Tracking Magnetic Properties of Excited State Energy and Electron Transfer

化学系的这一启动补助金授予了 加州戴维斯分校支持马修·奥古斯丁教授的研究。 研究的主题是利用核磁共振（NMR） 与光学光谱学，以了解能量转移的问题， 分子水平。 现有技术的可行性限制 扩展到脉冲模式将检查一个简单的解决方案， 二苯甲酮的乙腈溶液。 激发态电子转移 能量存储材料例如有机金属络合物 （Ru（bpy）3）2+也将被研究。 分子能量转移和电子转移过程的研究 例如本项目中所研究的，对于理解 光合作用，设计更好的光学传感设备， 光收集系统，以及储能材料的研究

This starter grant award of the Chemistry Division to the University of California at Davis supports the research of Professor Matthew Augustine. The theme of the research is the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with optical spectroscopy to understand energy transfer problems on a molecular level. Limits on the feasibility of the technique as it is extended to pulse mode will be examined on a simple solution of benzophenone in acetonitrile. The excited-state electron transfer in energy storage materials such as organometallic complexes like divalent (Ru(bpy)3)2+ will also be investigated. The study of molecular energy-transfer and electron-transfer processes such as are examined in this project is important for understanding photosynthesis, designing better optical sensing devices and light-harvesting systems, and in the study of energy-storage materials