NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 09/08/97 # 97_14

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

A study of the Debye-Stokes-Einstein law in supercooled fluids.
Andreozzi, L., Di Schino, A., Giordano, M., Leporini, D., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 8(47): 9605-8 (1996).

Temperature dependence of rate constant for tunneling reaction HD + D -> H + D₂ in low temperature region 2.6-6.5 K: experimental evidence of phonon-assisted tunneling.
Kumada, T., Komaguchi, K., Aratono, Y., Miyazaki, T., Report: JAERI-Conf 96-015, p.13-18, Japan At. Energy Res. Inst.,Ibaraki, Japan, 1996 .

Thermodynamics

ESR Studies

EPR vs. temperature of Fe³⁺ ions produced by radiolysis in CdCl₂:Fe crystals.
Nistor, S.V., Goovaerts, E., Schoemaker, D., Radiat. Eff. Defects Solids 136(1-4): 1101-6 (1995).

EPR-spin trapping kinetic studies of superoxide radicals produced by photosensitized hypocrellin A, a photodynamic therapeutic agent.
Zang, L.-Y., Shi, S., Misra, H.P., Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 38(4): 685-91 (1996).

Scavenging activity of "[beta]-catechin" on reactive oxygen species generated by photosensitization of riboflavin.
Kumari, M.V.R., Yoneda, T., Hiramatsu, M., Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 38(6): 1163-70 (1996).

ESR study of the products of multiple addition of diisopropoxyphosphoryl radicals to C₆₀.
Tumanskii, B.L., Bashilov, V.V., Shaposhnikova, E.N., Solodovnikov, S.P., Bubnov, N.N., Sokolov, V.I., Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim. (11): 2679-82 (1996).

Electron paramagnetic resonance investigation of the interaction of nitroxyl spin labels with photosynthetic membranes.
Stirbet, A.D., Duliu, O.G., J. Biol. Phys. 22(3): 175-85 (1996).

Spin trapping of phosphorus-centered radicals produced by the reactions of dibenzoyl peroxide with organophosphorus compounds.
Sueishi, Y., Miyake, Y., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(2): 397-403 (1997).

Quenching of the orbitally-degenerate nickel, palladium, and platinum cations (d⁹, ²D_5/2) in rare-gas matrices: ESR evidence.
VanZee, R.J., Weltner, W., Chem. Phys. Lett. 266(5-6): 403-9 (1997).

Radiation damage in Pt(II) complexes: EPR study of an X-irradiated single crystal of Pt(1,3-dimethyl-imidazoline-2-thione)₄Cl₂(center dot)4H₂O.
Wermeille, M., Geoffroy, M., Misra, S., Arrizabalaga, P., Bernardinelli, G., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 347-56 (1997).

Detection of irradiated chicken and dosimetric properties of drumsticks bones.
Polat, M., Korkmaz, M., Dulkan, B., Korkmaz, O., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 363-9 (1997).

Excited States

Femtosecond studies of intramolecular proton transfer in the condensed phase.
Chudoba, C., Lutgen, S., Jentzsch, T., Woener, M., Pfeiffer, M., Riedle, E., Elsaesser, T. Laser Forsch. Tech., Vortr. Int. Kongr., 12th, W. Waidelich, ed., Springer, Berlin, Germany 1995, Pub. 1996, p.175-8

Charge carrier photogeneration in titanyl phthalocyanine.
Gulbinas, V., Jakubenas, R., Pakalnis, S., Undzenas, A., Adv. Mater. Opt. Electron. 6(5-6): 412-4 (1996).

Invariance of acticity coefficients for the hydrogen ion with charge-type of fluorescent indicators in aqueous-methanol solutions.
Schulman, S.G., Kelly, R.N., Miyawa, J.H., Baeyens, W.R.G., J. Fluoresc. 6(4): 195-8 (1996).

Excited-state twisted intramolecular charge transfer of p-N,N-dimethylaminobenzoic acid in aqueous cyclodextrin solutions: time-resolved fluorescence study.
Kim, Y.H., Cho, D.W., Yoon, M., Kim, D., J. Photosci. 3(3): 153-8 (1996).

Chemiluminescence and fluorescence of aromatic amino acids in the presence of iodine.
Kornev, V.M., Kulikova, L.A., Kolonda, G.G., Klin. Lab. Diagn. (6): 30-1 (1996).

Ultrafast reactions involving small molecules in solutions.
Lim, M., Pugliano, N., Gnanakaran, S., Hochstrasser, R.M., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 62(Ultrafast Phenomena X): 239-40 (1996).

