CHEMICAL PHYSICS RELATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract

Attempts were made to interweave quantum chemistry and experimental electronic state spectroscopy. The work was divided into subclasses: (1) color of dyes, where typical photographic sensitizer dyes were investigated and the absorption and emission of monomer and dimer species catalogued and interpreted in order to assign transitions; (2) benzene derivatives, where the nature of the symmetry of the low wave functions for the low-lying states of benzene was studied; (3) four pi electrons in 3 pi orbitals, where theoretical and experimental studies were made on amidinium and amides and on the electron dynamics of the peptide link as found in proteins and in photographic gelatin; and (4) electronic spectrum of molecular crystals, which proposed a classification of crystal spectra into 2 categories by whether the energy transfer is fast or slow compared with the Lissajou's figure motion induced in a single molecule by the act of light absorption.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0259200

Entities

People

  • William T. Simpson

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Dynamics
  • Electronic States
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Molecules
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photography
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Space