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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Absorção de SO2 por líquidos iônicos: efeito do ânion / SO2 absorption by ionic liquids: effect of the anion

Jaciara Bär 10 June 2016 (has links)
O dióxido de enxofre (SO2) é um dos principais poluentes atmosféricos e a busca por sistemas capazes de absorver, detectar e/ou quantificar este gás tem sido de grande interesse. Neste contexto, os líquidos iônicos (LI) têm demonstrado potencial aplicação em metodologias de captura e armazenamento de gases. Neste estudo, nosso maior interesse consiste em entender os principais fatores que governam as interações entre o SO2 e diferentes íons formadores de líquidos iônicos. Em particular, foi explorada a interação específica de transferência de carga entre ânions (base de Lewis) e o SO2 (ácido de Lewis). A abordagem deste trabalho foi baseada em uma investigação sistemática de LI formados pelo cátion 1-butil,3-metilimidazólio (BMI) e diferentes ânions, utilizando da espectroscopia vibracional (Raman e IR), sobretudo a espectroscopia Raman ressonante, aliada a cálculos teóricos baseados na teoria do funcional da densidade (DFT). Os resultados de espectroscopia vibracional Raman e IR, mostraram mudanças na posição e formato da banda referente ao modo de estiramento simétrico vs(SO2) dependendo do ânion e da concentração de SO2 em LI. Verificou-se deslocamentos significativos para menor número de onda em relação ao SO2 líquido puro (1145 cm-1) em menores concentrações de SO2 em LI. Na série dos haletos, Cl-, Br- e I-, quanto maior o ânion, maior o deslocamento (1138, 1133 e 1123 cm-1, respectivamente para a fração molar 0,5). No caso do tiocianato, considerado como um pseudo-haleto, a banda do modo vs(SO2) aparece em cerca de 1130 cm-1 na mesma fração molar, ou seja, em um valor intermediário entre o Br- e o I-. Esses deslocamentos observados podem ser interpretados de acordo com a interação específica de transferência de carga do ânion para o SO2. Um resultado observado que merece destaque consiste na dependência da banda Raman do modo vs(SO2) com a energia da radiação excitante, o que é denominado de dispersão Raman. Tal fenômeno pôde ser explicado utilizando o modelo de \"excitação seletiva do estado de solvatação\" em que foi possível caracterizar os diferentes estados de solvatação do SO2 em líquidos iônicos. / Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is one of the main atmospheric pollutants and the search for systems capable of absorbing detect and/or quantify such gas has been of great interest. In this context, ionic liquids (IL) have shown potential application in capture methodologies and gas storage. In this study, our interest consists in the understanding of the main factors that govern the interactions between SO2 and diferents ions of ionic liquids. In particular, the charge transfer specific interaction was explored between anions (Lewis base) and SO2 (Lewis acid). The approach of this study was based on a systematic investigation of LI formed by 1-butyl cation, 3-methylimidazolium (BMI) and different anions, using vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and IR), especially resonance Raman spectroscopy, allied with theoretical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT). The vibrational spectroscopic results (Raman and IR) showed changes in the position and shape of the band assigned to the symmetric stretching mode vs(SO2) depending on the anion and SO2 concentration in LI. There were significant shifts to lower wavenumbers with respect to pure liquid SO2 (1145 cm-1) at lower SO2 concentrations in IL. In the series of halides, Cl-, Br- and I-, the bigger the anion, the larger the displacement (1138, 1133 and 1123 cm-1, respectively at 0.5 mole fraction). In the case of thiocyanate, regarded as a pseudo-halide, the band vs(SO2) appears at about 1130 cm-1 at the same molar fraction, i.e. at an intermediate value between the Br- and I-. The observed displacement can be interpreted accordingly to the specific interaction of charge transfer from the anion to SO2. A result that is worth mentioning is the dependence of the wavenumber of the Raman band vs(SO2) with the energy of the exciting radiation, which is called Raman scattering. This phenomenon could be explained using the model of \"solvation state selective excitation\" in which was possible to characterize the diferente solvation states of the SO2 in ionic liquids
