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NASA NTRS1985

Identification and properties of molecular systems of potential use in solar-pumped lasers

The concepts and computational tools of theortical chemistry are used to investigate molecular properties needed in direct solar-pumped lasers. Compounds of the type RR'CXY, with R and R' organic groups, and X and Y halide atoms were identified as likely candidates because of their highly enhanced absorption coefficients over compounds with a single halide atom. The use of a combination of vibrational excitation followed by electronic excitation to enhance quantum yields at certain wavelengths is indicated. A self-consistent eikonal approximation to state-to-state transitions was tested for CH3I and is useful for other problems involving electronic energy and charge transfer. An approach to calculate potential energy surfaces and transition dipoles was developed which is based on the generation of eigenstates of the nonrelativisitc Hamiltonian followed by incorporation of the spin-orbit coupling by configuration interaction.

Micha, D. A.↗
NASA NTRS1994

Molecular chaperone properties of the high molecular weight aggregate from aged lens

The high molecular weight aggregate (HMWA) fraction was isolated from the water soluble proteins of aged bovine lenses. Its composition and ability to inhibit heat-induced denaturation and aggregation were compared with the lower molecular weight, oligomeric fraction of alpha isolated from the same lens. Although the major components of both fractions were the alpha-A and alpha-B chains, the HMWA fraction possessed a decreased ability to protect other proteins against heat-induced denaturation and aggregation. Immunoelectron microscopy of both fractions demonstrated that alpha particles from the HMWA fraction contained increased amounts of beta and gamma crystallins, bound to a central region of the supramolecular complex. Together, these results demonstrate that alpha crystallins found in the HMWA fraction possess a decreased ability to protect against heat-induced denaturation and aggregation, and suggest that at least part of this decrease could be due to the increased presence of beta and gamma crystallins complexed to the putative chaperone receptor site of the alpha particles.

NASA Discipline Developmental Biology↗
NASA NTRS1987

Molecular clouds in the Carina arm - Large-scale properties of molecular gas and comparison with H I

Results from the first large-scale survey in the CO (J = 1 - 0) line of the Vela-Carina-Centaurus region of the southern Milky Way are reported. The results demonstrate that molecular clouds in the Galaxy are largely confined to the spiral arms and that CO is therefore an extremely good tracer of the large-scale structure of the system. The Carina arm is the dominant feature in the data. Its abrupt tangent at l of roughly 280 deg and characteristic loop in the (l, v) diagram are unmistakable evidence for CO spiral structure. When the emission is integrated over velocity and latitude, the height of the step seen in the tangent direction indicate that the arm-interarm contrast is at least 13:1.

Grabelsky, D. A.↗
NASA NTRS1951

Correlation of physical properties with molecular structure for some dicyclic hydrocarbons having high thermal-energy release per unit volume

As part of a program to study the correlation between molecular structure and physical properties of high-density hydrocarbons, the net heats of combustion, melting points, boiling points, densities, and kinematic viscosities of some hydrocarbons in the 2-n-alkylbiphenyl, 1,1-diphenylalkane, diphenylalkane, 1,1-dicyclohexylalkane, and dicyclohexylalkane series are presented.

Wise, P H↗
NASA NTRS1985

Understanding the high pressure properties of molecular solids and molecular surfaces deposited on hetrogeneous substrates

Work directed toward understanding the high pressure properties of molecular solids and molecular surfaces deposited on hetrogeneous substrates is reported. The motivation, apart from expanding our basic knowledge about these systems, was to understand and predict the properties of new materials synthesized at high pressure, including pressure induced metallic and superconducting states. As a consequence, information about the states of matter of the Jovian planets and their satellites, which are natural high pressure laboratories was also provided. The work on molecular surfaces and finite two and three dimensional clusters of atoms and molecules was connected with the composition and behavior of planetary atmospheres and on the processes involved in forming surface layers, which is vital to the development of composite materials and microcircuitry.

Etters, R. D.↗
NASA NTRS1967

Dipole properties of molecular nitrogen.