First example of ultrafast photoisomerization-like photophysics for tetrapyrrole systems: ethylene-bridged porphyrin dimers.
Chirvony, V.S., Chachisvilis, M., Shulga, A.M., Kallebring, B., Larsson, S., Sundstrom, V., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 62(Ultrafast Phenomena X): 264-5 (1996).

Kinetics of fast bimolecular reactions studied by fluorescence quenching. II. Transient effect - comparison of theory with experiment.
Sikorski, M., Wiad. Chem. 50(11-12): 841-58 (1996).

Synthesis and spectral properties of 3-morpholino-6-arylphthalic anhydrides and -phthalimides.
Kalosha, I.I., Kalinkovich, O.G., Sadovskii, O.L., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 66(10): 1705-9 (1996).

Two-dimensional ion-imaging of fragment angular distributions after photolysis of state-selected and oriented triatomic molecules.
Teule, J.M., Hilgeman, M.H., Janssen, M.H.M., Chandler, D.W., Taatjes, C.A., Stolte, S., AIP Conf. Proc. 388(Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy 1996): 175-8 (1997).

Laser-induced fluorescence as an approach to single molecules detection in fluid solution.
Ma, W.Y., Xiong, J., Wen, K.L., Wei, J., Zhang, L., Chen, D.Y., AIP Conf. Proc. 388(Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy 1996): 443-6 (1997).

The role of photoelectronic processes in the formation of a fluorescent plume by 248 nm laser irradiation of single crystal NaNO₃.
Shin, J.J., Ermer, D.R., Langford, S.C., Dickinson, J.T., Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process. A64(1): 7-17 (1997).

Terrylenimides: new NIR fluorescent dyes.
Holtrup, F.O., Mueller, G.R.J., Quante, H., De Feyter, S., De Schryver, F.C., Muellen, K., Chem.--Eur. J. 3(2): 219-25 (1997).

Excited-state dynamics of naphthoylnaphthvalene: Valence isomerization of the lowest excited singlet state and intermolecular hydrogen-atom abstraction of the lowest excited triplet state.
Nakayama, T., Nagahara, T., Miki, S., Hamanoue, K., Chem. Phys. Lett. 266(5-6): 601-6 (1997).

The synthesis and fluorescence of a methoxyphenyl-substituted C₆₀-pyrrolidine derivative.
Zhou, D.-J., Gan, L.-B., Luo, C.-P., Huang, C.-H., Yao, G.-Q., Chin. J. Chem. 15(1): 35-41 (1997).

Studies on the fluorescence enhancement of organic solvents on 2,3-diaminophenazine.
Zheng, Q., Huang, H.-P., Cai, R.-X., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 18(3): 368-71 (1997).

The effect of intermolecular interactions in ground and electron-excited states on spectral and luminescence properties of cis-C,C-[carbonylchloro(2-(2'-thienyl)pyridinato-C³,N¹)platinum(II)].
Balashev, K.P., Puzyk, M.V., J. Coord. Chem. (Transl. of Koord. Khim.) 23(2): 111-4 (1997).

Solute-solvent interaction probed with picosecond Raman thermometer. Ultrafast energy transfer and solvation.
Iwata, K., Kagaku to Kogyo (Tokyo) 50(2): 131-4 (1997).

Synthesis of 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde-isonicotinylhydrazone and its fluorescence reaction with aluminum.
Wang, H., Yang, Z., Microchem. J. 55(3): 340-7 (1997).

Analysis of highly disfavored processes through pathway-specific correlated fluorescence.
La Clair, J.J., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 94(5): 1623-8 (1997).

Photolysis frequencies of nitrogen didoxide and ozone: measurements and model calculations.
Reuder, J., Gori, T., Ruggaber, A., Kins, L., Dlugi, R., Transp. Chem. Transform. Pollut. Troposphere 4: 450-6 (1997).

Photochemistry

Nitrobenzoxadiazole-labeled polyisoprenoid alcohols.
Balcom, B.J., Petersen, N.O., Can. J. Chem. 74(12): 2531-5 (1996).

Propagation of a chemical-reaction wave under the effect of UV radiation.
Babushok, V.I., Minaev, S.S., Namyatov, I.G., Fiz. Goreniya Vzryva 32(4): 32-6 (1996).

Photocyclization reactions. Part 5. Synthesis of dihydrobenzofuranols using photocyclization of 2-alkoxybenzophenones and ethyl 2-benzoylphenoxyacetates.
Sharshira, E.M., Shimada, S., Okamura, M., Hasegawa, E., Horaguchi, T., J. Heterocycl. Chem. 33(6): 1797-805 (1996).

Furopyridines. XVIII. Photocycloaddition of furo[2,3-c]pyridin-7(6H)-one with acrylonitrile.
Shiotani, S., Tsukamoto, Y., Kawahara, Y., Saitoh, H., Ishida, T., In, Y., J. Heterocycl. Chem. 33(6): 1967-76 (1996).

