Raman Spectroscopy of Conformational Rearrangements at Low Temperatures Folding and Stretching of Alkanes in Supersonic Jets /

• Main Author: Lüttschwager, Nils Olaf Bernd (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Spectroscopy.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Physical Chemistry.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry.; Polymer Sciences.

This thesis identifies the turning point in chain length, after which alkanes self-solvate into a folded structure instead of an extended stretched conformation. After this turning point, London dispersion forces rearrange isolated n-alkanes into a particular hairpin-structure, while for shorter cha...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background
• Experimental
• Unbranched n-alkanes
• Perfluorinated alkanes
• Modulus of elasticity
• Summary and outlook
• Appendix.