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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

Spectroscopic observation of the dimerization reactions of the 9-phenylcarbazole cation radical in acetonitrile.
Oyama, M., Matsui, J., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 77(5): 953-7 (2004).

The role of the 11Bu- state in carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll singlet-energy transfer in the LH2 antenna complexes from Rhodobacter sphaeroides G1C, Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1, Rhodospirillum molischianum and Rhodopseudomonas acidophila.
Rondonuwu, F.S., Yokoyama, K., Fujii, R., Koyama, Y., Cogdell, R.J., Watanabe, Y., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 314-22 (2004).

Switching dynamics of the photochromic 1,1-dicyano-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,8a-dihydroazulene probed by sub-30 fs spectroscopy.
De Waele, V., Beutter, M., Schmidhammer, U., Riedle, E., Daub, J., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 328-34 (2004).

Time resolved resonance Raman studies on triplet excited state of 2-methoxy-naphthalene by photo-sensitization.
Mohapatra, H., Umapathy, S., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 427-32 (2004).

Activation of the sulfhydryl group by Mo centers: Kinetics of reaction of benzyl radical with a binuclear Mo[mu]-SH)Mo complex and with arene and alkane thiols.
Franz, J.A., Birnbaum, J.C., Kolwaite, D.S., Linehan, J.C., Camaioni, D.M., Dupuis, M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6680-91 (2004).

The effect of dye-polymer interactions on the kinetics of the isomerization of 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene and mercury dithizonate.
Yamaki, S.B., de Oliveira, M.G., Atvars, T.D.Z., J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 15(2): 253-61 (2004).

Kinetics of benzenesulfonates elimination by UV and UV/H2O2.
Mazellier, P., Rachel, A., Mambo, W., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 389-93 (2004).

Photochemistry of doubly N-confused porphyrin bonded to non-conventional high oxidation state Ag(III) and Cu(III) ions.
Engelmann, F.M., Mayer, I., Araki, K., Toma, H.E., Baptista, M.S., Maeda, H., Osuka, A., Furuta, H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 403-11 (2004).

Singlet oxygen quenching of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3) and N,N-diphenyl-N,N-bis(3-methylphenyl)-[1,1-biphenyl]-4,4-diamine (TPD).
Sisk, W.N., Lawrence, W.L., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 439-43 (2004).

Trifluralin photolysis in natural waters and under the presence of isolated organic matter and nitrate ions: kinetics and photoproduct analysis.
Dimou, A.D., Sakkas, V.A., Albanis, T.A., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 473-80 (2004).

Effect of viscosity and temperature on some photophysical parameters of 9-phenyl-10-methoxy anthracene.
El-Daly, A.A., M-Ebeid, E.Z., Babaqi, A.S., Al-Hazmy, S.M., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 497-501 (2004).

Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer from N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine and N,N,N,N-tetramethylbenzidine to dichloromethane.
Boilet, L., Buntinx, G., Lefumeux, C., Poizat, O., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 529-36 (2004).

Low quantum yields of relaxed electron transfer products of moderately coupled ruthenium(II)-cobalt(III) compounds on the subpicosecond laser excitation.
Torieda, H., Nozaki, K., Yoshimura, A., Ohno, T., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(22): 4819-29 (2004).

Iron(III)-hydrogen peroxide reaction: Kinetic evidence of a hydroxyl-mediated chain mechanism.
Perez-Benito, J.F., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(22): 4853-8 (2004).

Changes in optical absorptions in natural quartz irradiated by [gamma]-rays and its isochronal annealing.
Aoki, T., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43(5A): 2553-7 (2004).

Photoelectric properties based on electric field modulation of photoinduced electron transfer processes in flavin-porphyrin hetero-type Langmuir-Blodgett films.
Isoda, S., Hanazato, Y., Ueyama, S., Nishikawa, S., Akiyama, K., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43(5A): 2774-8 (2004).

Effects of excitation tuning on ultrafast exciton dynamics in poly(p-phenylene-vinylene) (PPV).
Sperling, J., Benesch, C., Kuna, L., Kauffmann, R., Milota, F., Synth. Met. 143(3): 315-22 (2004).

Furanyl nucleosides: synthesis and kinetics of their formation.
Chatplialoglu, C., Vrantza, D., Gimisis, T., Tetrahedron Lett. 45(23): 4515-7 (2004).

Multivariate curve resolution of step-scan FTIR spectral data.
Ruckebusch, C., Duponchel, L., Huvenne, J.P., Saurina, J., Vib. Spectrosc. 35(1-2): 21-6 (2004).