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Structures auto-assemblées de guanines étudiées par spectroscopie optique résolue en temps / Guanine self-assembled structures studied by time-resolved optical spectroscopy

Hua, Ying 11 September 2013 (has links)
Les brins d’ADN riches en guanine, comme ceux présents à l'extrémité des chromosomes humains, sont capables de s’associer entre eux pour former des structures G-quadruplexes, résultant de l’association de quatre guanines (G-tétrade). Ces structures sont actuellement l’objet d’un intérêt particulier pour le développement de nouvelles thérapies anti-cancéreuses et des applications potentielles pour l’électronique moléculaire. Il n’existe cependant que très peu d’études des propriétés photophysiques des G-quadruplexes. L'objectif de ce travail de thèse est d'étudier l’influence de la structrure des G-quadruplexes sur leurs propriétés photophysiques au moyen de la spectroscopie de fluorescence résolue en temps sur une gamme temporelle allant de la centaine de femtosecondes à la centaine de nanosecondes. Nous avons examiné l’effet de la taille de structures G-quadruplexes tétramoléculaires sur leurs propriétés photophysiques. Nous avons pu montrer que le caractère collectif des états ππ* des guanines est renforcé lorsque le nombre de tétrades augmente et qu’un transfert d'énergie ultra-rapide, en moins de 100 fs a lieu entre ces états. Nous avons ensuite mis en évidence le rôle des cations métalliques situés dans la cavité centrale des quadruplexes dans le processus de désactivation des états excités. En présence de K+, l'émission provient principalement des états délocalisée ππ* des guanines, alors qu’en présence de Na+, l’émission dominée par la contribution d’états excités à caractère de transfert de charge. Enfin, nous avons abordé l'effet de la topologie, en comparant les propriétés photophysiques des G-quadruplexes tétramoléculaires avec celles de structures formées par le repliement d’un simple brin d’ADN. Les différences observées peuvent s’expliquer par la rigidité accrue des structures simple-brins et l'orientation relative différente des tétrades qui détermine la force du couplage électronique entre les bases. / Guanine rich DNA strands have the ability to form four-stranded structures (G-quadruplexes). Their repetitive unit is the G-quartet (tetrad) where each base is connected with two others via four hydrogen bonds. These structures have a crucial role in biological aspect, as targets for anti-cancer therapies, and have great potential for applications in nanotechnology. We studied the electronic excited states of G-quadruplexes using two different techniques, fluorescence up-conversion (FU) and time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) , which allow probing the emissive states over six decades of time (from hundred femtoseconds to hundreds of nanoseconds). At first, we examined the effect of the size of tetramolecular G-quadruplexes on their photophysical properties. We have found that the collective behavior of Franck-Condon excited states is enhanced when the number of tetrads increases. For all systems studied, the anisotropy of the G-quadruplex, on the time scale of hundreds of femtoseconds, is lower than that of non-interacting mono-nucleotides in solution. This decrease in anisotropy is associated with an ultrafast energy transfer process between the bases. Then we demonstrated that the metal cations located in the central cavity of quadruplexes also affect their photophysical properties. In the presence of K+, emission arises mainly from delocalized ππ* states (excitons), whereas in the presence of Na+, it is dominated by the contribution of charge transfer excited states. Finally, we studied the effect of conformation, comparing the properties of tetramolecular G-quadruplexes with those formed by folding a single strand (intramolecular G-quadruplexes). We have shown that the conformation of the nano-structures influences the properties of the excited Franck-Condon states as emissive states as well. These effects are attributed to different geometric arrangement of G-tetrads in tetramolecular and intramolecular quadruplexes.
