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Steady state and time resolved spectroscopy of photoswitchable systems
Steady state en time resolved spectroscopie zijn twee fundamentele methodes voor het bestuderen van fotochemische processen. In dit proefschrift zijn drie zelf-opgezette spectroscopische systemen beschreven, waarmee samen met andere spectroscopische methoden verscheidende met licht schakelbare systemen zijn bestudeerd. Met het eerste moleculaire systeem kan de magnetische interacties aan- en uitgeschakeld worden door het bestralen met licht van verschillende golflengte. Twee porfyrine gemodificeerde systemen zijn beschreven: In het eerste systeem zijn porfyrines covalent gebonden aan grafeen om zodoende de eigenschappen van grafeen te modificeren. In het tweede systeem zijn porfyrines gebruikt om moleculaire motoren met zichtbaar licht aan te drijven. Een ander met licht schakelbaar moleculair systeem bestaat uit diaryletheen schakelaars gemixt met fotosensitizers om het genereren van singlet zuurstof te reguleren door middel van licht. In het laatste deel van dit proefschrift zijn verscheidene moleculaire motoren gekarakteriseerd om nauwkeurig de totatiesnelheden en energiebarrières te bepalen
A linear doubly stabilized Crank-Nicolson scheme for the Allen-Cahn equation with a general mobility
In this paper, a linear second order numerical scheme is developed and
investigated for the Allen-Cahn equation with a general positive mobility. In
particular, our fully discrete scheme is mainly constructed based on the
Crank-Nicolson formula for temporal discretization and the central finite
difference method for spatial approximation, and two extra stabilizing terms
are also introduced for the purpose of improving numerical stability. The
proposed scheme is shown to unconditionally preserve the maximum bound
principle (MBP) under mild restrictions on the stabilization parameters, which
is of practical importance for achieving good accuracy and stability
simultaneously. With the help of uniform boundedness of the numerical solutions
due to MBP, we then successfully derive -norm and -norm
error estimates for the Allen-Cahn equation with a constant and a variable
mobility, respectively. Moreover, the energy stability of the proposed scheme
is also obtained in the sense that the discrete free energy is uniformly
bounded by the one at the initial time plus a {\color{black}constant}. Finally,
some numerical experiments are carried out to verify the theoretical results
and illustrate the performance of the proposed scheme with a time adaptive
strategy
A linear second-order maximum bound principle-preserving BDF scheme for the Allen-Cahn equation with general mobility
In this paper, we propose and analyze a linear second-order numerical method
for solving the Allen-Cahn equation with general mobility. The proposed
fully-discrete scheme is carefully constructed based on the combination of
first and second-order backward differentiation formulas with nonuniform time
steps for temporal approximation and the central finite difference for spatial
discretization. The discrete maximum bound principle is proved of the proposed
scheme by using the kernel recombination technique under certain mild
constraints on the time steps and the ratios of adjacent time step sizes.
Furthermore, we rigorously derive the discrete error estimate and
energy stability for the classic constant mobility case and the
error estimate for the general mobility case. Various numerical experiments are
also presented to validate the theoretical results and demonstrate the
performance of the proposed method with a time adaptive strategy.Comment: 25pages, 5 figure
Quantifying the Impact of Experimental Factors on the Measurement of Dynamic Capillary Effects in Unsaturated Porous Media
Multiphase flow is an important phenomenon in many natural and engineering systems; for example, oil recovery and water movement in the unsaturated zone are two common multiphase flow systems. The capillary pressure-saturation (Pc-Sw) relationship, a constitutive relationship between pressure between phases (the capillary pressure, Pc) and the water saturation (Sw), has been studied over nearly the past hundred years. Studies of Pc-Sw relationships are complicated by the often-reported observation of dynamic capillary effects. Dynamic capillary effects refer to a range of observed capillary phenomena which appear to occur under conditions of dynamic saturation change. One of the most widely investigated dynamic effects is the observed rate-dependence of capillary pressures. The focus of the work described here was on studying dynamic capillary effects in the Pc-Sw relationship. Specifically, the work aimed to understand how measurement factors impact the magnitude of observed dynamic capillary effects.
A number of studies have experimentally investigated the magnitude of dynamic capillary effects. Many have calculated a dynamic capillary coefficient, τ, as a measure of the magnitude of dynamic capillary effects. The results of reported τ values have differed widely from each other, even for systems with seemingly very similar properties. Furthermore, studies have reported different dependencies between system properties and dynamic effects. However, few studies have examined how features of the measurement system have impacted the accuracy of data collected. In this study, three important factors in the measurement were examined: response rates of pressure sensors, gas pressure drops through porous media, and unavoidable spatial averaging in saturation measurement. Unsaturated drainage experiments in a small-size cell (1.27 cm ID × 2.54 cm H) and a larger column (2.54 cm ID × 15.24 cm H) were conducted to investigate the impact of sensor response and gas pressure gradients on measurement of dynamic effects, and simulations were used to evaluate the effects of gas pressure drops and unavoidable spatial averaging.