Picosecond time-resolved infrared investigation into the nature of the lowest excited state of fac-[Re(Cl)(CO)3(CO2Et-dppz)] (CO2Et-dppz = dipyrido[3,2a:2,3c]phenazine-11-carboxylic ethyl ester).
Kuimova, M.K., Grill, D.C., Matousek, P., Parker, A.W., Sun, X.Z., Towrie, M., George, M.W., Vib. Spectrosc. 35(1-2): 219-23 (2004).


Optical Spectra

Evidence for two light-induced metastable states in Cl3[Ru(NH3)5NO]H2O.
Schaniel, D., Woike, T., Boskovic, C., Gudel, H.U., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 347-51 (2004).

Two-photon absorption properties of star-shaped molecules containing peripheral diarylthienylamines.
Liu, S., Lin, K.S., Churikov, V.M., Su, Y.Z., Lin, J.T., Huang, T.H., Hsu, C.C., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 433-9 (2004).

Synthesis, structure, redox, NLO and DNA interaction aspects of [{(L-)2Ru-II}3([mu]3-L)]3+ and [(L)2RuII(NC5H4S-)]+ [L3-=1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiolato, L- = arylazopyridine].
Kar, S., Pradhan, B., Sinha, K., Kundu, T., Kodgire, P., Rao, K.K., Puranik, V.G., Lahiri, G.K., Dalton Trans. (11): 1752-60 (2004).

ERRATUM: Resonance Raman study of solvent dynamics in electron transfer. I. Betaine-30 in CH3CN and CD3CN (Vol 106, pg 4963, 1997).
Zong, Y.P., McHale, J.L., J. Chem. Phys. 120(23): 11333 (2004).

Radiation and thermally induced effects in YAlO3:Mn crystals.
Zhydachevskii, Y., Durygin, A., Suchocki, A., Matkovskii, A., Sugak, D., Loutts, G.B., Noginov, M.A., J. Lumin. 109(1): 39-49 (2004).

Post UV irradiation annealing of E centers in silica controlled by H2 diffusion.
Cannas, M., Costa, S., Boscaino, R., Gelardi, F.M., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 337(1): 9-14 (2004).

Sensitizing Sm3+ emission by non-radiative energy transfer from UO2++ in zinc phosphate glass.
Joshi, B.C., Lohani, R., Pande, B., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 337(1): 97-9 (2004).

Comparative studies of substituted ruthenium(II)-pyrazoyl-pyridine complexes with classical N3 photosensitizer: the influence of -NCS dye ligands on the efficiency of solid-state nanocrystalline solar cells.
Stergiopoulos, T., Karakostas, S., Falaras, P., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 331-40 (2004).

Photochemistry of the amine-sensor dye 4- N,N-dioctylamino-4-trifluoroacetylazobenzene.
Mohr, G.J., Grummt, U.W., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 341-5 (2004).

Color changes accompanying one-electron reduction and oxidation of the azo dyes.
Zielonka, J., Podsiadly, R., Czerwinska, M., Sikora, A., Sokolowska, J., Marcinek, A., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 373-9 (2004).

Fluorescence of substituted pyrrolyl pyridines.
Sibley, S.P., Saunders, A., Crum, P., Mutolo, K., Menke, J.L., Patterson, E.V., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 463-71 (2004).

Photochemical syn-anti isomerization reactions in N4-methoxycytosines - A matrix isolation study.
Lapinski, L., Ramaekers, R., Kierdaszuk, B., Maes, G., Nowak, M.J., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 489-95 (2004).

High-pressure tuning of excited states: Distinguish the emission of the exciplexes in the intramolecular electron transfer compound.
He, L.M., Xiong, F., Li, S.Y., Gan, Q., Zhang, G.Q., Li, Y., Zhang, B.W., Chen, B., Yang, G.Q., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7092-7 (2004).


Thermodynamics

Multistep energy transfer in single molecular photonic wires.
Heilemann, M., Tinnefeld, P., Mosteiro, G.S., Parajo, M.G., Van Hulst, N.F., Sauer, M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6514-5 (2004).


ESR Studies

XSophe-Sophe-XeprView®. A computer simulation software suite (v. 1.1.3) for the analysis of continuous wave EPR spectra.
Hanson, G.R., Gates, K.E., Noble, C.J., Griffin, M., Mitchell, A., Benson, S., J. Inorg. Biochem. 98(5): 903-16 (2004).


Excited States

Photochemistry of fluorophenyl azides in aniline asymmetric fluoroazobenzenes by N- - -H singlet nitrene insertion.
Leyva, E., Sagredo, R., Moctezuma, E., J. Fluorine Chem. 125(5): 741-7 (2004).


Photochemistry

Photocatalytic synthesis of copper colloids from Cu(II) by the ferrihydrite core of ferritin.
Ensign, D., Young, M., Douglas, T., Inorg. Chem. 43(11): 3441-6 (2004).

