Photoelectron spectroscopy in molecular physical chemistry

I Fischer, ST Pratt - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectron spectroscopy has long been a powerful method in the toolbox of experimental
physical chemistry and molecular physics. Recent improvements in coincidence methods …

Photodissociation and photoionization of molecules of astronomical interest-Updates to the Leiden photodissociation and photoionization cross section database

HR Hrodmarsson, EF Van Dishoeck - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) photons are important drivers of chemical processes in
space. Thus, it is important to accurately characterize and constrain photorates in different …

Probing colossal carbon rings

SJP Marlton, JT Buntine, P Watkins, C Liu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon aggregates containing between 10 and 30 atoms preferentially arrange themselves
as planar rings. To learn more about this exotic allotrope of carbon, electronic spectra are …

Growth Patterns of Carbon Clusters Cn (n = 2–60) Identified via ABCluster Searching and DFT Benchmarking

L Jia, Y Wang, X Tian, S Wang, X Wang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Recently, novel algorithms and enhanced computational capabilities have created
unprecedented opportunities to precisely determine the geometric structures of clusters …

Strongly Rotationally Dependent Lifetimes of C2 in the 23Σg State: Implications for Predissociation in the Vacuum Ultraviolet Region

L Ma, D Li, P Jiang, M Cheng… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The radiative and photodissociative properties of the dicarbon molecule, C2, in high-lying
electronic states are of utmost importance for modeling the photochemical processes that …

Reinvestigation of the Herzberg-Lagerqvist-Malmberg transitions of C2 in vacuum ultraviolet region and the implications for astronomical observations

T Yin, L Ma, M Cheng, H Gao - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The dicarbon radical, C 2, is one of the most abundant molecules in the universe, and has
been widely observed in various energetic environments. Even though numerous …

A new band system of the dicarbon molecule in the vacuum ultraviolet region

T Yin, L Ma, M Cheng, H Gao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As one of the most abundant molecules in the universe, the long history of spectroscopic
studies of the dicarbon molecule, C2, reaches back two centuries. While many electronic …

Characterisation of the first electronically excited state of protonated acetylene C2H3+ by coincident imaging photoelectron spectroscopy

GA Garcia, JC Loison, F Holzmeier, B Gans… - Molecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the threshold photoelectron
spectroscopy of the vinyl radical encompassing the first triplet excited state of the vinyl …

Covalent Bonding Theories

RB Jordan - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry: Basics and …, 2024 - Springer
Aspects of covalent and ionic bonding are discussed. Common terms, such as valence,
oxidation state, and formal charge, are defined; the rules for determination of oxidation …

Unravelling the electronic structure of the silicon dimer using threshold photoelectron spectroscopy

NL Chen, B Gans, S Hartweg, GA Garcia… - Molecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The low-lying electronic states of silicon dimer (Si 2) and its cation (Si 2+) have been studied
by single-photon photoelectron spectroscopy combining a flow-tube reactor, vacuum …