Holographic experiments are performed on a series of dual-use chromophore molecules wherein both irreversible photochromic and erasable photorefractive holographic gratings can be written in the same storage volume. At 675 nm, the chromophore undergoes a photochemical reaction leading to the creation of irreversible holographic gratings. Alternatively, at longer wavelengths, application of an e...

This study was performed to confirm that activated leukocytes are concerned with Vascular Shut Down effect ; VSD in PhotoDynamic Therapy ; PDT. Hydrogen peroxide ;H2O2, which is a kind of active oxygen that came from monocytes, was made visibility under the confocal laser scanning microscope ;CLSM, and tried to quantify the amount of its formation from the fluorescent intensity with image analy...

The photochemical release of inorganic nitrogen from dissolved organic matter is an important source of bio-available nitrogen (N) in N-limited aquatic ecosystems. We conducted photochemical experiments and used mathematical models based on pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics to quantify the photochemical transformations of individual N species and their seasonal effects on N cycling in a moun...

Mya and Ciona are two animals which are sensitive to light, and which respond to it by a vigorous retraction of the siphons. As a result of previous work~ it is known that the receptor mechanism underlying this sensitivity to light is composed of two associated processes. The first of these takes place during the necessary exposure to light. I t follows the Bunsen-Roscoe law, and is practically...

A new general reaction for the preparation of isomerically pure hydroxyalkylated C(60) monoadducts, via the free radical photochemical addition of alcohols to [60]fullerene, is described.

[Reaction: see text] Six chiral ionic liquids were prepared and evaluated as "chiral induction solvents" in which two different dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octatrienes were photoisomerized to chiral products. Enantiomeric excesses from 3 to 12% were obtained from the photochemical di-pi-methane rearrangement. Results indicate that the chiral induction derives from an ion pairing interaction of the dep...

The photochemical version of the Boulton-Katritzky reaction has been studied, examining the behaviour of the arylhydrazones of 3-benzoyl-5-X-1,2,4-oxadiazoles. The effect of several modifications of the substrates structure (the E and/or Z structures of arylhydrazones, the possible presence of substituents in the arylhydrazono moiety, and the nature of substituents at C-5 of the 1,2,4-oxadiazol...

Glycothymidines were designed and synthesized as a new class of functional glycomimetics in which a photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition of the thymine moiety induces structural changes of carbohydrate presentation. To test if photodimerisation of these glycothymidines is feasible within an array of molecules, the photochemical reaction was investigated using NMR and NMR diffusion experiments in s...

the photocatalytic degradation of a common analgesic (acetaminophen) with titanium dioxide irradiated with low energy ultraviolet light (365 nm) was studied in order to determine the effect of several parameters such as catalyst’s weight, photochemical effect, and initial concentration. the results indicate that acetaminophen is degraded in the order of 4% by the photochemical effect. the pres...