Light-induced metastable states in oxalatenitrosylruthenium(II) and terpyridinenitrosylruthenium(II) complexes.
Ferlay, S., Schmalle, H.W., Francese, G., Stoeckli-Evans, H., Imlau, M., Schaniel, D., Woike, T., Inorg. Chem. 43(11): 3500-6 (2004).

Enantiodifferentiating photoaddition of alcohols to 1,1-diphenylpropene in supercritical carbon dioxide: Sudden jump of optical yield at the critical density.
Nishiyama, Y., Kaneda, M., Saito, R., Mori, T., Wada, T., Inoue, Y., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6568-9 (2004).

Photoswitching of ferroelectric liquid crystals using unsymmetrical chiral thioindigo dopants: structural effects on polarization photomodulation.
Vlahakis, J.Z., Lemieux, R.P., J. Mater. Chem. 14(9): 1486-94 (2004).

Intramolecular photocycloaddition of unsaturated isoquinuclidines. Synthesis of 2-azatetracyclo[4.0.0.4,907,10]decanes and 3-azatetracyclo[6.1.1.0.2,705,9]decanes.
Choi, Y.G., White, J.D., J. Org. Chem. 69(11): 3758-64 (2004).

Photostimulated reactions of vinyl phosphate esters with triorganostannides. Evidence for an SRN1 vinylic mechanism.
Chopa, A.B., Dorn, V.B., Badajoz, M.A., Lockhart, M.T., J. Org. Chem. 69(11): 3801-5 (2004).

Photochemical reactions of triplet benzophenone and anthraquinone molecules with amines in the gas phase.
Zalesskaya, G.A., Sambor, E.G., Belyi, N.N., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 96(4): 503-11 (2004).

A novel photochemical cycloaddition of 2-alkoxy-3-cyanopyridines to 2-cyanofuran.
Sakamoto, M., Yagi, T., Kobaru, S., Mino, T., Fujita, T., Tetrahedron Lett. 45(23): 4437-40 (2004).

Photochemical formation of [4.4.4](1,3,5)cyclophanes from 1,3,5-tris(3-phenylpropenoyl)benzenes.
Meier, H., Karpouk, E., Tetrahedron Lett. 45(23): 4477-80 (2004).


Radiation Chemistry

Metallic compounds of uranium under neutron irradiation and the possibility of their nondestructive testing.
Silin, V.P., Solontsov, A.Z., Dokl. Phys. 49(4): 205-7 (2004).

Characterization of host-lattice emission and energy transfer in BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+.
Howe, B., Diaz, A.L., J. Lumin. 109(1): 51-9 (2004).

Radiation hardness of PbWO4 Cherenkov radiators heavily doped with trivalent rare-earth ions.
Kobayashi, M., Sugimoto, S., Usuki, Y., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 524(1-3): 385-9 (2004).


Experimental Studies

Study of the carbonyl products of terpene/OH radical reactions: detection of the 2,4-DNPH derivatives by HPLC-MS.
Van den Bergh, V., Coeckelberghs, H., Vankerckhoven, H., Compernolle, F., Vinckier, C., Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 379(3): 484-94 (2004).

Degradation of vitamin C by low-energy electrons.
Abdoul-Carime, H., Illenberger, E., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 481-4 (2004).

H2 activation in aqueous solution: Formation of trans-[Fe(DMeOPrPE)2H(H2)]+ via the heterolysis of H2 in water.
Gilbertson, J.D., Szymczak, N.K., Tyler, D.R., Inorg. Chem. 43(11): 3341-3 (2004).

Photoelectron spectroscopic and electronic structure studies of CH2O bonding and reactivity on ZnO surfaces: Steps in the methanol synthesis reaction.
Jones, P.M., May, J.A., Reitz, J.B., Solomon, E.I., Inorg. Chem. 43(11): 3349-70 (2004).

The regiochemistry of cyclization of [alpha]-sulfenyl-, [alpha]-sulfinyl-, and [alpha]-sulfonyl-5-hexenyl radicals: Procedures leading to regioselective syntheses of cyclic sulfones and sulfoxides.
Della, E.W., Graney, S.D., J. Org. Chem. 69(11): 3824-35 (2004).

Characterization of gold nanoparticles synthesized using sucrose by seeding formation in the solid phase and seeding growth in aqueous solution.
Qi, Z.M., Zhou, H.S., Matsuda, N., Honma, I., Shimada, K., Takatsu, A., Kato, K., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7006-11 (2004).

Development of a portable free-air ionization chamber as an absolute intensity monitor for high-energy synchrotron radiation up to 150 keV.
Nariyama, N., Kishi, N., Ohnishi, S., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 524(1-3): 324-31 (2004).