Photolysis of peroxide-containing titanium(IV) complexes: oxygen liberation and reaction with olefins.
Kryukov, A.I., Korzhak, A.V., Minaev, B.F., Kuchmii, S.Y., Teor. Eksp. Khim. 32(6): 348-52 (1996).

Mechanism of photolysis of spiropiperidinebenzopyrans in organic solvents.
Koval'chuk, M.N., Koval'chuk, A.V., Tikhonina, N.A., Novikov, G.F., Zh. Fiz. Khim. 70(12): 2287-9 (1996).

Synthesis and photochemical behavior of binuclear heterometallic complexes of ruthenium and osmium.
Dement'ev, I.A., Ershov, A.Y., Beletskii, N.I., Nikol'skii, A.B., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 66(10): 1593-6 (1996).

Fluorescence polarization studies: a global view of molecular photoionization dynamics over an extended energy range (nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide).
Das, R.R. Ph.D., Thesis, Louisiana State Univ. and Agric. Mech. Coll., Baton Rouge, LA, 1996, 117p.

Time-resolved studies of the photodissociation dynamics of nitrogen trioxide, nitrous oxide-hydrogen iodide and nitrogen dioxide molecules (nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, hydrogen iodide).
Ionov, P.I. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1996, 105p.

Fluorescence accompanying photoionization in polyatomic molecules and the relationship to photoelectron motion: a global view.
Wu, J. Ph.D., Thesis, Louisiana State Univ. and Agric. Mech. Coll., Baton Rouge, LA, 1996, 124p.

Photochemical nitration by tetranitromethane. Part XXXVIII. Nitration of tris(4-bromophenyl)amine, a compound corresponding to a stable radical cation.
Eberson, L., Hartshorn, M.P., Svensson, J.O., Acta Chem. Scand. 51(3): 279-88 (1997).

Photodissociation of solid oxygen with tunable ultraviolet laser light: Ozone production monitored via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.
Dyer, M.J., Bressler, C.G., Copeland, R.A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 266(5-6): 548-53 (1997).

Nanosecond time-resolved step-scan FT-IR spectroscopy of the photochemical ring-opening of 1,3-cyclohexadiene.
Kauffmann, E., Frei, H., Mathies, R.A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 266(5-6): 554-9 (1997).

A specific pi-ligand transfer reaction via triple-decker sandwich complex intermediates.
Bohm, D., Heinemann, F., Hu, D.Q., Kummer, S., Zenneck, U., Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 62(2): 309-17 (1997).

Photochemistry of nonconjugated bichromophoric systems. I. Synthesis and photoreaction of polymethylene bis-coumarinyloxyacetates.
Du, D.-M., Wang, Y.-M., Zhang, H.-P., Meng, J.-B., Zhou, X.-Z., Huaxue Xuebao 55(2): 189-95 (1997).

Synthesis of bicyclo[4.1.o]hept-2-enes (trinorcarenes) by photochemical reaction of bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2-ones.
Katayama, S., Hiramatsu, H., Aoe, K., Yamauchi, M., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (4): 561-76 (1997).

Photochemical oxygen transfer reaction of azoxybenzene and 4-methylazoxybenzenes in the presence of trichloroacetic acid.
Issiki, T., Miyagawa, H., Sasaki, H., Yamamoto, J., Nippon Kagaku Kaishi (3): 207-12 (1997).

Transient photochemistry, matrix isolation, and molecular structure of cis-Ru(dmpm)₂H₂ (dmpm = Me₂PCH₂PMe₂).
Nicasio, M.C., Perutz, R.N., Walton, P.H., Organometallics 16(7): 1410-7 (1997).

The intramolecular electron transfer reactions of N-alkylcyclopropyl phthalimides.
WeidnerWells, M.A., Oda, K., Mazzocchi, P.H., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3475-86 (1997).

Substituent effects on the regiochemistry of enone-alkene 2+2-photocycloadditions. Experimental results and FMO analysis.
Suishu, T., Shimo, T., Somekawa, K., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3545-56 (1997).

Functionalization of [60]fullerene by photoinduced electron transfer (PET): Syntheses of 1-substituted 1,2-dihydro [60]fullerenes.
Siedschlag, C., Luftmann, H., Wolff, C., Mattay, J., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3587-92 (1997).

A route to 3-deoxy-4-O-methyl-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (4-O-methyl-KDO) and its D-gluco isomer derivatives.
Pakulski, Z., Zamojski, A., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3723-8 (1997).

Laser photolysis of 2-propanone, 2-butanone, 3-pentanone and 3-buten-2-one in the gas phase.
Pola, J., Koga, Y., Ouchi, A., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3757-66 (1997).

