Biomedical subjects

P B Davies

Publications and source records attributed to P B Davies.

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PubMed2005

Diode laser spectroscopy of the fundamental bands of 12C14N, 13C14N, 12C15N, 13C15N free radicals in the ground 2 Sigma+ electronic state.

Rotationally resolved spectra of the fundamental band of the CN free radical in four isotopic forms have been measured using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The source of the radical was a microwave discharge in a mixture of isotopically selected methane and nitrogen diluted with argon. The lines were measured to an accuracy of 5 x 10(-4) cm(-1) and fitted to the formula for the vibration rotation spectrum of a diatomic molecule, including quartic distortion constants. The band origins of each of the isotopomers from the five parameter fits were found to be 12C14N: 2042.42115(38) cm(-1), 13C14N: 2000.08479(23) cm(-1), 12C15N: 2011.25594(25) cm(-1), 13C15N: 1968.22093(33) cm(-1) with one standard deviation from the fit given in parenthesis. Some of the lines showed a resolved splitting due to the spin rotation interaction. This was averaged for fitting purposes. The average equilibrium internuclear distance derived from the upsilon = 0 and 1 rotational constants of the four isotopomers is 1.171800(6) A which is in good agreement with the value determined from microwave spectroscopy.

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PubMed2005

Line strengths and transition dipole moment of the nu2 fundamental band of the methyl radical.

The line strengths of nine Q-branch lines in the nu(2) fundamental band of the methyl radical in its ground electronic state have been measured by diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The vibration-rotation spectrum of methyl was recorded in a microwave discharge in ditertiary butyl peroxide heavily diluted in argon. The absolute concentration of the radical was determined by measuring its kinetic decay when the discharge was extinguished. The translational, rotational, and vibrational temperatures, also required to relate the line strengths to the transition dipole moment, were determined from relative integrated line intensities and from the Doppler widths of the lines after allowing for instrumental factors. The line strengths of the nine Q-branch lines were used to derive a more accurate value of the transition dipole moment of this band, mu(2)=0.215(25) D. Improved accuracy over earlier measurements of mu(2) (derived from line strengths of single lines) was obtained by integrating over the complete line profile instead of measuring the peak absorption and assuming a Doppler linewidth to deduce the concentration. In addition, a more precise value for the rate constant for methyl radical recombination than available earlier was employed. The new value of mu(2) is in very good agreement with high-quality ab initio calculations. Furthermore, the ratio of the transition dipole moments of the nu(2) and nu(3) fundamental bands in the gas phase is now in highly satisfactory agreement with the ratio determined for the condensed phase.

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PubMed2001

Trace gas absorption spectroscopy using laser difference-frequency spectrometer for environmental application.

A widely tunable infrared spectrometer based on difference frequency generation (DFG) has been developed for organic trace gas detection by laser absorption spectroscopy. On-line measurements of concentration of various hydrocarbons, such as acetylene, benzene, and ethylene, were investigated using high-resolution DFG trace gas spectroscopy for highly sensitive detection.

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