Identification by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry of spin-trapped free radicals from oxidized 2-oleoyl-1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine.
Reis, A., Domingues, P., Ferrer-Correia, A.J.V., Domingues, M.R.M., Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 18(10): 1047-58 (2004).


Multiphase Systems

Enhanced photoelectrochemistry in CdS/Au nanoparticle bilayers.
Sheeney-Haj-Ichia, L., Pogorelova, S., Gofer, Y., Willner, I., Adv. Funct. Mater. 14(5): 416-24 (2004).

Light-activated transfer of nitric oxide from a porous material.
Mitchell-Koch, J.T., Reed, T.M., Borovik, A.S., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 43(21): 2806-9 (2004).

EPR study of the photoassisted formation of radicals on CeO2 nanoparticles employed for toluene photooxidation.
Hernandez-Alonso, M.D., Hungria, A.B., Martinez-Arias, A., Fernandez-Garcia, M., Coronado, J.M., Conesa, J.C., Soria, J., Appl. Catal., B 50(3): 167-75 (2004).

Electron induced reduction on AlF3 thin films.
Vergara, L.I., Vidal, R., Ferron, J., Appl. Surf. Sci. 229(1-4): 301-10 (2004).

Reduction of light-decomposition and enhancement of photocatalysis of photocatalyst by Au-coat.
Nemoto, Y., Hirai, T., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 77(5): 1033-6 (2004).

Charge separation at the rutile/anatase interface: a dominant factor of photocatalytic activity.
Miyagi, T., Kamei, M., Mitsuhashi, T., Ishigaki, T., Yamazaki, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 390(4-6): 399-402 (2004).

Chemical modification of diamond films using photolysis of perfluoroazooctane.
Nakamura, T., Tsugawa, K., Ishihara, M., Ohana, T., Tanaka, A., Koga, Y., Diamond Relat. Mater. 13(4-8): 1084-7 (2004).

Photoelectrochemical etching of silicon derivatized with an electroactive thiophene-terminated alkyl monolayer: toward a redox center-induced etching activation and anisotropy.
Fabre, B., Wayner, D.D.M., J. Electroanal. Chem. Interfacial Electrochem. 567(2): 289-95 (2004).

Photo-responsive and electrically switchable mesophases in a novel class of achiral bent-core azo compounds.
Prasad, V., Kang, S.W., Qi, X.H., Kumar, S., J. Mater. Chem. 14(9): 1495-502 (2004).

TiO2-mediated photocatalytic degradation of Orange II with the presence of Mn2+ in solution.
Mu, Y., Yu, H.Q., Zheng, J.C., Zhang, S.J., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 311-6 (2004).

Thin-film transmission IR spectroscopy as an in situ probe of the gas-solid interface in photocatalytic processes.
Kataoka, S., Tejedor-Tejedor, M.I., Coronado, J.M., Anderson, M.A., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 323-9 (2004).

The effect of calcination on photocatalytic activity of TiO2 particles: femtosecond study.
Salmi, M., Tkachenko, N., Vehmanen, V., Lamminmaki, R.J., Karvinen, S., Lemmetyinen, H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 395-401 (2004).

True quantum yields and adsorption constants as tools for a mechanistic study of the TiO2-sensitized photooxidation of benzylic derivatives.
Bettoni, M., Del Giacco, T., Rol, C., Sebastiani, G.V., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 481-7 (2004).

Construction of self-assembled ultrathin polyoxometalate/1,10-decanediamine photochromic films.
Zhang, G.J., Chen, Z.H., He, T., Ke, H.H., Ma, Y., Shao, K., Yang, W.S., Yao, J.N., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 6944-8 (2004).

Yields and migration distances of reducing equivalents in the radiolysis of silica nanoparticles.
Milosavljevic, B.H., Pimblott, S.M., Meisel, D., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 6996-7001 (2004).

The effect of post-thermal annealing on photo- and infrared-stimulable CaS:Eu,Sm thin films.
Wu, J.P., Newman, D., Viney, I., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 37(9): 1371-5 (2004).

Biomolecular processes between dye molecules and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the surface of a semiconductor-dielectric structure.
Domnina, N.A., Potapov, A.V., Saletskii, A.M., Opt. Spectrosc. (Transl. of Opt. Spektrosk.) 96(4): 515-9 (2004).

Photoinduced bulk-surface dynamics: time resolved two photon photoemission signals at semiconductor surfaces.
Ramakrishna, S., Willig, F., Knorr, A., Surf. Sci. 558(1-3): 159-73 (2004).

Effect of ion irradiation on the optical properties and room temperature oxidation of copper surface.
Poperenko, L.V., Shaaban, E.R., Khanh, N.Q., Stashchuk, V.S., Vinnichenko, M.V., Yurgelevich, I.V., Nosach, D.V., Lohner, T., Thin Solid Films 455-56: 453-6 (2004).


