<p>The motions of a wavepacket in the two coupled potentials studied in this thesis can be classified into either bistable or astable motion according to the wavepacket interference at the curve crossing. Bistable motion, in which the wavepacket performs a coupled oscillation but remains in the same adiabatic and diabatic state, can exist both in bound-bound systems and bound-unbound ones with long time stability. Astable motion, in which the wavepacket at the curve crossing switches between the adiabatic and diabatic states and thus alternates between the two possible turning points in the unforked part of the motion, can only exist in bound-bound systems on a limited time scale. The motion of a wavepacket under bistable interference conditions exhibits all of the features expected if the wavepacket moved in a single anharmonic potential. The revival time can be predicted from the revival times in the corresponding diabatic and adiabatic potentials. The phenomenon was observed not only in model molecular systems but also in the system of the harmonically trapped ion pumped by an external laser field with standing wave spatial profile.</p><p>In order to study the bias effect of the detector on pump-probe rotational anisotropy measurements, in a specific direction the fluorescence polarization effect was removed by measuring the rovibrational wavepacket with the help of properly oriented polarizer placed in front of the detector. Our results show clearly the necessity to take polarization effects into account in ultrafast pump-probe rotational anisotropy measurements.</p>

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The motions of a wavepacket in the two coupled potentials studied in this thesis can be classified into either bistable or astable motion according to the wavepacket interference at the curve crossing. Bistable motion, in which the wavepacket performs a coupled oscillation but remains in the same adiabatic and diabatic state, can exist both in bound-bound systems and bound-unbound ones with long time stability. Astable motion, in which the wavepacket at the curve crossing switches between the adiabatic and diabatic states and thus alternates between the two possible turning points in the unforked part of the motion, can only exist in bound-bound systems on a limited time scale. The motion of a wavepacket under bistable interference conditions exhibits all of the features expected if the wavepacket moved in a single anharmonic potential. The revival time can be predicted from the revival times in the corresponding diabatic and adiabatic potentials. The phenomenon was observed not only in model molecular systems but also in the system of the harmonically trapped ion pumped by an external laser field with standing wave spatial profile. In order to study the bias effect of the detector on pump-probe rotational anisotropy measurements, in a specific direction the fluorescence polarization effect was removed by measuring the rovibrational wavepacket with the help of properly oriented polarizer placed in front of the detector. Our results show clearly the necessity to take polarization effects into account in ultrafast pump-probe rotational anisotropy measurements.

Dendrimers are perfectly branched, well-defined macromolecules with a layered structure and a large amount of peripheral end groups. The high functionality in combination with the possibility of dendrimers to adopt a globular shape at high molecular weights, gives them very unique properties.In this work dendrimers up to fifth generation based on 2,2-bis(methylol)propionic acid (bis-MPA) were synthesized with different core structures. The core moieties were chosen in aspects of functionality and flexibility and the impact of the core on the physical and rheological properties was studied. By using the divergent growth approach dendrimers with acetonide, hydroxyl, allyl ether and methacrylate end groups were obtained.The bulk properties of the acetonide- and hydroxyl- terminated dendrimers were investigated with a rheometer. Temperature sweep tests were performed on the acetonide protected dendrimers in a temperature range of -50 up to 120°C at a constant frequency of 1 Hz. It was observed that the glass transition temperature (Tg) increased with increasing generation and that the modulus dropped without a trace of rubbery plateau for lower generations. This lack of rubbery plateau is due to the absence of entanglements between dendrimers. Interestingly, a small rubbery plateau was visible for generation five which implies enhanced interactions between the dendrimers. This behaviour suggests to be strongly influenced by the structural collapse at higher generations. Further, frequency sweep tests were performed on hydroxyl functional dendrimers at different temperatures. The results revealed Newtonian properties for lower generations and shear-thinning behaviour for higher generations at high frequency.Furthermore, this research involves the creation of well-defined thiol-ene networks by incorporation of allyl ether or methacrylate functional dendrimers in thermosets. This was accomplished by using two trithiols of different molecular weights and react them with the enes under UV irradiation. The thiol-methacrylate crosslinking reaction resulted in inhomogeneous films with and residual unsaturations. The thiol-ene films based on allyl ether dendrimers, on the contrary, resulted in homogeneous films with intermolecular couplings between the ene and the thiol being the dominant mode of polymerization. / Dendrimerer är perfekt grenade, väldefinierade molekyler med en struktur indelad i lager och med ett stort antal ändgrupper. Dendrimerer har, på grund av sina många funktionella grupper och sin förmåga att vid höga molekylvikter anta en mer sfärisk struktur, väldigt speciella egenskaper. Dendrimerer upp till femte generation, baserade på 2,2-dimetylolpropan syra (bis-MPA), har syntetiserats med olika typer av kärnstrukturer. Kärnorna valdes med avseende på funktionalitet och flexibilitet, och strukturens påverkan på dendrimerernas fysikaliska och reologiska egenskaper undersöktes. Dendrimerer med acetonid-, hydroxyl-, allyleter- samt metakrylatändgrupper syntetiserades genom att använda en divergent syntesmetod. De hydroxyl- och acetonidfunktionella dendrimerernas reologiska egenskaper i bulk karakteriserades med en reometer. De acetonidskyddade dendrimererna karakteriserades med temperatursvep i ett intervall mellan -50 °C och 120°C och med en konstant frekvens på 1 Hz. Analyserna visade att glastransitionstemperaturen (Tg) ökade med ökande generation och att dendrimerer av lägre generation inte uppvisade någon gummiplatå. Anledningen till detta är att det inte förekommer några kedjeintrasslingar mellan dendrimerer. Dock uppvisar femte generationens dendrimerer liten gummiplatå vilket pekar på ökade interaktioner mellan dem. Detta beteende påverkas av att dendrimerna kollapsar vid höga generationer och att förändringen i strukturen tydligt påverkar interaktionerna. Hydroxylfunktionella dendrimererna karaktäriserades med frekvessvep vid olika temperaturer. Det visade sig att lägre generationer uppvisar Newtonskt beteende medan högre generationer visar sig vara skjuvförtunnande vid höga frekvenser. Som en ytterligare del i detta projekt skapades väldefinierade tiol-en nätverk genom att reagera allyleter och metakrylat-funktionella dendrimerer med två trifunktionella tioler av olika molekylvikt. Reaktionerna initierades med UV-ljus. Tiol-metakrylat filmerna visade på en hög andel homopolymerisation vilket resulterade i inhomogent tvärbundna nätverk med ett stort antal oreagerade grupper. Tiol-allyleter filmerna visade uppvisade däremot homogena nätverk med en liten andel homopolymerisation. / QC 20100831