Synthesis and photochemical decomposition of pyrazolines from homochiral amino pentenoates. A laser flash-photolysis study.
Jimenez, J.M., Bourdelande, J.L., Ortuno, R.M., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3777-86 (1997).

Synthesis of a fluorinated analog of 1-aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid.
Sloan, M.J., Kirk, K.L., Tetrahedron Lett. 38(10): 1677-80 (1997).

A new synthesis of alpha-tetralones.
Liard, A., QuicletSire, B., Saicic, R.N., Zard, S.Z., Tetrahedron Lett. 38(10): 1759-62 (1997).

Radiation Chemistry

Spectroscopic study of KTiOAsO₄ single crystals doped with In, Sc, Fe.
Mashkovtsev, R.I., Isaenko, L.I., Phys. Status Solidi B 198(2): 577-85 (1996).

Free radical reactions involving the angiotensin converting exzyme inhibitor captopril.
Forni, L.G., Hilton, P.J., Willson, R.L., Cheeseman, K.H., Redox Rep. 2(6): 393-9 (1996).

Time evolution of rate constant for tunneling reaction H₂ + D -> H + HD in solid D₂-[Eta]₂ mixtures at very low temperature.
Kumada, T., Aratono, Y., Miyazaki, T., Report: JAERI-Conf 96-015, p.4-12, Japan At. Energy Res. Inst.,Ibaraki, Japan, 1996 .

Radiation-induced autoxidation of bisulfite catalyzed by manganese (II) ions.
Yermakov, A.N., Poskrebyshev, G.A., Purmal, A.P., Atmos. Environ. 31(4): 621-5 (1997, Pub. 1996).

Annealing and irradiation induced infrared luminescence of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_x ceramics.
Garcia, J.A., Remon, A., Urchulutegui, M., Piqueras, J., Jimenez, J., Torres, A., Phys. Status Solidi A 159(2): 535-41 (1997).

Resurrection of photochromic properties in a properties in a polymeric matrix by processing with an electron beam.
Flerov, V.I., Flerov, A.V., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2968(Optical Organic and Semiconductor Inorganic Materials): 87-9 (1997).

Radiation-induced potential difference between electrodes with and without gamma rays.
Fujita, N., Matsuura, C., Saigo, K., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 357-62 (1997).

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

A proposed model for positive charge in SiO₂ thin films: over-coordinated oxygen centers.
Warren, W.L., Vanheusden, K., Fleetwood, D.M., Schwank, J.R., Shaneyfelt, M.R., Winokur, P.S., IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 43(6, Pt. 1): 2617-26 (1996).

Measurements of energy losses of 10-MeV neutral hydrogen atoms in carbon foils.
Ogawa, H., Sakamoto, N., Katayama, I., Haruyama, Y., Saito, M., Yoshida, K., Tosaki, M., Susuki, Y., Kimura, K., Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 54(6): 5027-30 (1996).

Electron spin resonance characteristics of nitrogen-doped fullerene.
Chen, G.-H., Xie, E.-Q., Zhang, X.-W., Acta Phys. Sin. (Overseas Ed.) 6(1): 57-64 (1997).

Antioxidant activities of phenothiazines and related compounds': Correlation between the antioxidant activities and dissociation energies of O-H or N-H bonds.
Yamamura, T., Suzuki, K., Yamaguchi, T., Nishiyama, T., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(2): 413-9 (1997).

Reactivities of stable rotamers .39. Thermal decomposition of t-butyl 3-methyl-3-(substituted 9-triptycyl)peroxybutanoate rotamers.
Oki, M., Fujino, I., Kawaguchi, D., Chuda, K., Moritaka, Y., Yamamoto, Y., Tsuda, S., Akinaga, T., Aki, M., Kojima, H., Morita, N., Sakurai, M., Toyota, S., Tanaka, Y., Tanuma, T., Yamamoto, G., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(2): 457-69 (1997).

In situ infrared spectroscopic analysis of the adsorption of ruthenium(II) bipyridyl dicarboxylic acid photosensitisers to TiO₂ in aqueous solutions.
Duffy, N.W., Dobson, K.D., Gordon, K.C., Robinson, B.H., McQuillan, A.J., Chem. Phys. Lett. 266(5-6): 451-5 (1997).

Multiphase Systems

Earth friendly environmental policy - Photocatalysis of surfactants in water (II).
Ogawara, K., Sugiuchi, S., Obori, S., Iso, A., Suzuki, Y., Matsumato, M., Shiken Kenkyu Hokoku, Fukushima-ken Haiteku Puraza : 46-9 (1995, Pub. 1996).

