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Stewart, George Michael 2014-12-15T23:18:00Z 2014-12-15T23:18:00Z 10000-01-01 1983 1983 Infrared fluorescence measurements have been used to determine the presence or absence of intramolecular vibrational relaxation (or more precisely state mixing) from an excited C-H stretch in twenty three representative molecules varying in size from methane to norbornene. Included are aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic molecules, ethers, and ketones, including cyclic molecules. The rate of resonance fluorescence, calculated relative to a non-relaxing molecule was used as the criterion of relaxation. Small rates imply state mixing and hence in the large molecule limit, relaxation. The primary correlation with the presence of mixing is with state density; about 10 states per wavenumber (cm('-1)) are needed to insure mixing. The spread in threshold densities reflects variations in anharmonicity. For some molecules true relaxed (non C-H stretch) fluorescence is observed. These experiments were done in a molecular beam, using a pulsed optical parametric oscillator for excitation and a circular variable filter for spectral resolution. Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T23:18:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8324648.pdf: 2156871 bytes, checksum: e7f7e8484518f61ad431369688a4391b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1983 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 70394 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 83 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/70228 (UMI)AAI8324648 Chemistry, Physical Infrared Laser Excitation and Fluorescence Spectra: A Study of Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Relaxation text Chemistry Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.