Polymers

Reversible cluster formation of colloidal nanospheres by interparticle photodimerization.
Yuan, X.F., Fischer, K., Scharl, W., Adv. Funct. Mater. 14(5): 457-63 (2004).

A new polystyrene-TiO2 nanocomposite film and its photocatalytic degradation.
Zan, L., Tian, L.H., Liu, Z.S., Peng, Z.H., Appl. Catal., A 264(2): 237-42 (2004).

Diffraction gratings and diffusion coefficient determination of acrylamide and polyacrylamide in sol-gel glass.
Blaya, S., Murciano, A., Acebal, P., Carretero, L., Ulibarrena, M., Fimia, A., Appl. Phys. Lett. 84(23): 4765-7 (2004).

Spectroscopic and electrochemical characterisation of thin cathodic plasma polymer films on iron.
Barranco, V., Thiemann, P., Yasuda, H.K., Stratmann, M., Grundmeier, G., Appl. Surf. Sci. 229(1-4): 87-96 (2004).

Azopyridine side chain polymers: An efficient way to prepare photoactive liquid crystalline materials through self-assembly.
Cui, L., Zhao, Y., Chem. Mater. 16(11): 2076-82 (2004).

Improved antenna effect of terbium(III)-cored dendrimer complex and green-luminescent hydrogel by radical copolymerization.
Kawa, M., Takahagi, T., Chem. Mater. 16(11): 2282-6 (2004).

Optimization of the synthesis of acrylamide hydrogel by gamma-ray irradiation.
Chowdhury, M.A., Alam, M.M., Mina, M.F., Akhtar, F., Kabir, S.E., Chin. J. Polym. Sci. 22(3): 253-8 (2004).

In situ gamma ray-initiated polymerization to stabilize surface micelles.
Zhang, X., Wang, M.F., Wu, T., Jiang, S.C., Wang, Z.Q., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6572-3 (2004).

Acrylic-based resin with favorable properties for three-dimensional two-photon polymerization.
Baldacchini, T., La Fratta, C.N., Farrer, R.A., Teich, M.C., Saleh, B.E.A., Naughton, M.J., Fourkas, J.T., J. Appl. Phys. 95(11): 6072-6 (2004).

In-plane fracture toughness of PET fiber-reinforced paper as a function of UV-irradiation.
Barany, T., KargerKocsis, J., J. Macromol. Sci., Phys. B43(3): 671-83 (2004).

Photochemical reactions in fluorinated sol-gel hybrid materials doped with a photolocking agent for direct micropatterning.
Park, O.H., Kim, S.J., Bae, B.S., J. Mater. Chem. 14(11): 1749-53 (2004).

Highly efficient two-photon initiated polymerization in solvent by using a novel two-photon chromophore and co-initiators.
Lu, Y.M., Hasegawa, F., Ohkuma, S., Goto, T., Fukuhara, S., Kawazu, Y., Totani, K., Yamashita, T., Watanabe, T., J. Mater. Chem. 14(9): 1391-5 (2004).

Comparative study of photoorientation phenomena in photosensitive azobenzene-containing homopolymers and copolymers.
Bobrovsky, A., Boiko, N., Shibaev, V., Stumpe, J., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 347-58 (2004).

Photochain destruction of excited peroxide polystyrene macroradicals.
Kuzina, S.I., Mikhailov, A.I., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 367-72 (2004).

Chromophore orientations upon irradiation in gratings inscribed on azo-dye polymer films: A combined AFM and confocal Raman microscopic study.
Labarthet, F.L., Bruneel, J.L., Buffeteau, T., Sourisseau, C., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 6949-60 (2004).

Product formation in the laser irradiation of doped poly(methyl methacrylate) at 248 nm: Implications for chemical effects in UV ablation.
Bounos, G., Athanassiou, A., Anglos, D., Georgiou, S., Fotakis, C., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7050-60 (2004).

Abilities of 1-(9-anthrylmethyloxy)-2-pyridone and related compounds to initiate radical and cationic photopolymerizations.
Tanaka, K., Nakamura, K., Yoshioka, N., Kameyama, A., Igarashi, T., Sakura, T., J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 42(12): 2859-65 (2004).

Changes in the near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectra of long-chain diacetylene derivatives through photopolymerization in Langmuir-Blodgett films.
Fujimori, A., Ishitsuka, M., Nakahara, H., Ito, E., Hara, M., Kanai, K., Ishii, H., Ouchi, Y., Seki, K., J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 42(12): 2329-36 (2004).

Synthesis and characterization of thermotropic liquid crystalline polyphosphates containing photoreactive moieties.
Rameshbabu, K., Kannan, P., Liq. Cryst. 31(6): 843-51 (2004).