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Síntese e propriedades espectroscópicas e eletroquímicas de uma triazeno-porfirina / Synthesis, spectroscopical and electrochemical properties of triazene-porphyrin

Iglesias, Bernardo Almeida 30 August 2012 (has links)
Nesta tese foi desenvolvida uma nova classe de porfirinas supramoleculares contendo um grupo (4-nitrofenil)triazeno ligado na posição meso-aril do anel porfirínico. Suas propriedades estruturais e eletrônicas foram investigadas por espectrometria de massas, espectroscopia eletrônica de absorção e emissão, cálculos teóricos semi-empíricos, ressonância magnética nuclear de 1H e 13C, voltametria cíclica e espectroeletroquímica. Efeitos eletrônicos e estruturais diferenciados foram observados quando o grupo triazeno é inserido na porfirina, fazendo com que estes novos compostos apresentem novas propriedades quanto, por exemplo, às fragmentações no estado gasoso, deslocamento batocrômico nos espectros eletrônicos de absorção, variação das intensidades relativas e nos valores dos rendimentos quânticos de fluorescência, deslocalização eletrônica nos orbitais de fronteira evidenciando as transições de transferência de carga do ânion triazenido para o anel porfirínico e variações nos processos redox dos compostos até então estudados / In this thesis we has been developed a new class of supramolecular porphyrins containing (4-nitrophenyl)triazene group connected in the meso-aryl-position of the porphyrin ring. Their structural and electronic properties were investigated by mass spectrometry, absorption and emission electronic spectroscopy, semi-empirical theoretical calculations, nuclear magnetic resonance of 1H and 13C-NMR, cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry. Different structural and electronic effects were observed when the unit is inserted into the triazene to porphyrin, so that these presents new properties such as, for example, to fragmentation in the gaseous state, bathocrimic shift in the electronic absorption spectra, relative intensity variation and values the fluorescence quantum yields, electron delocalization in the frontier orbitals showing the charge-transfer transitions from the triazenide anion to the porphyrin ring and changes in redox processes of compounds previously studied.
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Ultrafast spectroscopy of organic semiconductors : singlet fission and nonfullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

Kim, Vincent Oteyi January 2019 (has links)
In this dissertation, we investigate two emerging strategies for enhancing the performance of organic photovoltaics. The first takes advantage of a process called singlet exciton fission, and the second embodies an exodus from the fullerene electron acceptors prominent in organic solar cells. Indeed, this versatile class of tunable small molecules are aptly termed nonfullerene acceptors. However, both strategies would benefit from a greater understanding of underlying principles. Singlet exciton fission is a photon-multiplying process in which a singlet exciton from a high-energy absorbed photon splits into two triplet excitons. The process could significantly reduce energy lost to heat in photovoltaic devices, but its mechanisms are still misunderstood. One model involves direct coupling between the singlet and triplet states, and another model involves an intermediate charge transfer state. Transient absorption spectroscopy allowed us to examine singlet fission in films of pentacene, fluorinated pentacene, and coevaporated blends of various mixing ratios. We directly observe an intermolecular charge transfer state during singlet fission in solid films of coevaporated pentacene and peruoropentacene, which supports the model of charge transfer state-mediated singlet fission. Furthermore, we successfully induced singlet fission in one blend by directly exciting the charge transfer state below the bandgap. We use various types of steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy to characterize two types of nonfullerene electron acceptors. The first type is a group of tetraazabenzodiuoranthene diimide (BFI) dimers and a BFI monomer. The BFI dimers were designed to have twisted, nonplanar 3-dimensional structures and have helped achieve power conversion efficiencies of over 8% in organic solar cells. The other type of nonfullerene acceptor is a calamitic small molecule, and we consider the BAF-4CN electron acceptor, which has also been used in a solar cell whose efficiency exceeded 8%. Spectroscopic studies give insight into the performances of these nonfullerene devices in relation to fullerene-derivative counterparts. We find that the nonfullerene blends suffer from more geminate charge recombination. However, despite this drawback, in some cases, slower rates of nongeminate recombination may lead to successful power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene solar cells.
