Optical spectroscopic properties recorded for simple BOPHY dyes in condensed media: The mirror-symmetry factor

The ground-(S0) and excited -(S1 and T1) state spectra of seven derivatives o f 9-acetoxy- 10(4´-acetoxy)phenylanthracene were determined in the region 50000 - 15000 cm -1 (200 - 660 nm). Comparison of these spectra to the unsubstituted molecule (anthracene) indicates the presence o f bathochromic shift and the steric effect. The substituents cause changes of positions of the energy levels (bigger shifts are noticed for low lying states) and also changes of the absorption intensities of some transitions. The steric hindrances between the phenyl-substituents and the anthracene skeleton are more pronounced if the - OAc(- Me) group or a heavy atom is introduced at position 2´o f the phenyl ring. Molecules possessing such substituents at the meso-position exhibit spectroscopic properties characteristic for a plane molecule in the S0 and S1 states; they show a better preservation of the mirror symmetry between the absorption and fluorescence spectra, lower Stokes shifts and the destabilization energies and bigger fluorescence quantum yields.

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Synthesis, Spectroscopic Properties of Bis-Boc-L-Alanine Modiﬁed 1,8-Naphthyridine Ligand Induced by Hg2+

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1089.121 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1089 ◽

pp. 121-124

Author(s):

Gao Zhang Gou ◽

Bo Zhou ◽

Ling Shi ◽

Xian Lan Chen ◽

Na Wu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Mirror Symmetry ◽

Heavy Metal Ions ◽

Fluorescence Spectra ◽

Electronic Absorption Spectra ◽

Emission Spectra ◽

Spectroscopic Properties ◽

Ion Source ◽

Absorption And Fluorescence Spectra ◽

Comprehensive Study

One Bis-Boc-L-alanine-1,8-naphthyridine ligand containing amino acid by amido bond named 2,7-Bis-Boc-L-alanine-1,8-naphthyridine (L1) was synthesized and characterized. And there absorption and fluorescence spectra in methanol is presented. It exhibits electronic absorption spectra with λmax at about 340 nm, which can be tentatively assigned to π→π* transition. The emission spectra of L1 in CH3OH shows a mirror symmetry peak with λmax at about 375 nm. Then, the comprehensive study of spectroscopic properties upon titration of L1 with heavy metal ions as ion source in CH3OH was investigated.

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Influence of Internal Heavy Atoms on the Spectroscopic Properties of 9-Acetoxy-10-Phenylanthracene Derivatives

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A ◽

10.1515/zna-1984-1007 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 39 (10) ◽

pp. 952-959 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Janina R. Heidt

Keyword(s):

Mirror Symmetry ◽

Fluorescence Spectra ◽

Spectroscopic Properties ◽

Quantum Yields ◽

Absorption And Fluorescence Spectra ◽

Fluorescence Quantum Yields ◽

Heavy Atoms ◽

Decay Times ◽

Anthracene Derivatives ◽

Derivatives Of

Abstract Absorption and fluorescence spectra, fluorescence quantum yields and decay times have been measured for new derivatives of 9-acetoxy-10-acetoxyhalogenophenylanthracene in dioxane. It is found that the strength of the absorption transition decreases with increases atomic number Z of the halogen substituent whereas the strength of the fluorescence transition is constant with the exception for the fluoro-substituted derivatives. The loss of mirror symmetry between the absorption and fluorescence spectra is more evident for the 10-(4-acetoxy-3'-halogenophenyl)anthracene derivatives than for the remaining compounds. The determined nonradiative electronic relaxation rate constant and "dark reactions" quantum yield increases with increasing Z value. These findings are explained on the basis of the spin-orbit coupling enlarged by the heavy substituent and through perturbation of the functional groups, which causes different changes of the molecular geometries in the S0 and S*1 states, respectively.

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High Resolution Electron Microscopy of internal interfaces in layered materials

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100174734 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 320-321

Author(s):

Yoichi Ishida ◽

Hideki Ichinose ◽

Yutaka Takahashi ◽

Jin-yeh Wang

Keyword(s):

Grain Boundaries ◽

Mirror Symmetry ◽

Functional Materials ◽

High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽

Layered Materials ◽

Plane Boundary ◽

Chemical Information ◽

Layer Plane ◽

High Tc ◽

Cubic Metals

Layered materials draw attention in recent years in response to the world-wide drive to discover new functional materials. High-Tc superconducting oxide is one example. Internal interfaces in such layered materials differ significantly from those of cubic metals. They are often parallel to the layer of the neighboring crystals in sintered samples(layer plane boundary), while periodically ordered interfaces with the two neighboring crystals in mirror symmetry to each other are relatively rare. Consequently, the atomistic features of the interface differ significantly from those of cubic metals. In this paper grain boundaries in sintered high-Tc superconducting oxides, joined interfaces between engineering ceramics with metals, and polytype interfaces in vapor-deposited bicrystal are examined to collect atomic information of the interfaces in layered materials. The analysis proved that they are not neccessarily more complicated than that of simple grain boundaries in cubic metals. The interfaces are majorly layer plane type which is parallel to the compound layer. Secondly, chemical information is often available, which helps the interpretation of the interface atomic structure.

