The Positive Muon as a Probe in Free Radical Chemistry: Potential and Limitations of the μSR Techniques: 49 (Lecture Notes in Chemistry, 49) - Softcover

Roduner, Emil

 
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The work presented here is a result of an extended collaboration with a number of coworkers and guests. Particularly, I would like to thank Dr. P. Burkhard and Dr. W. Strub for their careful work performed for their Ph. D. thesis and Dr. M. Heming for his brilliant ideas and his dedication. Very fruitful and stimulating were collaborations with our guests, i. e. with G. A. Brinkman and P. W. F. Louwrier from NIKHEF-K in Amsterdam, B. C. Webster, M. J. Ramos and D. McKenna from the University of Glasgow, M. C. R. Symons, D. Geeson and C. J. Rhodes from the University of Leicester, S. F. J. Cox and C. A. Scott from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, and R. De Renzi and M. Ricco from the University of Parma. Many invaluable discussions with friends and competitors in the field helped to address new viewpoints and to define new goals. I shall not forget my teacher and director of the radical chemistry group, Prof. H. Fischer, whom I wish to thank for his interest and active support and for the great liberty he allowed me for the planning and organization of the project. Last but not least, I thank my dear wife Hanny and our children Christian, Martin and Andrea who suffered, without complaint, daddy's absence for so many hours.

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The muon is introduced as a unique probe in radical chemistry, and the experimental technique is demonstrated to have considerable potential for further developments. Employing this method, extraordinary structural and kinetic effects have been encountered. This book relates to muonated organic free radicals, the adducts of muonium to unsaturated molecules. The main aspects treated are: - the experimental techniques and their sensitivity compared to conventional magnetic resonance methods, - the applicability of the muon as a spin probe to measure absolute rate constants of fast radical reactions, - the nature of the subnanosecond radiation chemical pro- cesses which occur upon injection of energetic muons in matter near the end of their thermalization tracks, - geometric and electronic structure of the radicals formed, and isotope effects revealed by comparison with their normal hydrogenated analogues.

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Publisher: Springer Verlag, 1988
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