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Hybrid Charge Transfer States at Inorganic/Organic Interfaces and their Role in Photovoltaic Charge Generation

Eyer, Moritz 22 August 2018 (has links)
In dieser Arbeit wird ein grundlegender Rahmen für das Verständnis von photovoltaischer Ladungserzeugung an Grenzflächen zwischen einem Metalloxid und einem organischen Halbleiter geschaffen. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass hybride Ladungstransferzustände (HCTS) eine entscheidende Rolle im Energieumwandlungsprozess spielen. Vor ihrer endgültigen Trennung bleiben Elektronen und Löcher an gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Grenzfläche durch Coulomb-Interaktion aneinander gebunden. Nur wenn die Trennung eines solchen HCTS gelingt, kann es zu einem Photostrom beitragen. Die planaren Schichtsysteme ZnO/P3HT, ZnMgO/P3HT und SnO2/P3HT dienen als Modellsystem für eine ausführliche Studie über Energiestruktur der Grenzfläche, photovoltaische Energieumwandlung und die damit verbundenen Verluste. Es wird gezeigt, dass ein HCTS aus einem Elektron im Leitungsband des Metalloxids und einem Loch im HOMO des Polymers besteht. Folglich ist seine Entstehung eine intrinsische Eigenschaft von allen derartigen Grenzflächen. Elektrolumineszenzspektroskopie (EL) stellt sich als wirksame Methode zur Untersuchung von HCTS dar. Deren strahlende Rekombination produziert ein breites Signal im nahen Infrarotbereich. Spannungsabhängige EL-Messungen zeigen den hohen Grad an Delokalisierung von beiden Ladungsträgern in einem HCTS. EL-Spektren, die über einen weiten Temperaturbereich aufgenommen wurden, zeigen, dass nichtstrahlende Prozesse mit Abstand der dominierende Zerfallsmechanismus für HCTS bei Zimmertemperatur sind. Ein Modell aus mehreren Schritten für den Stromerzeugungsprozess kann aus temperaturabhängigen photovoltaischen Messungen abgeleitet werden. Hierbei wird deutlich, dass die Bindungsenergie von Elektron und Loch in einem HCTS keine bedeutende Einschränkung für die Leistungsfähigkeit einer Solarzelle darstellt. Die einflussreiche Rolle von nichtstrahlenden Zerfallsprozessen verursacht jedoch in allen untersuchten Materialsystemen schwere Verluste. / In this work, a fundamental framework for the understanding of photovoltaic charge generation at metal-oxide/organic hybrid interfaces is established. It is shown that hybrid charge transfer states (HCTS) play a crucial role in the power conversion process. Prior to full charge separation, pairs of electrons and holes situated at opposite sides of the heterojunction remain bound to each other by Coulomb interaction. Only if an HCTS is dissociated, a contribution to a photocurrent can be made. Planar heterojunctions of the material combinations ZnO/P3HT, ZnMgO/P3HT, and SnO2/P3HT serve as model systems for a broad investigation of interface energetics, photovoltaic power conversion and the loss processes therein. It is shown that an HCTS consists of an electron in the conduction band of the metal-oxide and a hole in the HOMO of the polymer. Consequently, its formation is an intrinsic property of all heterojunctions of that kind. Electroluminescence (EL) spectroscopy proves to be a powerful tool in the analysis of HCTS. Their radiative recombination produces a broad signal in the near-infrared spectral range. Voltage-dependent EL measurements reveal a high degree of delocalization of both carriers in an HCTS, whereas EL spectra recorded over a wide range of temperatures show that non-radiative processes are by far the dominant recombination channel for HCTS at room temperature. A multistep model of the charge generation process is derived from temperature-dependent photovoltaic measurements. It becomes apparent that the binding energy of electron and hole in an HCTS does not impose a significant limitation on device performance. The strong presence of non-radiative decay processes, however, causes severe losses for all material systems that are investigated in this work.
