NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 05/25/99 # 99_09

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 pulse radiolysis study of an imidazolato-bridged asymmetric dicopper(II) complex. A structural and functional mimic of superoxide dismutase.
Tabbi, G., Nauser, T., Koppenol, W.H., Reedijk, J., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (12): 1939-43 (1998).

Absence of multiple steady states and a transition from steady state to monotonic growth behavior of [CO] and [O₃] in a simple, nonlinear, oscillatory model of tropospheric photochemistry.
Kalachev, L.V., Field, R.J., Geophys. Res. Lett. 25(24): 4505-8 (1998).

Time-resolved ESR study of naphthoquinone radicals photolytically generated in TX-100 micelle.
Lu, T.-X., Li, G.-Z., Li, X.-Z., Sun, W.-B., Wu, Q., Huaxue Xuebao 56(11): 1041-7 (1998).

Kinetics of Au³⁺ reduction under the action of resonant laser radiation.
Krynetskii, A.B., Prokhorov, A.M., Fadeeva, S.S., Kvantovaya Elektron. (Moscow) 25(7): 638-40 (1998).

Fluorescence detected coherent phenomena on single triplet-state molecules.
Kilin, S.Y., Nizovtsev, A.P., Berman, P.R., Wrachtrup, J., von Borczyskowski, C., Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 3485(Nonlinear Optics): 98-109 (1998).

Fast electron transfer repair of oxidizing OH adduct of dGMP by chlorogenic acid.
Ma, J., Qian, S., Lin, W., Yao, S., Sci. China, Ser. B: Chem. 41(5): 556-60 (1998).

Fluorescence of dye molecules embedded in a photonic crystal.
Petrov, E.P., Bogomolov, V.N., Kalosha, I.I., Gaponenko, S.V., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 63(Ultrafast Phenomena XI): 523-5 (1998).

Investigating the photochemical dynamics of chlorine dioxide in water and acetonitrile using ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy.
Philpott, M.J., Hayes, S.C., Reid, P.J., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 63(Ultrafast Phenomena XI): 597-9 (1998).

Instantaneous product anisotropies in the fs-photolysis of triiodide.
Hess, S., Vohringer, P., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 63(Ultrafast Phenomena XI): 600-2 (1998).

Photodissociation of CH₂I₂ and the subsequent electron transfer in its cluster formed in solution.
Naitoh, Y., Saitow, K.-I., Yoshihara, K., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 63(Ultrafast Phenomena XI): 624-6 (1998).

Radiation protection effects by the presence of diphenyl alkanes studied by pulse radiolysis.
Izumi, Y., Okawa, H., Kojima, T., Yamamoto, T., Mizutani, Y., Miki, M., Kozawa, T., Yoshida, Y., Tagawa, S., Technol. Rep. Osaka Univ. 48(2319-2337): 309-16 (1998).

Pulse radiolysis studies on the radiation resistance of liquid n-alkane in the presence of additives.
Izumi, Y., Kojima, T., Okawa, H., Yamamoto, T., Yoshida, Y., Mizutani, Y., Kozawa, T., Miki, M., Tagawa, S., Technol. Rep. Osaka Univ. 48(2319-2337): 317-24 (1998).

Kinetics of the photobromination of dichloro- and dibromoethane. Estimate of the C-H bond dissociation energies and the heats of formation of the CH₃CCl₂ and CH₃CBr₂ radicals.
Miyokawa, K., Tschuikow-Roux, E., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 1-5 (1999).

A pulse-product-yield-detected ESR study on the photolysis of nitronaphthalene-aniline bifunctional chain molecule.
Konishi, Y., Maruthamuthu, P., Okazaki, M., Arakawa, Y., Nakagaki, R., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 27-31 (1999).

Behavior of biradicals generated from a Norrish type-I reaction of 2,2-diphenylcycloalkanones. Chain-length dependence and magnetic field effects.
Suzuki, I., Tanaka, R., Yamaguchi, A., Maki, S., Misawa, H., Tokumaru, K., Nakagaki, R., Sakuragi, H., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 103-13 (1999).

Syntheses, characterizations, and redox behavior of optically active viologens and bisviologens.
Tsukahara, K., Kaneko, J., Miyaji, T., Abe, K., Matsuoka, M., Hara, T., Tanase, T., Yano, S., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 139-49 (1999).

Radical cation of dodecamethylcyclohexagermane generated by pulse radiolysis.
Mochida, K., Kuwano, N., Nagao, H., Seki, S., Yoshida, Y., Tagawa, S., Chem. Lett. (1): 3-4 (1999).

Enclathrated solvent effects on the photochromic process of N-salicylideneaniline in the crystal state.
Kawato, T., Kanatomi, H., Amimoto, K., Koyama, H., Shigemizu, H., Chem. Lett. (1): 47-8 (1999).

Absolute quantum yields and lifetimes of photosensitized phosphorescence of singlet oxygen O₂ (¹[Delta]_g) in air-saturated aqueous and organic solutions of phenalenone.
Shimizu, O., Watanabe, J., Imakubo, K., Naito, S., Chem. Lett. (1): 67-8 (1999).

High sensitive oxygen sensor based on quenching of triplet-triplet absorption of fullerene C₆₀-polystyrene film.
Amao, Y., Asai, K., Okura, I., Chem. Lett. (1): 95-6 (1999).

Excimer luminescence from single crystals and films of a cyano-substituted phenylene-vinylene model compound.
van Hutten, P.F., Krasnikov, V., Brouwer, H.J., Hadziioannou, G., Chem. Phys. 241(1): 139-54 (1999).

Photoinduced intramolecular charge-transfer systems based on porphyrin-viologen dyads for optical limiting.
Dupuis, B., Michaut, C., Jouanin, I., Delaire, J., Robin, P., Feneyrou, P., Dentan, V., Chem. Phys. Lett. 300(1-2): 169-76 (1999).