PLP-SEC study into the free-radical propagation rate coefficients of partially and fully ionized acrylic acid in aqueous solution.
Lacik, I., Beuermann, S., Buback, M., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 205(8): 1080-7 (2004).

Synthesis and characterization of poly (N-vinylimidazole-co-acrylonitrile) and determination of monomer reactivity ratios.
Pekel, N., Rzaev, Z.M.O., Guven, O., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 205(8): 1088-95 (2004).

Surface photografting polymerization of methyl methacrylate in N,N-dimethylformamide on low density polyethylene film.
Yang, P., Deng, J.Y., Yang, W.T., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 205(8): 1096-102 (2004).

Controlled/living free-radical polymerization in the presence of benzyl 9H-carbazole-9-carbodithioate under 60C [gamma]-ray irradiation.
Hua, D.B., Zhang, J.X., Bai, R., Lu, W.Q., Pan, C.Y., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 205(8): 1125-30 (2004).

A new approach to the evaluation of stabilizer efficiency under photo-ageing.
Kumar, A., Commereuc, S., Verney, V., Lajoie, P., Lacoste, J., Macromol. Mater. Eng. 289(5): 387-92 (2004).

Phenolic hyperbranched polymers as additives in cationic photopolymerization of epoxy systems.
Sangermano, M., Priola, A., Malucelli, G., Bongiovanni, R., Quaglia, A., Voit, B., Ziemer, A., Macromol. Mater. Eng. 289(5): 442-6 (2004).

Free-radical termination kinetics studied using a novel SP-PLP-ESR technique.
Buback, M., Egorov, M., Junkers, T., Panchenko, E., Macromol. Rapid Commun. 25(10): 1004-9 (2004).

Photopatternable metallopolymers: Photo-cross-linking and photolithography of polyferrocenylsilane methacrylates.
Cyr, P.W., Rider, D.A., Kulbaba, K., Manners, I., Macromolecules 37(11): 3959-61 (2004).

[beta]-Silyl carbonyl groups as new photodegradation units in poly(butadienes).
Hwu, J.R., Chen, J.H., King, K.Y., Macromolecules 37(11): 3968-9 (2004).

Photohydrolysis of substituted benzyl esters in multilayered polyelectrolyte films.
Jensen, A.W., Desai, N.K., Maru, B.S., Mohanty, D.K., Macromolecules 37(11): 4196-200 (2004).

Emission properties of pristine and oxidatively degraded polyfluorene type polymers.
Gamerith, S., Gadermaier, C., Scherf, U., List, E.J.W., Phys. Status Solidi A 201(6): 1132-51 (2004).

Polarons in [pi]-conjugated semiconductors: absorption spectroscopy and spin-dependent recombination.
Wohlgenannt, M., Phys. Status Solidi A 201(6): 1188-204 (2004).

Influence of electronic transport properties of polymer-fullerene blends on the performance of bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices.
Riedel, I., Dyakonov, V., Phys. Status Solidi A 201(6): 1332-41 (2004).

Adsorption of ReO4- ions into polyDMAEMA hydrogels prepared by UV-induced polymerization.
Yan, Y., Yi, M., Zhai, M.L., Ha, H.F., Luo, Z.F., Xiang, X.Q., React. Funct. Polym. 59(2): 149-54 (2004).


Biological & Medical Aspects

Facile formation of an intrastrand cross-link lesion between cytosine and guanine upon pyrex-filtered UV light irradiation of d(BrCG) and duplex DNA containing 5-bromocytosine.
Zeng, Y., Wang, Y.S., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6552-3 (2004).

Femtosecond primary events in bacteriorhodopsin and its retinal modified analogs: Revision of commonly accepted interpretation of electronic spectra of transient intermediates in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.
Abramczyk, H., J. Chem. Phys. 120(23): 11120-32 (2004).

Excitation migration in trimeric cyanobacterial photosystem I.
Sener, M.K., Park, S., Lu, D.Y., Damjanovic, A., Ritz, T., Fromme, P., Schulten, K., J. Chem. Phys. 120(23): 11183-95 (2004).

Reactivity of the photo excited forms of Hypericin, Hypocrellin A, Hypocrellin B and methylated Hypericin towards molecular oxygen: The role of charge transfer interaction.
Dumas, S., Lepretre, J.C., Lepellec, A., Darmanyan, A., Jardon, P., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 297-306 (2004).

Reconstruction of the water-oxidizing complex in manganese-depleted Photosystem II by using Schiff base manganese complexes.
Karacan, M.S., Somer, G., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 307-10 (2004).