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Exploring bipolar electrochemistry for the modification of unusual conducting substrates / Modification de substrats conducteurs originaux par électrochimie bipolaire

Malytska, Iuliia 10 September 2018 (has links)
L'électrochimie bipolaire est un phénomène basé sur la polarisation d'un objet conducteur soumis à un champ électrique. Contrairement à l'électrochimie conventionnelle, c’est la chute de potentiel en solution imposée par les deux électrodes sources qui permet de réaliser les réactions électrochimiques. Lorsqu'un objet conducteur est immergé dans une solution électrolytique et soumis à un champ électrique, il est polarisé et se comporte comme une électrode bipolaire. La différence de potentiel entre l'électrolyte et l'électrode bipolaire est la force motrice pour les réactions de réduction et d’oxydation promus aux deux extrémités de l'électrode bipolaire. L'oxydation se produira à l’une des extrémités, combinée simultanément avec la réduction à l'autre extrémité.L'électrochimie bipolaire est une technique d’adressage sans fil qui permet de générer une réactivité électrochimique asymétrique à la surface d'un objet conducteur. Au cours de la dernière décennie, l'électrochimie bipolaire a trouvé de nombreuses applications telles que la synthèse de micro- et nanoparticules asymétriques, l'électrodéposition, la détection, la propulsion de micro-objets, etc. L'avantage de cette technique repose sur le mode d’adressage sans fil qui peut être utilisé pour modifier des matériaux fragiles sans contact ou encore pour modifier simultanément un ensemble de particules en même temps.Dans la présente thèse, l'électrochimie bipolaire a été appliquée à différents matériaux semi-conducteurs et systèmes biologiques. De plus, les nouvelles propriétés générées sur ces nouveaux substrats ont été étudiées en utilisant diverses techniques de caractérisation.L'électrodéposition bipolaire est un outil de choix pour la génération d'objets asymétriques. En utilisant cette approche, un dépôt de métal a été réalisé sur substrats organiques de type complexes de transfert de charge. Ces nouveaux matériaux hybrides métal/organique se sont révélés de bons candidats pour la génération asymétrique de photo-voltage sous illumination.Un matériau semi-conducteur inorganique, tel que les dichalcogénures de métaux de transition a également été utilisé comme substrat pour l'électrochimie bipolaire. Différents dépôts de métaux ont été réalisés sur les macro-particules de MoSe2. Les dichalcogénures de métaux de transition sont également connus pour leur activité électrocatalytique, notamment pour la réaction d'évolution de l'hydrogène. La production d'hydrogène sans fil sur des cristaux de MoSe2 a également été réalisée par électrochimie bipolaire. De plus, l'électrochimie bipolaire peut être utilisée avec une suspension de microparticules de MoSe2 pour réaliser une électrolyse quantitative d’une solution contenant une espèce chimique oxydable.Enfin, l'électrochimie bipolaire pourrait également être utilisée pour étudier indirectement la conductivité de molécules biologiques telles que l’ADN. L'objectif principal était de développer une méthode en électrochimie bipolaire pour la modification asymétrique de l'ADN par des nanoparticules métalliques. Tout d'abord, des expériences ont été réalisées en utilisant l'électrodéposition bipolaire à l’aide d’une électrophorèse capillaire (CABED) suivie d'une imagerie par TEM. Des résultats positifs ont été obtenus mais avec une faible reproductibilité.La seconde approche consiste à étirer des molécules d'ADN sur une surface isolante par peignage et à visualiser cette fois-ci les dépôts par microcopie AFM. / Bipolar electrochemistry is a phenomenon based on the polarization of conductive objects in an electric field. In contrast to conventional electrochemistry, the drop of potential in the electrolyte solution triggers the involved redox reactions. When a conductive object is positioned in an electric field present in a solution between two feeder electrodes, it is polarized and becomes a bipolar electrode. The potential difference between the electrolyte and the bipolar electrode is the driving force for reduction/oxidation reactions at the two extremities of the bipolar electrode; oxidation will occur at one end, combined simultaneously with reduction at the other end.Bipolar electrochemistry is a concept that allows generating an asymmetric reactivity at the surface of a conductive object. During the last decade, bipolar electrochemistry found many applications such as the synthesis of asymmetric micro- and nano-particles, electrodeposition, sensing, propulsion of microobjects, electroanalysis etc. The advantage of this technique is its wireless character, which allows the modification of delicate materials and also to electrochemically address many objects simultaneously.In the present thesis, the approach was applied to different semiconducting materials and biological systems. In addition, properties of substrates of different nature have been studied using bipolar electrochemistry.In this way, it was possible to create metal deposits on organic charge transfer salts in a site-specific way. The resulting hybrid metal/organic particles were tested for the asymmetric generation of photovoltage under illumination.Inorganic transition metal dichalcogenides were also used as a substrate for bipolar electrochemistry. Deposition of different metals on MoSe2 macroparticles was performed. Transition metal dichalcogenides are known for their catalytic activity with respect to hydrogen evolution reaction. Therefore, wireless hydrogen production on MoSe2 crystals and microparticles could be demonstrated by using bipolar electrochemistry. In the latter case it is possible to envision their use for electrochemical decontamination of solutions in the bulk.Finally, bipolar electrochemistry has also been used for studying the conductivity of biological molecules (DNA). The primary goal was to develop a new approach for the asymmetric modification of DNA by metal nanoparticles. Experiments were performed by using either Capillary Assisted Bipolar Electrodeposition (CABED) with the DNA molecules present in the bulk, or by immobilizing DNA as stretched entities on model surfaces for subsequent modification. Encouraging first results could be evidenced by TEM or AFM measurements.