Results show that the response rate of pressure sensors has a pronounced impact on the measurement of τ, particularly in systems where drainage is rapid. Even if sensors for both wetting and non-wetting phases respond rapidly, if their response rates do not match each other, the mismatched sensor responses can mimic dynamic capillary effects. Results also show that dynamic capillary pressures determined can be significantly greater than their actual values due to internal gas pressure drops or gradients, if inlet gas pressures are taken as gas phase pressures. The extent of gas pressure drops depends on both porous medium properties and boundary properties. Finally, results show that differences between local and spatially-averaged saturations as well as rates of saturation change can potentially amplify τ values calculated from measurements. The extent of the amplification is impacted by fluid properties and flow conditions of the multiphase flow system
A general approach for all-visible-light switching of diarylethenes through triplet sensitization using semiconducting nanocrystals
Coupling semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) with organic molecules provides an efficient route to generate and transfer triplet excitons. These excitons can be used to power photochemical transformations such as photoisomerization reactions using low energy radiation. Thus, it is desirable to develop a general approach that can efficiently be used to control photoswitches using all-visible-light aiming at future applications in life- and materials sciences. Here, we demonstrate a simple \u27cocktail\u27 strategy that can achieve all-visible-light switchable diarylethenes (DAEs) through triplet energy transfer from the hybrid of CdS NCs and phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid, with high photoisomerization efficiency and improved fatigue resistance. The size-tunable excitation energies of CdS NCs make it possible to precisely match the clear spectral window of the relevant DAE photoswitch. We demonstrate reversible all-visible-light photoisomerization of a series of DAE derivatives both in the liquid and solid state, even in the presence of oxygen. Our general strategy is promising for fabrication of all-visible-light activated optoelectronic devices as well as memories, and should in principle be adaptable to photopharmacology
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A general approach for all-visible-light switching of diarylethenes through triplet sensitization using semiconducting nanocrystals
Coupling semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) with organic molecules provides an efficient route to generate and transfer triplet excitons. These excitons can be used to power photochemical transformations such as photoisomerization reactions using low energy radiation. Thus, it is desirable to develop a general approach that can efficiently be used to control photoswitches using all-visible-light aiming at future applications in life- and materials sciences. Here, we demonstrate a simple ‘cocktail’ strategy that can achieve all-visible-light switchable diarylethenes (DAEs) through triplet energy transfer from the hybrid of CdS NCs and phenanthrene-3-carboxylic acid, with high photoisomerization efficiency and improved fatigue resistance. The size-tunable excitation energies of CdS NCs make it possible to precisely match the clear spectral window of the relevant DAE photoswitch. We demonstrate reversible all-visible-light photoisomerization of a series of DAE derivatives both in the liquid and solid state, even in the presence of oxygen. Our general strategy is promising for fabrication of all-visible-light activated optoelectronic devices as well as memories, and should in principle be adaptable to photopharmacology
Narrow-linewidth 852-nm DBR-LD with self-injection lock based on high-fineness optical cavity filtering
Narrow-linewidth lasers have high spectral purity, long coherent length and
low phase noise, so they have important applications in cold atom physics,
quantum communication, quantum information processing and optical precision
measurement. We inject transmitted laser from a narrow-linewidth (15 kHz)
flat-concave Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity made of ultra-low expansion (ULE) optical
glass into 852-nm distributed-Bragg-reflector type laser diode (DBR-LD), of
which the comprehensive linewidth of 1.67 MHz for the free running case. With
the increase of self-injection power, the laser linewidth is gradually
narrowed, and the inject-locking current range is gradually increased. The
narrowest linewidth measured by the delayed frequency-shifted self-heterodyne
(DFSSH) method is 263 Hz. Moreover, to characterize the laser phase noise, we
use a detuned F-P cavity to measure the conversion signal from laser phase
noise to intensity noise for both the free running case and self-injection lock
case. Laser phase noise for the self-injection lock case is significantly
suppressed in the analysis frequency range of 0.1-10 MHz compared to the free
running case. Especially, the phase noise is suppressed by more than 30dB at
the analysis frequency of 100 kHz.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure
Efficient Visible‐to‐UV Photon Upconversion Systems Based on CdS Nanocrystals Modified with Triplet Energy Mediators
Developing high-performance visible-to-UV photon upconversion systems based on triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA-UC) is highly desired, as it provides a potential approach for UV light-induced photosynthesis and photocatalysis. However, the quantum yield and spectral range of visible-to-UV TTA-UC based on nanocrystals (NCs) are still far from satisfactory. Here, three different sized CdS NCs are systematically investigated with triplet energy transfer to four mediators and four annihilators, thus substantially expanding the available materials for visible-to-UV TTA-UC. By improving the quality of CdS NCs, introducing the mediator via a direct mixing fashion, and matching the energy levels, a high TTA-UC quantum yield of 10.4% (out of a 50% maximum) is achieved in one case, which represents a record performance in TTA-UC based on NCs without doping. In another case, TTA-UC photons approaching 4\ua0eV are observed, which is on par with the highest energies observed in optimized organic systems. Importantly, the in-depth investigation reveals that the direct mixing approach to introduce the mediator is a key factor that leads to close to unity efficiencies of triplet energy transfer, which ultimately governs the performance of NC-based TTA-UC systems. These findings provide guidelines for the design of high-performance TTA-UC systems toward solar energy harvesting
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