Chemical and Biological Applications of Relaxation Spectrometry: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Salford, Salford, England, 29 August–12 September, 1974

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Ultrasonic Relaxation Spectrometry....Pages 1-16
Dielectric Relaxation....Pages 17-33
Dielectric Relaxation at Microwave Frequencies....Pages 35-39
The Stopped-Flow and Temperature-Jump Techniques — Principles and Recent Advances....Pages 41-48
The Solvent-Jump Relaxation Method Using Stopped and Continuous Flow....Pages 49-51
A Laser Temperature Jump and Photolysis Apparatus with Repetitive Tunable Excitation....Pages 53-59
The Problem of Inhomogeneous Heating in Laser-T-Jump Experiments....Pages 61-67
Kinetic Studies of Metal Ion Complexation and Dye Dimerization by Laser Ultrasound and Laser T-Jump....Pages 69-83
The Electric Field Jump Relaxation Method....Pages 85-90
Pressure-Jump Methods....Pages 91-102
On Data Processing, Evaluation and Precision of Relaxation Measurements....Pages 103-111
The Analysis of Relaxation Amplitudes....Pages 113-119
Normal Mode Analysis of Chemical Reactions....Pages 121-132
Brief Review of the Chemical Relaxation Studies of Micellar Equilibria....Pages 133-138
Chemical Relaxation Studies of Micellar Equilibria....Pages 139-141
Kinetic Studies of the Rapid Reactions in n-Alkyl Sulfate Solution....Pages 143-157
Ultrasonic Pulse Spectroscopy in Micellar Solutions....Pages 159-162
Kinetics of Micellization from Ultrasonic Relaxation Studies — The Fast Process Described by the Two State Model....Pages 163-169
Comments on the Fast Relaxation Process Observed in the Study of Micellization....Pages 171-174
On the Kinetics of the Formation of NaDS Micelles....Pages 175-180
Mechanism of Micelle Formation of Sodiumdodecylsulfate (SDS)....Pages 181-193
Kinetic Studies of the Dissociation of Nonionic Detergent Micelles....Pages 195-200
Dynamics of Small Molecule — Micelle Interactions....Pages 201-210
Stopped Flow and Temperature Jump Studies of Colloidal Suspensions....Pages 211-214
An Attempt to Measure the Monomer-Micelle Exchange Frequency Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance....Pages 215-221
Kinetics of Step-Wise Micelle Association and Dissociation....Pages 223-238
The Rate of Micelle Dissociation....Pages 239-244
On the Rate of Many-Step Processes....Pages 245-253
A Cooperative Model for Micelle Formation....Pages 255-263
On the Mechanism of Ligand Substitution in Weak Metal Complexes in Aqueous Solutions....Pages 265-275
Ultrasonic and Laser T-Jump Studies of the Nickel Carboxylate Complex Formation Reaction in an Aqueous Solution....Pages 277-289
The Association of Optically Active Ions; Ultrasonic Investigation of the Association of Bis and Tris (Orthophenanthroline) Zinc (11) d-Camphorsulfonate....Pages 291-293
Mechanism of Complex Formation in Nonaqueous Solvents....Pages 295-310
Ligand Substitution Processes. An NMR Study. I. Solvation Shells of Diamagnetic Cations Al 3+ and Be 2+ ....Pages 311-321
Ligand Substitution Processes II — Solvation Shells of Paramagnetic Cations Ni 2+ and Co 2+ ....Pages 323-331
Ultrasonic Studies of Polyion — Counterion Interactions in Polyelectrolytes Solutions....Pages 333-341
The Use of the Temperature-Jump Method in the Study of Organic Reaction Mechanisms....Pages 343-351
Conformational Analysis Using Ultrasonic Relaxation Spectrometry....Pages 353-357
Ultrasonic Absorption Determination of the Thermodynamics of Fast Isomerization Processes....Pages 359-363
A Comparison of Proton Transfer Rates in Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Solutions....Pages 365-373
Electric Field and Temperature-Jump Study of the Color Change Kinetics of Ethanolic and Aqueous Phenolphthalein....Pages 375-377
Rates of Proton Transfers in 70% DMSO — 30% Water. Mechanism of Deprotonation of Intramolecularly Hydrogen Bonded Species....Pages 379-384
Solvent-Jump Relaxation Kinetics of the Association of Rhodamine Type Laser Dyes....Pages 385-386
Temperature-Jump Study of the Rates of Proton Transfer and the Strength of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Peri-Substituted Naphthalenes....Pages 387-393
Fast Proton-Transfer Reactions in Aprotic Solvents....Pages 395-395
Ultrasonic Absorption Study of Aqueous Solutions of Nucleotides and Nucleosides....Pages 397-405
Ultrasonic Absorption in Protein Solution....Pages 407-421
Fast Relaxations in Human Carbonic Anhydrase Complexes with Sulfonamides....Pages 423-432
Kinetics of Glutamate Dehydrogenase Self-Assembly....Pages 433-436
Interaction between Cationic Dyes and Polyelectrolytes....Pages 437-466
Kinetic Study of Cooperative Binding Reaction of Toluidine Blue To Poly-α, L-Glutamic Acid by Means of Electric Field Pulse Method....Pages 467-479
The Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Association of Acridine Dyes in Aqueous Media: A Model System for the Study of Stacking and Charge-Effects on Self-Aggregation....Pages 481-485
Ultrasonic Absorption Studies in Relation to Conformational Changes of Biopolymers in Solution....Pages 487-492
Kinetic Study of Helix-Coil Transition in Aqueous Solutions of Poly- α , L-Glutamic Acid by Means of Electric Field Pulse Method....Pages 493-504
Electric Field Jump Study of the Helix-Coil Transition of Aqueous Poly-α,L-Glutamic Acid....Pages 505-508
Ultrasonic Relaxation in Solution of Polystyrene and N-Polyvinyl-Pyrrolidone....Pages 509-511
The Origin of Ultrasonic Relaxation in Polymer Solutions....Pages 513-514
Motion in Amorphous Polymers and Viscous Liquids....Pages 515-526