| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M70971/01 |
| Title: |
NEUTRON SCATTERING AND MUON SPIN RELAXATION STUDIES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Jayasooriya, Dr UA |
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Chemistry |
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University of East Anglia |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1999 |
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30 June 2000 |
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16,380
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Expt. 1. We expect to recognise conduction in double-stranded DNA and distinguish it from localised radicals in single-stranded DNA in the same manner as in the classical experiments with cis- and trans- polyacetylene. For conducting ds-DNA we expect LF-muon relaxation behaviour according to the Risch-Kehr function, which is the signature of 1-D random-walk motion.Expt. 2. LF-muon spin relaxation studies to be done on fully deuterated ferrocene. A comparison with the work we have already done using normal ferrocene should distinguish the ring adduct from the metal adduct.Expt 3. Grow a single crystal of trimethylammonium nitrate, with all the methyl groups deuterated . This will make it possible to study the N-H protein with neutron Compton scattering to determine its structure.Expt. 4. Synthesis of two 'surface model' compounds containing C-H bonds. Fully deuterated samples for accurate neutron diffraction work, and isotopically dilute samples for the accurate measurement of the frequencies of vibrationally isolated C-H and C-D bonds. Construction of a correlation to be used for quantitative measurements of surface C-H species.Expt. 5. Measure inelastic neutron scattering spectra of the above compounds and also IR and Raman, to calculate reliable force fields.
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