NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 10/01/97 # 97_34

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

Effect of conformational constraints on gated electron transfer kinetics .2. Copper(II/I) complexes with phenyl-substituted [14]aneS(4) ligands in acetonitrile.
Dunn, B.C., Ochrymowycz, L.A., Rorabacher, D.B., Inorg. Chem. 36(15): 3253-7 (1997).

Kinetic studies of OH reactions with iso-propyl, iso-butyl, sec-butyl, and tert-butyl acetate.
LeCalve, S., LeBras, G., Mellouki, A., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(9): 683-8 (1997).

On the use of CO as scavenger for OH radicals in the ozonolysis of simple alkenes and isoprene.
Gutbrod, R., Meyer, S., Rahman, M.M., Schindler, R.N., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(9): 717-23 (1997).

Photoinduced adduct formation between orange II and [Fe³⁺(aq)] or Fe(ox)₃^3--H₂O₂ - Photocatalytic degradation and laser spectroscopy.
Nadtochenko, V., Kiwi, J., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(14): 2373-8 (1997).

Double-pulse fluorescence lifetime measurements.
Buist, A.H., Muller, M., Gijsbers, E.J., Brakenhoff, G.J., Sosnowski, T.S., Norris, T.B., Squier, J., J. Microsc. (Oxford) 186(3): 212-20 (1997).

A spectroscopic study of small organic peroxyl radicals (RO₂) in aqueous solution.
Herrmann, H., Reese, A., Wicktor, F., Zellner, R., J. Mol. Struct. 408: 539-42 (1997).

Photophysical properties of C₆₀(C₆H₅)₅Cl: A laser flash photolysis and pulse radiolysis study.
Palit, D.K., Mohan, H., Birkett, P.R., Mittal, J.P., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5418-22 (1997).

Alternative mechanisms for solvation dynamics of laser-induced electrons in methanol.
Turi, L., Holpar, P., Keszei, E., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5469-76 (1997).

Photodegradation of quinolones.
Thoma, K., Kubler, N., Pharmazie 52(7): 519-29 (1997).

The kinetic behavior for the electrochemical polymerization of aniline in aqueous solution.
Mu, S.L., Chen, C.X., Wang, J.M., Synth. Met. 88(3): 249-54 (1997).

Kinetic studies of the photochemical degradation of imidacloprid.
Redlich, D., Schulz-Jander, D., Parlar, H. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.AGRO-074

"Ultrafast study of the photodissociation and recombination of aqueous O₃^-".
Barbara, P.F., Walhout, P.K., Silva, C. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-150

Optical Spectra

Another photochromism of a spironaphtoxazine due to the geometric isomerization of the open-form.
Horii, T., Miyake, Y., Nakao, R., Abe, Y., Chem. Lett. (7): 655-6 (1997).

Line broadening mechanisms in spectra of organic amorphous solids: photon echo study of terrylene in polyisobutylene at subkelvin temperatures.
Zilker, S.J., Haarer, D., Vainer, Y.G., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(3-4): 232-8 (1997).

Crystal-field parameters of Mn²⁺ centers in CaCO₃ and ZnS phosphors.
Shamshurin, A.V., Efryushina, N.P., Inorg. Mater. (Transl. of Neorg. Mater.) 33(7): 659-61 (1997).

FT-IR investigation on (stable) nitroxide radicals.
Bruni, P., Conti, C., Tosi, G., J. Mol. Struct. 408: 477-81 (1997).

Thermodynamics

Large molecular quadratic hyperpolarizabilities in donor/acceptor-substituted trans-tetraammineruthenium(II) complexes.
Coe, B.J., Chamberlain, M.C., EssexLopresti, J.P., Gaines, S., Jeffery, J.C., Houbrechts, S., Persoons, A., Inorg. Chem. 36(15): 3284-92 (1997).

Inner coordination sphere control of metal-metal superexchange in ruthenium dimers.
Rezvani, A.R., Bensimon, C., Cromp, B., Reber, C., Greedan, J.E., Kondratiev, V.V., Crutchley, R.J., Inorg. Chem. 36(15): 3322-9 (1997).

ESR Studies

The effect of sonication on ultra pure water.
Kato, M., Toda, M., Kubo, K., Ojima, S., Sakata, Y., Ohmi, T., Semicond. Pure Water Chem. Conf. (15(UPW and Chemical Proceedings, 1996)): 179-95 (1996).

Electron spin relaxation and ESEEM spectroscopy of the glycine radical in diglycine nitrate single crystal.
Gramza, M., Hilczer, W., Goslar, J., Hoffmann, S.K., Acta Chem. Scand. 51(5): 556-61 (1997).

Models for photosynthesis: EPR studies of cyclohexylene-linked porphyrin quinones.
Elger, G., Kurreck, H., Wiehe, A., Johnen, E., Fuhs, M., Prisner, T., Vrieze, J., Acta Chem. Scand. 51(5): 593-601 (1997).

EPR-spectroscopic investigation of the self-exchange electron transfer rate constants and reorganization energies for some electrochemically generated radicals.
Jurgen, D., Pedersen, S.U., Pedersen, J.A., Lund, H., Acta Chem. Scand. 51(6-7): 767-72 (1997).

Hydroxyl and superoxide anion radical scavenging activities of natural source antioxidants using the computerized JES-FR30 ESR spectrometer system.
Noda, Y., Anzai, K., Mori, A., Kohno, M., Shinmei, M., Packer, L., Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 42(1): 35-44 (1997).

Electron spin echo investigation for radicals produced on ZnS semiconductor photocatalysts.
Nosaka, Y., Nakaoka, Y., Ushida, K., Kira, A., Chem. Lett. (7): 661-2 (1997).

Muonium radical formation in elemental sulphur.
Cox, S.F.J., Reid, I.D., McCormack, K.L., Webster, B.C., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(3-4): 179-82 (1997).

Magic-angle spinning electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Hubrich, M., Bauer, C., Spiess, H.W., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(3-4): 259-64 (1997).

Radical intermediates in photochemical and redox initiated decomposition of thioazo compounds (An EPR and cyclovoltammetric study).
Erentova, K., Adamcik, V., Stasko, A., Nuyken, O., Lang, A.M., Leitner, M.B., Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 62(6): 855-65 (1997).

Investigation of trace-element distribution in detrital quartz by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR).
Gotze, J., Plotze, M., Eur. J. Mineral. 9(3): 529-37 (1997).

Composition and properties of paramagnetic centers in irradiated barium nitrate.
Bannov, S.I., Miklin, M.B., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 233-5 (1997).

Formation of paramagnetic centers upon irradiation of a potassium perchlorate-thallium perchlorate solid solution.
Khaliullin, R.S., Bashmakov, A.S., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 236-8 (1997).

Mechanisms of active oxygen species reduction by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Kimura, K., Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 29(3): 437-46 (1997).

Modification of spin density distribution via specific hydrogen bond interactions: An experimental, UHF, and density functional study.
Niemz, A., Rotello, V.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6833-6 (1997).

EPR studies of photoreduction of Ni/TiO₂ catalysts.
Chien, S.-H., Wei, Y.-W., Lin, M.-C., J. Chin. Chem. Soc. (Taipei) 44(3): 195-201 (1997).

Development in potential-modulated ESR technique.
Zhuang, L., Lu, J.T., J. Electroanal. Chem. 429(1-2): 115-20 (1997).