Kinetics of the reaction of OH with di-n-butoxymethane (DBM) in the range 298-710 K.
Becker, K.H., Dinis, C., Geiger, H., Wiesen, P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 300(3-4): 460-4 (1999).

Transformation of OH-adduct of 1-chloro-4-iodobutane into intra-molecular radical cation in neutral aqueous solution.
Mohan, H., Maity, D.K., Chattopadhyay, S., Mittal, J.P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 300(3-4): 493-8 (1999).

Single and multiple collision effects observed in the femtosecond spectroscopy of I₂ rare gas collision complexes: a statistical description.
Dietz, H., Engel, V., J. Chem. Phys. 110(7): 3335-40 (1999).

Two-photon dissociation and ionization of liquid water studied by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.
Thomsen, C.L., Madsen, D., Keiding, S.R., Thogersen, J., Christiansen, O., J. Chem. Phys. 110(7): 3453-62 (1999).

Translational motion and isomerization reaction near a solid-liquid interface studied by the interface sensitive transient grating method.
Nakajima, N., Hirota, N., Terazima, M., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 1-9 (1999).

Photochemical reactions of T₁ benzopyranthione in 3-methylpentane.
Kozlowski, J., Maciejewski, A., Milewski, M., Urjasz, W., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 12(1): 47-52 (1999).

Radiation damage of NaI(Tl) by fast neutron irradiation: Blocking of the energy transfer processes from V_k centers and electrons to the activator of Tl.
Kubota, S., Shiraishi, F., Takami, Y., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 68(1): 298-302 (1999).

A study of dimethylferrocene diffusion and electrode kinetics using microelectrode voltammetry in poly(ethylene glycol) solvent.
Zhou, H.F., Gu, N.Y., Dong, S.J., J. Solid State Electrochem. 3(2): 82-6 (1999).

Substituent effects on the intramolecular fluorescence quenching in naphthylalanine derivatives.
Miyoshi, K., Kubo, K., Sakurai, T., Inoue, H., Nippon Kagaku Kaishi (1): 37-44 (1999).

Femtosecond dynamics of hydrogen bonds in liquid water: A real time study.
Gale, G.M., Gallot, G., Hache, F., Lascoux, N., Bratos, S., Leicknam, J.C., Phys. Rev. Lett. 82(5): 1068-71 (1999).

Fluorescence quenching of etilefrine by acetate anion.
Osso, B.Q., Rodriguez, F.M., Domingo, J.J.M., Gonzalez, M.C.C., Gomez, J.T., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 55(2): 279-88 (1999).

Optical Spectra

Photochemistry of fluorescein and eosin derivatives.
Meallier, P., Guittonneau, S., Emmelin, C., Konstantinova, T., Dyes Pigm. 40(2-3): 95-8 (1998).

Studies on the charge-transfer complexes of o-chloranil with a series of methylbenzenes.
Chakravarty, B., Datta, K., Mukherjee, A.K., Banerjee, M., Seal, B.K., Indian J. Chem., Sect. A: Inorg., Bio-inorg., Phys., Theor. Anal. Chem. 37(10): 865-70 (1998).

Effect of substituent on intramolecular charge transfer and excited state dipole moments of amino coumarins.
Kumar, S., Giri, R., Machwe, M.K., Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 36(11): 622-6 (1998).

Cation vibrational spectra of pyrimidine and its van der Waals complexes with Ar and N₂ by ZEKE photoelectron spectroscopy.
Sato, S., Omiya, K., Kimura, K., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 97(1-2): 121-9 (1998).

The spectroscopy of the Rydberg and ionic states of the I₂-Ar van der Waals complex.
Cockett, M.C.R., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 97(1-2): 171-90 (1998).

The effect of photodegradation on the fluorescent properties of norfloxacin (photodegradation and fluorescence of norfloxacin).
Cordoba-Diaz, M., Cordoba-Borrego, M., Cordoba-Diaz, D., J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 18(4-5): 865-70 (1998).

Spectral-fluorescent properties and dynamics of structural relaxation in the excited state of 1,2-bis-(5-phenyloxazol-2-yl)benzene derivatives.
Kirichenko, A.V., Doroshenko, A.O., Shershukov, V.M., Khim. Fiz. 17(9): 41-8 (1998).

Spectral-luminescence and lasing properties of the pyrromethine dye PM-567 in ethanol and in a polymer matrix.
Bondar, M.V., Przhonska, O.V., Kvantovaya Elektron. (Moscow) 25(9): 775-8 (1998).

Synthesis of 3-substituted-7-dialkylamino-1-4-benzoxazin-2-ketones.
Cai, C., Lu, C., Nanjing Ligong Daxue Xuebao 22(4): 360-3 (1998).

Radiation-induced luminescence of pyrolytic boron nitride.
Stepanov, V.A., Stepanov, P.A., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 85(6): 893-7 (1998).

Correlation of exciplex formation with ground state conformations in flexible bichromophoric esters: 2-(1-pyrenyl)ethyl p-cyanobenzoate and its model compounds.
Kawakami, J., Furuta, T., Nakamura, J., Uchida, A., Iwamura, M., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 47-54 (1999).

Substitution effect on the coloration quantum yield of a photochromic bisbenzothienylethene.
Uchida, K., Tsuchida, E., Aoi, Y., Nakamura, S., Irie, M., Chem. Lett. (1): 63-4 (1999).

Reduction of the NO⁺ ligand in the pentacyanonitrosylosmate(II) ion.
Baumann, F., Kaim, W., Baraldo, L.M., Slep, L.D., Olabe, J.A., Fiedler, J., Inorg. Chim. Acta 285(1): 129-33 (1999).

Experimental evidence of different contributions to the photoluminescence at 4.4 eV in synthetic silica.
Boscaino, R., Cannas, M., Gelardi, F.M., Leone, M., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 11(3): 721-31 (1999).

