Knockout driven reactions in complex molecules and their clusters

M Gatchell, H Zettergren - … of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Energetic ions lose some of their kinetic energy when interacting with electrons or nuclei in
matter. Here, we discuss combined experimental and theoretical studies on such impulse …

Attosecond metrology of the two-dimensional charge distribution in molecules

V Loriot, A Boyer, S Nandi, CM González-Collado… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Photoionization as a half-scattering process is not instantaneous. Usually, time delays in
photoionization are on the order of tens of attoseconds. In going from a single atom to a …

Formation of H2 from internally heated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Excitation energy dependence

T Chen, M Gatchell, MH Stockett, R Delaunay… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We have investigated the effectiveness of molecular hydrogen (H 2) formation from
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are internally heated by collisions with keV …

Multiple ionization and hydrogen loss from neutral and positively-charged coronene

C Paris, M Alcamí, F Martín… - The Journal of chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
C 24 H 12 q+⁠. In particular, we have investigated (i) adiabatic and vertical ionization
potentials up to charge q= 9,(ii) the corresponding infrared spectra, and (iii) dissociation …

Absolute fragmentation cross sections in atom-molecule collisions: Scaling laws for non-statistical fragmentation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules

T Chen, M Gatchell, MH Stockett… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present scaling laws for absolute cross sections for non-statistical fragmentation in
collisions between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH/PAH+) and hydrogen or helium …

Ion–polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon collisions: kinetic energy releases for specific fragmentation channels

G Reitsma, H Zettergren, L Boschman… - Journal of Physics B …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on 30 keV He 2+ collisions with naphthalene (C 10 H 8) molecules, which leads to
very extensive fragmentation. To unravel such complex fragmentation patterns, we designed …

Vertical ionization energies of free radicals and electron detachment energies of their anions: A comparison of direct and indirect methods versus experiment

A Perez-Gonzalez, A Galano… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The performance of several direct and indirect computational strategies for the calculation of
the first ionization energies (IEs) of free radicals and adiabatic detachment energies of their …

Ions colliding with clusters of fullerenes—decay pathways and covalent bond formations

F Seitz, H Zettergren, P Rousseau, Y Wang… - The Journal of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We report experimental results for the ionization and fragmentation of weakly bound van der
Waals clusters of n C 60 molecules following collisions with Ar 2+, He 2+, and Xe 20+ at …

Fragmentation of anthracene C 14 H 10, acridine C 13 H 9 N and phenazine C 12 H 8 N 2 ions in collisions with atoms

MH Stockett, M Gatchell, JD Alexander… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report experimental total, absolute, fragmentation cross sections for anthracene
C14H10, acridine C13H9N, and phenazine C12H8N2 ions colliding with He at center-of …

Attosecond metrology of 2D charge distribution in molecules

V Loriot, A Boyer, S Nandi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Photoionization as a half-scattering process is not instantaneous. Usually, time delays in
photoionization are of the order of few tens of attoseconds (1 as= 10$^{-18} $ s). While going …