Solitons, polarons and their dynamics in mixed-valence halogen-bridged MX-chains

Author(s):  
Shinya Takaishi ◽  
Masahiro Yamashita

This article describes the photo-generation processes of elementary excitations such as solitons and polarons, and their dynamics in the one-dimensional (1D) halogen-bridged Pt compound [Pt(en) 2 Br](ClO 4 ) 2 . Spin-solitons were photo-generated via relaxation processes of CT excitons and self-trapped excitons, made evident by photo-induced absorption and photo-induced electron spin resonance spectra. Polarons were not generated from CT excitons. Diffusion of spin-solitons on the 1D chain was studied quantitatively by analysing 1 H NMR spin-lattice relaxation times ( T 1 ).

1989 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Vanderheiden ◽  
G. A. Williams ◽  
P. C. Taylor ◽  
F. Finger ◽  
W. Fuhs

ABSTRACT1H NMR has been employed to study the local environments of bonded hydrogen and trapped molecular hydrogen (H2) in a series of a-Si1−xGex:H alloys. There is a monotonic decrease of bonded hydrogen with increasing x from ≈ 10 at. % at x = 0 (a-Si:H) to ≈ 1 at. % at x = 1 (a-Ge:H). The amplitude of the broad 1H NMR line, which is attributed to clustered bonded hydrogen, decreases continuously across the system. The amplitude of the narrow 1H NMR line, which is attributed to bonded hydrogen essentially randomly distributed in the films, decreases as x increases from 0 to ≈ 0.2. From x = 0.2 to x ≈ 0.6 the amplitude of the narrow 1H NMR line is essentially constant, and for x ≥ 0.6 the amplitude decreases once again. The existence of trapped H2 molecules is inferred indirectly by their influence on the temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation times, T1. Through T1, measurements it is determined that the trapped H2 concentration drops precipitously between x = 0.1 and x = 0.2, but is fairly constant for 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.6. For a-Si:H (x = 0) the H2 concentration is ≈ 0.1 at. %, while for x ≥ 0.2 the concentration of H2 is ≤ 0.02 at. %.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (13) ◽  
pp. 2564-2569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick E. Wasylishen ◽  
Brian A. Pettitt

Deuterium nmr spin–lattice relaxation times have been measured for dilute solutions of adamantane-d16 in CH2I2, CHBr3, CCl4, CHCl3, and CH2Cl2. The reorientation correlation times, τ2, calculated from the experimental data are used to calculate τJ, the angular momentum correlation times, assuming both the J-diffusion and Hubbard relations. The derived τJ values suggest that adamantane executes small step diffusion in CH2I2 and CHBr3, and large step diffusion in CCl4, CHCl3, and CH2Cl2. The calculated τJ values do not appear to be related to the mean times between collisions calculated using a hard sphere model. Both variable solvent and variable temperature experiments indicate 1 ps/cP for the viscosity dependence of the adamantane reorientation time, about 1/36th the value predicted using the familiar Stokes–Einstein equation.Carbon-13 and 1H nmr T1 data indicate that reorientation of hexamethylenetetramine in H2O (28 ps/cP), CHCl3 (27 ps/cP), and CHBr3 (18 ps/cP) is severely hindered because of inter-molecular hydrogen bonding.


1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 416-420
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Furukawa ◽  
Daiyu Nakamura

The temperature dependence of 35Cl NQR spin-lattice relaxation times T1ClQ was observed for the crystal of the title complexes. For the Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes, the log T1ClQ vs. 103 T-1 curves having gentle positive gradients at lower temperatures decreased sharply with increasing temperature from ca. 150 and ca. 130 K, respectively. This sharp decrease of T1ClQ can be explained by the C4 reorientation of the D4h complex anions with the activation energy Ea of 34 kJ mol-1 for the former and 29 kJ mol-1 for the latter complex. These values agree well with those estimated from 1H T1 showing temperature dependent dipolar-quadrupolar cross relaxation. For the Au(III) salt, two of four 35Cl NQR lines showed a sharp decrease in T1ClQ from ca. 270 K, suggesting the onset of the C4 reorientation of the one kind crystallographically equivalent anions with Ea of 67 kJ mol-1.