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The limits of strain and lattice parameter measurements by CBED

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100154561 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 518-519

Author(s):

Hamish L. Fraser

Keyword(s):

Electron Beam ◽

Mirror Symmetry ◽

Local Symmetry ◽

Lattice Parameter ◽

Growth Direction ◽

Surface Relaxation ◽

Strained Layer ◽

Axis Parallel ◽

Local Lattice ◽

Strained Layer Superlattice

The topic of strain and lattice parameter measurements using CBED is discussed by reference to several examples. In this paper, only one of these examples is referenced because of the limitation of length. In this technique, scattering in the higher order Laue zones is used to determine local lattice parameters. Work (e.g. 1) has concentrated on a model strained-layer superlattice, namely Si/Gex-Si1-x. In bulk samples, the strain is expected to be tetragonal in nature with the unique axis parallel to [100], the growth direction. When CBED patterns are recorded from the alloy epi-layers, the symmetries exhibited by the patterns are not tetragonal, but are in fact distorted from this to lower symmetries. The spatial variation of the distortion close to a strained-layer interface has been assessed. This is most readily noted by consideration of Fig. 1(a-c), which show enlargements of CBED patterns for various locations and compositions of Ge. Thus, Fig. 1(a) was obtained with the electron beam positioned in the center of a 5Ge epilayer and the distortion is consistent with an orthorhombic distortion. When the beam is situated at about 150 nm from the interface, the same part of the CBED pattern is shown in Fig. 1(b); clearly, the symmetry exhibited by the mirror planes in Fig. 1 is broken. Finally, when the electron beam is positioned in the center of a 10Ge epilayer, the CBED pattern yields the result shown in Fig. 1(c). In this case, the break in the mirror symmetry is independent of distance form the heterointerface, as might be expected from the increase in the mismatch between 5 and 10%Ge, i.e. 0.2 to 0.4%, respectively. From computer simulation, Fig.2, the apparent monocline distortion corresponding to the 5Ge epilayer is quantified as a100 = 0.5443 nm, a010 = 0.5429 nm and a001 = 0.5440 nm (all ± 0.0001 nm), and α = β = 90°, γ = 89.96 ± 0.02°. These local symmetry changes are most likely due to surface relaxation phenomena.

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Structural Transformation of a Germanium Σ=13 (510) [001] Tilt Grain Boundary under the Electron Beam

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100179014 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 52-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jean-Luc Rouvière ◽

Alain Bourret

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

High Resolution ◽

Grain Boundary ◽

Structural Transformation ◽

Mirror Symmetry ◽

High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽

Structural Transformations ◽

Covalent Bonds ◽

Resolution Electron ◽

Tilt Grain Boundary

The possible structural transformations during the sample preparations and the sample observations are important issues in electron microscopy. Several publications of High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) have reported that structural transformations and evaporation of the thin parts of a specimen could happen in the microscope. Diffusion and preferential etchings could also occur during the sample preparation.Here we report a structural transformation of a germanium Σ=13 (510) [001] tilt grain boundary that occurred in a medium-voltage electron microscopy (JEOL 400KV).Among the different (001) tilt grain boundaries whose atomic structures were entirely determined by High Resolution Electron Microscopy (Σ = 5(310), Σ = 13 (320), Σ = 13 (510), Σ = 65 (1130), Σ = 25 (710) and Σ = 41 (910), the Σ = 13 (510) interface is the most interesting. It exhibits two kinds of structures. One of them, the M-structure, has tetracoordinated covalent bonds and is periodic (fig. 1). The other, the U-structure, is also tetracoordinated but is not strictly periodic (fig. 2). It is composed of a periodically repeated constant part that separates variable cores where some atoms can have several stable positions. The M-structure has a mirror glide symmetry. At Scherzer defocus, its HREM images have characteristic groups of three big white dots that are distributed on alternatively facing right and left arcs (fig. 1). The (001) projection of the U-structure has an apparent mirror symmetry, the portions of good coincidence zones (“perfect crystal structure”) regularly separate the variable cores regions (fig. 2).

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