Alkali metal induced rupture of a phosphorus-phosphorus double bond. Electrochemical and EPR investigations of new sterically protected diphosphenes and radical anions [ArPPAr]•^-.
Shah, S., Burdette, S.C., Swavey, S., Urbach, F.L., Protasiewicz, J.D., Organometallics 16(15): 3395-400 (1997).

UV-irradiation and thermal-annealing studies in amorphous hydrogenated boron nitride thin films.
Brown, I.M., Lin, S.H., Feldman, B.J., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(3): 994-6 (1997).

Counterfeit E₁' signal in quartz.
Toyoda, S., Schwarcz, H.P., Radiat. Meas. 27(1): 59-66 (1997).

ESR of vacancies in diamond crystals.
Isoya, J., Radioisotopes 46(7): 505-6 (1997).

Spectroscopic investigation of the symmetry breakdown in bis-TTF compounds.
Pokhodnia, K., Cassoux, P., Bonvoisin, J., Mlayah, A., Brossard, L., Frenzel, S., Mullen, K., Synth. Met. 86(1-3): 1999-2000 (1997).

Pulsed-EPR on the photoexcited triplet state of C₆₀.
Bennati, M., Grupp, A., Mehring, M., Synth. Met. 86(1-3): 2321-4 (1997).

ESR study of oriented lithium phthalocyanine thin films on glass substrate.
Brinkmann, M., Turek, P., Andre, J.J., Thin Solid Films 303(1-2): 107-16 (1997).

Excited States

Picosecond study of energy and electron transfer processes in self-organized porphyrin complexes.
von Borcyskowski, C., Rempel, U., Zenkevich, E., Shul'ga, A., Chernook, A. Ultrafast Processes Spectrosc., [Proc. Int. Conf.], 9th, O. Svelto, S. De Silvestri and G. Denardo, eds., Plenum, New York 1995, Pub. 1996, p.71-4

Femtosecond dynamics of molecular iodine in rare gas solids.
Zadoyna, R., Sterling, M., Apkarian, V.A. Ultrafast Processes Spectrosc., [Proc. Int. Conf.], 9th, O. Svelto, S. De Silvestri and G. Denardo, eds., Plenum, New York 1995, Pub. 1996, p.139-41

Effect of photooxidation on the efficiency of organic emitters: tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum.
Sokolik, I., Priestley, R., Walser, A.D., Blumstengel, S., Dorsinville, R., Annu. Tech. Conf. - Soc. Plast. Eng. 2(55): 1287-90 (1997).

Photoluminescence of CuInS₂ thin films and solar cells modified by postdeposition treatments.
Topper, K., Bruns, J., Sheer, R., Weber, M., Weidinger, A., Braunig, D., Appl. Phys. Lett. 71(4): 482-4 (1997).

Luminescence resulting from electrocatalytic oxidation of simple hydroxy compounds at a nickel anode in alkaline media containing a fluorescent dye.
Karatani, H., Shizuki, T., Kojima, M., Chem. Lett. (7): 585-6 (1997).

A novel electroluminescent metal complex: Tris(4-phenanthridinolato)aluminum(III).
Kido, J., Endo, J., Chem. Lett. (7): 593-4 (1997).

An intermediate for naphthoylnaphthvalene->naphthoylnaphthalene valence isomerization originating from the lowest excited singlet state.
Nakayama, T., Nagahara, T., Miki, S., Hamanoue, K., Chem. Lett. (7): 597-8 (1997).

Orange color electroluminescence from bis(2-styryl-8-quinolinolato)zinc(II).
Kido, J., Endo, J., Chem. Lett. (7): 633-4 (1997).

Dual phosphorescence of benzoyl s-phenyl thiobenzoates.
Jiang, X., Yang, G., Wu, S., Ganguang Kexue Yu Guang Huaxue 15(2): 120-5 (1997).

Degradation of electronic excitation energy of Eu(fod)₃ in benzene, toluene, and o-xylene solutions.
Yakovlev, M.I., Ostakhov, S.S., Rykova, V.V., Kazakov, V.P., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 247-9 (1997).

Luminescence from gamma irradiated saccharides.
Haldar, C., Indian J. Phys., A 71A(3): 299-306 (1997).

Electroabsorption studies of metal-to-ligand charge transfer in Ru(phenanthroline)₃²⁺: Evidence for intrinsic charge localization in the initially formed excited state.
Karki, L., Hupp, J.T., Inorg. Chem. 36(15): 3318-21 (1997).

Spectroelectrochemical studies of some ruthenium(II) complexes with polypyridyl bridging ligands.
Sherborne, J., Scott, S.M., Gordon, K.C., Inorg. Chim. Acta 260(2): 199-205 (1997).

Charge-transfer-induced photoreduction of azoalkanes by amines.
Adam, W., Moorthy, J.N., Nau, W.M., Scaiano, J.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6749-56 (1997).

Intramolecular electron transfer between doubly four [sigma]-bond-linked tetraalkylhydrazine cationic and neutral units.
Nelsen, S.F., Ramm, M.T., Wolff, J.J., Powell, D.R., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6863-72 (1997).

Intramolecular electron transfer between doubly six [sigma]-bond-linked trialkyldiazenium cation and diazenyl radical units.
Nelsen, S.F., Trieber, D.A., Wolff, J.J., Powell, D.R., RogersCrowley, S., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6873-82 (1997).

A femtosecond midinfrared pump-probe study of hydrogen-bonding in ethanol.
Woutersen, S., Emmerichs, U., Bakker, H.J., J. Chem. Phys. 107(5): 1483-90 (1997).

Ground and excited state reactions of new red fluorescent dyes and the DNA base guanosine.
Nord, S., Sauer, M., Arden-Jacob, J., Drexhage, K.H., Lieberwirth, U., Seeger, S., Wolfrum, J., J. Fluoresc. 7(1, Suppl.): 79S-81S (1997).

Glucidic derivative of pyrene synthesis and its photophysical study.
Carre, M.C., Sousa, T.R.E., Baros, F., Viriot, M.L., Andre, J.C., J. Fluoresc. 7(1, Suppl.): 83S-6S (1997).

Excited state acids as lipid membrane probes.
Sujatha, J., Mishra, A.K., J. Fluoresc. 7(1, Suppl.): 169S-71S (1997).

Green photoluminescence efficiency and free-carrier density in ZnO phosphor powders prepared by spray pyrolysis.
Vanheusden, K., Seager, C.H., Warren, W.L., Tallant, D.R., Caruso, J., HampdenSmith, M.J., Kodas, T.T., J. Lumin. 75(1): 11-6 (1997).

Photophysics of the 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)perimidines: Photostability studies.
delValle, J.C., Catalan, J., FocesFoces, C., LlamasSaiz, A.L., Elguero, J., Sanz, D., Dotor, J., Claramunt, R.M., J. Lumin. 75(1): 17-26 (1997).

Lyoluminescence of inorganic salts.
Galand, E., Pagnoulle, C., Niezette, J., Vanderschueren, J., Garsou, J., J. Lumin. 75(1): 27-33 (1997).

Photoluminescence of polycrystalline zinc oxide co-activated with trivalent rare earth ions and lithium. Insertion of rare-earth ions into zinc oxide.
Bachir, S., Azuma, K., Kossanyi, J., Valat, P., RonfardHaret, J.C., J. Lumin. 75(1): 35-49 (1997).