New systems related to CdS nanoparticles in sol-gel matrixes.
Gacoin, T., Malier, L., Counio, G., Esnouf, S., Boilot, J.P., Audinet, L., Ricolleau, C., Gandias, M., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 435(Better Ceramics through Chemistry VII: Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials): 643-8 (1996).

Approach toward decomposition of environmental contaminants by using cement porous materials.
Tanaka, Y., Semento, Konkurito Ronbunshu 50: 956-61 (1996).

A comparative study of partial reduction of ceria via laser ablation in air and soft chemical route.
Filotti, L., Bensalem, A., Bozon-Verduraz, F., Shafeev, G.A., Voronov, V.V., Appl. Surf. Sci. 109-110(Laser Processing of Surfaces and Thin Films): 249-52 (1997).

Excited state intramolecular proton transfer reactions in 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazole in micellar solutions.
Das, S.K., Bansal, A., Dogra, S.K., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(2): 307-13 (1997).

pH and micellar effects on the quenching of tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) luminescence by 1-alkyl-4,4'-bipyridinium: evidence of deep embedment of the quencher cations in sodium dodecyl sulfate micelle.
Park, J.W., Kim, Y.N., Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 18(2): 185-9 (1997).

Manifestation of photocatalysis process variables in a titanium dioxide-based slurry photoelectrochemical cell.
Lin, W.-Y., de Tacconi, N.R., Smith, R.L., Rajeshwar, K., J. Electrochem. Soc. 144(2): 497-502 (1997).

Preparation of TiO₂-based powders with high photocatalytic activities.
Kasuga, T., Hiramatsu, M., Hirano, M., Hoson, A., Oyamada, K., J. Mater. Res. 12(3): 607-9 (1997).

Preparation and fluorescence properties of nanocomposites of amorphous silica glasses doped with lanthanide(III) benzoates.
Qian, G., Wang, M., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 58(3): 375-8 (1997).

Photocatalytic oxidation of methyl viologen in an aqueous suspension of TiO₂ in the presence of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. The effect of the solution pH and H₂O₂ concentration on the reaction rate.
Mart'yanov, I.N., Savinov, E.N., Parmon, V.N., Kinet. Catal. (Transl. of Kinet. Katal.) 38(1): 70-6 (1997).

Complete heterogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of acetone, ethanol, and diethyl ether vapors with air over honeycomb-supported TiO₂.
Vorontsov, A.V., Barannik, G.B., Snegurenko, O.I., Savinov, E.N., Parmon, V.N., Kinet. Catal. (Transl. of Kinet. Katal.) 38(1): 84-7 (1997).

Photoadsorption and photocatalytic processes influencing the composition of the Earth's atmosphere. I. Irreversible photoadsorption of freon-134^a on magnesia under conditions simulating atmosphere.
Zakharenko, V.S., Parmon, V.N., Zamaraev, K.I., Kinet. Catal. (Transl. of Kinet. Katal.) 38(1): 124-8 (1997).

Size effects in CdS-nanocrystal doped glasses: luminescence under single-electron and plasma excitation.
Jursenas, S., Kurilsik, G., Strumskis, M., Zukauskas, A., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2967(Optical Inorganic Dielectric Materials and Devices): 36-41 (1997).

Photocatalytic oxidation of chlorinated hydrocarbons in water.
Crittenden, J.C., Liu, J., Hand, D.W., Perram, D.L., Water Res. 31(3): 429-38 (1997).

Photocatalytic reduction of Cr⁶⁺ ion in the presence of organics.
Fu, H., Lu, G., Li, S., Wuli Huaxue Xuebao 13(2): 106-12 (1997).

Polymers

Photo- and radiation chemistry of polymers (styrene, methyl methacrylate, fluorophore).
Takeuchi, Y. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1995, 162p.

Spectral features of the luminescence of PE subjected to various excitation sources.
Jonsson, J., Ranby, B., Massines, F., Mary, D., Laurent, C., IEEE Trans. Dielectr. Electr. Insul. 3(6): 859-65 (1996).

Preparation of polymeric photostabilizers containing HALS groups and their photostabilization effects on polystyrene.
Chae, K.H., Oh, J.-S., Ham, H.S., J. Photosci. 3(3): 167-9 (1996).

Copolymerization of cyclopentene oxide and cyclohexene oxide using a cationic photoinitiator.
Patnaik, D., Rout, S.P., J. Teach. Res. Chem. 3(2): 56-61 (1996).

Light stabilization of polymers by radiation-cured acrylic coatings.
Decker, C., Biry, S., Prog. Org. Coat. 29(1-4): 81-7 (1996).

Exploration of post radiation effects on polyamide-1010.
Li, B., Zhang, L., Radiat. Eff. Defects Solids 139(4): 261-7 (1996).