Fluorescence studies on photo-induced structure changes in purified biphenyl crystals.
Liu, X.H., Satoh, N., Kudo, G., Abe, K., Shigenari, T., Narisawa, T., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 68(1): 284-7 (1999).

Exciton self-trapping in two-dimensional system of (C₂H₅NH₃)₂CdCl₄ single crystal.
Ohnishi, A., Tanaka, K., Yoshinari, T., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 68(1): 288-90 (1999).

Thermodynamics

A photoionization study of the hydroperoxyl radical, HO₂, and hydrogen peroxide, H₂O₂.
Litorja, M., Ruscic, B., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 97(1-2): 131-46 (1998).

Comparison of electrochemically and photochemically induced electron-transfer processes of a series of copper(II) Schiff base complexes with thiolate coordination.
Knoblauch, S., Hartl, F., Stufkens, D.J., Hennig, H., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (2): 303-12 (1999).

ESR Studies

Studies of photoinduced charge transfer in conjugated polymer-fullerene composites by light-induced ESR.
Dyakonov, V., Zoriniants, G., Scharber, M., Brabec, C.J., Janssen, R.A.J., Hummelen, J.C., Sariciftci, N.S., AIP Conf. Proc. 442(Electronic Properties of Novel Materials--Progress in Molecular Nanostructures): 257-60 (1998).

Evaluation of superoxide anion radical scavenging activity of shikonin by electron spin resonance.
Sekine, T., Masumizu, T., Maitani, Y., Nagai, T., Int. J. Pharm. 174(1-2): 133-9 (1998).

The first experimental detection, by OD ESR spectroscopy, of radical anions of siloles and germoles bearing hydrogen and chlorine substituents attached to the heteroatom.
Bagryansky, V.A., Molin, Y.N., Egorov, M.P., Nefedov, O.M., Mendeleev Commun. (6): 236-7 (1998).

ESR and HPLC analysis of the interaction of hydroxyl radical with DMSO: Rapid reduction and quantification of POBN and PBN nitroxides.
Stoyanovsky, D.A., Melnikov, Z., Cederbaum, A.I., Anal. Chem. 71(3): 715-21 (1999).

Unusual electrical properties of neutral mixed-stack charge-transfer complexes of DAP-BRL (DAP = 1,6-diaminopyrene, BRL = p-bromanil).
Fujinawa, T., Goto, H., Naito, T., Inabe, T., Akutagaya, T., Nakamura, T., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 21-6 (1999).

Neon and argon matrix ESR and theoretical studies of the ¹²CH₃Cd, ¹²CD₃Cd, ¹³CH₃Cd, ¹²CH₃¹¹¹Cd, and ¹²CH₃¹¹³Cd radicals.
Karakyriakos, E., Davis, J.R., Wilson, C.J., Yates, S.A., McKinley, A.J., Knight, L.B., Babb, R., Tyler, D.J., J. Chem. Phys. 110(7): 3398-410 (1999).

Intramolecular hydrogen transfer of excited alkyl radicals in the solid phase.
Takada, T., Koizumi, H., Ichikawa, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 300(1-2): 253-6 (1999).

Photo-induced electron-transfer processes in (anthracene-) quinquethiophene-fullerene diads and triads.
Knorr, S., Grupp, A., Mehring, M., Grube, G., Effenberger, F., J. Chem. Phys. 110(7): 3502-8 (1999).

Solvent and temperature dependence of spin echo dephasing for chromium(V) and vanadyl complexes in glassy solution.
Eaton, G.R., Eaton, S.S., J. Magn. Reson. 136(1): 63-8 (1999).

Electron spin resonance and microwave photoconductivity in carbynoid films.
Ertchak, D.P., Kudryavtsev, Y.P., Guseva, M.B., Alexandrov, A.F., Evsyukov, S.E., Babaev, V.G., Krechko, L.M., Koksharov, Y.A., Tichonov, A.N., Blumenfeld, L.A., Bardeleben, H.J.V., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 11(3): 855-70 (1999).

Excited States

Formation of ternary excited donor-acceptor complexes in systems containing benzophenone and an amine.
Dilung, I.I., Tarasyuk, A.Y., Granchak, V.M., Theor. Exp. Chem. (Transl. of Teor. Eksp. Khim.) 34(2): 99-102 (1998).

A new approach to light-harvesting with dendritic antenna.
Aida, T., Jiang, D.-L., Yashima, E., Okamoto, Y., Thin Solid Films 331(1,2): 254-8 (1998).

Luminescence from V³⁺ in tetrahedral oxo-coordination.
Kuck, S., Jander, P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 300(1-2): 189-94 (1999).

Excitation and decay of N₂(B ³[Pi]_g,[nu]) states in a pulsed discharge: Kinetics of electrons and long-lived species.
De Benedictis, S., Dilecce, G., Simek, M., J. Chem. Phys. 110(6): 2947-62 (1999).

Flash-photolysis studies of trans-[Cr(cyclam)(CN)₂]ClO₄ (cyclam = 1,4,7,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradecane) complex. Part 2. Unexpected self-quenching and its connection to the apparent activation energies of the complex.
Vincze, L., Sandor, F., Pem, J., Bosnyak, G., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 11-4 (1999).

Luminescence quenching of Ru(II) complexes in polydimethylsiloxane sensors for oxygen.
Bossi, M.L., Daraio, M.E., Aramendia, P.F., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 15-21 (1999).

The association of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile and [beta]-cyclodextrin in dimethyl sulfoxide and N,N-dimethylformamide.
Feliciano, C.E., Quinones, E., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 23-8 (1999).

Triplet energies, singlet state properties and singlet oxygen quenching rate constants and quantum yields for two cyan azamethine dyes.
Berry, R.J., Douglas, P., Garley, M.S., Jolly, T., Clarke, D., Moglestue, H., Walker, H., Winscom, C., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 29-36 (1999).