Mechanism of photodissociation of polyatomic molecules through the polarized fluorescence of fragments.
Blokhin, A.P., Gelin, M.F., Polubisok, S.A., Tolkachev, V.A., Blokhin, A.A., J. Mol. Struct. 408-409: 569-72 (1997).

Photochemical hole burning in Sm²⁺-doped aluminosilicate and borosilicate glasses.
Cho, D.H., Hirao, K., Soga, N., Nogami, M., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 215(2-3): 192-200 (1997).

Low temperature time resolved photoluminescence of the 3.1 and 4.2 eV emission bands in Ge-doped silica.
Anedda, A., Carbonaro, C.M., Corpino, R., Serpi, A., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 216(1-3): 19-25 (1997).

Luminescence of SiO₂ quartz induced by swift heavy ion irradiations.
Costantini, J.M., Brisard, F., Biotteau, G., Protin, K., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 216(1-3): 36-47 (1997).

Low temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy relationship between 3.1 and 4.2 eV bands in vitreous silica.
Leone, M., Boscaino, R., Cannas, M., Gelardi, F.M., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 216(1-3): 105-10 (1997).

Exciplex formation dynamics of photoexcited copper(II) tetrakis(4-N-methylpyridyl)porphyrin with synthetic polynucleotides probed by transient absorption and Raman spectroscopic techniques.
Jeoung, S.C., Eom, H.S., Kim, D., Cho, D.W., Yoon, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5412-7 (1997).

Mechanism of quenching of triplet states by oxygen: Biphenyl derivatives in acetonitrile.
Wilkinson, F., AbdelShafi, A.A., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5509-16 (1997).

Detailed examination of relaxation processes of excitions in photoluminescence spectra of Cu₂O.
Ito, T., Masumi, T., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 66(7): 2185-93 (1997).

Subpicosecond vibronic dynamics in KBr F centers.
Scholz, R., Schreiber, M., Bassani, F., Nisoli, M., DeSilvestri, S., Svelto, O., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(3): 1179-95 (1997).

Phase-dependent resonance fluorescence and time ordering in photodetection.
Zhao, H.Z., Lu, Z.H., Thomas, J.E., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(4): 613-6 (1997).

Microwave induced transparency in ruby.
Zhao, Y., Wu, C.K., Ham, B.S., Kim, M.K., Awad, E., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(4): 641-4 (1997).

Nomenclature, symbols, units, and their usage in spectrochemical analysis. XVI. Laser-based molecular spectroscopy for chemical analysis - luminescence.
Vo-Dinh, T., Velthorst, N.H., Moore, D.S., Schrader, B., Pure Appl. Chem. 69(7): 1435-49 (1997).

Chemiluminescence of organometallic compounds in reactions with the free radical galvinoxyl.
Bulgakov, R.G., Russ. Chem. Bull. 46(3): 591-2 (1997).

IR polarization study of the UV photodissociation of acetyl chloride: Alignment of photoproducts in the condensed phase.
Rowland, B., Hess, W. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-026

The photodissociation dynamics of solvated molecular cluster ions.
Nandi, S., Sanov, A., Lineberger, W.C. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-031

Simulation of photodissociation in molecular cluster ions: Effect of solvent-solute electrostatic interactions.
Delaney, N., Faeder, J., Maslen, P.E., Parson, R. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-032

Magnetic field effects on the recombination fluorescence of anthracene cation and perfluorocarbon anions.
Grigoryants, V.M., Lipsky, S. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-063

Photochemistry

Mechanisms of photochemical reactions of neptunium ions in hydrochloric acid solutions.
Shilov, V.P., Yusov, A.B., Radiochemistry (Moscow) (Transl. of Radiokhimiya) 38(5): 395-7 (1996).

Mechanisms of photochemical reactions of neptunium ions in nitric acid solutions.
Shilov, V.P., Yusov, A.B., Radiochemistry (Moscow) (Transl. of Radiokhimiya) 38(5): 398-401 (1996).

Influence of the molecular structure on light sensitive property of o-naphthoquinonediazides. I. Influence of the position of the diazide group.
Nguyen, T.H., Tran, N.B., Tap Chi Hoa Hoc 34(4): 34-8 (1996).

Structural and mechanistic investigations of reactive iron carbonyl intermediates relevant to migratory insertion reactions (flash photolysis, photodecarbonylation).
McFarlane, K.L. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1996, 209p.

Part a. trapping of photochemically generated nucleophiles with carbon dioxide: mechanistic investigations. Part b. photochemistry of p-benzoylphenyldiphenylmethyl radical and its derivative (phenanthrene).
Nikolaitchik, A.V. Ph.D., Thesis, Bowling Green State Univ., Bowling Green, OH, 1996, 105p.

Photostability of laser dyes in sol-gel-derived hosts (coumarin, Pyrromethene, silicon dioxide, fluorescence, oxidation).
Suratwala, T.I. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1996, 223p.

Thermal and photochemical decomposition pathways of trinitromethylarenes. Part II. The effects of ethanol on the photolysis reactions of some alkoxy- and dialkoxyarenes in the presence of tetranitromethane. Enhancement of adduct and trinitromethyl substitution product formation.
Butts, C.P., Eberson, L., Hartshorn, M.P., Persson, O., Acta Chem. Scand. 51(6-7): 718-32 (1997).

Catalysis by heteropoly compounds. Part 33. Photocatalyzed decomposition of 4-chlorophenol by Keggin-type heteropolytungstate.
Einaga, H., Misono, M., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 70(7): 1551-7 (1997).

Photoswitching of a vectorial electron transfer reaction at a diarylethene modified electrode.
Nakashima, N., Nakanishi, T., Nakatani, A., Deguchi, Y., Murakami, H., Sagara, T., Irie, M., Chem. Lett. (7): 591-2 (1997).

Photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ with H₂O on Ti-MCM-41 and Ti-MCM-48 mesoporous zeolites at 328 K.
Zhang, S.G., Fujii, Y., Yamashita, K., Koyano, K., Tatsumi, T., Anpo, M., Chem. Lett. (7): 659-60 (1997).

Photoreaction of neutral 9-aminoacridine in glycerol:water glass characterized by satellite holes and antiholes.
Chiang, C.C., Mou, C.Y., Chang, T.C., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(3-4): 153-8 (1997).

Photochemistry of ([eta]⁶-2,6-X₂C₅H₃N)Cr(CO)₃ (X = H, CH₃, (CH₃)₃Si). First example of a photoinduced ring-slip at an ([eta]⁶-arene)M(CO)₃ center. Molecular structures of ([eta]⁶-2,6-(CH₃)₂C₅H₃N)Cr(CO)₃ and ([eta]⁶-2,6-((CH₃)₃Si)₂C₅H₃N)Cr(CO)₃.
Vlcek, A., Jr., Chemtracts 10(8): 607-12 (1997).

Selectivity inversion in the process of photodissociation of peroxy radicals equivalent to SiOCH₂CH₂OO• on activated silica surface.
Pergushev, V.I., Melnikov, M.Y., Osokina, N.Y., Dokl. Akad. Nauk 353(4): 513-5 (1997).