The properties of a new family of carbon structures based on stacked cyclic C6 rings and intercalated cyclic C6 structures: (C6)n and (C6)nMen-1 have been studied theoretically using ab initio DFT (Density Functional Theory). Calculations of the structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of a range of these molecules have been carried out using DFT techniques with the best correspondence to experimental results. The chemical and structural stability of structures based on stacks of cyclic C6 has also been estimated for pure carbon molecules (C6)n and for metal-organic sandwich molecules intercalated with Fe and Ru atoms. These have (C6)nFen-1 and (C6)n Run-1 compositions, respectively These structures are predicted to show a variety of new electronic, vibrational and magnetic properties. Ultra-small diameter tubular molecules are also found to have unique rotational electron states and high atomic orbital pi-sigma hybridization giving rise to a high density of electron states. All phonons in these structures have collinear wave vectors leading to an ultrahigh density of phonon states in dominant modes suggesting that some of these structures may exhibit superconductivity. These properties, as well as a predicted high electron mobility, make these structures promising as components in nanoelectronics. Experiments using femto-second laser pulses for the irradiation of organic liquids suggest that such structures may appear under certain conditions. In particular, a new type of iron carbide has been found in these experiments.

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The mini-PET system employed in this study incorporates two blocks of BOO detector crystals. Each detector module contains a 25 x 54 mm block of BOO which is segmented into a 6 x 8 array of crystal elements, 3.5 mm ( transaxially ) by 6.25 mm ( axially ) and 30 mm ( deep ). The crystals are coupled to two Hamamatsu R1548 dual photomultiplier tubes ( PMTs ). The segmented BOO detector block is currently being employed in a number of the commercially available positron tomographs. While the above mentioned block detector has significant advantages over discrete detectors, better energy resolution, sensitivity and axial resolution, it also has disadvantages such as: inter-detector scattering, and variations in sensitivity and energy and spatial resolution across the face of the detector block. In this study the variation in the efficiency, energy resolution, position of the full energy photopeaks, spatial resolution and the amount of inter-crystal scatter fraction for the individual detector crystals across the face of the detector block were investigated. The factors contributing to these variations were identified and suggestions for reducing their effects were made. For example, the inter-detector scattering and the light sharing scheme, employed in the detector block for the identification of the crystal of interaction, were found to be the cause of mispositioning the events. Two novel techniques which showed several advantages over the techniques, employed by other groups, for evaluating the amount and distribution of inter-crystal scattered events were also established. The amount of inter-crystal scatter fraction for one of the central detector crystals, utilising both of the above mentioned techniques, was obtained and found to be almost 36%. The spatial distribution of such scattered events had a FWHM of 1.4 mm which its convolution with the so called ideal LSF of the crystal deteriorated its FWHM by 0.5 mm. It was shown that the energy distribution of the majority of the inter-detector scattering events was around the 511 ke V peak and these scattering events were detected within the full energy photopeak of the true events. Hence it is not possible to reject or discard these events by means of setting a higher energy threshold. This fact, in conjunction with the contribution of these events in worsening the spatial resolution of the PET systems utilizing crystals of small dimensions, demands special consideration to be given to the problem of inter-crystal scattering when further reducing the size of the crystals. Therefore, it is recommended that prior to incorporating detector blocks, which are cut into crystals of small dimensions, in PET systems, the amount and the distribution of the scattered events and their contribution in deteriorating the spatial resolution should be investigated by employing the techniques established in this work.

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