1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1928-1939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloš Buděšínský ◽  
Jiří Klinot

13C NMR spectra of sixteen lupane and 19β,28-epoxy-18α-oleanane triterpenoids I-XVI were measured and a complete structural assignment of chemical shifts was made. For most compounds also the carbon spin-lattice relaxation times T1 were obtained. Characteristic differences in chemical shifts of some carbon atom signals were found between 2α-methyl-3-oxo and 2α-methyl-1-oxo derivatives II, V and VIII with chair conformation of the ring A on the one hand and their 2β-isomers III, VI and IX (boat form) on the other. Using these 2-methyl ketones as models, the chair-boat population in allobetulone (I), 3-oxo-28-lupanenitrile (IV) and 1-oxo derivative VII was determined. The results agree well with the data obtained by other physical methods.


2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 413-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriyoshi Kimura ◽  
Toru Hachisuka ◽  
Yukitaka Nakano ◽  
Ryuichi Ikeda

2H and 1H NMR measurements were performed on crystalline [Pt(en)2][PtX2(en)2](ClO4)4 (X = Cl, Br), where the protonated and partially deuterated ethylenediamines (en’s), NH2(CH2)2NH2, NH2(CD2)2NH2 and ND2(CH2)2ND2 were used as ligands. Measurements of 2H and 1H NMR spin-lattice relaxation times showed the presence of motions of en chelate rings at the temperatures near the phase transitions, whereas broad 2H NMR spectra and the reported X-ray diffraction data showed no marked motions. These results were consistently explained by introducing the en puckering motion between highly asymmetric potential wells with an energy difference of 10 - 13 kJ mol-1. This difference was shown to be much larger than 2 - 5 kJ mol-1, reported for the iodo-complex, [Pt(en)2][PtI2(en)2](ClO4)4


1999 ◽  
Vol 54 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin’ichi Ishimaru ◽  
Ryuichi Ikeda

Abstract The dynamics of water molecules intercalated in D2O saturated synthetic and natural smectites, and a synthetic Na-fluormica were studied by measurements of solid state 2H NMR spectra and spin-lattice relaxation times at 150 - 370 K. The obtained results could be explained by the 2-site flip, the C2 rotation and the isotropic rotation of the D2O molecules in smectites. In fluormica, the isotropic motion was undetectable, but the axial rotation of the hydration sphere as a whole was observed. The activation energies and correlation times of the C2 rotation were almost independent of the interlayer cations but depended on the character of clay-layers.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1347-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Walker

It is shown theoretically that, for non-Kramers paramagnetic ions, the second-order Raman phonon process gives a spin–lattice relaxation rate varying as T5 at low temperatures. This new relaxation rate for non-Kramers ions is similar to the one discussed by Orbach and Blume for multilevel Kramers ions. An unusual feature of the second-order Raman process as applied to non-Kramers doublets is that terms in the spin–lattice interaction which are diagonal in the spin states enter in an essential way. The conditions under which the T5 relaxation process dominates other relaxation processes are discussed.


1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 423-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R Garbutt ◽  
Gillian R Goward ◽  
Christopher W Kirby ◽  
William P Power

A solid-state 2H NMR study of methyl-d3-cobalamin has been performed as a function of temperature to provide information concerning the character and energetics of the motion performed by this unique bioorganometallic methyl group. Analysis of the 2H NMR line shape indicates that the methyl group undergoes rapid three-fold rotation, and that the Co-C-2H angle lies between 105.9 and 109.5°. Determination of the spin-lattice relaxation times T1 shows that the relaxation is anisotropic, consistent with a "jumping" motion of the methyl group rather than rotational diffusion. This also provides the activation energy to methyl jumps as 8.3 ± 1.3 kJ/mol. It is proposed that this energetic barrier may be a useful probe of changes in the electronic character of the Co-C bond that accompany the biological role of this molecule in such enzymes as methionine synthase.Key words: cobalamin, solid-state NMR, deuterium NMR, molecular dynamics.


1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Ishida ◽  
Yoshihiro Furukawa

Abstract Spin-lattice relaxation times (T1) and spin-spin relaxation times (T2) of 1H NMR and the electrical conductivity (σ) of trimethylammonium perchlorate were measured in the ionic plastic phase obtainable above 480 K. In this phase, both the cation and anion were revealed to perform self-diffusion. The activation energy (Ea ) of the cationic diffusion was evaluated to be 55 ± 4 and 50 ± 4 kJ mol-1 from 1H T1 and 1H T2 respectively, while Ea of the anionic diffusion was 64 ±3 kJ mol-1 from the electrical conductivity.


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