Photodimerization of a,[omega]-bis(4-methylcoumarin)tetraethylene glycol.
Zhu, A., Wu, S., Ganguang Kexue Yu Guang Huaxue 15(2): 151-4 (1997).

Spectral and photochemical properties of xanthene dye-bis(diphenyliodonium) salts in polymer film.
Zhou, W., Li, M., Zhou, H., Wang, E., Ganguang Kexue Yu Guang Huaxue 15(2): 178-82 (1997).

Photochemical reactions of the radical cations of freons and tetramethylurea in a freon matrix at 77 K.
Melnikov, M.Y., Seropegina, E.N., Belevskii, V.N., Belopushkin, S.I., Melnikova, O.L., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 250-4 (1997).

The photochemical isomerization reactions in furan, thiophene, and pyrrole derivatives.
Auria, M.D., Internet J. Sci.: Biol. Chem. 4 (1997).

Photochemistry of (fulvalene)tetracarbonyldiruthenium and its derivatives: Efficient light energy storage devices.
Boese, R., Cammack, J.K., Matzger, A.J., Pflug, K., Tolman, W.B., Vollhardt, K.P.C., Weidman, T.W., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6757-73 (1997).

The carbon isotopic effect in p hotolysis of an aqueous solution of cyclopentanol measured by the NMR method.
Skakovskii, E.D., Tychinskaya, L.Y., Rykov, S.V., Ogorodnikova, M.M., Chuiko, V.A., Antonevich, I.P., Rebrov, A.I., J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Zh. Prikl. Spektrosk.) 64(2): 276-8 (1997).

Photochemistry of 4,6-diazido-3-methylisoxazolo-[4,5-c]pyridine: a convenient entry to 3-methylisoxazolo[1,3]diazepine systems.
Donati, D., Fusi, S., Ponticelli, F., J. Chem. Res., Synop. (5): 170-1 (1997).

Synthesis and photochemical behavior of 3-(estran-16-yl)acrylates and 2-(estran-16-yl)vinyl ketones.
Thiemann, T., Thiemann, C., Sasaki, S., Vill, V., Mataka, S., Tashiro, M., J. Chem. Res., Synop. (7): 248-9 (1997).

Matrix-isolated products of cyanoacetylene dissociation.
Kolos, R., Waluk, J., J. Mol. Struct. 408: 473-6 (1997).

Preparation and photoisomerization of 2-phosphaethenylbenzenes having more than one phosphorus-carbon double bond.
Kawanami, H., Toyota, K., Yoshifuji, M., J. Organomet. Chem. 535(1-2): 1-5 (1997).

Crystalline-state [beta]-a photoisomerization of cobaloxime complexes. Part 1. Generation of asymmetry in chiral crystal environment.
Sekine, A., Tatsuki, H., Ohashi, Y., J. Organomet. Chem. 536-537(1-2): 389-98 (1997).

Synthesis of medium and large rings. Part 44. Synthesis of optically active bridged bicyclobutane derivatives.
Tochtermann, W., Panitzsch, T., Peschanel, M., Wolff, C., Peters, E.M., Peters, K., Von Schnering, H.G., Liebigs Ann./Recl. (6): 1125-9 (1997).

Photochemical phase transition behavior of polymer azobenzene liquid crystals with flexible siloxane units as a side-chain spacer.
Kanazawa, A., Hirano, S., Shishido, A., Hasegawa, M., Tsutsumi, O., Shiono, T., Ikeda, T., Nagase, Y., Akiyama, E., Takamura, Y., Liq. Cryst. 23(2): 293-8 (1997).

Photoinitiators and photoinitiation. Part 12. The aromatic ketone/tert-amine type-II photoinitiating system. Identification of the initiating species.
Hageman, H.J., Macromol. Rapid Commun. 18(5): 443-9 (1997).

Guaiol oxygenation products.
Winter, R.E.K., Baker, J.A., Lam, B.V., Breite, A.G., Rath, N., Nat. Prod. Lett. 10(2): 105-9 (1997).

Reactivity of azoxybenzenes. 24. Photochemical oxygen transfer reaction of 4-methoxyazoxybenzenes in the presence of trichloroacetic acid.
Isshhiki, T., Miyagawa, H., Sasaki, H., Yamamoto, J., Nippon Kagaku Kaishi (7): 532-5 (1997).

Photochemical heterolysis of the metal-metal bond in (Me₃P)(OC)₄OsW(CO)₅.
Male, J.L., Pomeroy, R.K., Tyler, D.R., Organometallics 16(15): 3431-8 (1997).

Competing thermal and photochemical ligand substitution reactions of the dimetallacycle (CO)₄Mo(mu-PMD)₂Mo(CO)₄ (PMD equals pentamethylenediazirine). Mechanistic information from entering nucleophile and pressure dependences.
Fu, W.F., Kisch, H., vanEldik, R., Organometallics 16(15): 3439-46 (1997).

Origin of thermal fixing in photorefractive lithium niobate crystals.
Buse, K., Breer, S., Peithmann, K., Kapphan, S., Gao, M., Kratzig, E., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(3): 1225-35 (1997).

Photo-induced processes in silicate glasses exposed to IR femtosecond pulses.
Efimov, O.M., Gabel, K., Garnov, S.V., Glebov, L.B., Grantham, S., Richardson, M., Soileau, M.J., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2966(Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1996): 65-72 (1997).

The formation of 3-ethoxy-6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)isoxazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine in the photolysis of 4-azido-5-ethoxycarbonyl-2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)pyrimidine.
Vetchinov, V.P., Nikolaenkova, E.B., Mamatyuk, V.I., Krivopalov, V.P., Russ. Chem. Bull. 46(3): 607-8 (1997).

Structure, spectroscopy and photochemistry of platinum(ii) diimine complexes.
Connick, W.B. Ph.D., Thesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1997, 314p.

Synthesis and photochemistry of bi- and mono-metallic group vi cyclopentadienyl complexes and their phosphine derivatives (organometallic, carbonyl, allyl, arene).
Saygh, A.A. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1997, 141p.

Substitution chemistry of ruthenium clusters with the diphosphine ligands: 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclo-penten-1,3-dione (bpcd), (z)-ph(2)pch=chpph(2) and 3,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-5-methoxy-2(5h)-furanone (bmf) (photolysis, phosphine).
Shen, H. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. North Texas, Denton, TX, 1997, 169p.

Elementary processes and molecular dynamics.
Schwentner, N. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, , Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-153

Radiation Chemistry

Radiation effects in Si photocells at elevated iluminations and temperatures.
Bakirov, M.Y., Inorg. Mater. (Transl. of Neorg. Mater.) 33(7): 649-50 (1997).

Absolute rate constants for the self reactions of HO₂, CF₃CFHO₂, and CF₃O₂ radicals and the cross reactions of HO₂ with FO₂, HO₂ with CF₃CFHO₂, and HO₂ with CF₃O₂ at 295 K.
Sehested, J., MoGelberg, T., Fagerstrom, K., Mahmoud, G., Wallington, T.J., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(9): 673-82 (1997).

The effect of gamma radiation on the degradation of salbutamol.
Basly, J.P., Duroux, J.L., Bernard, M., J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 15(8): 1137-41 (1997).

Atmospheric chemistry of CH₂BrCl: Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of F atoms with CH₂BrCl and fate of the CHBrClO• radical.
Bilde, M., Sehested, J., Nielsen, O.J., Wallington, T.J., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5477-88 (1997).