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Experimental studies of proton translocation reactions in biological systems : Electrogenic events in heme-copper oxidases

Lepp, Håkan January 2008 (has links)
<p>Terminal heme-copper oxidases (HCuOs) are transmembrane proteins that catalyze the final step in the respiratory chain - the reduction of O<sub>2</sub> to H<sub>2</sub>O, coupled to energy conservation by generation of an electrochemical proton gradient. The most extensively investigated of the HCuOs are the <i>aa</i><sub>3</sub>-type oxidases, to which cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase (Cyt<i>c</i>O) belongs, which uses energy released in the O<sub>2</sub>-reduction for proton pumping. The bacterial nitric oxide reductases (NORs) have been identified as divergent members of the HCuO-superfamily and are involved in the denitrification pathway where they catalyze the reduction of NO to NO<sub>2</sub>. Although as exergonic as O<sub>2</sub>-reduction, this reaction is completely non-electrogenic. Among the traditional HCuOs, the <i>cbb</i><sub>3</sub>-type oxidases are the closest relatives to the NORs and as such provide a link between the <i>aa</i><sub>3</sub> oxidases and the NORs. The <i>cbb</i><sub>3</sub> oxidases have been shown to pump protons with nearly the same efficiency as the <i>aa</i><sub>3</sub> oxidases, despite low sequence similarity.</p><p>This thesis is focused on measurements of membrane potential generating reactions during catalysis in the Cyt<i>c</i>O and the <i>cbb</i><sub>3</sub> oxidase from <i>Rhodobacter sphaeroides</i>, and the NOR from <i>Paracoccus</i> <i>denitrificans</i>, using a time resolved electrometric technique. The pH dependence of the membrane potential generation in Cyt<i>c</i>O showed that only one proton is taken up and that no protons are pumped, at high pH. An additional kinetic phase was also detected at high pH that presumably originates to from charge-transfer within the K-pathway. Possible reasons for uncoupling, and the extent of charge-transfer, were studied using structural variants of Cyt<i>c</i>O. The measurements established that electrons and protons are taken up from the same side of the membrane in NOR. In addition, the directionality for proton uptake in <i>cbb</i><sub>3</sub> oxidase appeared to be dependent on the choice of substrate while proton pumping was indicated to occur only during O<sub>2</sub>-reduction.</p>
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The Fate of Electronically Excited States : Ultrafast Electron and Energy Transfer in Solvated Donor-Acceptor Systems

Wallin, Staffan January 2005 (has links)
<p>Processes where a molecule absorbs visible light and then disposes of the excess energy via electron/energy transfer reactions have an important role both in nature (e.g. in photosynthesis) and in many technical applications (e.g. in photography and photovoltaics). This thesis uses different spectroscopical techniques, mainly ultrafast transient absorption, to study such processes. The thesis can roughly be divided into three parts.</p><p>In the first part, donor-acceptor systems linked by different conjugated bridges are studied. The objective was to see to what extent the conjugated link could enhance excited state energy or electron transfer, via so-called superexchange processes. The studied links do enhance the electron/energy transfer but in the electron transfer study the resulting charge separated state was very short lived.</p><p>The second part explores the possibility of constructing acceptor-donor-acceptor triads where the direction of electron transfer is determined by the electronic state of the donor. Direct evidence of electron transfer in the form of radical absorption was found from both the first and the second excited states of the donor.</p><p>In the last part, two common chromophores were investigated by transient absorption anisotropy. In the case of Ru(bpy)<sub>3</sub><sup>2+</sup>, it was found that the complex lost all memory of the polarization of the exciting light much faster than what was previously thought. This means that electron transfer between ligands is normally not the rate limiting step in electron transfer reactions involving this complex. In the case of zinc porphyrin, it was seen that the measured anisotropy differed depending on which electronic state was excited suggesting differences in the degree of coherence.</p>
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Low-power high-linearity digital-to-analog converters

