NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 12/06/04 #04_26

Kinetics	Optical Spectra	Thermodynamics
ESR Studies	Excited States	Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry	Related Experimental Studies	Multiphase Systems
Polymers	Biological & Medical Aspects	Solar Energy
Industrial & Environmental Applications	Theoretical Studies	Reviews

Kinetics

Kinetic studies of differences between [alpha] and [beta]-chains of human hemoglobin: an approach for determination of the chain affinity to oxygen.
Dzhagarov, B.M., Lepeshkevich, S.V., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(1-3): 59-64 (2004).

When molecules meet: a femtosecond study of the protonation of a base.
Keiding, S.R., Madsen, D., Larsen, J., Jensen, S.K., Thogersen, J., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(1-3): 94-7 (2004).

A closely-coupled pyrene dimer having unusually intense fluorescence.
Benniston, A.C., Harriman, A., Lawrie, D.J., Rostron, S.A., Eur. J. Org. Chem. (10): 2272-6 (2004).

Tuning the excited states in fac-[Re(X₂dppz)(CO)₃(L)]: Intraligand, charge transfer or both?
Lopez, R., Loeb, B., Striplin, D., Devenney, M., Omberg, K., Meyer, T.J., J. Chil. Chem. Soc. 49(2): 149-55 (2004).

Photophysical studies of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins: Accurate measurements of fluorescence spectra and fluorescence quantum yields for soret band excitation of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin.
Karolczak, J., Kowalska, D., Lukaszewicz, A., Maciejewski, A., Steer, R.P., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4570-5 (2004).

Ultrafast excited and ground-state dynamics of the green fluorescent protein chromophore in solution.
Vengris, M., van Stokkum, I.H.M., He, X., Bell, A.F., Tonge, P.J., van Grondelle, R., Larsen, D.S., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4587-98 (2004).

Model study of coherent-control of the femtosecond primary event of vision.
Flores, S.C., Batista, V.S., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(21): 6745-9 (2004).

Reactivity of 1-hydroxyalkyl radicals in the reduction of Hg²⁺ and I₂ in aqueous solutions.
Ershov, B.G., Janata, E., Gordeev, A.V., Mendeleev Commun. (2): 81-3 (2004).

Photochemical deuterium exchange of the m-methyl group of 3-methylbenzophenone and 3-methylacetophenone in acidic D₂O.
Huck, L.A., Wan, P., Org. Lett. 6(11): 1797-9 (2004).

A determination of antioxidant efficiencies using ESR and computational methods.
Rhodes, C.J., Tran, T.T., Morris, H., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1401-10 (2004).

Optical Spectra

Synthesis and fluorescence properties of new enaminenaphthalimides.
McAdam, C.J., Morgan, J.L., Murray, R.E., Robinson, B.H., Simpson, J., Aust. J. Chem. 57(6): 525-30 (2004).

Dynamics of vibronically excited states of the aniline-neon van der Waals complex: vibrational predissociation versus intramolecular vibrational redistribution.
Becucci, M., Pietraperzia, G., Castellucci, E., Brechignac, P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(1-3): 29-34 (2004).

Two-photon spectroscopic properties of a new chlorin derivative photosensitizer.
Zhao, P.D., Chen, P., Tang, G.Q., Zhang, G.L., Chen, W.J., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(1-3): 41-4 (2004).

Synthesis of a series of rhenium(I) bipyridyl complexes as photosensitive dyes.
Sun, S.G., Peng, X.J., Gao, Y.L., Lu, R.W., Sun, L.C., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 25(5): 820-2 (2004).

Photo-ESR and optical studies of Cr photoionization transition in ZnSSe:Cr crystals.
Swiatek, K., Godlewski, M., Ivanov, V.Y., Surkova, T.P., J. Alloys Compd. 371(1-2): 195-7 (2004).

Preparation and characterization of zirconium phosphonate azobenzene intercalation compounds. A structural, photophysical and photochemical study.
Gentili, P.L., Costantino, U., Vivani, R., Latterini, L., Nocchetti, M., Aloisi, G.G., J. Mater. Chem. 14(10): 1656-62 (2004).

