Chemically Induced Spin Polarization Mechanisms and ElectronDonor-Acceptor Chemistry

在有机动力学项目的资助下，福布斯教授将研究与柔性双基相关的动力学现象。他将研究交换相互作用的机制，包括真空，sigma键，溶剂和排除体积。此外，首席研究员将研究相关多自由基的自旋物理理论。最后，他将详细阐述寿命展宽和j调制等动态效应。有机化合物作为消费品的组成部分，其降解往往是通过自由基发生的。对于暴露在光线下的产品（即用于容器和包装材料的聚合物材料）尤其如此。本研究探讨了这种反应是如何发生的，以及影响反应过程的因素是什么。因此，理解将有助于如何防止或加速光的降解。最后，研究结果将对物理学家和有机化学家有价值。

With funding from the Organic Dynamics Program, Professor Forbes will investigate the dynamic phenomena associated with flexible biradicals. He will study the mechanisms of exchange interactions which include vacuum, sigma bonds, solvent and excluded volume. Further, the principal investigator will investigate the theory for spin physics of correlated polyradicals. Finally, he will elaborate the dynamic effects such as lifetime broadening and J-modulation. Degradation of organic compounds which are an integral part of consumer products often occurs by means of free radicals. This is particularly true for products that are exposed to light (i.e., polymeric materials for containers and wrapping materials). This investigation addresses how this reaction occurs and what are the factors which influence the course of the reaction. Thus an understanding will facilitate how degradation by light can either be prevented or accelerated. Finally, the results of the study will be valuable to physicists and organic chemists.