State-to-state spin–orbit changing collision dynamics of vibrationally excited NO at collision energies from 1.4 eV to the cold regime

C Perera, E Ross, J Zou, H Guo… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
State-to-state spin–orbit changing collisions of vibrationally excited nitric oxide (NO) with
argon (Ar) were studied across a wide collision energy range from 3.5 to 11,200 cm–1 (0.43 …

State-to-state scattering of highly vibrationally excited NO at broadly tunable energies

C Amarasinghe, H Li, CA Perera, M Besemer, J Zuo… - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Experimental developments continue to challenge the theoretical description of molecular
interactions. One key arena in which these advances have taken place is in rotationally …

Symmetry Breaking: A Classic Example of Quantum Interference Captured by Mixed Quantum/Classical Theory

K Imanzi, D Bostan, M McCrea… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The phenomena of propensity and inverse propensity are explored using time-dependent
mixed quantum classical theory, MQCT, in which the rotational motion of the molecule is …

Differential Cross Sections for Cold, State-to-State Spin–Orbit Changing Collisions of NO(v = 10) with Neon

CA Perera, J Zuo, H Guo, AG Suits - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inelastic scattering processes have proven a powerful means of investigating molecular
interactions, and much current effort is focused on the cold and ultracold regime where …

Controlling the spin–orbit branching fraction in molecular collisions

CG Heid, IP Bentham, V Walpole… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The collision geometry, that is, the relative orientation of reactants before interaction, can
have a large effect on how a collision or reaction proceeds. Certain geometries may prevent …

State-to-state scattering of highly vibrationally excited NO with argon at collision energies over 1 eV

C Perera, E Ross, Y Liu, A Suits, H Guo - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We present state-to-state differential cross sections for rotationally inelastic collisions of
vibrationally excited NO X2Π (ν= 9) with Ar using a near-counterpropagating molecular …

Probing the location of the unpaired electron in spin–orbit changing collisions of NO with Ar

CG Heid, IP Bentham, V Walpole… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the molecular forces that drive a reaction or scattering process lies at the
heart of molecular dynamics. Here, we present a combined experimental and theoretical …

Collision‐induced spin‐orbit relaxation of highly vibrationally excited NO near 1 K

C Amarasinghe, CA Perera, H Li, J Zuo… - Natural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
State‐to‐state scattering studies of vibrationally excited molecules in the cold regime extend
inelastic scattering investigations into a new territory. Here, we present differential cross …

Anticorrelated stereodynamics of scattering and sticking of H2 molecules colliding with a reactive surface

H Chadwick, G Zhang, CJ Baker, PL Smith… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
When hydrogen molecules collide with a surface, they can either scatter away from the
surface or stick to the surface through a dissociation reaction which leaves two H atoms …

Inelastic collision dynamics of oriented NO molecules with Kr atoms

CG Heid, IP Bentham, R Gheorghe… - Molecular …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Building on our previous work on NO+ Ar, this paper presents a complete set of orientation
measurements and quantum mechanical calculations for the NO+ Kr collision system …