Effect of annealing in thermostimulated luminescence (TSL) on natural blue colour calcite crystals.
Ponnusamy, V., Ramasamy, V., Dheenathayalu, M., Hemalatha, J., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 217(4): 611-20 (2004).

Radiation-induced charge trapping and recombination process in natural topaz studied by TL, EPR and XRD.
Souza, D.N., de Lima, J.F., Valerio, M.E.G., Sasaki, J.M., Caldas, L.V.E., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 123-7 (2004).

Temperature dependence of luminescence from silica glasses under in-reactor and ⁶⁰Co gamma-ray irradiation.
Takahara, S., Yoshida, T., Tanabe, T., Ii, T., Hirano, M., Okada, M., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 133-8 (2004).

FT-IR study on the effect of OH content on the damage process in silica glasses irradiated by hydrogen.
Yoshida, T., Tanabe, T., Hirano, M., Muto, S., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 202-8 (2004).

Hopping of a single hole in hexakis[4-(1,1,2-triphenyl-ethenyl)phenyl]benzene cation radical through the hexaphenylbenzene propeller.
Rathore, R., Burns, C.L., Abdelwahed, S.A., Org. Lett. 6(11): 1689-92 (2004).

Bistable photochromic organometallics based on linkage isomerization: Photochemistry of dicarbonyl([eta]⁵-methylcyclopentadienyl)manganese(I) derivatives with a bifunctional, nonchelating ligand.
To, T.T., Barnes, C.E., Burkey, T.J., Organometallics 23(11): 2708-14 (2004).

Thermodynamics

On the nature of solvent effects on redox properties.
Svith, H., Jensen, H., Almstedt, J., Andersson, P., Lundback, T., Daasbjerg, K., Jonsson, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4805-11 (2004).

Charge-transfer photolysis of copper(II) dithiocarbamate mixed-ligand complexes in toluene/alcohol solutions.
Jeliazkova, B., Dimitrova, A., Doicheva, M., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1291-7 (2004).

ESR Studies

First example of the chemical, oxidative cleavage of the C-P bond in aminophosphonate chemistry. The oxidation of 1-amino-1-amino-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methylphosphonic acid by NaIO₄.
Drag, M., Jezierski, A., Kafarski, P., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (9): 1132-3 (2004).

Matrix isolated HgCH₃ radical: An ESR investigation.
Karakyriakos, E., McKinley, A.J., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4619-26 (2004).

EPR study of light illumination effects on radicals in gamma-irradiated L-alanine.
Ciesielski, B., Schultka, K., Penkowski, M., Sagstuen, E., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1327-33 (2004).

EPR study of gamma induced radicals in amino acid powders.
Talbi, S., Raffi, J., Arena, S., Colombani, J., Piccerelle, P., Prinderre, P., Dolo, J.M., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1335-41 (2004).

Excited States

Photochemistry

Aqueous photo-dimerization using 2-pyridylsilyl group as a removable hydrophilic group.
Nokami, T., Itami, K., Yoshida, J., Chem. Lett. 33(5): 596-7 (2004).

An anhydrous proton conductor based on Lactam-Lactim tautomerism of uracil.
Yamada, M., Honma, I., ChemPhysChem 5(5): 724-8 (2004).

Reactivity control of an allylsilane bearing a 2-(phenylazo)phenyl group by photoswitching of the coordination number of silicon.
Kano, N., Yamamura, M., Kawashima, T., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(20): 6250-1 (2004).

Electrosynthesis of ethyl [alpha],[alpha]-difluoro-[alpha]-(phenylseleno) acetate and its photochemical synthetic application.
Murakami, S., Ishii, H., Fuchigami, T., J. Fluorine Chem. 125(4): 609-14 (2004).

On thermo- and photo-induced symmetry-broken transformation in spin-crossover complex: Cooperative activation.
Luty, T., Yonemitsu, K., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 73(5): 1237-43 (2004).