Irradiation-induced variation of the insulator-conductor transition of polymer compositions.
Mateev, M.M., Radiat. Eff. Defects Solids 139(4): 279-85 (1996).

Thermal decay kinetics of the radicals generated during the radiolysis of polyacrylamide (PAA) hydrolyzed to different extents.
Contineanu, M., Rev. Roum. Chim. 41(9-10): 703-11 (1996).

Kinetics of the graft polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene onto polyethylene via preliminary vacuum irradiation.
Yakubov, I.Y., Yul'chibaev, A.A., Asamov, M.K., Turdiev, T.T., Uzb. Khim. Zh. (3): 52-5 (1996).

Absorption and fluorescence study of amylose complex in cationic detergent using Bengal Rose as a spectroscopic probe.
Polewski, K., Napierala, D., Zywn., Technol., Jakosc (2, Supl.): 41-50 (1996).

Initiation processes in copolymerization studied by the nitroxide radical-trapping technique: Ethyl vinyl ether and acrylonitrile.
Busfield, W.K., Jenkins, I.D., Monteiro, M.J., Aust. J. Chem. 50(1): 1-7 (1997).

Photo-immobilization of dipyridamole (Persantin) at the surface of polyurethane biomaterials: reduction of in vitro thrombogenicity.
Aldenhoff, Y.B.J., Blezer, R., Lindhout, T., Koole, L.H., Biomaterials 18(2): 167-72 (1997).

Synthesis of spherical microcapsules by photopolymerization in aerosols.
Esen, C., Kaiser, T., Borchers, M.A., Schweiger, G., Colloid Polym. Sci. 275(2): 131-7 (1997).

Effect of N-substituents on polymerization reactivity of N-alkylitaconimides in radical polymerization.
Yamazaki, H., Matsumoto, A., Otsu, T., Eur. Polym. J. 33(2): 157-62 (1997).

Temperature effect on micellar formation in the amphiphilic block copolymer solution.
Zhang, X.-H., Huang, P.-C., Wang, P.-F., Wu, S.-K., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 18(2): 303-8 (1997).

Photoinitiated crosslink structures and formation mechanisms of low-density polyethylene.
Qu, B.-J., Xu, Y.-H., Qu, X., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 18(2): 317-22 (1997).

Fluorescence and forms of water soluble copolymers of styrene and acrylic acid.
Wuyun, Q.-G., Wu, H.-Y., Gereltu, B., Wu, H.-S., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 18(3): 492-4 (1997).

Initiator-free photopolymerization of an aliphatic vinyl ether-maleimide monomer.
Andersson, H., Hult, A., J. Coat. Technol. 69(865): 91-5 (1997).

Polymerization behavior and kinetics during the formation of polymer-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals.
Guymon, C.A., Bowman, C.N., Macromolecules 30(6): 1594-600 (1997).

Imidization study by charge transfer fluorescence.
Yu, J.-W., Sung, C.S.P., Macromolecules 30(6): 1845-6 (1997).

Synthesis and physical properties of side-chain type liquid crystalline poly(arylene vinylene)s.
Watanabe, Y., Mihara, T., Koide, N., Macromolecules 30(6): 1857-9 (1997).

Dielectric properties during free-radical bulk polymerization: Visible light-induced polymerization of bisphenol-A bis(2-hydroxyethyl ether) dimethacrylate.
Fournier, J., Williams, G., Holmes, P.A., Macromolecules 30(7): 2042-51 (1997).

Photo-induced ultrafast relaxation process in polymers: effect of lattice fluctuation.
Rao, X., Fu, R., Sun, X., Nasu, K., Phys. Lett. A 226(6): 383-6 (1997).

Photooxidation of ABS at long wavelengths ([lambda] > 300 nm).
Piton, M., Rivaton, A., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 55(2): 147-57 (1997).

Azoxyaromatic polyethers.
Bhatnagar, A., Schroder, A., Mohanty, D.K., Polymer 38(1): 239-43 (1997).

Preparation of acrylate IPN copolymer latexes by radiation emulsion polymerization.
Wu, M.H., Zhou, R.M., Ma, Z.T., Bao, B.R., Lei, J.Q., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 371-5 (1997).

Study on jute material with urethane acrylate by UV curing.
Ali, K.M.I., Khan, M.A., Ali, M.A., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 383-8 (1997).

Radiation effects on hole drift mobility in polysilanes.
Seki, S., Shibata, H., Yoshida, Y., Ishigure, K., Tagawa, S., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 389-93 (1997).

Dependence of decaying of trapped radicals on aggregates on polyamide 1010.
Li, B.Z., Zhang, L.H., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 395-7 (1997).