Mononuclear and binuclear ruthenium(II) heteroleptic complexes based on 1,10-phenanthroline ligands - Part 1: synthesis, spectroscopic and photophysical study.
Bouskila, A., Drahi, B., Amouyal, E., Sasaki, I., Gaudemer, A., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 381-8 (2004).

Excess electron attachment induces barrier-free proton transfer in anionic complexes of thymine and uracil with formic acid.
Haranczyk, M., Dabkowska, I., Rak, J., Gutowski, M., Nilles, J.M., Stokes, S., Radisic, D., Bowen, K.H., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 6919-21 (2004).

Isomerization of retinal chromophore and conformational changes in membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin by solubilization with a mild non-ionic detergent, n-octyl-[beta]-glucoside: an FT-Raman and FT-IR spectroscopic study.
Sonoyama, M., Hasegawa, T., Nakano, T., Mitaku, S., Vib. Spectrosc. 35(1-2): 115-9 (2004).


Solar Energy

Relating the morphology of poly(p-phenylene vinylene)/methanofullerene blends to solar-cell performance.
van Duren, J.K.J., Yang, X.N., Loos, J., Bulle-Lieuwma, C.W.T., Sieval, A.B., Hummelen, J.C., Janssen, R.A.J., Adv. Funct. Mater. 14(5): 425-34 (2004).

Interface engineering for solid-state dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells: The use of ion-solvating hole-transporting polymers.
Haque, S.A., Park, T., Xu, C., Koops, S., Schulte, N., Potter, R.J., Holmes, A.B., Durrant, J.R., Adv. Funct. Mater. 14(5): 435-40 (2004).

Employing end-functional polythiophene to control the morphology of nanocrystal-polymer composites in hybrid solar cells.
Liu, J.S., Tanaka, T., Sivula, K., Alivisatos, A.P., Frechet, J.M.J., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6550-1 (2004).

Experimental and theoretical radiation damage studies on crystalline silicon solar cells.
Alurralde, M., Tamasi, M.J.L., Bruno, C.J., Bogado, M.G.M., Pla, J., Vazquez, J.F., Duran, J., Schuff, J., Burlon, A.A., Stoliar, P., Kreiner, A.J., Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 82(4): 531-42 (2004).

Morphology control of mesoporous TiO2 nanocrystalline films for performance of dye-sensitized solar cells.
Saito, Y., Kambe, S., Kitamura, T., Wada, Y., Yanagida, S., Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 83(1): 1-13 (2004).

Spectroscopic ellipsometry analysis for investigation of the modification of thin film p-a-Si1-xCx:H after ultraviolet treatment in an Argon ambient.
Myong, S.Y., Kim, S.S., Lim, K.S., Thin Solid Films 455-56: 482-5 (2004).


Industrial & Environmental Applications

The radiation-induced coloration of amorphous photochromic dithienylethene films.
Irie, S., Kim, M.S., Kawai, T., Irie, M., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 77(5): 1037-40 (2004).

Template synthesis and photocatalytic properties of porous metal oxide spheres formed by nanoparticle infiltration.
Shchukin, D.G., Caruso, R.A., Chem. Mater. 16(11): 2287-92 (2004).

Synthetic diamonds as active detectors of ionising radiation.
Marczewska, B., Nowak, T., Olko, P., Gajewski, W., Palyanov, Y., Kupriyanov, I., Waligorski, M.P.R., Diamond Relat. Mater. 13(4-8): 918-22 (2004).

Characterization of Fe-TiO2 photocatalysts synthesized by hydrothermal method and their photocatalytic reactivity for photodegradation of XRG dye diluted in water.
Zhu, J.F., Zheng, W., Bin, H.E., Zhang, J.L., Anpo, M., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 216(1): 35-43 (2004).

Synthesis of TiO2 via hydrolysis of titanium tetraisopropoxide and its photocatalytic activity on a suspended mixture with activated carbon in the degradation of 2-naphthol.
Qourzal, S., Assabbane, A., Ait-Ichou, Y., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 317-21 (2004).

Optimization of solar photocatalytic degradation conditions of bisphenol A in water using titanium dioxide.
Kaneco, S., Rahman, M.A., Suzuki, T., Katsumata, H., Ohta, K., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 419-24 (2004).

Kinetic study of ketones photocatalytic oxidation in gas phase using TiO2-containing paper: effect of water vapor.
Raillard, C., Hequet, V., Le Cloirec, P., Legrand, J., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 425-31 (2004).

Sol-gel synthesis of titania-silica photocatalyst for cyanide photodegradation.
Ismail, A.A., Ibrahim, I.A., Ahmed, M.S., Mohamed, R.M., El-Shall, H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 445-51 (2004).

Early stages in the TiO2-photocatalyzed degradation of simple phenolic and non-phenolic lignin model compounds.
Antunes, C.S.A., Bietti, M., Salamone, M., Scione, N., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 453-62 (2004).