Photochemistry

Fatigue resistance of photochromic 2,2-diaryl-[2H]-heteroannellated chromenes in solution.
Salemi-Delvaux, C., Pottier, E., Guglielmetti, R., Dubest, R., Aubard, J., Dyes Pigm. 40(2-3): 157-62 (1998).

Synthesis of 3-methoxydiphenylamine-4-diazonium salt and its photo- and thermal decomposition.
Zhao, C., Cao, W.-X., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao (Chem. J. Higher Educ. Inst.) 19(10): 1697-9 (1998).

Stable isotope fractionation during ultraviolet photolysis of N₂O.
Rahn, T., Zhang, H., Wahlen, M., Blake, G.A., Geophys. Res. Lett. 25(24): 4489-92 (1998).

Photo-oxidation of gaseous CF₃Br.
Dong, W., Pan, X., Yu, Y., Hou, J., Zhang, Z., Hou, H., Huanjing Huaxue 17(6): 517-22 (1998).

Effect of bromide radical on the photosensitized decomposition of ozone.
Li, C., Zhang, Z., Hou, J., Pan, X., Hou, H., Huanjing Huaxue 17(6): 523-7 (1998).

Preparation of azobenzene-mica complex and its photoresponse to ultraviolet irradiation.
Fujita, T., Iyi, N., Klapyta, Z., Mater. Res. Bull. 33(11): 1693-701 (1998).

Stability investigations on alkyl 2,4-diaryl-6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylates.
Goerlitzer, K., Heinrici, C., Pharmazie 53(12): 847-53 (1998).

Synthesis of (+/-)-isoitalicene by electrolysis under irradiation as a key step.
Harada, Y., Maki, S., Niwa, H., Hirano, T., Yamamura, S., Synlett (12): 1313-4 (1998).

Photochemical deacetylation of cobalt(III) complexes with nitrilotriacetic acid: the structure of trans(O)-(iminodiacetato)ethylenediamine)imidazolecobalt(III) trichloromercurate(II) monohydrate.
Burstein, I.F., Poznyak, A.L., Stopolyanskaya, L.V., Zh. Neorg. Khim. 43(10): 1632-8 (1998).

Photochemical synthesis of (+/-)govadine, a protoberberine alkaloid.
Hu, Y., Zhou, Q., Bai, D., Zhongguo Yaowu Huaxue Zazhi 8(3): 190-5 (1998).

Optical control of divalent metal ion binding to a photochromic catechol: Photoreversal of tightly bound Zn²⁺.
Stauffer, M.T., Weber, S.G., Anal. Chem. 71(6): 1146-51 (1999).

A light induced change in cholesteric pitch by photoracemization of a chiral pyrenyl sulfoxide.
Tsurutani, Y., Machida, S., Horie, K., Chem. Lett. (1): 87-8 (1999).

The utilization of free-radical group-transfer cyclizations.
Chen, Z.T., Zhan, F.L., Gao, J.W., Heteroat. Chem. 10(1): 69-72 (1999).

Photodissociation of propyne and allene at 193 nm with vacuum ultraviolet detection of the products.
Ni, C.K., Huang, J.D., Chen, Y.T., Kung, A.H., Jackson, W.M., J. Chem. Phys. 110(7): 3320-5 (1999).

Photochromic network polymers.
Lyubimov, A.V., Zaichenko, N.L., Marevtsev, V.S., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 55-62 (1999).

Radiation Chemistry

Latent track formation in silicon irradiated by 30 MeV fullerenes.
Dunlop, A., Jaskierowicz, G., Della-Negra, S., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 146(1-4): 302-8 (1998).

In situ observation of onion-like fullerene induced by Al nanoparticles under electron irradiation in a HRTEM.
Xu, B., Tanaka, S.-I. Electron Microsc. 1998, Proc. Int. Congr., 14th, H. A. Calderon Benavides and M. Jose Yacaman, eds., Institute of Physics Publishing, 1998, 2, p.381-2

HREM-EELS study of structural changes in electron irradiated graphite.
Muto, S., Tanabe, T., Takcuchi, M., Horiuchi, S., Kurata, H., Hojou, K. Electron Microsc. 1998, Proc. Int. Congr., 14th, H. A. Calderon Benavides and M. Jose Yacaman, eds., Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, 1998, 3, p.119-20

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Photoionization of gas-phase versus ion-beam-desorbed dopamine with femtosecond laser pulses.
Vorsa, V., Willey, K.F., Winograd, N., Anal. Chem. 71(3): 574-81 (1999).

Synthesis of medium-sized bicyclic compounds by intramolecular cyclization of cyclic [beta]-keto radicals generated from cyclopropanols using manganese(III) tris(pyridine-2-carboxylate) and its application to total synthesis of 10-isothiocyanatoguaia-6-ene.
Iwasawa, N., Funahashi, M., Hayakawa, S., Ikeno, T., Narasaka, K., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 72(1): 85-97 (1999).

Model studies of the maillard reaction of arg-lys with D-glucose.
Al-Abed, Y., Callaway, D., Kapurniotu, A., Holak, T., Voelter, W., Bucala, R., Pol. J. Chem. 73(1): 117-23 (1999).

Low cost phase-modulation measurements of nanosecond fluorescence lifetimes using a lock-in amplifier.
Harms, P., Sipior, J., Ram, N., Carter, G.M., Rao, G., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70(2): 1535-9 (1999).

Asymmetric scattering of polarized electrons by organized organic films of chiral molecules.
Ray, K., Ananthavel, S.P., Waldeck, D.H., Naaman, R., Science (Washington, D. C.) 283(5403): 814-6 (1999).

Multiphase Systems

A study of utilization of titanium-containing organic compounds for photocatalysts.
Nemoto, H., Ebihara, N., Nishiguchi, K., Chiba-ken Kogyo Shikenjo Kenkyu Hokoku 12: 11-3 (1998).