Crosslinking of oligomers bearing carbamoyloxyimino groups with their photochemical and thermal reactions.
Suyama, K., Iriyama, H., Tsunooka, M., Shirai, M., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 42(11): 2612-20 (2004).

UV-VUV laser induced phenomena in SiO₂ glass.
Kajihara, K., Ikuta, Y., Oto, M., Hirano, M., Skuja, L., Hosono, H., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 323-31 (2004).

Photochemical preparation of 1,3,5,7-tetracyanoadamantane and its conversion to 1,3,5,7-tetrakis(aminomethyl)adamantane.
Lee, G.S., Bashara, J.N., Sabih, G., Oganesyan, A., Godjoian, G., Duong, H.M., Marinez, E.R., Gutierrez, C.G., Org. Lett. 6(11): 1705-7 (2004).

Linked photoswitches where both photochromes open and close.
Mitchell, R.H., Bandyopadhyay, S., Org. Lett. 6(11): 1729-32 (2004).

Study of the photoinduced degradation of polycyclic musk compounds by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Sanchez-Prado, L., Lourido, M., Lores, M., Llompart, M., Garcia-Jares, C., Cela, R., Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 18(11): 1186-92 (2004).

Radiation Chemistry

Characterization of an ion irradiation induced phase transformation in monoclinic zirconia.
Valdez, J.A., Tang, M., Chi, Z.H., Peters, M.I., Sickafus, K.E., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 103-10 (2004).

Influence of high-fluence neutron and/or proton irradiation on the optical properties and microstructure of rutile.
Lu, T.C., Lin, L.B., Zu, X.T., Zhu, S., Wang, L.M., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 111-6 (2004).

Effects of high gamma ray doses in quartz.
Sawakuchi, G.O., Okuno, E., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 217-21 (2004).

Comparative study of radiation damage in GaN and InGaN by 400 keV Au implantation.
Wendler, E., Wesch, W., Alves, E., Kamarou, A., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 36-41 (2004).

Atomistic simulation of radiation effects in carbon-based materials and nitrides.
Nordlund, K., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 9-18 (2004).

Experimental Studies

Solvent effect on the electrochemical reductive cleavage of carbon tetrachloride - a novel example of the deviation from the quadratic activation-driving force relationship.
Prasad, M.A., Sangaranarayanan, M.V., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(1-3): 261-7 (2004).

Heterogeneous growth of metal clusters from solutions of seed nanoparticles.
Wilcoxon, J.P., Provencio, P.P., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(20): 6402-8 (2004).

Application of enantioselective radical reactions: Synthesis of (+)-ricciocarpins A and B.
Sibi, M.P., He, L.W., Org. Lett. 6(11): 1749-52 (2004).

Enantioselective radical cyclization of [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated sulfonyl compounds.
Sugimoto, H., Kobayashi, M., Nakamura, S., Toru, T., Tetrahedron Lett. 45(22): 4213-6 (2004).

Highly diastereoselective 7-endo radical cyclization of ethyl [alpha]-methylene-[gamma]-(bromomethyl)dimethylsiloxycarboxylates.
Nagano, H., Hara, S., Tetrahedron Lett. 45(22): 4329-32 (2004).

Radical-chain functionalisation at C-H centres using an O-oxiranylcarbinyl O-silyl ketene acetal.
Cai, Y.D., Dang, H.S., Roberts, B.P., Tetrahedron Lett. 45(22): 4405-9 (2004).

Multiphase Systems

Asymmetrically modified titanium(IV) oxide particles having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts of their surfaces for liquid-liquid dual-phase photocatalytic reactions.
Ikeda, S., Kowata, Y., Ikeue, K., Matsumura, M., Ohtani, B., Appl. Catal., A 265(1): 69-74 (2004).

TiO₂/MgO composite photocatalyst: the role of MgO in photoinduced charge carrier separation.
Bandara, J., Hadapangoda, C.C., Jayasekera, W.G., Appl. Catal., B 50(2): 83-8 (2004).

Photomagnetic Co-Fe Prussian blue thin films fabricated by the modified Langmuir-Blodgett technique.
Yamamoto, T., Umemura, Y., Sato, O., Einaga, Y., Chem. Lett. 33(5): 500-1 (2004).

