Articles you may be interested inElectric field induced cubic to monoclinic phase transition in multiferroic 0.65Bi(Ni1/2Ti1/2)O3-0.35PbTiO3 solid solution Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 162901 (2014); 10.1063/1.4899058Equations of state of 2,6-diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide Radiation-induced isomerization of norbornadiene (NBD) into quadricyclene (Q) was studied in cyclohexane solutions. From the effects of charge and radical scavengers it could be concluded that at low NBD concentrations isomerization is initiated by a reaction of NBD with electrons and probably proceeds via singlet excited NBD. Low yields of Q show that this is not an efficient process. At higher NBD concentrations the isomerization becomes more efficient, indicating that other reactions may begin to contribute. Selfquenching of NBD* also becomes important at higher concentrations. In the presence of SF s , electron transfer from NBD-to this second solute occurs. Enhanced isomerization yields are observed in the presence of benzene, toluene, and acetophenone. Scavenger studies indicate that triplet-excited states of these solutes contribute to this increase in G(isom). They are formed by charge transfer from cyclohexane positive ions to the aromatic additives followed by neutralization. Complex formation between triplet-excited aromatic molecules and NBD is suggested to be an essential step in the isomerization reaction. Relative reactivities towards cyclohexane positive ions, estimated for methanol, toluene, and benzene, are, respectively, 1.0,0.32, and 0.27. Calculated lifetimes of triplet-excited acetophenone, toluene, and benzene are between 10-6 and 10-7 sec. The excited states all react with NBD with rate constants between 5 X 10 8 and 5X10 9 M-l·sec-1 •