Photodimerized monolayer (PDML) versus rubbed polyimide (RPI): a comparison of electrooptic properties.
Shenoy, D., Grueneberg, K., Naciri, J., Shashidhar, R., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 2 37(11A): L1326-L9 (1998).

Low temperature Au-humic acid interaction experiments: implication for Au transport in surface conditions.
Tosiani, T., Mineral. Mag. 62A(Pt. 3): 1531-2 (1998).

Preparation of titanium oxide/activated carbon fiber photocatalysts using an ionized cluster beam method.
Yamashita, H., Harada, M., Tanii, A., Anpo, M., Tanso 185: 296-8 (1998).

Synthesis of Ti-containing porous silica with high photocatalytic activity.
Kosuge, K., Singh, P.S., Chem. Lett. (1): 9-10 (1999).

Photochemistry determined by light propagation. Part 1. Three-dimensional photomanipulation of self-organized azobenzenes in liquid-crystalline polymers.
Ichimura, K., Han, M., Morino, S.Y., Chem. Lett. (1): 85-6 (1999).

Transient attenuated total internal reflection spectroscopy to measure the relaxation kinetics of triplet state of tetra(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphine at liquid-liquid interface.
Tsukahara, S., Watarai, H., Chem. Lett. (1): 89-90 (1999).

Irradiation-induced failure of diamond based UV detector.
Wei, J., Ahn, J., Cryst. Res. Technol. 34(1): 133-40 (1999).

Comparative study of charge carrier reactivity in single crystalline and polycrystalline ZnO electrodes via photoinduced microwave electrochemical technique.
Chaparro, A.M., Ellmer, K., Tributsch, H., Electrochim. Acta 44(10): 1655-65 (1999).

In situ measurement of photochemical reactions in microdroplets.
Bhanti, D., Ray, A.K., J. Aerosol Sci. 30(3): 279-88 (1999).

Deposition of nanostructured Te and Te/C particles by excimer laser-induced photolysis of organotelluriums in the liquid phase.
Ouchi, A., Yamamoto, K., Koga, Y., Pola, J., J. Mater. Chem. 9(2): 563-6 (1999).

The metallocene/methylaluminoxane catalysts formation: EPR spin probe study of Lewis acidic sites of methylaluminoxane.
Talsi, E.P., Semikolenova, N.V., Panchenko, V.N., Sobolev, A.P., Babushkin, D.E., Shubin, A.A., Zakharov, V.A., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 139(2-3): 131-7 (1999).

Photocatalyzed degradation of polymers in aqueous semiconductor suspensions. IV. Theoretical and experimental examination of the photooxidative mineralization of constituent bases in nucleic acids at titania/water interfaces.
Horikoshi, S., Serpone, N., Yoshizawa, S., Knowland, J., Hidaka, H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 120(1): 63-74 (1999).

Role of micellar inclusion in the photochemistry of 2-pyridyl phenyl ketone. A steady-state and laser flash photolytic study.
Ortica, F., Elisei, F., Favaro, G., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 12(1): 31-8 (1999).

Photochromic enhancement of Au/MoO₃ and Pt/MoO₃ thin films.
Yao, J.N., Yang, Y.A., Prog. Nat. Sci. 9(2): 153-7 (1999).

Polymers

Effect of electron beam irradiation on the dielectric properties of fluorocarbon rubber.
Banik, I., Chaki, T.K., Tikku, V.K., Bhowmick, A.K., Angew. Makromol. Chem. 263: 5-13 (1998).

Free radicals in gamma-irradiated polyamide 6 from the point of view of chemical ESR-dating.
Szocs, F., Angew. Makromol. Chem. 263: 31-3 (1998).

Photoresponsive liquid crystalline copolymers bearing a p-methoxyazobenzene moiety.
Choi, D.H., Kang, S.H., Lee, J.Y., Samui, A.B., Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 19(11): 1179-84 (1998).

F⁺ ion implantation for enhancing surface hydrophobicity of medical poly(methyl methacrylate).
Liu, B.-j., Li, D.-j., Gu, H.-q., Chin. Phys. Lett. 15(9): 662-4 (1998).

Photo-decay property of polyester derivative.
Peng, J., Li, W., Hong, Z., Zhao, D., Liang, C., Liu, X., Yu, B., Pyun, C., Kim, C., Jin, J., Gongneng Cailiao 29(3): 310-3 (1998).

Ultrasonic study on gamma irradiated cellulose di- and triacetate.
Balakrishnan, R., Prasana, J.C., Arumugam, V., Radhakrishnan, N., Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 36(10): 602-5 (1998).

Fluorescence decay and recovery in organic dye-doped polymer optical fibers.
Peng, G.D., Xiong, Z., Chu, P.L., J. Lightwave Technol. 16(12): 2365-72 (1998).

Natural and controlled photo aging of LDPE: changes in structural, molecular and surface characteristics.
Khan, J.H., Hamid, S.H., J. Polym. Mater. 15(2): 177-84 (1998).

Patterned alignment of liquid crystal on photopolymer by single-exposure photocuring process.
Rajesh, K., Yamaguchi, R., Sato, A., Sato, S., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1 37(11): 6111-2 (1998).

Development of photoresponsive functional materials. Synthesis of biodegradable photochromic polymer.
Nakamura, A., Irie, M., Kenkyu Hokoku - Fukuoka-ken Kogyo Gijutsu Senta 8: 1-6 (1998).

Studies on photosensitive polymer. 63. Synthesis of photo-functional polymers by phenacyl esterification of poly(methacrylic acid) using DBU and photochemical properties of the resulting polymers.
Inomata, K., Yamada, Y., Muroi, Y., Kameyama, A., Nishikubo, T., Nettowaku Porima 19(4): 181-9 (1998).

Soft x-ray fluorescence measurements of irradiated polymer films.
Winarski, R.P., Ederer, D.L., Pivin, J.-C., Kurmaev, E.Z., Shamin, S.N., Moewes, A., Chang, G.S., Whang, C.N., Endo, K., Ida, T., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 145(3): 401-8 (1998).