Optical absorption, refractivity and electron scattering used to construct model dipole spectrum of molecular nitrogen and calculate dipole properties

MOLECULAR GAS↗
NASA NTRS1989

Surface morphologies and electrical properties of molecular beam epitaxial InSb and InAs(x)Sb(1-x) grown on GaAs and InP substrates

Surface morphologies and electrical properties of molecular beam epitaxial InSb and InAs(x)Sb(1-x) grown on GaAs and InP substrates are discussed. The crystals are all n-type at 300 K and lower temperatures. The surface morphology and electrical characteristics are strongly dependent on Sb(4)/In flux ratio and substrate temperature. The highest mobilities in InSb on InP are 70,000 at 300 K and 110,000 cm(2)/V.s (n=3x10(15) cm(-3)) at 77 K. The mobilities in the alloys also increase monotonically with lowering of temperature. Good quality InAs(x)Sb(1-x) was grown directly on InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy.

Oh, J. E.↗
NASA NTRS2000

Molecular Gas Properties of the Starburst

We present a map of the J=2-1 transition of (sup 13)CO in the starburst nucleus of IC 342 made with the Owens Valley Millimeter Array.

Owens Valley Millimeter Array Molecular Gas Proper↗
NASA NTRS1975

Molecular weight: Property relationships of high performance polymers used for adhesives and composites

Degradation of high performance polyimide precursor resins was investigated by measuring the molecular weight of the polymers in solution, using a membrane osmometer. It was found that polyimide precursor resins composed of BTDA and ODPA combined with DABP and MDA were unstable in DMAC. The degradation rate was found to depend upon the chemical nature of the isomeric diamine and the geometric structure about the amide linkage. The polymers of DABP were less susceptible to degradation than those of MDA and p,p'-compounds were more stable than m,m'-compounds. These results suggest that degradation is correlated with the basicity of the diamine. That is, the rate of the degradation reaction increases with the basicity of the diamine group in the polyimide precursor resin. The presence of water and a higher temperature increased the degradation rate of the polymers.

Kranbuehl, D.↗
NASA NTRS1952

Correlation of physical properties with molecular structure for some dicyclic hydrocarbons having high thermal-energy release per unit volume -- 2-alkylbiphenyl and the two isomeric 2-alkylbicyclohexyl series

Three homologous series of related dicyclic hydrocarbons are presented for comparison on the basis of their physical properties, which include net heat of combustion, density, melting point, boiling point, and kinematic viscosity. The three series investigated include the 2-n-alkylbiphenyl, 2-n-alkylbicyclohexyl (high boiling), and 2-n-alkylbiphenyls (low boiling) series through c sub 16, in addition to three branched-chain (isopropyl, sec-butyl, and isobutyl) 2-alkylbiphenyls and their corresponding 2-alkylbicyclohexyls. The physical properties of the low-boiling and high-boiling isomers of 2-sec-butylbicyclohexyl and 2-isobutylbicyclohexyl are reported herein for the first time.

Goodman, Irving A↗
NASA NTRS1990

A CO survey of regions around 34 open clusters. II - Physical properties of cataloged molecular clouds

The physical properties of the 148 molecular clouds found in a CO survey of regions around 34 young open clusters have been examined. Expressions are given for the cloud size spectrum and the mass spectrum. The mass-radius relation implies that clouds of all size larger than a few pc have about the same mean volume density. Power laws with slopes of 0.6 and 3 describe, respectively, the relations of CO linewidth and cloud mass to cloud size. The clouds are distinctly nonspherical and appear to be randomly oriented with respect to the Galactic plane. The observations can be explained by a model for molecular clouds in which clouds are ensembles of dense clumps of gas. Based on such a model, it is shown that molecular clouds are perturbed on a time scale short compared to the time required for them to reestablish virial equilibrium.

Leisawitz, D.↗
NASA NTRS1969

Dipole properties of molecular hydrogen.

Molecular hydrogen electron scattering, optical refractivity and molecular anisotropy used to construct model dipole spectrum consistent with oscillator strength rules

Dalgarno, A.↗