (1997).

Spin-orbit induced radiationless transitions in organometallics: Quantum simulation of the intersystem crossing processes in the photodissociation of HCo(CO)₄.
Heitz, M.C., Ribbing, C., Daniel, C., J. Chem. Phys. 106(4): 1421-8 (1997).

Reviews

Photoinduced surface chemistry.
Anpo, M., Yamashita, H., Zhang, S.G., Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 1(5): 630-5 (1996).

Applications of EPR to fullerene research.
Morton, J.R., Preston, K.F., Electron Spin Reson. 15: 152-68 (1996).

Time domain EPR.
Goldfarb, D., Electron Spin Reson. 15: 186-243 (1996).

Photophysical processes in condensed phases.
Cundall, R.B., Photochemistry 27: 15-59 (1996).

Photolysis of carbonyl compounds.
Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 27: 63-79 (1996).

Enone cycloadditions and rearrangements: photoreactions of dienones and quinones.
Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 27: 80-128 (1996).

Photochemistry of alkenes, alkynes, and related compounds.
Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 27: 129-60 (1996).

Photo-reduction and -oxidation.
Cox, A., Photochemistry 27: 161-215 (1996).

Photoreactions of compounds containing heteroatoms other than oxygen.
Reid, S.T., Gilbert, A., Photochemistry 27: 216-61 (1996).

Photoelimination.
Reid, S.T., Horspool, W.M., Photochemistry 27: 262-99 (1996).

Photochemical aspects of solar energy conversion.
Cox, A., Photochemistry 27: 363-70 (1996).

ESR detection of free radicals in gamma-irradiated spices and other foodstuffs.
Pilbrow, J.R., Troup, G.J., Hutton, D.R., Hunter, C.R., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 70-84 (1996).

Progress in the detection of irradiated foods by measurement of lipid-derived volatiles.
Nawar, W.W., Zhu, Z., Wan, H., DeGroote, E., Chen, Y., Aciukewicz, T., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 241-8 (1996).

Application of DCI to the lipid method.
Raffi, J., Lesgards, G., Pouliquen, I., Giamarchi, P., Fakirian, A., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 293-6 (1996).

Introduction to DNA methods for identification of irradiated foods.
Delincee, H., Spec. Publ. - R. Soc. Chem. 171(Detection Methods for Irradiated Foods): 345-8 (1996).

Radiation induced transformations of organic compounds in aqueous solutions.
Shadyro, O.I., Vestn. Beloruss.s Gos. Univ., Ser. 2(3): 30-3 (1996).

Fast fitting of multi-exponential decay curves.
Enderlein, J., Erdmann, R., Opt. Commun. 134(1-6): 371-8 (1997).