Photo-catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane using TiO2 as suspension in water.
Dey, G.R., Belapurkar, A.D., Kishore, K., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 503-8 (2004).

A visible-light response vanadium-doped titania nanocatalyst by sol-gel method.
Wu, J.C.S., Chen, C.H., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 509-15 (2004).

Effect of doping mode on the photocatalytic activities of Mo/TiO2.
Yang, Y., Li, X.J., Chen, J.T., Wang, L.Y., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 517-22 (2004).

Synergistic effect of combining UV-sunlight-soil burial treatment on the biodegradation rate of LDPE/starch blends.
El-Rehim, H.A.A., Hegazy, E.S.A., Ali, A.M., Rabie, A.M., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 547-56 (2004).

Photo-oxidation of 4-nitrophenol in aqueous suspensions, catalysed by titania intercalated zirconium phosphate (ZrP) and titanium phosphate (TiP).
Parida, K., Das, D.P., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 561-7 (2004).

Bi2S3/TiO2 and CdS/TiO2 heterojunctions as an available configuration for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant.
Bessekhouad, Y., Robert, D., Weber, J., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 569-80 (2004).

Efficient H2O2 oxidation of organic pollutants catalyzed by supported iron sulfophenylporphyrin under visible light irradiation.
Huang, Y.P., Li, J., Ma, W.H., Cheng, M.M., Zhao, J.C., Yu, J.C., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7263-70 (2004).

Effect of impurities in TiO2 thin films on trichloroethylene conversion.
Park, S.E., Joo, H., Kang, J.W., Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 83(1): 39-53 (2004).

Ellipsometric analysis of gamma radiation effects on standard optical coatings used in aerospace applications.
Fernandez-Rodriguez, M., Ramos, G., del Monte, E., Levy, D., Alvarado, C.G., Nunez, A., Alvarez-Herrero, A., Thin Solid Films 455-56: 545-50 (2004).


Theoretical Studies

Theoretical investigation of the structures and properties of fluoromethyl peroxyl radicals.
El-Taher, S., El-Azhary, A.A., Int. J. Quantum Chem. 98(6): 502-14 (2004).

ERRATUM: First estimation of C4-H bond dissociation energies of NADH and its radical cation in aqueous solution (Vol 125, pg 15298, 2003).
Zhu, X.Q., Yang, Y., Zhang, M., Cheng, J.P., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(21): 6833 (2004).

The photodimerisation of coumarin.
D'Auria, M., Racioppi, R., J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 163(3): 557-9 (2004).

Antioxidant properties of phenolic compounds: H-atom versus electron transfer mechanism.
Leopoldini, M., Marino, T., Russo, N., Toscano, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 108(22): 4916-22 (2004).

Time-dependent density-functional theory investigation of the fluorescence behavior as a function of alkyl chain size for the 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile-like donor-acceptor systems 4-(N,N-diethylamino)benzonitrile and 4-(N,N-diisopropylamino)benzonitrile.
Jamorski, C.J., Casida, M.E., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7132-41 (2004).

Coherent nuclear and electronic dynamics in primary charge separation in photosynthetic reaction centers: A redfield theory approach.
Novoderezhkin, V.I., Yakovlev, A.G., van Grondelle, R., Shuvalov, V.A., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7445-57 (2004).

Solvent effects on the suppression of oxidative decomposition of guanines by phenyl group attachment in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
Yokojima, S., Yanoi, W., Yoshiki, N., Kurita, N., Tanaka, S., Nakatani, K., Okada, A., J. Phys. Chem. B 108(22): 7500-5 (2004).

Electronic structures of CF3- for studying dissociative electron attachment to CF3 radicals.
Hayashi, D., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43(5A): 2711-5 (2004).

Multichromophoric Forster resonance energy transfer - art. no. 218301.
Jang, S.J., Newton, M.D., Silbey, R.J., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92: 218301 (2004).


Reviews

Deoxyribonucleotides: the unusual chemistry and biochemistry of DNA precursors.
Follmann, H., Chem. Soc. Rev. 33(4): 225-33 (2004).

Photophysics of conjugated polymers: the contribution of ultrafast spectroscopy.
Lanzani, G., Cerullo, G., Polli, D., Gambetta, A., Zavelani-Rossi, M., Gadermaier, C., Phys. Status Solidi A 201(6): 1116-31 (2004).

Exciton dissociation and charge photogeneration in pristine and doped conjugated polymers.
Arkhipov, V.I., Bassler, H., Phys. Status Solidi A 201(6): 1152-87 (2004).


E-mail: ndrlrcdc.1@nd.edu
Author: K.P. Madden
Created: 7/2/97 Updated: 12/20/2004