The origin of the resonant structures in the spectrum of the predissociative part of the A state in the NO-Ar van der Waals cluster has been investigated. We have employed direct excitation to the predissociative part of the NO-Ar A state followed by rotational state selective ionization of the NO fragment. Velocity map imaging of the NO ion yields the recoil energy of the rotational state-sele...

Reduced dimension variational calculations have been performed for the rovibrational level structure of the S1 state of acetylene. The state exhibits an unusually complicated level structure, for various reasons. First, the potential energy surface has two accessible conformers, trans and cis. The cis conformer lies about 2700 cm(-1) above the trans, and the barrier to cis-trans isomerization l...

a palatal defect may result from surgical resection, and its consequences could include difficulty in speech and nasal regurgitation of food and liquids. an obturator combined to speech aid prosthesis can improve nasal emission during speech,  and  assist  in  preventing  nasal  regurgitation  of  food.  this  article presents a clinical report of the reconstruction of palatopharyngeal function...

X-irradiation of single crystals of Tp–GeH3 (Tp: triptycene) led to the trapping of the radical Tp– GeH2. The angular variations of the resulting EPR spectra were recorded at 300 and 77 K. The drastic temperature dependence of the spectra was caused by both a strong anisotropy of the g-tensor and a rotation of the GeH2 moiety around the C–Ge bond. The determination of the EPR tensors as well as...

We studied the state-resolved dynamics of S1 acetaldehyde to product channels with quantum-beat spectroscopy. Two bands near the threshold of dissociation to radical products CH31HCO in a supersonic jet, displaying most quantum-beat features, are recorded with resolution 0.025 cm. Evaluated on the basis of a simple asymmetric rotor, the origins of these two bands 140 150 1 and another denoted #...

The reorientation of one small paramagnetic molecule ( spin probe ) in glassy polystyrene ( PS ) is studied by high-field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy at three different Larmor frequencies ( 95, 190 and 285 GHz ). Two different regimes separated by a crossover region are evidenced. Below 180K the rotational times are nearly temperature-independent with no apparent distribution. ...

Atropisomeric biaryl pyridine and isoquinoline N-oxides were synthesized enantioselectively by dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of rapidly racemizing precursors exhibiting free bond rotation. The DKR was achieved by ketoreductase (KRED) catalyzed reduction of an aldehyde to form a configurationally stable atropisomeric alcohol, with the substantial increase in rotational barrier arising from th...

Optical emission spectroscopy applied to non-equilibrium plasmas in molecular gases can give important information on basic plasma parameters, including the rotational, vibrational temperatures and densities of the investigated radiative states. In order to precisely understand the non-equilibrium of rotational-vibrational state distribution from investigated spectra without limiting presumptio...

Rotational harvesting is one of the oldest management strategies applied to terrestrial and marine natural resources, with crop rotations dating back to the time of the Roman Empire. The efficacy of this strategy for sessile marine species is of considerable interest given that these resources are vital to underpin food security and maintain the social and economic wellbeing of small-scale and ...

In-stent stenosis is a possible long-term complication of carotid artery stenting. A simple and safe technique of cutting balloon angioplasty is described for carotid in-stent stenosis. The stented vessel is imaged by three-dimensional (3D) rotational angiography, the acquired projection images are transferred to a workstation, and the stenotic lesion and implanted stent are reconstructed. The ...