Cationic UV cured coatings using epoxidized soybean oil.
Raghavachar, R., Sarnecki, G., Baghdachi, J., Massingill, J., RadTech Rep. 12(5): 36-40 (1998).

Photoreactive copoly(amide-imide)s derived from 1,4-phenylenediacrylic acid and various bis(trimellitimide)s and diisocyanates.
Onciu, M., Chiriac, C.I., Vlad, S., Stoica, G., Grigoriu, G., Timpu, D., Rev. Roum. Chim. 43(7): 641-8 (1998).

Emanation thermal analysis of low-density polyethylene irradiated by electron beam.
Beckman, I.N., Balek, V., Thermochim. Acta 320(1-2): 169-76 (1998).

Polymers and track membranes.
Hagiwara, M. Heavy Ion Phys., Int. Sch.-Semin., 6th, Y. T. Oganessian and R. Kalpakchieva, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 1997, Pub. 1998, p.754-60

Polymers modified by heavy ion irradiation and chemical doping and their potential use in medicine and electronics.
Hnatowicz, V., Vacik, J., Perina, V., Svorcik, V., Rybka, V. Heavy Ion Phys., Int. Sch.-Semin., 6th, Y. T. Oganessian and R. Kalpakchieva, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 1997, Pub. 1998, p.770-7

Fine fluorescence and absorption spectra of hypericin in a polymer matrix at a temperature of 4.2 K.
Arabei, S.M., J. Appl. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Zh. Prikl. Spektrosk.) 65(4): 560-6 (1999).

Relative activity of possible initiating species produced from photolysis of tetraphenyl and triphenylbutyl borates as measured by fluorescence probe techniques.
Grinevich, O., Serguievski, P., Sarker, A.M., Zhang, W.Q., Mejiritski, A., Neckers, D.C., Macromolecules 32(2): 328-30 (1999).

Electrical and photoinduced degradation of polyfluorene based films and light-emitting devices.
Bliznyuk, V.N., Carter, S.A., Scott, J.C., Klarner, G., Miller, R.D., Miller, D.C., Macromolecules 32(2): 361-9 (1999).

Modeling insight into the diffusion-limited cause of the gel effect in free radical polymerization.
O'Neil, G.A., Torkelson, J.M., Macromolecules 32(2): 411-22 (1999).

Holographic gratings in azobenzene side-chain polymethacrylates.
Andruzzi, L., Altomare, A., Ciardelli, F., Solaro, R., Hvilsted, S., Ramanujam, P.S., Macromolecules 32(2): 448-54 (1999).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Nitroglycosylated meso-arylporphyrins as photoinhibitors of Gram positive bacteria.
Sol, V., Brandland, P., Granet, R., Kaldapa, C., Verneuil, B., Krausz, P., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 8(21): 3007-10 (1998).

Identification of free radical formation and F₂-isoprostanes in vivo by acute Cr(VI) poisoning.
Kadiiska, M.B., Morrow, J.D., Awad, J.A., Roberts, L.J., II, Mason, R.P., Chem. Res. Toxicol. 11(12): 1516-20 (1998).

Biological effects of protons irradiation on rice.
Wang, C., Shen, M., Chen, Q., Henong Xuebao 12(3): 129-34 (1998).

Functionalized rhodium intercalators for DNA recognition.
Terbrueggen, R.H., Johann, T.W., Barton, J.K., Inorg. Chem. 37(26): 6874-83 (1998).

[gamma]-Radiation effects on the thermal stability of bovine [gamma]-globulin.
Fessas, D., Ciesla, K., Schiraldi, A., J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 52(3): 745-51 (1998).

Dosimetry and biological effects of incorporated auger emitters.
Hofer, K.G., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 79(1-4, Intakes of Radionuclides): 405-10 (1998).

Structure based library approach to photosynthesis inhibitors: combinatorial synthesis of hydrouracil library.
Yu, A., Yang, H., Liu, H., Ma, Y., Sci. China, Ser. B: Chem. 41(5): 455-9 (1998).

Generation of lipid free radicals by adherent leukocytes from transplanted rat liver.
Stachlewitz, R.F., Gao, W., Zhong, Z., Connor, H.D., Mason, R.P., Thurman, R.G., Transplant Int. 11(5): 353-60 (1998).

UV-B damage amplified by transposons in maize.
Walbot, V., Nature 397(6718): 398-9 (1999).

Solar Energy

Photochemical conversion of solar energy by photooxidation of unsaturated hydrocarbons. Spectral analysis of organic hydroperoxides obtained as reaction products.
Ion, R.M., Mandravel, C., Rev. Chim. (Bucharest) 49(8): 548-55 (1998).

Impurity photovoltaic effect in c-Si solar cells. A numerical study.
Schmeits, M., Mani, A.A., J. Appl. Phys. 85(4): 2207-12 (1999).

In-situ diagnostics for preparation of laser crystallized silicon films on glass for solar cells.
Andra, G., Bergmann, J., Falk, F., Ose, E., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 98-100 (1999).

Advanced excimer-laser annealing process for quasi single-crystal silicon thin-film devices.
Matsumura, M., Oh, C.H., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 123-8 (1999).

Stability and quantum efficiency of a novel type of a-Si : H/a-SiC : H based UV detector.
Mandracci, P., Rastello, M.L., Rava, P., Giuliani, F., Giorgis, F., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 232-4 (1999).

Low temperature silicon deposition for large area sensors and solar cells.
Schubert, M.B., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 240-7 (1999).

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Photocatalyzed oxidation of water-soluble polyethylene glycol at TiO₂/H₂O interfaces.
Horikoshi, S., Ohta, M., Hidaka, H., Zhao, J., Serpone, N., Recent Res. Dev. Polym. Sci. 1: 149-61 (1997).