Synthesis, photomodification and characterization of homo- and copolymers with 2,5-bisaryltetrazolyl pendant groups.
Darkow, R., Hartmann, U., Tomashchewski, G., React. Funct. Polym. 32(2): 195-207 (1997).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Functionality of polypeptide by induction of specific tertiary structure.
Imanishi, Y., Kimura, S., Korea Polym. J. 4(2): 154-9 (1996).

A comparative flash-photolysis study of electron transfer from pea and spinach plastocyanins to spinach photosystem I. A reaction involving a rate-limiting conformational change.
Sigfridsson, K., He, S., Modi, S., Bendall, D.S., Gray, J., Hansson, O., Photosynth. Res. 50(1): 11-21 (1996).

Drugs in cyclodextrins in liposomes: a novel approach to drug stability against photochemical oxidation.
Loukas, Y.L., Vraka, V., Gregoriadis, G. Proc. Int. Symp. Cyclodextrins, 8th, J. Szejtli and L. Szente, eds., Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1996, p.465-70

Highly efficient energy transfer from tryptophans in avidin tetramer to biotin-linked pyrenylalanine.
Kuragaki, M., Sisido, M., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(1): 261-5 (1997).

Mechanism for the production and reaction of active-oxygen species from photoexcited hematoporphyrin adsorbed on a biological heterogeneous system.
Noda, H., OhyaNishiguchi, H., Kamada, H., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(2): 405-12 (1997).

Fluorescence of 1,3-di(1-pyrenyl)propane probe incorporated into human serum albumin protein enforced conformations of the probe.
Kowalczyk, D., Wolszczak, M., Slomkowski, S., Colloid Polym. Sci. 275(2): 99-105 (1997).

Structural and biological aspects of copper (II) complexes with 2-methyl-3-amino-(3 H)-quinazolin-4-one.
Ramadan, A.M., J. Inorg. Biochem. 65(3): 183-9 (1997).

Dose effects of N⁺ ion beam irradiation-induced damage to 5'-AMP and its components.
Shao, C.L., Yu, Z.L., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 337-45 (1997).

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Metal emissions monitoring using excimer laser fragmentation-fluorescence spectroscopy.
Buckley, S.G., Mcenally, C.S., Sawyer, R.F., Koshland, C.P., Lucas, D., Combust. Sci. Technol. 118(1-3): 169-88 (1996).

Removal of gaseous pollutants using photochemical aerosol formation. Removal of nitrogen oxides and benzene, toluene or xylene.
Kohno, H., Tamura, M., Sakamoto, K., Earozoru Kenky 11(4): 349-56 (1996).

Physico-chemical formation processes of acidic and acidifying substances in the atmosphere.
Hara, H., Global Environ. Res. Jpn. (Pt. 2): 43-7 (1996).

Treatment of waste gases by electron beam irradiation.
Li, X., Chen, P., Hewuli Dongtai 13(3): 45-6 (1996).

Gamma irradiation sterilization of orciprenaline and fenoterol.
Basly, J.P., Duroux, J.L., Bernard, M., Int. J. Pharm. 142(1): 125-8 (1996).

Oxidation treatment promoted by photocatalyst and ozone.
Tanaka, K., PPM 27(12): 10-5 (1996).

Radiation curing of AP/HTPB-based energetic composites. Part 1. Effect on physico-mechanical properties.
Dedgaonkar, V.G., Navle, P.B., Shrotri, P.G., Propellants, Explos., Pyrotech. 21(6): 303-6 (1996).

Investigation on the development of measurement techniques, the behavior in the environment and the estimation of internal radiation dose by inhalation for some typical atmospheric radionuclides.
Amano, H., Report: JAERI-Res. 96-029, 197p., Japan At. Energy Res. Inst.,Ibaraki, Japan, 1996.

Foerster energy transfer in ultrathin polymer layers as a basis for biosensors.
Voelker, M., Siegmund, H.-U., EXS 80(Frontiers in Biosensorics I): 175-91 (1997).

Carbon aerosols and atmospsheric photochemistry.
Lary, D.J., Lee, A.M., Toumi, R., Newchurch, M.J., Pirre, M., Renard, J.B., J. Geophys. Res., [Atmos.] 102(D3): 3671-82 (1997).

Synthesis of aluminum oxide-based ceramics by laser photoinduced reactions from gaseous precursors.
Alexandrescu, R., Borsella, E., Botti, S., Cesile, M.P., Martelli, S., Giorgi, R., Turtu, S., Zappa, G., J. Mater. Res. 12(3): 774-82 (1997).

Photocatalytic disinfection of indoor air.
Goswami, D.Y., Trivedi, D.M., Block, S.S., J. Sol. Energy Eng. 119(1): 92-6 (1997).

