Rocky Mountain Analytical Chemistry

Denver 1999

Luminescence Symposium

Organizers:

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James R. Gord

Air Force Research Laboratory

Propulsion Directorate

Wright Patterson AFB

Robert J. Hurtubise

University of Wyoming

Department of Chemistry

 

 

The arrival

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Abstracts

If your abstact is not here, please submit it in electronic form to demas@virginia.edu

 

Advances in the Design and Applications of Sensors Based on Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes

J.N. Demas, Wenying Xu, Kristi Kneas, University of Virginia; B.A. DeGraff, James Madison University

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Optical Diagnostic Techniques for Characterizing Vortex-Flame Interactions

James R. Gord, Air Force Research Laboratory; Gregory J. Fiechtner, Keith D. Grinstead, Jr., Campbell D. Carter, Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.; Paul-Henri Renard, Juan Carlos Rolon, Laboratoire d'Énergétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion, École Centrale Paris

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Capturing Gas Turbine Spark Ignition through Ultrafast Imaging

Keith D. Grinstead, Jr., Gregory J. Fiechtner, Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.; James R. Gord, Charles Tyler, Air Force Research Laboratory; Michael Cochran, John R. Frus, Unison Industries

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Studying the Solvent-Dependent Spectroscopy of IR-125 through Asynchronous Optical Sampling

Christopher E. Bunker, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory; James R. Gord, Air Force Research Laboratory; Keith D. Grinstead, Jr., Gregory J. Fiechtner, Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.

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Optical Determination of Additives in Aviation Fuel

Donald K. Phelps, Christopher E. Bunker, James R. Gord, Air Force Research Laboratory

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Free Food! Good Conversations! An Instrument Show!

What else is guaranteed to bring out chemists!

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"Others have noted the similarities."

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18th St and Downtown Denver

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Fluorescence Investigation of Pyrene, Tetrols, and Tetrols with DNA in Methanol: Water Solvents

Robert J. Hurtubise, University of Wyoming; Paul B. Steinbach, Stephen F. Austin State University

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Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Quenching to Study Oxygen Diffusion through Oral Biofilms

J.A. Ekhoff, K.L. Rowlen, University of Colorado

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Solid-Matrix Luminescence of Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines in Glucose Glasses Prepared from a Glucose Melt

Shaun D. Mendonsa, Robert J. Hurtubise, University of Wyoming

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Solid-Matrix Luminescence of Hydroxyl Aromatic Metabolites on Whatman 1PS Paper

Barry W. Smith, Robert J. Hurtubise, University of Wyoming

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Luminescence-Based Oxygen Sensors: Fluorescence Microscopy as a Probe of Sensor Heterogeneity

Kristi A. Kneas, J.N. Demas, Ammasi Periasamy, University of Virginia; B.A. DeGraff, James Madison University

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Spectroscopic Studies of Photo and Thermal Stabilities of Various EVA Encapsulants for Photovoltaic Applications

S.H. Glick, F.J. Pern, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Note the degraded solar cells in the left photo. Especially notice the absence of degradation near the edges where oxygen can diffuse into the cell. On the right notice the fluorescence of the left cell caused by the photoproducts of the aging.

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Multi-Dimensional Fluorescence for the Investigation of Dietary Habits of Free-Ranging Herbivores

Gary D. Rayson and Timothy L. Danielson, New Mexico State University; Dean M. Anderson, R. Estell, E. L. Fredrickson, K. M. Havstad, USDA Jornada Experimental Range

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The classical and very time consuming biologist's method--sort through their chewings.

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The simple chemist's method-solvent extraction.

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But wait! This isn't a symposium on solvent extraction.

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Not shown--the new and very promising fluorescence based methods.

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Wrapping up

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The hotel--the last year here!

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Frantically trying to get everything together to get to the airport

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