Tunnelling measured in a very slow ion–molecule reaction

R Wild, M Nötzold, M Simpson, TD Tran, R Wester - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum tunnelling reactions play an important role in chemistry when classical pathways
are energetically forbidden, be it in gas-phase reactions, surface diffusion or liquid-phase …

Probing anion–molecule complexes of atmospheric relevance using anion photoelectron detachment spectroscopy

CC Jarrold - ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bimolecular reaction and collision complexes that drive atmospheric chemistry and
contribute to the absorption of solar radiation are fleeting and therefore inherently …

Roadmap on dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase

H Zettergren, A Domaracka, T Schlathölter… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This roadmap article highlights recent advances, challenges and future prospects in studies
of the dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase. It comprises nineteen …

Leak-out spectroscopy, a universal method of action spectroscopy in cold ion traps

PC Schmid, O Asvany, T Salomon… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A novel method of spectroscopy in ion traps termed leak-out spectroscopy (LOS) is
presented. Here, mass-selected, cold ions are excited by an infrared laser. In a subsequent …

Ion-Molecule Reactions below 1 K: Strong Enhancement of the Reaction Rate of the Ion-Dipole Reaction

V Zhelyazkova, FBV Martins, JA Agner, H Schmutz… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The reaction between He+ and CH 3 F forming predominantly CH 2+ and CHF+ has been
studied at collision energies E coll between 0 and k B· 10 K in a merged-beam apparatus …

Multipole-moment effects in ion–molecule reactions at low temperatures: part I–ion-dipole enhancement of the rate coefficients of the He++ NH 3 and He++ ND 3 …

V Zhelyazkova, FBV Martins, JA Agner… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The energy dependence of the rates of the reactions between He+ and ammonia (NY3,
Y={H, D}), forming NY2+, Y and He as well as NY+, Y2 and He, and the corresponding …

The H 2++ HD reaction at low collision energies: H 3+/H 2 D+ branching ratio and product-kinetic-energy distributions

K Höveler, J Deiglmayr, JA Agner… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The fully state-selected reactions between H2+ molecules in the X+ 2Σg+ (v+= 0, N+= 0)
state and HD molecules in the X 1Σg+ (v= 0, J= 0) state forming H3++ D and H2D++ H have …

Cold reactions of He+ with OCS and CO 2: competitive kinetics and the effects of the molecular multipole moments

FBV Martins, V Zhelyazkova, F Merkt - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactions of He+ with OCS and CO2 have been studied at collision energies between∼
kB⋅ 200 mK and∼ kB⋅ 30 K by merging a beam of Rydberg He atoms with rotationally cold …

Multipole-moment effects in ion–molecule reactions at low temperatures: part II–charge–quadrupole-interaction-induced suppression of the He++ N 2 reaction at …

V Zhelyazkova, FBV Martins, M Žeško… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on an experimental and theoretical investigation of the He++ N2 reaction at
collision energies in the range between 0 and kB· 10 K. The reaction is studied within the …

Deviation of the rate of the H2++ D2 reaction from Langevin behaviour below 1 K, branching ratios for the HD2++ H and H2D++ D product channels, and product …

K Höveler, J Deiglmayr, F Merkt - Molecular Physics, 2021 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The reactions between ground-state H-2 (+)(X-2 Sigma (+)(g)(v= 0, J= 0)) and D-2 forming
HD2++ H and H2D++ D were investigated in the range of collision energies E-coll between …