Electron transfer reactions of radical cation and anion of (R)-(-)-1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-diyl hydrogen phosphate in aqueous solution. A pulse radiolysis study.
Shoute, L.C.T., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5535-42 (1997).

Degradation of ZnS field-emission display phosphors during electron-beam bombardment.
Sebastian, J.S., Swart, H.C., Trottier, T.A., Jones, S.L., Holloway, P.H., J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A 15(4): 2349-53 (1997).

Formation and growth process of defect clusters in magnesia under ion irradiation.
Sonoda, T., Abe, H., Knoshita, C., naramoto, H., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 127-128: 176-80 (1997).

Amorphization of Al₂SiO₅ polymorphs under ion beam irradiation.
Wang, S.X., Wang, L.M., Ewing, R.C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 127-128: 186-90 (1997).

In situ and ex situ investigation of ion-beam-induced amorphization in a-SiC.
Weber, W.J., Yu, N., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 127-128: 191-4 (1997).

Effect of damage cascades on the irradiation-induced amorphization in graphite.
Abe, H., Naramoto, H., Iwase, A., Kinoshita, C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 127-128: 681-4 (1997).

Photochromic behavior of the N3 center in neutron-irradiated and annealed type-Ib diamond.
Mita, Y., Kanehara, H., Nisida, Y., Okada, M., Philos. Mag. Lett. 76(2): 93-7 (1997).

Spurious and regenerated thermoluminescence in calcite powder samples.
Pagonis, V., Maniatis, Y., Michael, C., Bassiakos, Y., Radiat. Meas. 27(1): 37-42 (1997).

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Multiphase Systems

Generation of free radicals and electrochemiluminescence at pulse-polarized oxide-covered silicon electrodes in aqueous solutions.
Ala-Kleme, T., Kulmala, S., Latva, M., Acta Chem. Scand. 51(5): 541-6 (1997).

Oxidation of propane to acetone and of ethane to acetaldehyde by O₂ in zeolites with complete selectivity.
Sun, H., Blatter, F., Frei, H., Catal. Lett. 44(3-4): 247-53 (1997).

Fluorescence quenching of CdS nanocrystallites in AOT water-in-oil microemulsions.
Tata, M., Banerjee, S., John, V.T., Waguespack, Y., McPherson, G.L., Colloids Surf., A 127(1-3): 39-46 (1997).

Photochemistry of arylmethyl esters adsorbed on ZSM-5 zeolite - size/shape selectivity.
Tong, Z., Ying, Y., Yuan, L., Ganguang Kexue Yu Guang Huaxue 15(2): 104-8 (1997).

Cylindrical photocatalytic reactors. Radiation absorption and scattering effects produced by suspended fine particles in an annular space.
Romero, R.L., Alfano, O.M., Cassano, A.E., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 36(8): 3094-109 (1997).

Reduction and oxidation of BaTi₄O₉ with a pentagonal prism tunnel structure. Effects on radical formation upon UV irradiation and on the activity of RuO₂/BaTi₄O₉ photocatalyst for water decomposition.
Kohno, M., Ogura, S., Sato, K., Inoue, Y., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(14): 2433-7 (1997).

Hydrated electrons in a quaternary microemulsion system: A pulse radiolysis study.
Adhikari, S., Joshi, R., Gopinathan, C., J. Colloid Interface Sci. 191(1): 268-71 (1997).

Photocatalytic bleaching of p-nitrosodimethylaniline in TiO₂ aqueous suspensions: A kinetic treatment involving some primary events photoinduced on the particle surface.
Ling, Z., Qu, P., Zhao, J., Shen, T., Hidaka, H., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 120(1-3): 235-45 (1997).

Photocatalytic degradation of mono-, di- and trinitrophenol in aqueous TiO₂ suspension.
Tanaka, K., Luesaiwong, W., Hisanaga, T., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 122(1): 67-74 (1997).

Electronic spectra and photocatalytic activities of semiconductor nanoparticles incorporated in silica matrix.
Smirnova, N.P., Kryukov, A.I., Korzhak, A.V., Eremenko, A.M., Kuchmii, S.A., Ogenko, V.M., J. Mol. Struct. 408-409: 563-7 (1997).

Application of chemiluminescent probe to monitoring superoxide radicals and hydrogen peroxide in TiO₂ photocatalysis.
Nosaka, Y., Yamashita, Y., Fukuyama, H., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(30): 5822-7 (1997).

Fluorescence quenching studies of micellization and solubilization in fluorocarbon-hydrocarbon surfactant mixtures.
Almgren, M., Wang, K., Asakawa, T., Langmuir 13(17): 4535-44 (1997).

Pyrene fluorescence-quenching by 1,1,2,2-tetrahydroheptadecafluorodecyl pyridinium chloride in mixed fluorocarbon-hydrocarbon micelles.
Asakawa, T., Okamoto, T., Miyagishi, S., Nihon Yukagakkaishi 46(7): 777-83 (1997).

Photostimulated luminescence of silver clusters in zeolite-Y.
Chen, W., Wang, Z., Lin, L., Lin, J., Su, M., Phys. Lett. A 232(5): 391-4 (1997).

Spectroscopic properties of polycyclic aromatic compounds. Part 5. The nitromethane selective quenching rule revisited in aqueous micellar solvent media.
Pandey, S., Powell, J.R., Acree, W.E., Jr., Cho, B.P., Kum, J., Yang, C., Harvey, R.G., Polycyclic Aromat. Compd. 12(1): 1-19 (1997).

TiO₂ photocatalysis using weak u.v. light.
Hashimoto, K., Ishibashi, K., Fujishima, A., Reza Kenkyu 25(6): 405-10 (1997).

In-situ EXAFS observation of the microscopic surface structure of CdS and ZnS semiconductor nanocrystalline photocatalysts in N,N-dimethylformamide.
Murakoshi, K., Yanagida, S., Reza Kenkyu 25(6): 411-6 (1997).

Study on micelle stabilized room temperature photphorescence behavior of pyrene by laser induced time resolved technique.
Wei, Y., Jin, W., Liu, C., Zhou, H., Tong, H., Zhang, N., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 53A(9): 1405-10 (1997).

Application of a near-field optical microscope to investigate the fluorescence energy transfer between chromophores embedded in Langmuir-Blodgett films.
Brunner, R., Bietsch, A., Hollricher, O., Marti, O., Lambacher, A., Surf. Interface Anal. 25(7-8): 492-5 (1997).

Studies of photochemical assemblies in zeolite-y and membrane-like layered double hydroxides (electron transfer reactions, charge separation, triad systems, viologens).
Borja, M.P. Ph.D., Thesis, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, 1997, 690p.

Polymers

A method of analyzing complex ESR spectra of irradiated polymers.
Reddy, A.T., Krishna, C.S., Reddy, N.S., Rao, B.S., J. Polym. Mater. 13(4): 313-6 (1996).

Electroluminescent stilbenoids. Electrochemically generated luminescence in solution and organic light emitting devices on a polymer blend basis.
Kelnhofer, K., Knorr, A., Tak, Y.H., Bassler, H., Daub, J., Acta Polym. 48(5-6): 188-92 (1997).

