Chemical and Biological Applications of Relaxation Spectrometry

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Ultrasonic Relaxation Spectrometry

   • Jørgen Rassing

   Pages 1-16

3. Dielectric Relaxation

   • A. M. North

   Pages 17-33

4. Dielectric Relaxation at Microwave Frequencies

   • John Crossley

   Pages 35-39

5. The Stopped-Flow and Temperature-Jump Techniques — Principles and Recent Advances

   • B. H. Robinson

   Pages 41-48

6. The Solvent-Jump Relaxation Method Using Stopped and Continuous Flow

   • Z. A. Schelly

   Pages 49-51

7. A Laser Temperature Jump and Photolysis Apparatus with Repetitive Tunable Excitation

   • I. Giannini

   Pages 53-59

8. The Problem of Inhomogeneous Heating in Laser-T-Jump Experiments

   • Z. A. Schelly

   Pages 61-67

9. Kinetic Studies of Metal Ion Complexation and Dye Dimerization by Laser Ultrasound and Laser T-Jump

   • M. M. Farrow, N. Purdie, A. L. Cummings, W. Hermann Jr., Edward M. Eyring

   Pages 69-83

10. The Electric Field Jump Relaxation Method

    • E. M. Eyring

    Pages 85-90

11. Pressure-Jump Methods

    • W. Knoche

    Pages 91-102

12. On Data Processing, Evaluation and Precision of Relaxation Measurements

    • Wilhelm Knoche

    Pages 103-111

13. The Analysis of Relaxation Amplitudes

    • Darwin Thusius

    Pages 113-119

14. Normal Mode Analysis of Chemical Reactions

    • Claude F. Bernasconi

    Pages 121-132

15. Brief Review of the Chemical Relaxation Studies of Micellar Equilibria

    • R. Zana

    Pages 133-138

16. Chemical Relaxation Studies of Micellar Equilibria

    • R. Zana

    Pages 139-141

17. Kinetic Studies of the Rapid Reactions in n-Alkyl Sulfate Solution

    • Tatsuya Yasunaga, Kunio Takeda, Nobuhide Tatsumoto, Hiromoto Uehara

    Pages 143-157

18. Ultrasonic Pulse Spectroscopy in Micellar Solutions

    • V. C. Reinsborough

    Pages 159-162

19. Kinetics of Micellization from Ultrasonic Relaxation Studies — The Fast Process Described by the Two State Model

    • P. J. Sams, J. E. Rassing, E. Wyn-Jones

    Pages 163-169

20. Comments on the Fast Relaxation Process Observed in the Study of Micellization

    • Mats Almgren

    Pages 171-174

Chemical relaxation spectrometry involves the application of several different relaxation techniques to investigate the kinetics and mechanisms of fast chemical reactions and also dynamic molecul­ 10 ar processes that occur in liquids in the time range 1 - 10- secs. These methods have been used widely in several disciplines of the natural sciences including molecular biology, biochemistry, organic stereochemistry, detergent chemistry and inorganic chemistry. The purpose of the Advanced Study Institute was to provide a forum for scientists to discuss the role, scope and limitations of the various applications of chemical relaxation methods in order to stimulate discussion and interaction between workers in these different fields. The papers described in this volume are a summary of the contributions that were discussed at the meeting. The brief given to the authors was to attempt to prepare an article contain­ ing a good supply of references so that the book can be used not only by those starting in the field, but also by the specialist and research worker. These contributions cover a varied range of topics summarizing the achievements, the current state of knowledge and possible application in many disciplines. It is to be hoped that this volume will help to point out some new directions towards which research efforts are required and to attract new researchers with fresh points of view.

• Chemical reaction
• Isomer
• Magnetic Resonance
• NMR
• processing
• spectroscopy
• thermodynamics

• Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Salford, Salford, England

  E. Wyn-Jones

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