Photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy provides mechanistic insights in fuel synthesis and conversion

P Hemberger, A Bodi, T Bierkandt, M Köhler… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Clean combustion, ie, the reduction of NOx and soot emissions, and carbon neutrality,
achieved in part by biofuel synthesis, are major milestones in the transition to a sustainable …

Continuous pyrolysis microreactors: Hot sources with little cooling? New insights utilizing cation velocity map imaging and threshold photoelectron spectroscopy

P Hemberger, X Wu, Z Pan, A Bodi - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Resistively heated silicon carbide microreactors are widely applied as continuous sources to
selectively prepare elusive and reactive intermediates with astrochemical, catalytic, or …

Five-membered ring compounds from the ortho-benzyne + methyl radical reaction under interstellar conditions

J Bouwman, MN McCabe, CN Shingledecker… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reactive open-shell species, such as radicals and biradicals, are key intermediates in the
formation of (poly) cyclic hydrocarbon species in a variety of interstellar environments …

Gas-phase aluminium acetylacetonate decomposition: revision of the current mechanism by VUV synchrotron radiation

S Grimm, SJ Baik, P Hemberger, A Bodi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Although aluminium acetylacetonate, Al (C5H7O2) 3, is a common precursor for chemical
vapor deposition (CVD) of aluminium oxide, its gas-phase decomposition is not well-known …

Trend in the Electron Affinities of Fluorophenyl Radicals ·C6H5-xFx (1 ≤ x ≤ 4)

CJ McGee, KR McGinnis… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electron affinities (EAs) of a series of· C6H5–x F x (1≤ x≤ 4) fluorophenyl radicals are
determined from the photoelectron spectra of their associated fluorophenide anions …

Isomer-Dependent Electron Affinities of Fluorophenyl Radicals, C6H5–xFx (2 ≤ x ≤ 4)

KR McGinnis, CJ McGee… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Di-, tri-, and tetrafluorophenyl radicals each have three regioisomers, several of which can
form multiple distinct radical structures. We present the photoelectron spectra of the di-, tri …

Gas-phase preparation of azulene (C 10 H 8) and naphthalene (C 10 H 8) via the reaction of the resonantly stabilized fulvenallenyl (C 7 H 5˙) and propargyl (C 3 H 3˙) …

W Li, J Yang, L Zhao, D Couch, M San Marchi… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic routes to the 10π Hückel aromatic azulene (C10H8) molecule, the simplest
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon carrying an adjacent five-and seven-membered ring, have …

Isomer-dependent selectivities in the pyrolysis of anisaldehyde

X Wu, Z Zhang, Z Pan, S Bjelić, A Bodi… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The thermal decomposition of the three anisaldehyde isomers was studied by photoelectron
photoion coincidence spectroscopy. The pyrolysis products were identified isomer …

[HTML][HTML] Unimolecular thermal decarbonylation of vanillin stifled by the bimolecular reactivity of methyl-loss intermediate

X Wu, Z Pan, S Bjelić, P Hemberger, A Bodi - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We studied the thermal decomposition of vanillin in a low-pressure pyrolysis microreactor by
photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy. The pyrolysis products were identified …

Gas-Phase Infrared Spectra of the C7H5 Radical and Its Bimolecular Reaction Products

F Hirsch, I Fischer, S Bakels… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Resonance-stabilized radicals are considered as possible intermediates in the formation of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in interstellar space. Here, we investigate the …