Kuo, Ming-Hung 09 March 2012 (has links)
In this thesis work, a design of 14-bit, 20MS/s segmented digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is presented. The segmented DAC uses switched-capacitor configuration to implement 8 (LSB) + 6 (MSB) segmented architecture to achieve high performance for minimum area. The implemented LSB DAC is based on quasi-passive pipelined DAC that has been proven to provide low power and high speed operation. Typically, capacitor matching is the best among all integrated circuit components but the mismatch among nominally equal value capacitors will introduce nonlinear distortion. By using dynamic element matching (DEM) technique in the MSB DAC, the nonlinearity caused by capacitor mismatch is greatly reduced. The output buffer employed direct charge transfer (DCT) technique that can minimize kT/C noise without increasing the power dissipation. This segmented DAC is designed and simulated in 0.18 μm CMOS technology, and the simulated core DAC block only consumes 403 μW. / Graduation date: 2012
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Multi-Photon Interactions with a Time Structure

Baev, Alexander January 2003 (has links)
The present thesis concerns aspects of the interaction ofmatter in gas, liquid and solid phases, with electromagneticradiation, ranging from the optical to the X-ray region. Overthe last decade the availability of ultrashort strong laserpulses as well as of high power synchrotron sources of tunableX-ray radiation has stimulated a rapid development of newexperimental techniques which makes it possible to analysedifferent physical, chemical and biological processes inunprecedented detail. All of this urges a concomitantdevelopment of adequate theoretical language and methodscombined with simulation techniques. The first part of the thesis addresses nonlinear propagationof strong optical pulses. This study is motivated by thebreakthrough in synthesis of novel organic materials possessingprespecified nonlinear optical properties and which has led toa multitude of potential applications such as, for example, 3Dimaging and data storage, optical limiting and photodynamiccancer therapy. In order to clarify the underlying physics, astrict solution has been derived of the density matrixequations of a material aiming at an explicit treatment of itsnonlinear polarization without addressing a conventional Taylorexpansion over field amplitudes. Such a formalism is developedfor many-level molecules, allowing to solve the coupledMaxwell's and density matrix equations for the propagation of afew interacting laser pulses through a nonlinear molecularmedium. The theory presented is capable to account formulti-photon processes of an arbitrary order and for differentsaturation effects. The theory is applied to simulations oftwo- and three-photon absorption as well as to upconvertedstimulated emission of organic molecules in solvents. The second part of the thesis is devoted to resonant X-rayRaman scattering from free molecules, solutions and polymerfilms. The temporal analysis of the spectral profiles isperformed using the technique of scattering duration whichallows to select physical processes with different time scales.The slowing-down/speeding-up of the scattering by frequencydetuning provides insight in the formation of the differentparts of the scattering profile like atomic and molecularbands, resonant and vertical scattering channels, anomalousenhancement of the Stokes doubling effect. The lifetimevibrational interference (LVI), playing a crucial role inresonant scattering, is found to strongly influence thedispersion of the Auger resonances of polymers in agreementwith experiment. An almost complete quenching of the scatteringcross section by LVI is observed for the N2molecule. It is found that the interferenceelimination of the scattering amplitude gives valuableinformation on molecular geometry. The electron Doppler effectis minutely studied making use of a wave packet technique. Thesimulations show an "interference burning" of a narrow hole onthe top of the Doppler broadened profile of the Auger spectraof molecular oxygen. For the SF6molecule the Auger Doppler effect is found to besensitive to the detuning due to the scattering anisotropy. Inall of these studies the temporal language was foundconstructive and enormously helpful for understanding theunderlying physical processes. Most theoretical predictionsmade have been verified by experiments.

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