Surface reactions on MoO₃ induced by tunable pulse infrared free electron laser.
Sato, S., Niimi, H., Suzuki, S., Chun, W.J., Irokawa, K., Kuroda, H., Asakura, K., Chem. Lett. 33(5): 558-9 (2004).

An effective TiO₂ photocatalyst prepared under supercritical conditions.
Li, H.X., Zhu, J., Li, G.S., Wan, Y., Chem. Lett. 33(5): 574-5 (2004).

Effective photocontrol of micelle formation by malachite green derivative carrying a long alkyl chain.
Uda, R.M., Oue, M., Kimura, K., Chem. Lett. 33(5): 586-7 (2004).

Novel and efficient system of a visible-light-responsive organic photoelectrocatalyst working in a water phase.
Abe, T., Nagai, K., Kaneko, M., Okubo, T., Sekimoto, K., Tajiri, A., Norimatsu, T., ChemPhysChem 5(5): 716-20 (2004).

Determination of chemical oxygen demand with a new photocatalytic oxidation system.
Ai, S.Y., Li, J.Q., Yang, Y., Chai, Y.H., Sun, Z.D., Jin, L.T., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 25(5): 823-6 (2004).

Photoelectrochemical study of nanoporous TiO₂ electrodes sensitized by porphyrin derivatives with different substituents.
Pan, K., Liu, Z.Y., Xu, J.J., Yu, M., Wang, D.J., Bai, Y.B., Li, T.J., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 25(5): 934-7 (2004).

A primary study on photocatalytic properties of ZSM-5 zeolite.
Yan, G.Y., Wang, X.X., Fu, X.Z., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 25(5): 942-4 (2004).

Reaction of hydroquinone with hematite II. Calculated electron-transfer rates and comparison to the reductive dissolution rate.
Stack, A.G., Rosso, K.M., Smith, D.M.A., Eggleston, C.M., J. Colloid Interface Sci. 274(2): 442-50 (2004).

Formation of the dimer radical cation of aromatic sulfide on the TiO₂ surface during photocatalytic reactions.
Tachikawa, T., Tojo, S., Fujitsuka, M., Majima, T., Langmuir 20(11): 4327-9 (2004).

Deactivation of the TiO₂ photocatalyst by coupling with WO₃ and the electrochemically assisted high photocatalytic activity of WO₃.
Tada, H., Kokubu, A., Iwasaki, M., Ito, S., Langmuir 20(11): 4665-70 (2004).

EXELFS/ELNES study of electron irradiation-induced oxidation of [alpha]-SiC.
Muto, S., Sugiyama, H., Kimura, T., Tanabe, T., Maruyama, T., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 117-22 (2004).

Hard three-dimensional sp² carbon-bonded phase formed by ion beam irradiation of fullerene, a-C and polymeric a-C:H films.
Baptista, D.L., Foerster, C.E., Lepienski, C.M., Zawislak, F.C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 61-7 (2004).

Photoisomerization-induced change of nonlinear absorption in azo-dye doped polymethylmethacrylate thin films.
Liu, S., Lin, J.H., Lin, J.H., Churikov, V.M., Lin, J.T., Huang, T.H., Hsu, C.C., Opt. Commun. 236(1-3): 33-43 (2004).

Polymers

Stabilization of enhanced chirality from pyrene-containing L-glutamide lipid in methyl methacrylate by photo-induced polymerization.
Takafuji, M., Ishiodori, A., Yamada, T., Sakurai, T., Ihara, H., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (9): 1122-3 (2004).

Mechanistic study on the radiolysis of dilute PVA aqueous solutions.
Zhang, S.J., Yu, H.Q., Chem. Lett. 33(5): 562-3 (2004).

Au-nano-particles production by pico-second ultra-violet laser deposition in Au-ion doped PMMA film.
Hirose, T., Omatsu, T., Sugiyama, M., Inasawa, S., Koda, S., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(1-3): 166-9 (2004).