Oligophenylenevinylenes for light-emitting diodes.
Goodson, T., III, Li, W., Gharavi, A., Yu, L., Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.) 9(8): 639-43 (1997).

Photochemical grafting of a-propylsulfate-poly(ethylene oxide) on polyurethane surfaces and enhanced antithrombogenic potential.
Saito, N., Nojiri, C., Kuroda, S., Sakai, K., Biomaterials 18(17): 1195-7 (1997).

Free radical induced oxidative depolymerisation of chondroitin sulphate and dermatan sulphate.
Ofman, D., Slim, G.C., Watt, D.K., Yorke, S.C., Carbohydr. Polym. 33(1): 47-56 (1997).

Photoinduced infrared absorptions from conjugated polymers with nondegenerate ground states.
Cha, Y.H., Furukawa, Y., Tasumi, M., Noguchi, T., Ohnishi, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(3-4): 159-63 (1997).

Time-resolved emission spectra of poly(3-octylthiophene): energy migration in the [pi]-conjugated polymer chain.
Watanabe, A., Kodaira, T., Ito, O., Chem. Phys. Lett. 273(3-4): 227-31 (1997).

On the structure of latent tracks in polymers irradiated with heavy ions.
Sokolova, Y.D., Machula, A.A., Milinchuk, V.K., Zhdanov, G.S., Colloid J. (Transl. of Kolloidn. Zh.) 59(3): 369-72 (1997).

Pervaporation of water-ethanol mixtures through photopolymerized acrylic membranes.
Gozzelino, G., Priola, A., Malucelli, G., Delmastro, A., Colloids Surf., A 127(1-3): 83-8 (1997).

Polymerization of diethylene glycol bis-allyl carbonate up to high degrees of conversion.
Hill, D.J.T., O'Donnell, J.H., Perera, M.C.S., Pomery, P.J., Eur. Polym. J. 33(5): 649-58 (1997).

Enhanced irradiation self-crosslinking and co-crosslinking with nitrile rubber of poly(vinyl chloride) with pendent N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate groups.
Yang, W., Guan, J., Cui, W., Ye, S., Shen, J., Eur. Polym. J. 33(5): 761-5 (1997).

Photopolymerizable polydimethylsiloxane by cationic methods. II. Synthesis of silane bearing heterocyclics, of olefin functions.
Lecamp, L., Youssef, B., Bunel, C., Eur. Polym. J. 33(7): 1021-9 (1997).

Synthesis and structural analysis of thermal and photocrosslinkable polyurethane with high thermal stability. 1. Mechanical property and orientational behavior.
Seo, B.S., Lee, H.S., Jin, M.J., Han'guk Somyu Konghakhoechi 34(3): 148-57 (1997).

Free radicals formed upon photolysis and radiolysis of polymers. 1. Radicals in gamma- and UV-irradiated polyethylene.
Kuzina, S.I., Mikhailov, A.I., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 239-43 (1997).

Low-temperature liquid-phase oxidation of hexafluoropropylene by molecular oxygen: Effect of the rate of initiation.
Shapovalov, V.V., Poluektov, V.A., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 281-2 (1997).

Study of hexafluoropropylene photopolymerization for the synthesis of perfluoropolyether.
De Andrade, L.G., Silva, A.B.L., Dias, D.B., Da Silva, R.G., Lopergolo, L.C., Ghilardi, E., De Castro, A.R.M., Inf. Tecnol. 8(3): 11-5 (1997).

Near-threshold photoablation characteristics of polyimide and poly(ethylene terephthalate).
Krajnovich, D.J., J. Appl. Phys. 82(1): 427-35 (1997).

Photocured polymer networks based on multifunctional [beta]-ketoesters and acrylates.
Pavlinec, J., Moszner, N., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 65(1): 165-78 (1997).

Grafting onto wool. XXX. Efffects of solvent composition on the radiation-induced graft copolymerization of some acrylates onto wool fiber.
Chauhan, G.S., Guleria, L.K., Misra, B.N., Rawat, B.R., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 65(1): 191-5 (1997).

Functionalization of polyorganophosphazenes. VII. Photooxidative stabilization of aryloxy-substituted polyorganophosphazenes induced by grafting HALS groups through anhydride moieties.
Minto, F., Borzatta, V., Bertani, R., Gleria, M., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 65(2): 217-31 (1997).

Synthesis of poly(propylene-glycol-diacrylates) and properties of the photocured networks.
Malucelli, G., Gozzelino, G., Ferrero, F., Bongiovanni, R., Priola, A., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 65(3): 491-7 (1997).

Synthesis of a photosensitive poly(arylene ether) containing pendant benzoyl groups.
Kono, K., Ueda, M., Cassidy, P.E., Fitch, J.W., J. Macromol. Sci., Pure Appl. Chem. A34(6): 929-39 (1997).

The properties of SBS-g-VP copolymer membrane prepared by UV photografting without degassing.
Yang, J.M., Wang, M.C., Hsu, Y.G., Chang, C.H., J. Membr. Sci. 128(2): 133-40 (1997).

Photoactivated hydrosilation curing of a ceramic precursor: crosslinking and pyrolysis of branched oligo[(methylsilylene)methylene].
Fry, B.E., Guo, A., Neckers, D.C., J. Organomet. Chem. 538(1-2): 151-62 (1997).

A comparison of space-charge distributions in electron-beam irradiated FEP obtained by using heat-wave and pressure-pulse techniques.
Bloss, P., Steffen, M., Schafer, H., Yang, G.M., Sessler, G.M., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 30(11): 1668-75 (1997).

Synthesis and properties of a new photostable polymer: Perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid bis-(N,N'-dodecylpolyimide).
Icil, H., Icli, S., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(11): 2137-42 (1997).

Synthesis, characterization, and photolysis of poly[3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-[(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl)oxalato]phenylacetylene], a photochemical polyradical precursor.
Lahti, P.M., Inceli, A.L., Rossitto, F.C., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(11): 2167-76 (1997).

Novel photoinitiated cationic copolymerizations of 4-methylene-2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane.
Belfield, K.D., Abdelrazzaq, F.B., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(11): 2207-19 (1997).

Novel green light-emitting diode with high efficiency; Synthesis and electroluminescent property of poly(2-(2'-ethylhexylthio)-5-methoxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (PMEHTPV).
Yoon, C.B., Kang, I.N., Shim, H.K., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(11): 2253-8 (1997).

The effect of solvent on the home-propagation rate coefficients of styrene and methyl methacrylate.
Zammit, M.D., Davis, T.P., Willett, G.D., ODriscoll, K.F., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 35(11): 2311-21 (1997).

Effect of molecular structure of substituents on green electroluminescence in disubstituted acetylene polymers.
Hidayat, R., Hirohata, M., Tada, K., Teraguchi, M., Masuda, T., Yoshino, K., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1 36(6A): 3740-3 (1997).

A comparative study of D-C electrochemiluminescence from poly(2-methoxy-5-dodecyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene) in solution and in solid polymer electrolyte media.
Hamaguchi, M., Nambu, H., Ohsawa, T., Yoshino, K., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 2 36(6A): L679-L81 (1997).

Development and application of photocatalytic film Vistolater F.
Kimura, N., Ono, K., Konbatekku 25(6): 6-9 (1997).

Polymerization behavior of electron-accepting substituted quinodimethanes.
Itoh, T., Iwatsuki, S., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 1997-2016 (1997).

