Understanding the reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and related compounds

I Fernández - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective article summarizes recent applications of the combination of the activation
strain model of reactivity and the energy decomposition analysis methods to the study of the …

Probing Dipole-Bound States Using Photodetachment Spectroscopy and Resonant Photoelectron Imaging of Cryogenically Cooled Anions

YR Zhang, DF Yuan, LS Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular anions with polar neutral cores can support highly diffuse dipole-bound states
below their detachment thresholds due to the long-range charge–dipole interaction. Such …

Water in Fullerenes

Y Hashikawa, Y Murata - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A water molecule fixed within [60] fullerene is the simplest form of water available in
meatspace. It was first artificially made by us in 2011. Since then, anomalies of water …

Probing the electronic structure and spectroscopy of pyrrolyl and imidazolyl radicals using high-resolution photoelectron imaging of cryogenically cooled anions

YR Zhang, DF Yuan, LS Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
High-resolution photoelectron imaging and photodetachment spectroscopy of cryogenically
cooled pyrrolide and imidazolide anions are used to probe the electronic structure and …

Probing the interaction between the encapsulated water molecule and the fullerene cages in H 2 O@ C 60− and H 2 O@ C 59 N−

GZ Zhu, Y Liu, Y Hashikawa, QF Zhang, Y Murata… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a high-resolution photoelectron imaging study of cryogenically-cooled H2O@
C60− and H2O@ C59N− endohedral fullerene anions. The electron affinity (EA) of H2O …

Understanding the Hydrogen-Bonded Clusters of Ammonia (NH3)n (n = 3–6): Insights from the Electronic Structure Theory

B Wang, P Hou, Y Cai, Z Guo, D Han, Y Gao… - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although it is well known that hydrogen bonds commonly exist in ammonia clusters and play
an important role, there are still many challenges in understanding the electronic structure …

Influence of the charge on the reactivity of azafullerenes

Y García-Rodeja, M Sola, I Fernández - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The influence of the charge on the Diels–Alder reactivity of azafullerenes (C59N+ and
C59N−) has been computationally explored by means of density functional theory …