Poly(amidoamine) dendrimers peripherally modified with 1.8-naphthalimides. Photodegradation and photo stabilization on polyamide matrix.
Grabchev, I., Betcheva, R., Bojinov, V., Staneva, D., Eur. Polym. J. 40(6): 1249-54 (2004).

Photoinduced controlled/living free-radical polymerization of 4-methacryloyl-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-piperidenyl.
Liu, X.X., Zhang, X.H., Zhang, X.H., Wu, G.G., Yang, J.W., Pang, L.X., Zeng, Z.H., Chen, Y.L., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 42(11): 2659-65 (2004).

Model for the photooxidation of parylenes.
Pruden, K.G., Beaudoin, S.P., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 42(11): 2666-77 (2004).

Cavitation of rubber particles in high-impact polystyrene: Effects of crosslinking by [gamma]-irradiation.
Bucknall, C.B., Soares, V.L.P., J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 42(11): 2168-80 (2004).

Thermal regression of latent tracks in the polymer irradiated by high energy heavy ions.
Vilensky, A.I., Zagorski, D.L., Apel, P.Y., Pervov, N.V., Mchedlishvili, B.V., Popok, V.N., Melnik, N.N., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 294-9 (2004).

Grafting of poly(vinylidene fluoride) foils induced by swift heavy ions.
Mazzei, R.O., Bermudez, G.G., Tadey, D., Rocco, C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 313-7 (2004).

The thermal-spike model description of the ion-irradiated polyimide.
Sun, Y.M., Zhang, C.H., Zhu, Z.Y., Wang, Z.G., Jin, Y.F., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 318-22 (2004).

Nonlinear optical effects in Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ nanocrystallites embedded within a photopolymer matrix.
Kityk, I.V., Majchrowski, A., Ebothe, J., Sahraoui, B., Opt. Commun. 236(1-3): 123-9 (2004).

Synthesis and characterization of SPE membrane based on sulfonated FEP-g-acrylic acid by radiation induced graft copolymerization for PEM fuel cell.
Patri, M., Hande, V.R., Phadnis, S., Somaiah, B., Roychoudhury, S., Deb, P.C., Polym. Adv. Technol. 15(5): 270-4 (2004).

Electroless plating of copper on fluorinated polyimide films modified by surface graft copolymerization with 1-vinylimidazole and 4-vinylpyridine.
Wang, W.C., Vora, R.H., Kang, E.T., Neoh, K.G., Polym. Eng. Sci. 44(2): 362-75 (2004).

Effects of electron beam irradiation on poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate)/poly(ethylene terephthalate) blends.
Kim, J.Y., Kim, O.S., Kim, S.H., Jeon, H.Y., Polym. Eng. Sci. 44(2): 395-405 (2004).

Comprehensive study of polymer fiber surface modifications Part 1: High-fluence UV-excimer-laser-induced structures.
Yip, J., Chan, K., Sin, K.M., Lau, K.S., Polym. Int. 53(6): 627-33 (2004).

Synthesis and photoconductive characteristics of biphenylporphyrin-containing poly(amic acid)s and polyimides.
Zhu, B.K., Xu, Y.Y., Wei, X.Z., Xu, Z.K., Polym. Int. 53(6): 708-15 (2004).

Preparation of vinyl polymers bearing photo-labile diethylthiocarbamoylthiyl (S₂CNEt₂) groups via ATRP.
Li, P., Qin, S.H., Qin, D.Q., Qiu, K.Y., Polym. Int. 53(6): 756-65 (2004).

Self-assembled ultra-thin films fabricated from diazoresin and phenol-formaldehyde resin via H-bonding interaction.
Yang, Z.H., Chen, J.Y., Cao, W.X., Polym. Int. 53(6): 815-9 (2004).

Kinetic model of photolysis of poly(methyl methacrylate).
Mikheev, Y.A., Ershov, Y.A., Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 78(5): 661-73 (2004).

State-of-the-art in the studies of three-dimensional radical copolymerisation.
Roshchupkin, V.P., Kurmaz, S.V., Usp. Khim. 73(3): 247-74 (2004).