Photoaging of colored materials for the automotive industry.
Barrois, N., Duteurtre, X., Angew. Makromol. Chem. 261-262: 35-44 (1998).

Evaluation of some parameters which influence the ESR measurements for the fading study of alanine dosimeters.
Dolo, J.M., Pichot, E., Feaugas, V., Appl. Magn. Reson. 15(2): 269-77 (1998).

Application of the electron paramagnetic resonance spin probe technique for detection of irradiated wheat.
Sunnetcioglu, M.M., Dadayli, D., Celik, S., Koksel, H., Cereal Chem. 75(6): 875-8 (1998).

Iron determination.
Macdonald, W., Chem. Eng. (N. Y.) 105(11): 49-51 (1998).

Characterization of lignin fractions isolated from photodegraded wood (Populus grandis).
Kosikova, B., Tolvaj, L., Drev. Vysk. 43(2): 19-28 (1998).

Photocatalysis degradation of humic substances in drinking water by using fiber TiO₂ as photocatalyst.
Wang, F., Sun, D., Wang, J., Jiang, Z., Su, T., Zhao, S., Gaojishu Tongxun 8(12): 21-4 (1998).

Efficient advanced oxidation photocatalytic process for the degradation of organic pollutants in the liquid phase.
Gonzalez-Martin, A., Sidik, R.A., Hazard. Ind. Wastes 30th: 471-8 (1998).

UV photo-degradation mechanism of CF₂ClBr with cyclohexane.
Wang, S., Yu, Y., Zhang, Z., Pan, X., Hou, H., Huanjing Kexue 19(4): 5-8 (1998).

TiO₂-based photocatalysis and its applications for wastewater treatment.
Shen, W., Zhao, W., He, F., Fang, Y., Huaxue Jinzhan 10(4): 349-61 (1998).

A possible photochemical link between stratospheric and near-surface ozone on Swiss mountain sites in late winter.
Bronnimann, S., Neu, U., J. Atmos. Chem. 31(3): 299-319 (1998).

Photocatalytic decomposition of trichloro ethylene and nitrate ion in water on hollandite-type catalysts.
Mori, T., Suzuki, J., Fujimoto, K., Watanabe, M., J. Mater. Synth. Process. 6(5): 329-33 (1998).

The influence of ultraviolet radiation intensity on curing depth of photo-activated composite veneering materials.
Tanoue, N., Matsumura, H., Atsuta, M., J. Oral Rehabil. 25(10): 770-5 (1998).

DSC investigations on a commercial photocuring sheet material.
Flammersheim, H.J., Kunze, W., J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 52(1): 125-30 (1998).

Assignment of the photoyellowing-related 1675 cm^-1 Raman/IR band to p-quinones and its implications to the mechanism of color reversion in mechanical pulps.
Agarwal, U.P., J. Wood Chem. Technol. 18(4): 381-402 (1998).

Degradation of hardly degradable compounds in the photoprocessing waste solution with biological activated carbon.
Suzuki, S., Hara, N., Miyazaki, H., Hori, K., Nippon Shashin Gakkaishi 61(5): 300-5 (1998).

Application of the DNA comet assay for detection of irradiated meat.
Kruszewski, M., Malec-Czechowska, K., Dancewicz, A.M., Iwanenko, T., Szot, Z., Wojewodzka, M., Nukleonika 43(2): 147-59 (1998).

Rosin resin with Crystal violet tint.
Luna-Moreno, D., Olivares-Perez, A., Berriel-Valdos, L.R., Osorio-Alarcon, F., Opt. Mater. (Amsterdam) 11(1): 95-100 (1998).

Effect of thermodynamic properties of photopolymerizable compositions on their holographic characteristics.
Sakhno, O.V., Smirnova, T.N., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 85(6): 950-5 (1998).

Photocatalyzed oxidation of alcohols and organochlorides in the presence of native TiO₂ and metalized TiO₂ suspensions. Part I. Photocatalytic activity and pH influence.
Chen, J., Ollis, D.F., Rulkens, W.H., Bruning, H., Water Res. 33(3): 661-8 (1998).

Photocatalyzed oxidation of alcohols and organochlorides in the presence of native TiO₂ and metalized TiO₂ suspensions. Part II. Photocatalytic mechanisms.
Chen, J., Ollis, D.F., Rulkens, W.H., Bruning, H., Water Res. 33(3): 669-76 (1998).

Photocatalytic degradation of sulfosalicylic acid using TiO₂ supported on porous nickel.
Liu, H., Cheng, S., Jianqing, Z., Cao, C., Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue 18(6): 548-51 (1998).

Formation of n-p-n structure on an insulating SrTiO₃ single crystal using excimer laser irradiation.
Yoon, J.W., Miyayama, M., Appl. Phys. Lett. 74(5): 738-40 (1999).

Three-dimensional photonic crystal structures achieved with two-photon-absorption photopolymerization of resin.
Sun, H.B., Matsuo, S., Misawa, H., Appl. Phys. Lett. 74(6): 786-8 (1999).

Photocatalytic activities of films prepared from peroxo-modified anatase sol with added TiO₂ powder.
Ichinose, H., Katsuki, H., J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 107(Jan.): 73-7 (1999).

Photocatalytic decomposition of 4-chlorophenol over oxide catalysts.
Hugul, M., Boz, I., Apak, R., J. Hazard. Mater. 64(3): 313-22 (1999).

A unified model of Zircaloy BWR corrosion and hydriding mechanisms.
Rudling, P., Wikmark, G., J. Nucl. Mater. 265(1-2): 44-59 (1999).

In situ measurement of electrical conductivity of Zircaloy oxides and their formation mechanism under electron irradiation.
Howlader, M.M.R., Kinoshita, C., Shiiyama, K., Kutsuwada, M., Inagaki, M., J. Nucl. Mater. 265(1-2): 100-7 (1999).

