Surface photochemistry: Radical pair combination on a silica gel surface and in micelles

David Avnir, Linda J. Johnston, Paul De Mayo*, S. King Wong

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Abstract

Photolysis of a benzyl phenylacetate and a dibenzyl ketone generates a radical pair, singlet and triplet respectively, which has been used to demonstrate both a cage effect and translational motion, intra- and/or inter-particulate, on a silica gel surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)958-959
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981
Externally publishedYes

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