The kinetics of transients formed under photoexcitation of benzophenone (B) dissolved in three different polymers was studied by ns laser flash photolysis. These polymers were the soft rubbers poly (ethylene-co-butylene) (EB), polystyrene block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene (SEBS) and hard polystyrene (PS). We monitored the decay kinetics of triplet state (3)B(*) and of ketyl radicals BH(●). We observed exponential decay of (3)B(*) and two-stage decay kinetics of BH(●) in EB. The first stage is a fast cage recombination of a radical pair (BH(●), radical of polymer R(●)). The second slow stage of BH(●) decay follows the second-order law with a relatively high rate constant, which corresponds to recombination of BH(●) in a homogeneous liquid with a viscosity of only ~0.1 P (about five times of 2-propanol viscosity). Application of a magnetic field (MF) of 0.2 T leads to deceleration of both stages of BH(●) decay in EB by approximately 20%. Decay kinetics of both transients were observed in SEBS. There was no MF effect on BH(●) decay in SEBS. We only observed (3)B(*) in PS. Decay kinetics of (3)B(*) in this case were described as polychromatic dispersive first-order kinetics. We discuss the effects of polymer structure on transient kinetics and the MF effect.

Diluted water solutions of anti-oxidant potassium phenosan, kept before explorations in "usual" conditions and in conditions of "permalloy container", i.e. shielding of solution from the influence of external low-frequency electromagnetic and/or geomagnetic fields, were studied. It is shown that in solutions kept in shielded conditions in the area of high dilution with a concentration of solutions lower than "threshold", nanoobjects called "nanoassociates", are not formed, and anomalous physicochemical and biological properties observed in solutions kept in "usual" conditions, are not found. We conclude that anomalous physicochemical and biological properties of highly diluted water solutions of potassium phenosan made under "usual" conditions are determined by "nanoassociates", in which an external low-frequency electromagnetic and/or geomagnetic field is a necessary condition of the formation.

The effect of polymer film elongation leading to the thinning of the film up to three times on the decay of transients was studied. Kinetics of benzophenone (B) triplet state (3)B* and ketyl free radical BH• in soft rubber poly(ethylene-co-butylene) (abbreviated as E) was investigated by nanosecond laser flash photolysis. We monitored decay kinetics of the triplet state of (3)B* and of BH• decay in the polymer cage and decay of BH• in the polymer bulk. The fast exponential decay of (3)B*(lifetime τT ≈ 200 ns) is accompanied by hydrogen atom abstraction from E with the formation of BH• and a polymer free radical R•. The decay of BH• in the polymer cage occurs during τc ≈ 1 μs. Cage recombination, in turn, was followed by a cross-termination of BH• in the polymer bulk (τb ≈ 100 μs under our conditions) and is characterized by a rate constant kb ≈ 10(8) M(-1) s(-1). We studied changes of rates of transients decay upon elongation (thinning) of E. Decay of (3)B* is practically independent of elongation of the film. Recombination of BH• in the solvent bulk occurs with a two times lower kb than in a nonelongated E. The decrease in kb is ascribed mainly to a lower fractional polymer free volume Vf in elongated E compared with that in nonelongated E. Dependencies of log10 kb versus [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is the thickness of the film, turned out to be linear with a negative slope. At the same [Formula: see text] recombination proceeds slower in the elongated elastomer compared with the nonelongated elastomer. Cage effect increases twice as well due to a lower rate of radicals escape from the polymer cage in the elongated film. We observed relatively large effects of external magnetic field (B = 0.2T) on the kinetics of cage recombination and recombination in the polymer bulk. Magnetic field effect on recombination rates in the cage and in the solvent bulk does not depend on elongation.

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