Single shot excimer laser crystallization and LPCVD silicon TFTs.
Helen, Y., Mourgues, K., Raoult, F., Mohammed-Brahim, T., Bonnaud, O., Rogel, R., Prochasson, S., Boher, P., Zahorski, D., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 133-6 (1999).

Lateral growth control in excimer laser crystallized polysilicon.
Mariucci, L., Carluccio, R., Pecora, A., Foglietti, V., Fortunato, G., Legagneux, P., Pribat, D., Della Sala, D., Stoemenos, J., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 137-42 (1999).

Surface melt dynamics and super lateral growth regime in long pulse duration excimer laser crystallization of amorphous Si films.
Fogarassy, E., de Unamuno, S., Legagneux, P., Plais, F., Pribat, D., Godard, B., Stehle, M., Thin Solid Films 337(1-2): 143-7 (1999).

Theoretical Studies

Computer simulation on the energy transfer processes in allophycocyanins.
Zhao, J., Jiang, L., Sci. China, Ser. B: Chem. 41(5): 520-4 (1998).

Potential energy surfaces for ultrafast photochemistry: short chain polyenes and protonated Schiff bases.
Garavelli, M., Bernardi, F., Olivucci, M., Robb, M.A., Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 63(Ultrafast Phenomena XI): 612-4 (1998).

Coloration mechanism of N-salicylideneaniline and its derivatives.
Li, Y., Wang, F., Zhen, Z., Zhang, J., Liu, X., Wuli Huaxue Xuebao 14(11): 981-7 (1998).

A CASSCF study on the lowest [pi] -> [pi]* excitation of urocanic acid.
Lahti, A., Hotokka, M., Neuvonen, K., Karlstrom, G., Int. J. Quantum Chem. 72(1): 25-37 (1999).

Electron transfer transitions among many electronic states coupled to multidimensional diffusive nuclear modes: A supramolecular triad system.
Okada, A., Bandyopadhyay, T., Tachiya, M., J. Chem. Phys. 110(7): 3509-28 (1999).

Semiempirical computational assessment of porphyrins as building blocks for molecule-based magnets: spin-spin coupling in radical-substituted metalloporphyrins.
Shultz, D.A., Sandberg, K.A., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 12(1): 10-8 (1999).

Simulation of magnetic field effects: resonances due to g value differences in radical pairs.
Brocklehurst, B., Mol. Phys. 96(2): 283-91 (1999).

Control of a two-colour photoionization through a time delay between two components of the laser pulse.
Matulewski, J., Raczynski, A., Zaremba, J., Phys. Lett. A 251(3): 205-11 (1999).

Reviews

Area monitoring [of ionizing radiation].
Thompson, I.M.G. IRPA9, Int. Congr. Radiat. Prot.: Ninth Int. Congr. Int. Radiat. Prot. Assoc., International Radiation Protection Association, Seibersdorf, Austria, 1996, 1, p.329-35

Degradation of diene series elastomers.
Lemaire, J., Caoutch. Plast. 75(771): 98-104 (1998).

Picosecond to microsecond photodynamics of a nonplanar nickel porphyrin: solvent dielectric and temperature effects.
Vlcek, A., Jr., Chemtracts 11(12): 873-8 (1998).

Photochromic polymer system.
Yang, W., Hu, J., Fu, S., Gaofenzi Tongbao (4): 65-73 (1998).

Progress of determination methods of free radicals.
Xu, X., Wang, W., Li, H., Huanjing Kexue Jinzhan 6(4): 24-30 (1998).

Research on structure, photostability and photodegradation mechanism of azo dyes.
Haoqiang, Z., Huaxue Jinzhan 10(4): 415-26 (1998).

Determination of free radical reaction products and metabolites of salicylic acid using capillary electrophoresis and micellar electrokinetic chromatography.
Coolen, S.A.J., Huf, F.A., Reijenga, J.C., J. Chromatogr., B: Biomed. Sci. Appl. 717(1 + 2): 119-24 (1998).

Photosynthesis of super molecules.
Kunitake, M., Kagaku (Kyoto) 53(11): 66-7 (1998).

Photochemistry and photophysics of liquid crystalline polymers.
Creed, D., Mol. Supramol. Photochem. 2(Organic and Inorganic Photochemistry): 129-93 (1998).

The photoinduced dissociation of nitric oxide from nitrosyl metalloporphyrins.
Morlino, E.A., Rodgers, M.A.J., Prog. React. Kinet. 23(2): 91-115 (1998).

Erratum: The photoinduced dissociation of nitric oxide from nitrosyl metalloporphyrins. [Vol. 23, pg. 91 (1998)].
Morlino, E.A., Rodgers, M.A.J., Prog. React. Kinet. 23(3): 209 (1998).

Radiation-induced DNA damage and its repair.
Dikomey, E., Brammer, I., Dahm-Daphi, J., Kasten, U., Strahlenschutz Forsch. Prax. 40(Aktuelle Fragen zu Strahlenschutzregelungen und Individueller Strahlenempfindlichkeit): 77-90 (1998).

Cleavable surfactants.
Holmberg, K., Surfactant Sci. Ser. 74(Novel Surfactants): 333-58 (1998).

Development trend of titania photocatalyst based environment cleaning technology in Japan.
Huang, H., Xiandai Huagong 18(12): 39-42 (1998).

The photochemistry of organosilicon compounds.
Brook, A.G., Chem. Org. Silicon Compd., Z. Rappoport and Y. Apeloig (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1998, p.1233-310

Mechanistic aspects of the photochemistry of organosilicon compounds.
Kira, M., Chem. Org. Silicon Compd., Z. Rappoport and Y. Apeloig (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1998, p.1311-37

Charge transfer via interfaces, especially of nanoscale materials.
Halbritter, J., Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process. 68(2): 153-62 (1999).

Polarity-reversal catalysis of hydrogen-atom abstraction reactions: concepts and applications in organic chemistry.
Roberts, B.P., Chem. Soc. Rev. 28(1): 25-35 (1999).