Photomechanical effects in azobenzene-containing polymer systems.
Yu, Y.L., Nakano, M., Ikeda, T., Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi 62(5): 471-9 (2004).

X-ray and VIS light scattering from light-induced polymer gratings.
Henneberg, O., Panzner, T., Pietsch, U., Geue, T., Saphiannikova, M., Rochon, P., Finkelstein, K., Z. Kristallogr. 219(4): 218-23 (2004).

Biological & Medical Aspects

New photochemical reaction of uracil in phosphate-buffered saline under UV irradiation.
Lin, F., Wang, Z.M., Wang, Y.F., Gaodeng Xuexiao Huaxue Xuebao 25(5): 926-9 (2004).

Substrate electric dipole moment exerts a pH-dependent effect on electron transfer in Escherichia coli photolyase.
Kapetanaki, S.M., Ramsey, M., Gindt, Y.M., Schelvis, J.P.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(20): 6214-5 (2004).

Highly efficient photochemical 2′-deoxyribonolactone formation at the diagonal loop of a 5-lodouracil-containing antiparallel G-quartet.
Xu, Y., Sugiyama, H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(20): 6274-9 (2004).

Damage to model DNA fragments from very low-energy (<1 eV) electrons.
Berdys, J., Anusiewicz, I., Skurski, P., Simons, J., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(20): 6441-7 (2004).

Changes of gene expression of E-coli induced by low-energy nitrogen ions.
Du, Y.H., Qiu, G.Y., Prog. Nat. Sci. 14(5): 439-42 (2004).

Photosensitized splitting of cis-syn 1,3-dimethyluracil dimer by tryptophan and its peptides.
Hei, X.M., Song, Q.H., Li, J., Guo, Q.X., Prog. Nat. Sci. 14(5): 453-8 (2004).

Construction of light-harvesting materials.
Kobuke, Y., Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi 62(5): 480-9 (2004).

Solar Energy

Fabrication and efficiency enhancement of water-based dye-sensitized solar cells by interfacial activation of TiO₂ mesopores.
Saito, H., Uegusa, S., Murakami, T.N., Kawashima, N., Miyasaka, T., Electrochemistry (Tokyo, Jpn.) 72(5): 310-6 (2004).

Industrial & Environmental Applications

Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO₂/SiO₂ composite nanoparticles and their photocatalytic performances.
Hirano, M., Ota, K., Inagaki, M., Iwata, H., J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 112(1303): 143-8 (2004).

Preparation and photocatalytic properties of Zr⁴⁺-doped TiO₂ nanocrystals.
Wang, Y.M., Liu, S.W., Lu, M.K., Wang, S.F., Gu, F., Gai, X.Z., Cui, X.P., Pan, J., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 215(1-2): 137-42 (2004).

A novel photosensitive porous low-k interlayer dielectric film.
Kuroki, S., Sakamoto, S., Kikkawa, T., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43(4B): 1820-4 (2004).

ESR dosimetric properties of modern coral reef.
Sharaf, M.A., Hassan, G.M., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 217(4): 603-10 (2004).

Radiation detectors based on laser sintered Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂ ceramics.
Macedo, M.S., da Silva, R.S., Valerio, M.E.G., Hernandes, A.C., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 153-7 (2004).

Sintered sand pellets for high-dose dosimetry.
Teixeira, M.I., Caldas, L.V.E., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 194-7 (2004).

Preparation of composites of topaz embedded in glass matrix for applications in solid state thermoluminescence dosimetry.
de Magalhaes, C.M.S., Macedo, Z.S., Valerio, M.E.G., Hernandes, A.C., Souza, D.N., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 277-82 (2004).

Study of the ESR signal of gamma irradiated hydroxyapatite for dose assessment.
Da Costa, Z.M., Pontuschka, W.M., Campos, L.L., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 283-8 (2004).

Detection of trace amounts of explosives and/or explosive related compounds on various surfaces by a new sensing technique/material.
Dorozhkin, L.M., Nefedov, V.A., Sabelnikov, A.G., Sevastjanov, V., Sens. Actuators, B 99(2-3): 568-70 (2004).