Langmuir-Blodgett films of photochromic polyglutamates .10. The influence of the side chain architecture on the thermal and monolayer forming properties of ''hairy rod''-like polymers.
Menzel, H., Rambke, B., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2073-87 (1997).

Preparation and identification of di-block copolymer composed of crystalline poly(ethylene oxide) and noncrystalline poly(vinyl acetate) with well-defined structure.
Huang, J.L., Huang, X.Y., Hu, W.B., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2101-9 (1997).

Regularities of gamma-ray induced polymerization for two mesogen-containing acrylic monomers.
Yuranova, T.I., Vasilets, V.N., Kovalchuk, A.V., Savenkov, G.N., Zubarev, E.R., Otmakhova, O.A., Talroze, R.V., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2121-8 (1997).

Photoreactive diimide models of benzhydroltetracarboxylic dianhydride: synthesis, characterization and photopolymerization.
RamesLanglade, G., Monjol, P., Sekiguchi, H., Mercier, R., Sillion, B., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2139-51 (1997).

Polymers of carbonic acid. 23. Photoreactive cholesteric polycarbonates based on isosorbide, 4,4'-dihydroxychalcone and 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl.
Kricheldorf, H.R., Sun, S.J., Sapich, B., Stumpe, J., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2197-210 (1997).

Poly(phenylenevinylene)-type conjugated alternating copolymers: Synthesis and optical properties in solution.
Hilberer, A., vanHutten, P.F., Wildeman, J., Hadziioannou, G., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2211-35 (1997).

Synthesis and optical properties of polyureas with azoaromatic groups in the main chain.
Lee, T.S., Kim, D.Y., Jiang, X.L., Li, L.A., Kumar, J., Tripathy, S., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2279-89 (1997).

Preparation and evaluation of novel side-chain liquid-crystalline polydienes using photoinitiated free-radical cyclopolymerization.
Buxton, I.P., Hall, A.W., Lacey, D., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(7): 2307-19 (1997).

Interferometric investigation of the effects, on the refractive index of PVA, of doping with lead acetate and gamma irradiation.
El-Zaiat, S.Y., El-Ghandoor, H., Sharaf, F., Opt. Laser Technol. 29(3): 117-9 (1997).

Environmentally freindly water absorbing polymers.
Kunioka, M., Petrotech (Tokyo) 20(7): 553-8 (1997).

STM-induced luminescence study of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) by conversion under ultraclean conditions.
Alvarado, S.F., Riess, W., Seidler, P.F., Strohriegl, P., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(3): 1269-78 (1997).

Picosecond spectroscopy and hyperlinear photoluminescence in poly(para-phenylene)-type ladder polymers.
Kranzelbinder, G., Byrne, H.J., Hallstein, S., Roth, S., Leising, G., Scherf, U., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(3): 1632-6 (1997).

Photo-oxidation of poly(butylene naphthalate).
Scheirs, J., Gardette, J.-L., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 56(3): 351-6 (1997).

Photo-degradation of polyethylene and polypropylene at slow strain rate.
Kelly, C.T., White, J.R., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 56(3): 367-83 (1997).

Synthesis, thermal and radiation sensitivities of the fluorine containing methylene-bridged aromatic polyesters.
Choi, E.-J., Hill, D.J.T., Kim, K.Y., O'Donnell, J.H., Pomery, P.J., Polymer 38(14): 3669-76 (1997).

Radiation cured, environmentally compliant, pigmented coatings.
Howell, B.F., O'Donnell, M., Proc. - Electrochem. Soc. 16(Environmentally Acceptable Inhibitors and Coatings): 29-39 (1997).

Photopolymerization of polymer dispersed liquid crystals in microgravity.
Whitehead, J.B., Jr., Chandler, M.M., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 3123(Materials Research in Low Gravity): 128-34 (1997).

Synthesis and electroluminescent property of a new conjugated polymer based on carbazole derivative: poly(3,6-N-2-ethylhexyl carbazolyl cyanoterephthalidene).
Lee, J.-H., Park, J.-W., Choi, S.-K., Synth. Met. 88(1): 31-5 (1997).

Stability increase of poly(3-hexadecylthiophene) doped with FeCl₃ in an atmosphere of selected gases (O₂, SO₂, NO₂) and water vapor by [gamma]-radiation.
Szabo, L., Cik, G., Sitek, J., Seberini, M., Synth. Met. 88(1): 79-83 (1997).

Photochemical modification of poly(p-xylylene).
Nurmukhametov, R.N., Volkova, L.V., Belaits, I.L., Pebalk, A.V., Mailyan, K.A., Kardash, I.E., Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser. A Ser. B 39(4): 755-7 (1997).

Characterization of properties and structural heterogeneity of crosslinked polymers formed by living radical photopolymerizations.
Kannurpatti, A.R. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1997, 213p.

Synthesis, characterization, thermal, and photophysical properties of carbon-carbon chain polymers with pendant terphenyl side-chains (LED, polystyrene, flat panel displays).
Trial, T.T. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, SM, 1997, 345p.

Solar-simulated photodegradation of polystyrene: phthalocyanine pigments and methyl methacrylate as inhibitor of photodegradation process.
Trinh, D.V. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Missouri, Rolla, MO, 1997, 110p.

Biological and Medical Aspects

Intracomplex quenching by copper(II) ion of excited singlet and triplet states of zinc myoglobin modified with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid.
Tsukahara, K., Kimura, C., Sakurai, T., Chem. Lett. (7): 601-2 (1997).

Photodegradation of nonoxynol-9 in aqueous media. Studies of its in vitro phototoxicity.
Canudas, N., Rivas, C., Internet J. Sci.: Biol. Chem. 4 (1997).

Interplay of hydrogen abstraction and radical repair in the generation of single- and double-strand DNA damage by the esperamicins.
Epstein, J.L., Zhang, X.D., Doss, G.A., Liesch, J.M., Krishnan, B., Stubbe, J., Kozarich, J.W., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6731-8 (1997).

Migration and trapping of photoinjected excess electrons in double-stranded B-form DNA but not in single-stranded DNA.
Shafirovich, V.Y., Dourandin, A., Luneva, N.P., Geacintov, N.E., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(30): 5863-8 (1997).

An EPR and pulsed ENDOR study of the structure of tyrosine Z• in tris-treated photosystem II.
Mino, H., Astashkin, A.V., Kawamori, A., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 53(9): 1465-83 (1997).

Solar Energy

Creation of new energy by photocatalyst: technology of clean hydrogen fuel production from solar light and water.
Arakawa, H., Reza Kenkyu 25(6): 425-30 (1997).

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Ultrafast all-optical switch using complex refractive index changes of thin films containing photochromic dye.
Sasaki, K., Nagamura, T., Appl. Phys. Lett. 71(4): 434-6 (1997).

Heterogeneous photocatalysis: an emerging technology for remediation of VOC contaminated environments.
Nogueira, R.F.P., Alberici, R.M., Jardim, W.F., Cienc. Cult. (Sao Paulo) 49(1-2): 14-24 (1997).

Lead removal from aqueous solutions by electron-beam treatment in the presence of a scavenger of OH radicals.
Zhestkova, T.P., Pikaev, A.A., Pikaev, A.K., Kim, D.K., Kim, Y., Han, B., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 222-5 (1997).

