U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Photoconversion/Photo- synthesis Spectroscopic and Dynamical Studies of the S1 and S2 States of Models Polyenes in Supersonic Molecular Beams

该奖项将支持为期两年的美国-日本合作社 光转换/光合作用研究计划项目 教授罗纳德克里斯滕森，化学系，鲍登 学院，不伦瑞克，缅因州，吉原敬太郎教授， 分子生物学研究所电子结构研究室 科学，冈崎，日本。 合作将集中在 光谱和动力学的S1和S2激发态的 简单的四烯和三烯。 的 目的是更详细地了解 典型多烯体系中的光异构化。 本项目研究多烯的电子光谱， 科学家之间的合作实验， 技能和设施。 他们的研究使用荧光和 荧光激发技术有望使 对正在进行的研究作出贡献，并将补充其他 基于多光子电离的方法。 克里斯滕森教授 将前往冈崎净化他的化合物， 参与光谱分析的进行和解释 实验

This award will support a two-year U.S.-Japan Cooperative Photoconversion/Photosynthesis Research Program project between Professor Ronald Christensen, Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and Professor Keitaro Yoshihara, Department of Electronic Structure, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan. The collaboration will focus on the spectroscopy and dynamics of the S1 and S2 excited states of simple tetraenes and trienes in supersonic molecular beams. The goal is to obtain a more detailed understanding of photoisomerization in phototypical polyene systems. This project to study the electronic spectra of polyenes involves cooperative experiments between scientists with complementary skills and facilities. Their studies using fluorescence and fluorescence excitation techniques promise to make substantial contributions to ongoing research and will complement other methods based on multiphoton ionization. Professor Christensen will travel to Okazaki to purify his compounds there and will participate in the conduct and interpretation of the spectroscopic experiments.