EPR and UV spectral study of gamma-irradiated white and burned sugar, fructose and glucose.
Yordanov, N.D., Georgieva, E., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1307-14 (2004).

ESR investigation of sucrose radicals produced by particle irradiation.
Nakagawa, K., Sato, Y., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1315-8 (2004).

Compounds of ⁶Li and natural Li for EPR dosimetry in photon/neutron mixed radiation fields.
Lund, E., Gustafsson, H., Danilczuk, M., Sastry, M.D., Lund, A., Spectrochim. Acta, Part A 60(6): 1319-26 (2004).

Theoretical Studies

The effect of spin-orbit coupling on fast neutral chemical reaction O(³P)+CH₃->CH₃O.
Yagi, K., Takayanagi, T., Taketsugu, T., Hirao, K., J. Chem. Phys. 120(22): 10395-403 (2004).

Thermochemical properties, pathway, and kinetic analysis on the reactions of benzene with OH: An elementary reaction mechanism.
Chen, C.C., Bozzelli, J.W., Farrell, J.T., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4632-52 (2004).

Probing the photochemical funnel of a retinal chromophore model via zero-point energy sampling semiclassical dynamics.
Weingart, O., Migani, A., Olivucci, M., Robb, M.A., Buss, V., Hunt, P., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4685-93 (2004).

Mechanisms of intramolecular rearrangements of cyclic siloxycarbenes.
Loncke, P.G., Peslherbe, G.H., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(21): 4694-706 (2004).

Molecular dynamics of excited state intramolecular proton transfer: 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methyloxazole in gas phase, solution, and protein environments.
Vendrell, O., Moreno, M., Lluch, J.M., Hammes-Schiffer, S., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(21): 6616-23 (2004).

Computational methods to study radiation effects in oxide materials.
Corrales, L.R., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 95-102 (2004).

Kinetic modeling of femtosecond dynamics of nuclei in systems with avoided crossing of electronic terms.
Eremin, V.V., Pakhomova, Y.Y., Kuzmenko, N.E., Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 78(5): 735-40 (2004).

Field diagram for solutions of molecules with charge transfer in the first excited state.
Tomin, V.I., Krzysztofowicz, A., Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 78(5): 757-61 (2004).

Methods of calculation of the critical conversion in the formation of cross-linked polymers.
Irzhak, V.I., Usp. Khim. 73(3): 275-91 (2004).

Variational approach to electron transfer in bridged diruthenium complexes.
Vollmer, E., Kordel, M., Koslowski, T., Z. Phys. Chem. (Munich) 218(5): 611-22 (2004).

Reviews

Small is different: Shape-, size-, and composition-dependent properties of some colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals.
El-Sayed, M.A., Acc. Chem. Res. 37(5): 326-33 (2004).

Bond strengths of toluenes, anilines, and phenols: To Hammett or not.
Pratt, D.A., Dilabio, G.A., Mulder, P., Ingold, K.U., Acc. Chem. Res. 37(5): 334-40 (2004).

Using sunlight to remove oil from polluted beaches - Slicking the light fantastic.
Evans, S., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (9): C35 (2004).

Charge transfer excitation of organometallic compounds - Spectroscopy and photochemistry.
Vogler, A., Kunkely, H., Coord. Chem. Rev. 248(3-4): 273-8 (2004).

Photophysical properties of porphyrinoid sensitizers non-covalently bound to host molecules; models for photodynamic therapy.
Lang, K., Mosinger, J., Wagnerova, D.M., Coord. Chem. Rev. 248(3-4): 321-50 (2004).

Viologen embedded zeolites.
Clennan, E.L., Coord. Chem. Rev. 248(5-6): 477-92 (2004).

Radiation effects in insulators: past, present, future.
McHargue, C.J., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 218: 1-8 (2004).

Mechanism of thermal decomposition of secondary nitramines.
Shu, Y., Korsounskii, B.L., Nazin, G.M., Usp. Khim. 73(3): 320-35 (2004).