Cleaning of detergent-containing wastewater by photochemical ozonolysis in the presence of hydrogen peroxide followed by successive treatment with activated carbon and with ion exchange resin.
Wada, H., Naoi, T., Nippon Kagaku Kaishi (3): 219-26 (1997).

Separation and coprecipitation of lanthanides and americium by photolysis.
Tsushima, S., Nagasaki, S., Suzuki, A., Nucl. Technol. 118(1): 42-8 (1997).

TL dosimetry using extracted and cleaned sand to measure gamma-ray dose rate at a liquid sewage sludge irradiation facility.
Benny, P.G., Bhatt, B.C., Shah, M.R., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 377-81 (1997).

Decontamination of pancreatin powder by gamma irradiation.
Kairiyama, E., Narvaiz, P., Radiat. Phys. Chem. 49(3): 399-401 (1997).

Decontamination of water using adsorption and photocatalysis.
Crittenden, J.C., Suri, R.P.S., Perram, D.L., Hand, D.W., Water Res. 31(3): 411-8 (1997).

Water disinfection using an immobilized titanium dioxide film in a photochemical reactor with electric field enhancement.
Butterfield, I.M., Christensen, P.A., Curtis, T.P., Gunlazuardi, J., Water Res. 31(3): 675-7 (1997).

Theoretical Studies

Photoinduced nonlinear effects in organic photochromics.
Dantsker, D., J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 5(4): 775-88 (1996).

Molecular dynamics model for inhomogeneous media and interpretation of the EPR spectra of spin probes in composite polymer systems.
Antsyferva, L.I., Valova, E.V., Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser. A Ser. B 38(11): 1851-7 (1996).

Two-flux radiation-field model for an annular packed-bed photocatalytic oxidation reactor.
Raupp, G.B., Nico, J.A., Annangi, S., Changrani, R., Annapragada, R., AIChE J. 43(3): 792-801 (1997).

Molecular hyperpolarizability components beta(zzz) and beta(zxx) under directional extensions of pi conjugation: Missing-orbital analysis and simplified sum-over-states calculations.
Tomonari, M., Ookubo, N., Takada, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 266(5-6): 488-98 (1997).

Kinetics of thermalization of fast nitrogen atoms beyond the hard sphere approximation.
Kharchenko, V., Tharamel, J., Dalgarno, A., J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys. 59(1): 107-15 (1997, Pub. 1996).

Chaos, interactions, and nonequilibrium effects in the tunneling resonance spectra of ultrasmall metallic particles.
Agam, O., Wingreen, N.S., Altshuler, B.L., Ralph, D.C., Tinkham, M., Phys. Rev. Lett. 78(10): 1956-9 (1997).

Solid-state polymerization of acetylene under pressure: Ab initio simulation.
Bernasconi, M., Chiarotti, G.L., Focher, P., Parrinello, M., Tosatti, E., Phys. Rev. Lett. 78(10): 2008-11 (1997).

Vector correlations in photodissociation of polyatomic molecules.
Blokhin, A.P., Gelin, M.F., Polubisok, S.A., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 3090(High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy): 103-7 (1997).

MUSE - a new three layer photochemical dispersion model.
Sahm, P., Moussiopoulos, N., Transp. Chem. Transform. Pollut. Troposphere 1: 553-7 (1997).

Reviews

Advance in enhanced radiation-induced crosslinking of polymers.
Liu, C., Yang, H., Xu, J., Gaofenzi Tongbao (3): 129-35 (1996).

Photocrosslinkable poly(vinyl alcohols): preparation, properties and applications.
Ichimura, K., Heterog. Chem. Rev. 3(4): 419-41 (1996).

Radiation modification of polymeric materials.
Wei, G., Wang, G., Ha, H., Hewuli Dongtai 13(2): 54-6 (1996).

Photosensitive resins.
Mijuno, M., Kogyo Zairyo 45(1): 54-5 (1997).

Photochromic organic media: state-of-art and future.
Barachevsky, V.A., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2968(Optical Organic and Semiconductor Inorganic Materials): 77-86 (1997).

Reactions of electrophilic carbenes with alpha-amino acid derivatives.
Zaragoza, F., Tetrahedron 53(10): 3425-39 (1997).

Radiation interactions: physical and chemical effects.
Shabason, L., Health Eff. Exposure Low-Level Ioniz. Radiat., W. R. Hendee and F. M. Edwards (eds.), Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, 1996, p.27-70

Chemistry in Microtime: Selected Writings on Flash Photolysis, Free Radicals, and the Excited State. Porter, G., Imperial College Press, London, UK, 1996, 600p.

Surface Photochemistry Photoscience and Photoengineering. Anpo, M., Wiley, New York, 1996, 200p.