Experimental and theoretical aspects of the radiation-adsorption purification of wastewaters.
Danilin, D.I., Venitsianov, E.V., Minigaliev, R.M., Brusentseva, S.A., Shubin, V.N., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 226-8 (1997).

Sunscreens' photochemical behavior: in vivo evaluation by the stripping method.
Lazar, G.M., Fructus, A.E., Baillet, A., Bocquet, J.L., Thomas, P., Marty, J.P., Int. J. Cosmet. Sci. 19(2): 87-101 (1997).

Formation of free-standing sterilized edible-films from irradiated caseinates.
Brault, D., D-Aprano, G., lacroix, M., J. Agric. Food Chem. 45(8): 2964-9 (1997).

Theoretical analysis of super-resolution optical disk mastering using a photoreactive dye mask layer.
Tsujioka, T., Kume, M., Irie, M., Opt. Rev. 4(3): 385-9 (1997).

Formaldehyde photolysis-induced dechlorination of o-dichlorobenzene.
Riedel, E.P. Ph.D., Thesis, Univ. Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1997, 115p.

Theoretical Studies

Valence [pi]-bonding, Dewar structures and free [pi]-radical structures of metallofullerenes.
Chiu, Y.N., Xiao, J.M., Xiao, X.C., Huang, W.X., Li, N.N., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao (Chem. J. Higher Educ. Inst.) 18(7): 1147-52 (1997).

Propagation of radiation defects to a fractally rough surface.
Okunev, A.G., Aristov, Y.I., High Energy Chem. (Transl. of Khim. Vys. Energ.) 31(4): 229-32 (1997).

Analysis of relative rate measurements.
Brauers, T., FinlaysonPitts, B.J., Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 29(9): 665-72 (1997).

The C₅H₆NH₂⁺ protonated Shiff base: An ab initio minimal model for retinal photoisomerization.
Garavelli, M., Celani, P., Bernardi, F., Robb, M.A., Olivucci, M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(29): 6891-901 (1997).

Spectral characteristics of luminescence of solutions of complex molecules under conditions of electronic excitation transfer to a saturable acceptor in the case of inhomogeneous broadening of electronic energy levels.
Gorbatsevich, S.K., Sakharuk, S.A., J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Zh. Prikl. Spektrosk.) 64(2): 172-7 (1997).

Band structure of electronic levels and the formation of the fluorescence spectra of polar compounds in polar media.
Pavlovich, V.S., J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Zh. Prikl. Spektrosk.) 64(2): 220-8 (1997).

Energy yield of photoluminescence in a system of particles with three energy levels on periodic pulse excitation.
Goryunov, V.A., Denisov, B.N., Korolyov, A.P., Nikishin, E.V., J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Zh. Prikl. Spektrosk.) 64(2): 287-91 (1997).

Nonlinear effects in dipole solvation. 1. Thermodynamics.
Matyushov, D.V., Ladanyi, B.M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(5): 1362-74 (1997).

Nonlinear effects in dipole solvation. 2. Optical spectra and electron transfer activation.
Matyushov, D.V., Ladanyi, B.M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(5): 1375-87 (1997).

Vibrational coherence in nonadiabatic dynamics.
Bixon, M., Jortner, J., J. Chem. Phys. 107(5): 1470-82 (1997).

Strength of spin coupling in high-spin organic molecules.
Li, S.H., Ma, J., Jiang, Y.S., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5567-73 (1997).

Ab initio study of the interaction of rhodium with dinitrogen and carbon monoxide.
McKee, M.L., Worley, S.D., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(30): 5600-3 (1997).

Semiclassical Monte Carlo path integration in the real-time domain: a classical trajectory method for describing coherent ultrashort phototransitions of molecules.
Kinugawa, T., Sakurai, K., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 66(5): 1310-20 (1997).

The molecular weight distribution for chain polymerization plus side reaction.
Pickett, T.J., J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 35(11): 1711-25 (1997).

Evaluation of the performance of non-local and hybrid density functional theory methods for pi-radical hyperfine structures.
Eriksson, L.A., Mol. Phys. 91(5): 827-33 (1997).

Differences between statistical mechanics and thermodynamics on the mesoscopic scale.
Kamenev, A., Gefen, Y., Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 56(3): 1025-8 (1997).

Computed optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra of neutral oxygen vacancies in alpha-quartz.
Pacchioni, G., Ierano, G., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(4): 753-6 (1997).

Polychronous kinetics with nonstationary rate constants. Effect of a medium.
Goldanskii, V.I., Kozhushner, M.A., Trakhtenberg, L.I., Russ. Chem. Bull. 46(3): 448-55 (1997).

A model VBCI calculation on the state correlation diagram for radical abstraction and addition reactions.
Salikhov, A., Fischer, H., Theor. Chem. Acc. 96(2): 114-21 (1997).

Photodissociation dynamics of molecules in rare gas clusters and matrixes.
Schmidt, B. Book of Abstracts, 214th ACS National Meeting, , Las Vegas, NV, American Chemical Society 1997, p.PHYS-030

Reviews

New opportunities in basic polymer photoscience.
Neckers, D.C., IS&T's Annu. Conf., Final Program Proc. (49): 494-5 (1996).

Light stabilization of UV cured coatings: a progress report.
Valet, A., Wostratzky, D., RadTech Rep. 10(6): 18-22 (1996).

Basis of the selectivity of radiochemical processes in polymers.
Fel'dman, V.I., Ross. Khim. Zh. 40(6): 90-7 (1996).

Advanced EPR spectroscopy on electron transfer processes in photosynthesis and biomimetic model systems.
Levanon, H., Mobius, K., Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 26: 495-540 (1997).

Interfacial electron transfer to the zeolite-encapsulated methylviologen acceptor from various carbonylmanganate donors. Shape selectivity of cations in mediating electron conduction through the zeolite framework.
Skoog, S.J., Gladfelter, W.L., Chemtracts 10(5): 372-5 (1997).

Heterogeneous photocatalysis. Fundamentals and applications.
Augugliaro, V., Loddo, V., Marci, G., Palmisano, L., Schiavello, M., Sclafani, A., Chim. Ind. (Milan) 79(4): 473-81 (1997).

Luminescent materials.
Fouassier, C., Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 2(2): 231-5 (1997).

Development of highly radiation-resistant aramid fiber for concrete reinforcing.
Udagawa, A., Moriya, T., Genshiryoku Kogyo 43(6): 34-40 (1997).

Progress of photochemistry in organized and constrained systems.
Wu, S., Huaxue Jinzhan 9(2): 160-9 (1997).

Decomposition of harmful substances in water by photocatalysts.
Tanaka, K., Kagaku Sochi 39(7): 59-61 (1997).

Stimuli-responsive polymers.
Aoshima, S., Kobunshi 46(7): 497-502 (1997).

Weather-resistance improving additives. 3. Ceramic fine particle based ultraviolet stabilizer.
Iada, S., Kogyo Zairyo 45(6): 70-2 (1997).

Sonoluminescence: an inferno in a bubble.
Kryszewski, S., Postepy Fiz. 48(2): 103-20 (1997).

Excimer formation and luminescence in conducting polymers.
Conwell, E., Trends Polym. Sci. (Cambridge, U. K.) 5(7): 218-22 (1997).